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Originally posted by ghost
The Jet Pack:
This fun little flying toy was origionally conceived for the Army. The idea was to give scouts a quick way to get in and out of small area. However, the range was so short that the army couldn't use them. They were also expensive to make. So, it ended up in the scrap pile, right?
NO! It got a starring role in Ian Flemming's Thunder Ball, when 007 used it to make a quick escape!
Originally posted by Argus
Originally posted by ghost
The Jet Pack:
This fun little flying toy was origionally conceived for the Army. The idea was to give scouts a quick way to get in and out of small area. However, the range was so short that the army couldn't use them. They were also expensive to make. So, it ended up in the scrap pile, right?
NO! It got a starring role in Ian Flemming's Thunder Ball, when 007 used it to make a quick escape!
Hey, dont sell it short, we also saw it at the opening ceremony of the LA olympics so thats two successful deployments
Originally posted by roniii259
I disagree with you about the F-117. It is an amazing plane but not because of its flight characteristics or avionics but because of innovative thinking. The F-117 was from a time of "more" thinking: more speed, more bombs, more computers. A squadron of a hundred attack planes that carry two bombs each would not scare anyone. After Desert Storm now people fear the plane and build huge anti-aircraft systems and underrgroundbunkers just because of a plane cobbled together from others.