Breguet's Pre-1914 Challenge #133

Aquilius · 30 October 2009, 02:45 AM

I'm sorry guys.

I didn't realise it the first time. I just hit the button when my computer clock said "go".

Okay, but that's how it goes.
And if we change rule 12, everyone will come marginally before 12:00 hours, just by accident of course...

An easy one for the "cheated novices"? Is coming up soon!

Aquilius

Rbailey · 30 October 2009, 06:41 AM

"(This is the first time I've encountered this situation, so if anyone wants to ask Breguet if this is a fair application of rule 12, feel free to do so.)"

I think most of the frequent responders to these challenges have hit send too soon, and also have been "scooped" when someone else has done so. Just part of the game.

Varese2002 · 30 October 2009, 07:00 AM

I had not noticed that Aquilius was 1 minute (or probably a few seconds too early). I tripped up myself with this one as I was reading an interesting story and forgot the time, so came in late

Cheers

Kees

aerohydro · 31 October 2009, 08:33 PM

Hello All

Thanks for the feedback.

Out of completeness, I should point out that Burrell Cannon wasn't the only one to look to the Book of Ezekiel for inspiration. Here are other interpretations of Ezekiel's Chariot:

In 1764 the German Melchior Bauer designed this flying machine, which he had petitioned funding for from various heads of state, but without success. In some ways, it was an advanced design, with it having a wheeled undercarriage and, significally, having the lift and thrust functions separated out on the aircraft. A full analysis of Bauer's design can be found within the book The Prehistory of Flight by Clive Hart, which has been mentioned previously in this forum. A one-page overview can be found at:

Dream of Flying.

In the aftermath of Erich von Daniken's books on UFOs and ancient astronauts, the NASA aerospace engineer Josef Blumrich looked at the Book of Ezekiel anew, and came up with the above design. He wrote a book called The Spaceships of Ezekiel, copies of which can be picked up cheaply on eBay or Bookfinder. His design and his interpretation of the biblical text, however, have been the subject of criticism, noticably at the following two sites:

Cheers,
Paul