tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post3625483484701376037..comments2024-03-29T08:07:48.935-04:00Comments on Waddy Is Right: The Queen is Dead! Long live the...Airbus???Nicholas Waddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-33330106514149922642023-02-05T08:48:48.138-05:002023-02-05T08:48:48.138-05:00Dr. Waddy from Jack: That's a creditable selec...Dr. Waddy from Jack: That's a creditable selection. If it were 400 AD I'd say the totality of Roman engineering but later on the medieval cathedral would compete.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-39019860841402429412023-02-04T17:09:33.201-05:002023-02-04T17:09:33.201-05:00Whew! That's a tough one. I suppose it depen...Whew! That's a tough one. I suppose it depends on what you mean by "engineering", but I would say I regard our gradual decoding of DNA and genetics as the most consequential breakthrough of all, insofar as it literally gives us the capacity (soon to be realized?) of redesigning ourselves...Nicholas Waddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-77214024663813803562023-02-02T16:34:07.196-05:002023-02-02T16:34:07.196-05:00Anonymous from Jack: I think many big ships are ma...Anonymous from Jack: I think many big ships are magnificent; I call many big modern commercial airliners "ships of the air". Any kind of engineering is the product of consummate skill and devotion; aero and space vehicle design and construction is exemplary of this. If I were to vote for the greatest accomplishment of engineering I'd vote for the two Voyager probes; how about yourself and other readers of this forum?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-44660999805213180442023-02-01T19:42:11.016-05:002023-02-01T19:42:11.016-05:00How neat! I still marvel at how these aeronautica...How neat! I still marvel at how these aeronautical giants can make it off the ground... I know, of course, that planes like the A320 and 777 are marvels of engineering too, but somehow they just don't EXCITE me, and isn't that one of the purposes of the aerospace industry? Awe, majesty, beauty, and even romance ought to be in the mix. I hope Boeing is listening...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-51465864105228634412023-01-31T17:03:07.009-05:002023-01-31T17:03:07.009-05:00Dr. Waddy from Jack: I was in Seattle in '71 a...Dr. Waddy from Jack: I was in Seattle in '71 and from the tower there saw a new 747 float past. It was going so slow it looked like a zeppelin with wings. Well gee, it was only 52 years ago but 52 years before that we were flying Curtiss Jennies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com