http://www.metafilter.com/34026/and-so-everyday-at-dawn-the-Twin-Pushers-return-to-their-ancestral-island/ Comments on MetaFilter post ... and so everyday at dawn the Twin Pushers return to their ancestral island Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:23:55 -0800 Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:23:55 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/34026/and-so-everyday-at-dawn-the-Twin-Pushers-return-to-their-ancestral-island <a href="http://home.att.net/~dannysoar2/Homepage2.htm">Twin Pushers and Other Free Flight Oddities.</a> "For years, twin pushers were the dominant form of competition model. The format was discovered well before the first world war and remained common until the  mid thirties." <a href="http://home.att.net/~dannysoar/home.htm">Dannysoar</a> excavates a lost model airplane format, and goes on to look at <a href="http://home.att.net/~dannysoar/oddities1.htm">Mystery Biplanes</a>, <a href="http://home.att.net/~dannysoar3/ThingsToCome.htm">The Airplanes of Things to Come</a>, <a href="http://home.att.net/~dannysoar/BelGeddes.htm">Miss Auto Gyro Across the Channel Day</a>, and other winging things, in great and pleasingly eccentric abundance. <a href="http://home.att.net/~dannysoar5/temp.htm">Klick the Klicker</a>! post:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.34026 Tue, 29 Jun 2004 20:38:36 -0800 mwhybark free flight pusher model planes band drive balsa http://www.metafilter.com/34026/and-so-everyday-at-dawn-the-Twin-Pushers-return-to-their-ancestral-island#694238 Outstanding. Great links! comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.34026-694238 Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:23:55 -0800 327.ca http://www.metafilter.com/34026/and-so-everyday-at-dawn-the-Twin-Pushers-return-to-their-ancestral-island#694251 Agreed, best post in a long, long time :) Thanks mwhybark comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.34026-694251 Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:59:05 -0800 zeoslap http://www.metafilter.com/34026/and-so-everyday-at-dawn-the-Twin-Pushers-return-to-their-ancestral-island#694298 news filter news filter news filter and then the transporter telephone and these way cool planes in the one day. My faith in metafilter is restored. :) I think trying and making one of these ought to while away a nice chuck of Saturday afternoon. Wonderful. comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.34026-694298 Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:20:35 -0800 adamt http://www.metafilter.com/34026/and-so-everyday-at-dawn-the-Twin-Pushers-return-to-their-ancestral-island#694305 These wondrous craft call to mind the <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/ma4/oddities/page4.html">Great</a> <a href="http://www.elfis.net/rnr/rnr9/hh.htm">Airship</a> <a href="http://www.keelynet.com/keely/airship2.txt">Mystery.</a> They also remind me of other <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~quade/lawnchair.html">unconventional pioneers of the air.</a> Watch the skies! Keep watching the skies! comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.34026-694305 Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:38:31 -0800 SPrintF http://www.metafilter.com/34026/and-so-everyday-at-dawn-the-Twin-Pushers-return-to-their-ancestral-island#694311 [neato] comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.34026-694311 Wed, 30 Jun 2004 02:10:02 -0800 freebird http://www.metafilter.com/34026/and-so-everyday-at-dawn-the-Twin-Pushers-return-to-their-ancestral-island#694335 I love these things. I built a monstrous Fokker Dr1 from a balsa kit years ago, with tissue paper and dope, that my friend promptly smashed on first flight. These look far less demanding, and far more enjoyable. I think I'll download some of these plans and build 'em. Thanks muchly for the links. Awesome find! comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.34026-694335 Wed, 30 Jun 2004 05:29:56 -0800 GhostintheMachine http://www.metafilter.com/34026/and-so-everyday-at-dawn-the-Twin-Pushers-return-to-their-ancestral-island#694432 SPrintF, thanks a lot for the Airship Mystery links - I'd sort of forgotten about that episode and I appreciate the material! comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.34026-694432 Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:48:25 -0800 mwhybark