Paul Allen, a billionaire co-founder of Microsoft and a huge
supporter of aviation and aerospace, has died of cancer at
age 65.
He [i]really[/i] liked airplanes.
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Re: Paul Allen: Dead
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 1:17 am
by David MacRay
Thank God he liked airplanes he made a decent home flight sim. I might end up having to fly it if I can't get my cat 3 back.
Re: Paul Allen: Dead
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 12:34 pm
by Chris
A man who knew how to spend his money.
Re: Paul Allen: Dead
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:22 am
by ScudRunner-d95
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A man who knew how to spend his money.
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Agreed, buys a football team and spends money on it to make it champion. I hate when these billionaires just buy it to say they own something and dont do squat.
Re: Paul Allen: Dead
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 5:26 am
by Colonel
I bet there's a lot of shareholders that wish Elon Musk would do a little bit less ;D
I'm not crapping on Elon, a fellow Queen's Engineer. My son bought one of
his flamethrowers, and a close EE friend bought a fully tricked-out Model 3
and was kind enough to let me thrash on it through the Saratoga hills. Magnificent
vehicle. [b]Not[/b] a cut-rate Model S (which everyone has) as I had thought.
Model 3 goes 0-60 mph in 3.3 seconds. That's probably not very fast in Canada,
but I found it pretty darned quick for a four wheeled vehicle.
Note that I pretty much live on two wheels - sunny and warm most every day,
lane-splitting is legal - and my old, slow, little bike that people shit on (2007
CBR600RR) as being out-dated clocks 2.9 seconds 0-60 mph, which again
probably isn't very fast by Canadian standards, but I take everyone here off
the stoplights with ease.
[quote]two cockpits, six engines, 28 wheels, 385-foot wingspan and a takeoff weight of 1.3 million pounds[/quote]
A modern day Howard Hughes - without the mental illness.
Re: Paul Allen: Dead
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:45 pm
by Chris
Trying to imagine the stresses running through that center wing section makes my head hurt. Flutter testing is going to be critical - a long thin wing like that is going to love bouncing around.
Re: Paul Allen: Dead
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 2:18 am
by David MacRay
That is pretty huge. I would think it would be better to attatch the tails to prevent torsion but they must not want the extra weight. I love to see this Giants fly.