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mark occomore
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 Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:11 pm Post subject: Own Your Flying Saucer |
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It has been called the vehicle of the future and the ultimate way to beat the rush hour commute.
It is the M 200G, otherwise known as a "flying saucer", which is being built by a company in Davis, California called Moller International.
It says the futuristic contraption will go on sale in a few months and hopes to expand production to 250 a year.
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6970031.stm
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Wasn't there a similar version on "Tomorrows World" many years ago? |
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firewirefred
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: Own Your Flying Saucer |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | Wasn't there a similar version on "Tomorrows World" many years ago? |
What - back in the days when the Marconi MkIII's used to have turret lenses?
I don't remember, I'm much too young. |
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: Own Your Flying Saucer |
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| firewirefred wrote: | | mark occomore wrote: | | Wasn't there a similar version on "Tomorrows World" many years ago? |
What - back in the days when the Marconi MkIII's used to have turret lenses?
I don't remember, I'm much too young. |
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Cherskiy
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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Doesn't look much like a 'traditional' UFO, does it? 
Sounds like there'll be lots of mid-air collisions at 10 feet off the ground....
Incidentally, man made flying saucers go back a bit - 1947 at least, if this one is anything to go by:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avrocar_(aircraft)
Then there's also the wild rumours of Nazi flying saucers - including the Kugelblitz, Haunebu and V-7 (but I still haven't come across any tangible proof that they actually existed).
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