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Personal Submarine Cruises SF Bay
LandSonar writes "Graham Hawkes, the guru of the submarine design business, tried out his new submersible sea plane yesterday in SF Bay. Called the 'Deep Flight Aviator'. Article and cool pictures. This craft doesn't use ballast like traditional subs. Flys more like a plane. 'It looks like something NASA might build or the Blue Angels might fly.'"
I was hoping for something more like Sky-Diver from the old UFO series!
Fascism starts when the efficiency of the government becomes more important than the rights of the people.
Didn't NASA already build a space shuttle that traveled above and below the water? If I remember correctly it only made a single underwater trip...
"Good things don't end with eum, they end with mania or teria." - H. Simpson
In soviet russia dipshits read the article instead of posting stupid ass comments that could be answered be merely skimming it.
WOW Seaquest is coming true.. I wonder if it comes with an ultra smart dolphin who has a translater hooked to it so i can have conversations with it.
Damn I completely forgot about that show before i saw those pictures...
Who makes you Sig?
Don't forget:
"We'd like to penetrate the secret world of the squid,"
Maybe they are looking for something exciting to happen!
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Free your mind.
i can only imagine the horror if everyone had personal submarines.. not because of the dangers, but because of the regulations..
hell, they banned the segway in SF already.
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I bet somebody could cook up a hilarious caption for this picture.
"The bionic dorsal fins aren't what scares me, it's the frickin laser beam attched to it's head!"
"Derp de derp."
tried out his new submersible sea plane yesterday in SF Bay.
When I read this, I thought it was an airplane that could turn itself into a submarine! Now that would be cool... you could fly to an interesting spot, and then dive into the water.
Given that this thing is intended to glide like airplane, except in water, I wonder what it would take to make it able to fly in air? Probably a lot of engine power that it doesn't have, and a lot less weight. :(
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
If anyone from San Francisco (or California, for that matter) is looking to see the bottom of the SF Bay, I can help you. I have plenty of rope and quick-dry concrete, and I'll be happy to help you experience the natural wonders only the sea can offer.
Cheers,
Bowie J. Poag
"They wear khaki coveralls with lots of zippered pockets"
Okay, so you're 150 ft under the water when you're homemade sub springs a leak. And what are you wearing to save you? Khaki coveralls. Sure hope they have something helpful in one of those zippered pockets.
Yeah! I even got a name for you: how about "The Suicide Express"? "The Widowmaker" is already so overused.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
This thing is not as original as it seems.
If you know the comic books of Tintin, there is one album where Tintin and his friend (ship cpt. Haddock I believe) explore the sea in a shark-shaped submarine. It has very much the same shape as this thing, including the windows that have the shape of a half sphere.
So, one of the co-inventors is Belgian comic designer Hergé. And Possibly Leonardo da Vinci too, for that matter.
Now this is a "submersible sea plane"!
I live ze unknown. I love ze unknown. I am ze unknown.
reminds me of that tintin book...
When can I go dive down that there Marianas Trench
Any time you'd like. I can loan you an anchor, some rope, and a fish bowl for a helmet....
Sorry couldn't resist.
All you lurking sub-mariners know why!
It has indeed been known to get very exciting in SF bay.