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The Forgotten Legend of Silicon Valley's Flying Saucer Man (bloomberg.com)
Reader pacopico writes: Humans have been spotting UFO-like objects for hundreds of years. But, in the late 1920s, an obscure engineer/artist named Alexander Weygers actually designed a flying saucer and later patented the craft. Bloomberg Businessweek spent two years reporting on the strange tale of Weygers, uncovering a Da Vinci type figure who lived on the outskirts of Silicon Valley in a house he built from recycled materials. Weygers was an engineer, sculptor, photographer, wood carver, tax evader and generally weird dude who lived off the land for decades. He became convinced the military stole his flying saucer design and built the vehicles, and there's some evidence he might be right. Weygers was largely forgotten until an art collector became obsessed with his story and found out everything there was to know about the guy. Overall, he's a symbol of a different, purer time in Silicon Valley.
The Northrop Flying Wing (Northrop YB-49) proved many of the parts we consider necessary for heavier-than-air craft aren't really necessary. In other words, a disk _could_ function as a complete airfoil.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Well, the Northrup YB-49 was a flying wing-- not at all a disk craft.
There have been some flying-saucer-looking disk aircraft, though. Check out the Avrocar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
or the V-173 "flying flapjack": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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I din't know there was a Silicon Valley in the 1920's...
Maybe it was just Sand Valley then.
It was the Valley of Heart's Delight. Lots of orchards.
One could argue that a forgotten legend is no longer a legend.
Yeah, the article looks like it was written to increase the value of this guy's art. I can sum it all up for you (yep, I read the article):
The guy (Weygers) was born to a well-off family with lots of land. He traveled the world at an early age. He started out as a blacksmith. Studied at the very best schools in the world, as a mechanical engineer. Later he became an artist. After that he sort of meshed the two aspects of art and engineering, and that's where the flying saucer came from.
After Weygers died, a guy stumbled upon lots of pieces of his art and bought all of it. Now, it appears, this guy's looking to let others know about Weygers' story, probably to try to make a profit from the art.
Politics; n. : A religion whereby man is god.
Yeah, the article looks like it was written to increase the value of this guy's art. I can sum it all up for you (yep, I read the article): The guy (Weygers) was born to a well-off family with lots of land. He traveled the world at an early age. He started out as a blacksmith. Studied at the very best schools in the world, as a mechanical engineer. Later he became an artist. After that he sort of meshed the two aspects of art and engineering, and that's where the flying saucer came from. After Weygers died, a guy stumbled upon lots of pieces of his art and bought all of it. Now, it appears, this guy's looking to let others know about Weygers' story, probably to try to make a profit from the art.
"This guy" is dead, you moron. The bit about the author going to his funeral was a dead (hehe) giveaway.
I'm a minority race. Save your vitriol for white people.
who lived on the outskirts of Silicon Valley
Carmel Valley and/or Monterey ARE NOT Silicon Valley.
It's a charming story. Damp down the cynicism a bit and just enjoy it.
No need to call him a moron. You could have made the same point far more eloquently without resorting to insults.
True. In my defense, I've been binge-watching The Goldbergs.
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Awesome. Bloomberg's video is a black screen
After Weygers died, a guy stumbled upon lots of pieces of his art and bought all of it.
Good thing he didn't get tripped up by the price...
Nice Headline, too bad it has nothing to do with Silicon Valley, because it's 60 or more miles away.
It's Click Bait.
As a kid growing up in the 70's and 80's we still had a few of these types of guy. I recall
learning from one old guy how to carefully stretch ( I think it was stretch ) the copper
wires in a portable handheld radio to listen to the airplane pilots, rhymes to learn the
stars, use a vacuum gauge to tune up a car and all sorts of non important things that
now that I am older, I use a lot.
gee, how to bend metal in all 3 axis was something of a trick but you learned, drill a hole
in a rock fill it with water every day for a year, it will crack ( ice will form in the winter,
and it will split the rock on the bore hole
heck, powdered (not regular) sugar+vitamin E pill liquid, mix into a paste in the palm of
your hand, slab it over a wound, heals faster and will leave no scar ( I'm proof of that,
I have no scars even in stab wounds).
if you see me, smile and say hello.
Rugged individualists, self-starters, and people who create things without a CoC? Careful there /. you might hurt the SJW readers feelings.
not in 1926, you maroon!
This is the internet, you fucking idiot.
So, objects like unidentified flying objects, but not unidentified flying objects??
I've no version 3.0++ & gweihir KNOWS u IMPERSONATE me https://it.slashdot.org/commen... c6gunner proves it https://linux.slashdot.org/com... he forgot to SUBMIT as AC & using his registered 'lusrname' instead (because he tried to mock me both BEFORE & after I FAIRLY challenged him to show he's done better work - he had ZERO).
& NO WAY I'd "cry" like you "ne'er-do-wells" on /. (TROLL /.ers, not all) OR post on hosts offtopic.
YOU HELPED ME https://science.slashdot.org/c... (& you quit trying to make me look bad trying to "tell lies" on hosts as "ME" IN YOUR IMPERSONATIONS of me e.g. https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... as regards Intel speculative execution attack? Hosts PREVENT 'EM)
APK
P.S.=> I KNOW the 2nd to last link above's KILLING YOU - YOU ACTUALLY HELPED ME getting me to see if hosts stop more than portsmash (& Meltdown + Spectre too) & "lo & behold" - hosts WORK on 'em - U LOSE (& U STOPPED TRYING IT in your impersonations of me) .... apk
Better known as OVNIs
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(and yes, I do know what that stands for... I just used your post as an excuse)
Most such people ARE SJWs and most certainly would have had codes of conduct. People back then had very strict codes. They were individualists because they were tired of populist abuse and societal malice. They walked away from people like you with absolute contempt.
So, if he got flamed, it was by your sort, not his sort.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
Rugged individualists, self-starters, and people who create things without a CoC?
I can vouch for the fact that this AC has created many things in his life, and that he has managed all of this without a CoCk.
Did you remember to lick your dog today? You need to lick your dog so it knows you care about him.
So lick the inside of your dog's mouth now.
After Weygers died, a guy stumbled upon lots of pieces of his art and bought all of it. Now, it appears, this guy's looking to let others know about Weygers' story, probably to try to make a profit from the art.
"...this guy..." I meant that to mean "this new guy", and not the guy that I mentioned in the previous sentence. That's a grammar foul, and I admit imperfection. As the shame sets in, I'm only able to find solace in the fact that I have the rest of the week off, because of Thanksgiving.
Politics; n. : A religion whereby man is god.
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After a second look...
After Weygers died, a guy stumbled upon lots of pieces of his art and bought all of it. Now, it appears, this guy's looking to let others know about Weygers' story, probably to try to make a profit from the art.
"...this guy..." I meant that to mean "this new guy", and not the guy that I mentioned in the previous sentence. That's a grammar foul, and I admit imperfection. As the shame sets in, I'm only able to find solace in the fact that I have the rest of the week off, because of Thanksgiving.
The guy that stumbled onto Weygers art is also dead. He can't make any money off of it.
(PS. Sorry about the moron comment - I've been binge-watching The Goldbergs :-)
I'm a minority race. Save your vitriol for white people.