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Boeing solve the problem of how to deliver your 20005kg payload if you only have a 20000kg airlifter.
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"Fly it! My **** off big watch won't even fit in it"
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FYI:
On the 21st of nowember 1783, in Paris, Benjamin Franklin was among the hundreds of people who gathered in the gardens of the Rue de Montreuil to attend a wonderful spectacle : the first manned flight in history.
The courageous followers of Icare were Francois Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, using a device invented by the Montgolfier brothers: the hot-air balloon ("Montgolfière" still means "balloon" in modern French).
Of course, people who watched the sight were amazed beyond description; however, as often happens with great discoveries, some sceptics loudly expressed their contempt for the invention. One of them clutched Franklin's arm and asked him scornfully :
"Monsieur, franchement, à quoi peut bien servir de s'envoler dans les airs ?" (Sir, frankly, what's the use of flying in the air ?)
To which Franklin replied:
"Monsieur, à quoi peut bien servir l'enfant qui vient de naître ?" (Sir, what's the use of a newborn baby ?)
On the 21st of nowember 1783, in Paris, Benjamin Franklin was among the hundreds of people who gathered in the gardens of the Rue de Montreuil to attend a wonderful spectacle : the first manned flight in history.
The courageous followers of Icare were Francois Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, using a device invented by the Montgolfier brothers: the hot-air balloon ("Montgolfière" still means "balloon" in modern French).
Of course, people who watched the sight were amazed beyond description; however, as often happens with great discoveries, some sceptics loudly expressed their contempt for the invention. One of them clutched Franklin's arm and asked him scornfully :
"Monsieur, franchement, à quoi peut bien servir de s'envoler dans les airs ?" (Sir, frankly, what's the use of flying in the air ?)
To which Franklin replied:
"Monsieur, à quoi peut bien servir l'enfant qui vient de naître ?" (Sir, what's the use of a newborn baby ?)
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Often thought that about yours Buster.
Judgment tomorrow (Weds) evening. There's at least one idea that hasn't surfaced yet, so if I were to judge according to who most agrees with me, there would only be runners-up. But I judge on the surprise aptness factor.
The little men inside must be practising low vis ops. They got the curtains up in all the windows.
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ATC rushed around shifting Snow-flags, having realised the low ground clearance.