JemmySiemens-Schuckert R.VIII Bomber, Germany, 1919
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Is the bloke up top there indeed the pilot? Something seems hilarious about that image, but I can’t quite put my fingerbone on it.
“Can you see anything in front of you?”
“No!”
“Alright, we’re ready to taxi!”
XD
Also, I find the whole thing has a bit of an ‘SUV - Hummer’ vibe, as in that certain comical overcompensation for tooling around an undersized johnson.
Designer: …. yes James, I spent years designing this aircraft … I hope you can safely fly it …. the first 12 designs didn’t work out so well
….
but on a serious note, this made me think how we all take for granted all the things we have now. Everything we ride, fly, float, operate and use is built on hundreds, thousands or even millions of lives lost to figure out the things we aren’t, can’t or shouldn’t do.
VIII is eight.
We’re not counting the four fiery infernos that exploded in the sky and spectacularly came crashing down like a heavenly fireball.