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dar512 01-28-2009 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by WillieO (Post 527605)
What city in the world has buildings shaped like giant Faberge Easter eggs?
Good point. Now that we're on the subject, how did they get permission to fly an experimental vehicle over a heavily populated downtown area?

They don't let any flight paths over downtown Chicago anymore -- unless you're the Blue Angels.

Pie 01-28-2009 01:43 PM
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London, apparently.
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Originally Posted by wikipedia
30 St Mary Axe, also known as the Gherkin and formerly the Swiss Re Building, is a skyscraper in London's main financial district, the City of London; completed in December 2003 and opened on 28 April 2004. It is 180 metres (591 ft) in height, with 40 floors. Its construction symbolised the start of a new high-rise construction boom in London. The building's name is its address — St Mary Axe being the street it is on. The building was designed by Lord Foster, then-partner Ken Shuttleworth[1] and Arup engineers, and was constructed by Skanska of Sweden between 2001 and 2004.

Griff 01-28-2009 01:45 PM
Escape vehicle for 2012?

Shawnee123 01-28-2009 02:01 PM
AKA Phallus Towers

TheMercenary 01-28-2009 05:58 PM
Prototype:

http://a.media.abcfamily.go.com/abcf...Bang_large.jpg

Big Sarge 01-28-2009 06:10 PM
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Do any of you remember the AVE Mizar? It was a Pinto crossed a detachable Cessna Skymaster. You could drive it like a car and then hook the wings on it and fly. They actually built 2 and 3 were being built when the project was scrapped. During a test flight, the Pinto detached from the aircraft section. Ouch

footfootfoot 01-28-2009 09:43 PM
That building was in an episode of top gear

Gravdigr 01-29-2009 06:16 AM
$76,000?!?! Table cloths and twine must be expensive as hell.

Also, @ poster #2: What the fuck is a fnord?

Sundae 01-29-2009 06:40 AM
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30 St Mary Axe, also known as the Gherkin and formerly the Swiss Re Building, is a skyscraper in London's main financial district, the City of London; completed in December 2003 and opened on 28 April 2004. It is 180 metres (591 ft) in height, with 40 floors. Its construction symbolised the start of a new high-rise construction boom in London. The building's name is its address — St Mary Axe being the street it is on.
Also known as The Dildo and The Condom. Londoners tend to tell it like it is.

Anyway that car's not really flying. It's falling with style.

ZenGum 01-31-2009 06:56 PM
Gotta love a country with street names like St Mary Axe. WTF?

Gravdigr 02-19-2009 03:43 PM
Here Avery Brooks! Here's your goddamned flying car!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrFgRAcr0jg


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