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    Crazy Teenager Takes Off In Homemade Pedal-Powered Aircraft

    What Is This?

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    09/01/09

    In reply to Crazy Teenager Takes Off In Homemade Pedal-Powered Aircraft
    Oh yeah? Well, I banged his mom.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/01/09

    In reply to Crazy Teenager Takes Off In Homemade Pedal-Powered Aircraft
    Funny, I misread that headline at first. At first I thought it said "Crazy Teenager Has More Brains AND Nads Than You Do"

    Totally fits, too. *tips hat*
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    Image of Curves Curves
    09/01/09

    In reply to Crazy Teenager Takes Off In Homemade Pedal-Powered Aircraft
    Wilbur and Orrville started this way too.
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    Image of stryder100 stryder100
    09/01/09

    In reply to Crazy Teenager Takes Off In Homemade Pedal-Powered Aircraft
    If god wanted man to fly she would have given him wings.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/01/09

    @stryder100: Instead of internets. God probably speaks in LOLz. I can haz vengeance, sayeth teh lordz.
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    09/01/09

    @stryder100: If god DIDN'T want man to fly, it would have made flight impossible. As you can't prove the existence of god, but I CAN prove the existence of Bernoulli's Principal, you're an idiot.
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    Image of ddaq89 ddaq89
    08/20/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    I thought it was a giant silver turd at first. He h heh... turd. That's a funny word. Turd.
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    DeusExMach believes you have his stapler promoted this comment ddaq89 was starred ddaq89 was unstarred
    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/20/09

    isn't it?
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    Edited by DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. at 08/20/09 12:28 PM DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. was starred DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. was unstarred
    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/20/09


    @DeusExMach believes you have his stapler:
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    Image of notlikeacat notlikeacat
    08/20/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    why?
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    EBone promoted this comment notlikeacat was starred notlikeacat was unstarred
    Image of EBone EBone
    08/20/09

    @notlikeacat: Becuase you can set one at high altitude with a plethora of monitoring and communications equipment, and you don't have to refuel it every few hours like a plane or helicopter. It's a great stationary observation post.
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    Image of Zanzan42 Zanzan42
    08/20/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    Oh, the humanity!
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    Image of Gilliam Gilliam
    08/20/09

    @Zanzan42: you are doing it wrong.
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    08/20/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    So what's the benefit of it being segmented?
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    08/20/09

    @The5thElephant: At least one bag can be punctured and it can still get home.
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    08/20/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    Sanswire means "without wire", okay, I get it, but what airship uses wires anyway? Unless it refers to guy wires, but I thought modern designs moored at towers anyway.

    Whatever it is, it will be weaponized soon enough.
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    Image of ColonelGentleman ColonelGentleman
    08/19/09

    In reply to What Is This?

    This
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    08/19/09

    @ColonelGentleman: That was my very first thought. It's Hankey's personal airship.
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/20/09

    @ColonelGentleman: That, sir, is awsome!!!
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    Image of ColbertSuperNationalist ColbertSuperNationalist
    08/20/09

    @ColonelGentleman: That sir, earned you my lonely heart, as well as a "laugh to myself, quietly".
    Also, everyone loves the Colonel. But not in the way he'd like, perhaps. :D
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/20/09

    @Colbert SuperNationalist: You l2mq, too?
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    Image of Tristan Armil Tristan Armil
    08/19/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    This is a "Mid-Altitude Long Endurance" aircraft. Yes, the acronym is MALE.

    The acronym for the 111-foot long, segmented, tapered cylinder is MALE.

    There is no way you can convince me they're not compensating for something.
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    B52HVet promoted this comment Edited by Tristan Armil at 08/19/09 10:52 PM Tristan Armil was starred Tristan Armil was unstarred
    Image of closhedbb closhedbb
    08/20/09


    @Tristan Armil: "It's a male plane"

    "How can you tell?"

    "Couldn't you see its little balls?"
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    OMG! Ponies! promoted this comment Edited by closhedbb at 08/20/09 9:45 AM closhedbb was starred closhedbb was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    08/19/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    Jesus:

    There are only two things it can be - a giant flying dildo or a giant flying turd.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    08/19/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: So wait, if it's the latter, does that means it's going to be someones job to polish this giant flying turd?
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    Image of B52HVet B52HVet
    08/19/09

    In reply to What Is This?

    [cache.gawker.com]" rel="lytebox" class="commentImageSays on the linked site that it's a UAV...Watched something the other day that detailed an airship program for recon underway with the Navy, looks like blimps are making a comeback. Wonder if we'll ever get close to the early days of massive airship hangars :) (The building in this pic is 1,092 feet long, 192 feet high, and 296 feet wide, for reference)
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    08/19/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    its the US's way of saying "people from your country have very small puhnessessis"... all's we gotta do is fly em over Asia
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    08/19/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    "What is that? It looks like a giant..." "Wang! Pay attention!"
    "I was distracted by that flying.." "Willie."
    "Yeah?" "What's that?"
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    08/20/09

    @ripfire:
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