Re: M$ 365 Down, Again

On 2/2/25 11:17 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2025-02-03, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net <WokieSux283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
 

On 2/2/25 5:44 AM, D wrote:
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Now, that leaves me with the one about the single jet engine plane!

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    A few people make those ... some look snazzy.
>
    I think Honda+Piper was working on one but
    Covid+recession may have ended that.

 I occasionally see a Honda jet.  Two engines, though -
but if you're spending that much money you might as
well have redundancy.

   Um ... check the specs. One engine MIGHT not be
   enough to hold it up  :-)
   Could extend your death-glide though ... find
   a wide highway and watch for wires.
   That's always the pickle ... more engines also
   equals more chance of engine failure.
   It is reported that Charles Lindbergh was a
   test pilot for the DC-3. He got it up to take-
   off speed, raised the gear - then cut one engine
   to see if it'd still climb  :-)

    The old BD-5J was maybe the ultimate - but you
    likely had to have someone stomp on you so
    you'd settle in the seat  :-)

 Yes, I fell in lust with them when they came out.  Even the
prop version would be a hoot.  The gear was retracted by a
large handle between your legs, and could be done very fast -
at an airshow someone flew down the show line flapping his gear
at the crowd.

   Wonderful little planes ! Alas Bede went broke.
   I think one of the 5J's was featured in a Bond movie.