Re:It Flies: Da Vinci's Dream Comes True
by lutorm on Monday July 25, 2011 @07:39PM
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You are practically correct about that last thing, though I must point out that never is too strong a word: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-144
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Re:It Flies: Da Vinci's Dream Comes True
by run4yourlives on Tuesday July 26, 2011 @12:22PM
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Never as in "commercial success". Closer to reality than the 144, which was pretty much a government money pit, was the Beech Starship (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Starship). Again though, not able to see any real success.