A generously-filled burrito with wings

"SHARPSPEED" (SHARPSPEED) 07/07/2018 at 12:49 • Filed to: None

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Watched a video on The Crew 2 where someone described this thing like that. Actually got a laugh outta me.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > SHARPSPEED 07/07/2018 at 12:57

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Chubby flyboi

lone_liberal > SHARPSPEED 07/07/2018 at 13:01

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The only thing I remember about those, other than the looks, is that they were very fast and very hard to fly. Kind of a 427 Cobra of the skies.

ttyymmnn > SHARPSPEED 07/07/2018 at 13:04

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A burrito is probably more stable in the air.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > SHARPSPEED 07/07/2018 at 13:19

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Its a fixed wing bumblebee.

boredalways > SHARPSPEED 07/07/2018 at 13:26

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i demand a photoshop

Will Clark's Falsetto > SHARPSPEED 07/07/2018 at 13:36

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There is no way that thing gets off the ground. 

ttyymmnn > Will Clark's Falsetto 07/07/2018 at 13:41

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TFSIVTEC drivesavolvo > SHARPSPEED 07/07/2018 at 13:55

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Looks like they just mounted wings and a cockpit to an engine. 

NYankee1927 > TFSIVTEC drivesavolvo 07/07/2018 at 14:02

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Engineer: “It’s easier this way, trust me”

TheRealBicycleBuck > Will Clark's Falsetto 07/07/2018 at 15:01

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It was built as a racer. It flew, but had a reputation. Only the most skilled pilots could fly it. 

sdwarf36 > SHARPSPEED 07/07/2018 at 16:01

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I’ve loved it since I built a model as a kid. There’s a full size model as you drive thru Springfield, Ma. Learn more about it!  http://theoldmotor.com/?p=153574

sdwarf36 > ttyymmnn 07/07/2018 at 16:01

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A rare picture of it NOT killing someone.

ttyymmnn > sdwarf36 07/07/2018 at 17:00

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That's Jimmy Doolittle making the Gee Bee his bitch. 

Dusty Ventures > Will Clark's Falsetto 07/07/2018 at 18:24

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It actually set the landplane speed record in 1932 at 296 mph. It did also kill two people though so...

Dusty Ventures > SHARPSPEED 07/07/2018 at 18:27

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GeeBee! The original was built and flown just a few miles from where I grew up, though sadly the airport was turned into a shopping plaza long before I was born. There's two static replicas in the area, one in the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks and the other in the Museum of Springfield History

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Will Clark's Falsetto 07/07/2018 at 19:52

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It was a bomber engine with wings, designed to do one thing, go really fast. 

Will Clark's Falsetto > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/08/2018 at 00:13

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I believe you, but t just doesn’t look like it should fly. It doesn’t make sense to me.  It’s the equivalent of Michael Moore dunking a basketball. 

Dusty Ventures > Will Clark's Falsetto 07/08/2018 at 15:33

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Those golden age air racers were weird

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > TFSIVTEC drivesavolvo 07/10/2018 at 11:00

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That is exactly what they did.