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aerohydro · 29 October 2009, 10:06 PM

Well, haven't we all been busy. Four responses, and all four are correct.

I settled upon the Ezekiel Airship for this Challenge, mainly due to my having seen a certain science-fiction movie last weekend, one that featured mysterious messages, catastrophes, and ... the Ezekiel Chariot. (It was the description of the chariot in the Book of Ezekiel that Burrell Cannon used to base his airship design on.) Anyone half familiar with the Chariot, and especially with the phrase "wheels within wheels" that's used to describe it, would have picked up on it being a recurring motif during the entire movie.

With the Ezekiel Airship now ID'ed, it now means that all three of the pre-Wright flight claimants, hailing from the great state of Texas, have been featured in this Challenge. The others are:

the 1865 Brodbeck Airship - Challenge #085
the 1899 Custead Airship - Challenge #101

Cheers,
Paul

29 October 2009, 10:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
aerohydro Forum Ace Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 918	Well, haven't we all been busy. Four responses, and all four are correct. I settled upon the Ezekiel Airship for this Challenge, mainly due to my having seen a certain science-fiction movie last weekend, one that featured mysterious messages, catastrophes, and ... the Ezekiel Chariot. (It was the description of the chariot in the Book of Ezekiel that Burrell Cannon used to base his airship design on.) Anyone half familiar with the Chariot, and especially with the phrase "wheels within wheels" that's used to describe it, would have picked up on it being a recurring motif during the entire movie. With the Ezekiel Airship now ID'ed, it now means that all three of the pre-Wright flight claimants, hailing from the great state of Texas, have been featured in this Challenge. The others are: the 1865 Brodbeck Airship - Challenge #085 the 1899 Custead Airship - Challenge #101 Cheers, Paul Last edited by aerohydro; 30 October 2009 at 01:20 AM.