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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread electric jet engine #168449 05/27/2007 5:02 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Headline, Victorville CA Daily Press SCLA a player in electric jet engine If a phrase can be misinterpreted, as a former prescriptivist I will misinterpret it. My first reaction was that an electric engine had been developed to power a jet ...especially after reading, "As Boeing begins assembling its electrically powered Dreamliner 787..." Of course I shortly dismissed the idea, owing to the prohibitive mass of the required battery SCLA, incidentally, means Southern California Logistics Airport, not Sex-Crazed Los Angeles It is of course an advanced engine, but I'm sure it uses conventional fuel. The aircraft was called "electric" thanks to high-tech electrical bells and whistles such as LED cabin lighting Owing to space limitations a headline can often convey a mistaken impression. But would anyone else have had the same reaction dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: electric jet engine dalehileman #168454 05/28/2007 6:06 AM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand Electric Jet Engine! Perhaps they have a windmill on top of the plane which perpetually generates electricity. The faster the plane goes, the faster the windmill spins, the faster the planes goes. what a drag eh? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: electric jet engine olly #168456 05/28/2007 6:20 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass yeah, or it could be that the headline guy misinterpreted General Electric jet engine.. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: electric jet engine olly #168460 05/29/2007 8:47 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Quote: Electric Jet Engine! Perhaps they have a windmill on top of the plane which perpetually generates electricity. The faster the plane goes, the faster the windmill spins, the faster the planes goes. what a drag eh? It would not be a very pratical means of getting from A to B, however. According to my Acme Guide to Autocatalytic Motive Systems, the exponential increase in the speed of windmill powered electric jet engines eventually breaches the speed of light, launching the aircraft into parallel dimensions whence they never return. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: electric jet engine Hydra #168476 05/29/2007 8:30 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA SCLA a player in electric jet engine Read quickly - SCLA man inside a jet engine, playing Last edited by wow; 05/29/2007 8:31 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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