Yeah, I noticed, built AVRO in Malton Ontario, that's about an hour away from from my house. At the time, AVRO was on the cutting edge of aerospace technology.
Re: Things that make you go, HUH?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:12 pm
by 1960FL
86rocco wrote:What struck me is that here we have a U.S. military project, 18 to 24 months in duration, to design and test an entirely new type of aircraft and the cost in 1956 is budgeted at just under 3.2 million dollars. How much do you suppose the U.S. military could get done today with the equivalent of 3.2 million 1956 dollars? Even adjusting for inflation, they sure got a lot more bang for their buck back in day!
3.2 Mill 1956 $ is = to about 27.5 Mill 2013 $ About the going cost af a base grade F16 A/B .......
But then again our gov is buying those $100 Hammers UHG!
Rick
Re: Things that make you go, HUH?
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:37 am
by jfholm
Now if I only had a good 4WD truck
Re: Things that make you go, HUH?
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:03 pm
by 86rocco
Cool! Leave it to those Quebecois to come up with something crazy like that!
Re: Things that make you go, HUH?
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 3:27 pm
by Flash
Hay look! a stock chev with ground clearance!
Gives a hole new meaning to SnowMachine
Re: Things that make you go, HUH?
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:35 am
by jfholm
Here is a great video about something silly that turns out cool. BYU has a Splash Lab with a super high speed camera that is able to take up to 7000 frames per second so they can really slow things down. Watch this video and if you want to see more just go to You Tube and look for BYU Splash Lab.
Re: Things that make you go, HUH?
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:05 pm
by jfholm
This really made me go HUH? This is one amazing feat of engineering. I just cannot believe they are able to raise a building that weighs millions upon millions of pound 40 feet into the air and suspend it and not damage it. This whole story has been fasinating to me.
