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Cannondale's attempt to diversify into the aircraft industry was a little ambitious, especially as they based their first model design on a tandem rather than a solo.
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It's configured as completely 1st Class. Apparently they object to sitting next to any other passenger.
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Captain: Take over Jim, I'm just going for a stroll back to the Guards Van to see how the conductors are. I shouldn't be more than an hour or so.
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"Of course, this is just the prototype. Production aircraft will have a curved fuselage to cope with the new circular runways they're advocating..."
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Of course this is the prototype, the old diehards insistence on wings, engines etc. The next phase will be much, much longer so you will be able to walk from departures to arrivals without the inconvenience of cramped seating and cardboard sandwiches.
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ATC: "After landing, which turnoff would you prefer?"
Pilot: "All of 'em!"
Pilot: "All of 'em!"
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"...and our cabin crews are fully qualified on roller skates..."
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Ars longa ...... ?
"What's it like to fly a long thing like this ?" ..... "Dunno, really - I just fly the front end and the rest follows on behind !" ![Ugh](https://www.pprune.org/images/smilies2/eusa_wall.gif)
(said by Bill Pegg, Chief Test Pilot of the Bristol Aviation Company, after landing the "Brabazon" on its first flight in 1950 (?)
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(said by Bill Pegg, Chief Test Pilot of the Bristol Aviation Company, after landing the "Brabazon" on its first flight in 1950 (?)