Hagar wrote on Aug 15^th, 2007 at 6:45am:


I have a friend from Glasgow and another from the Shetland Islands. If I have not seen them for a while, I can just about understand one word in three until I have tuned back into it

Matt

Would you like to try translating some of my Geordie accent then?

colsie123 wrote on Aug 14^th, 2007 at 1:54pm:


The SR-71 doesn't have a RAMJET.

A runway that doesn't show without water?  Doesn't make any sense to me, and I don't see the point in hiding a runway no matter how big it is.  The space shuttle uses a huge runway and I believe there's a huge runway at some airbase in Russia (saw something on TV about it a LONG time ago). 

EDIT:

I've been reading all the posts, and I have to say colsie if you just left more space between distinct thoughts it would be more understandable.  I mean use periods more often or write multiple paragraphs like I do.


Oh, also, one thing about the Aurora....the plane doesn't exist.  If it did we would know by now.  There is absolutely no concrete evidence to it's existence, and no matter how stealth or how fast the thing is I get a feeling that at somepoint someone would have found a way to prove it's existence.  And unless the military is using it to spy on people they shouldn't be spying on, then I see no real reason to hide it.  I mean EVERYONE knows that the military uses sattelites and UAV's to spy on other countries.  Heck, YOU can use sattelites to spy on other countries, just download google earth.  There's that whole 'black helicopter' thing and the 'secret' Chinese submarine and who knows what else we can find!

I'm curious, and maybe it was mentioned, but does anyone know when the Aurora was supposedly constructed?  It seems to me like it's existence has been rumored for a LONG time....maybe too long to even be worthwhile anymore because chances are if XX number of years ago the military was advanced enough to make something like the Aurora don't you think they would have something much better now?

colsie123 wrote on Aug 15^th, 2007 at 10:02am:


Area 51 is restricted airspace, no commercial would go near it.  I doubt they would accept a commercial emergency to be completely honest with you.  Area 51 is so top secret that the government denied its existence for years, and I don't know if I've ever seen them definitively acknowledge it.  If you watch any of the TV programs about it you'll see how tight security is.

Part of why I don't see a hidden water runway as viable is because with super expensive and apparently unstable and possible unsafe planes why would you make the runway slick by splashing water on it?

Ive decided too add one more thingy to the AURORA piece. I dont know if its true or not so post your thoughts im not stadnign by this my uncle is. He is an emirates pilot and obviously you get pilot talk. He was telling me that a fellow pilot accidently flew into that airspace and saw bullet shaped plane with two engines in black the pilot was quickly rushed away in two minutes and the plane he had seen put on full power (he thinks) and done a very steep climb wiht a blue flame out the bakc of the engines. Once again speculation but thoguht id through more into the spanner works. I wont stand by it I dont personally believe it. Thought someone here might like too know.

Crussell wrote on Aug 16^th, 2007 at 4:20pm:


[self banter]Some of us are over 14, have degrees and all sorts and still have occasional lapses, normally due to typos and general dullness... [/self banter]

colsie123 wrote on Aug 16^th, 2007 at 4:50pm: