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[ryanbatc]

Just finishing up a Catalina Is air tour in the late afternoon sun

catalinatour by ryan b, on Flickr

[jt8d9a]

great shot!

[Steve Dra]

Uhhh...Ryan...isn't the propeller on the wrong spot on that plane?  How can you go forward when the silly thing is on top?

[HighBypass]

It's OK Steve, there's a jetpipe poking out the top of the fuselage facing rearwards which provides forward thrust... 

[Steve Dra]

1 hour ago, HighBypass said:

It's OK Steve, there's a jetpipe poking out the top of the fuselage facing rearwards which provides forward thrust... 

Ahhh ok Mark...all is good then.  I'd just think you'd get way more speed if that prop was on the front (or back) of the aircraft. 

When I worked on them helo thingies in the Navy we used to have a another theory as to how they actually flew:

"A helo is so ugly, it flies because the ground repulses it!" 

[ryanbatc]

3 hours ago, Steve Dra said:

Uhhh...Ryan...isn't the propeller on the wrong spot on that plane?  How can you go forward when the silly thing is on top?

I don't know!  I think it's a miracle these things can get off the ground!

Thanks gents!

[Steve Dra]

7 hours ago, ryanbatcund said:

I think it's a miracle these things can get off the ground!

Another saying we had in the Navy referring to helicopters:  Helos don't fly, they beat the air into submission! 

They are essentially bumble bees that we stick people in, hehe....neither should fly according to the laws of aerodynamics.