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Ahhh. "Genuis" at work.........
Posted by Paul McMillan on Sat Jan 11, 2003 12:41:59 PM
In reply top This one was being done at... posted by bdk on Sat Jan 11, 2003 12:31:42 PM
: Chino airport. They had a "compound" on the southwest corn
: er of the ramp (where Yanks is now). The compound was a bu
: nch of trailers or containers with a tent over the top whe
: re the actual construction was taking place. They were mak
: ing a new fuselage and planned to utilize an axial flow en
: gine in the back. It looked really nose heavy to me since
: the booms weren't extended (might need a tungsten horizont
: al stab to balance), but maybe it was never intended to ac
: tually fly? :-) There seemed to be a number of projects
: like this (intended to only collect investors) in that tim
: e period. Come to think of it, those type of operations ar
: e still around- the AASI turboprop project (now up for auc
: tion) from Long Beach airport comes to mind...
:
: : Guy in the USA, John Morgan I think his name was, had th
: e
: : same sort of idea, using wings and tail group from a Vam
: pi
: : res mated to a new fuselage... I remember seeing pics of
: i
: : t (probably an artists impression in a magazine a few ye
: ar
: : s back.