Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

There's a Sucker Born Every Minute

First, the Moeller Skycar is back, a zombie project that has never been in free flight with a live pilot in fifty years of development.

It would seem that Paul Moeller and Jim Bede both share a talent for separating investors from their money. Like Moeller, Jim Bede also attracted the attention of the Federal regulators (in his case, the FTC). Unlike Moeller, Bede has designed at least two airplanes that were produced in numbers (BD-1* and BD-4) and a few that were less than successful (BD-5, BD-10).

Second, the Terrafugia TF-X. They claim that "a megawatt of power lifts you". According to Wolfram Alpha, that is 1,341 horsepower. Which is ten times the horsepower of a Robinson R22. And since it will have over 800 HP, you'll most likely need to get a type rating to fly it.

I'm not giving investment advice. But if you were seriously thinking about investing in either Moeller's company, or the TF-X you might get a better return on your investment by spending it on hookers and booze. At least, you'll have some fun.
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* After they kicked him off the project.

3 comments:

BadTux said...

Or crack. Which you'd have to be on, to think either of these are a good idea.

Old NFO said...

Yep, good money after bad (again and again)...

Nangleator said...

Ah, well, the opening of a Bond movie and the Grumman Yankee are achievements that render Bede's life as worthwhile, in my book.