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(...) It is a device used on an aircraft to measure airspeed. If you know the static pressure you are in, and you also know the apparent pressure that you are experiencing in the direction of travel, ("ram air") the difference can be used to (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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Hi Christian This is a really well put together MOC. I love the external details for the instruments and the use of rubber bands (LEGO rubber bands of course!). By the way, what is a pitot tube? Oh, and I never did get around to commenting on your (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) Way cool. If you're not coming to Portland, someone ought to, with your permission, build a copy of this for the MiniMOC fly in at BrickFest PDX... Some questions: The "radial engine"... Is that an old samsonite gear or what? I wasn't clear on (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) Correction: first solo crossing of the Atlantic. The first non-stop crossing took place in June 1919. More about that later... Christian (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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MOC: Spirit of St. Louis ===...=== What is Ryan NYP? That is the New York to Paris plane that Charles Lindbergh used for the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in May 1927: (URL) on the image to learn more about this MOC>> Charles Lindbergh (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !!
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Monthly MOC: Brown Racer ===...=== This is the next racer in the continued effort to make a racetrack filled with racers in different colors. This time it is Belmont Boscop in his Brown Binerva from Belgium: (URL) on the image to go learn more about (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !!
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(...) As I already said, maybe I don't correctly understand the work electionneering, but what I meant was that I don't want people linking to my site with the express message to "vote for Mr. X". Of course, here on Lugnet as on other websites, I (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Then there is certainly a problem. I have often seen posts in specific forums urging people to vote for a fig in their particular theme. You almost encourage that yourself by posting to the different Lunet newsgroups saying "these figs from (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, FTX)
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"James Wilson" <wilson_j_s@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HrEB4q.Iow@lugnet.com... (...) You'd loose that bet. A brief scan of the members country page tells us over 800 members are non US (compared to around 1500 US), and bearing in mind the site (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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Well, I would gladly encourage people to talk about the election of the MHoF and the candidates. I've posted many messages here to let people know about it and I am glad to see referrers to my site that I had never heard of before, some from Japan, (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, FTX)
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