While the fact that documents have been released that confirm it's existence and potential design is both new and interesting, the fact that Avro was working on a supersonic disc has been known for a while. I remember hearing it for the first time in a documentary about the history of the Avro in regards to the Avrocar and the Arrow if I recall correctly. Google Project Silverbug and you're likely to see some very similar looking design documents.
While the author has a penchant for Nazi UFOs - a bit of historicity that has since become wild myth - it clearly shows that this was known about for quite a while. Even showing mockups, models, and expected designs. The details of it and how far it came along though, have long since been a matter of debate.
So...... Don't shit on those saying they've seen this before.
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Played the Demo on the PS2 Burnout 3 game... good stuff, more of an adventure mode. But tweaking of cars stats and handling may still be weak.
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While the fact that documents have been released that confirm it's existence and potential design is both new and interesting, the fact that Avro was working on a supersonic disc has been known for a while. I remember hearing it for the first time in a documentary about the history of the Avro in regards to the Avrocar and the Arrow if I recall correctly. Google Project Silverbug and you're likely to see some very similar looking design documents.
A quick Google search spawns this -
http://www.boomslanger.com/images/silverbug03.jpg
http://greyfalcon.us/restored/Project%20Silver%20Bug.htm
While the author has a penchant for Nazi UFOs - a bit of historicity that has since become wild myth - it clearly shows that this was known about for quite a while. Even showing mockups, models, and expected designs. The details of it and how far it came along though, have long since been a matter of debate.
So...... Don't shit on those saying they've seen this before.
First Post? Played the Demo on the PS2 Burnout 3 game... good stuff, more of an adventure mode. But tweaking of cars stats and handling may still be weak.