TheBaron Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Hi all, Doing a bit of research on the Parnall Peto that was used on the M2 submarine (sadly now sitting on the sea floor off the Dorset coast) when I came across some brief information in the April 1931 issue of 'Flying' magazine. It wasn't that which caught my eye however but the Jules Verne-ish report on the page below it about automated aircraft. Have a read for yourselves: No source for this is given however - perhaps tellingly in this instance. I wondered had the writer been pillaging H.G. Wells, but The Shape of Things to Come wasn't published until a couple of years later.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Crikey Tony, this whole magazine reads like something from Monty Python or the cover of 'Thick As A Brick'. What a fantastic read, in a couple of meanings of the word ! I'm eager to know the rest of the story regarding the swarm of bees, the aircraft, the caucus (how I wish I had been in that) and the result that poor Lieutenant Simonton was nicknamed 'Honey Boy' !! On the serious matter of unmanned aircraft, at a height of 12 miles and dropping mail on London from Paris, by parachute, accurately, at an airspeed of 500mph, in 1931 Given the other articles, is there the slightest chance that in April 1931, the staff of Flight Magazine had been unwittingly drinking a rather unusual batch of Darjeeling ? T 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 6 hours ago, TonyTiger66 said: Given the other articles, is there the slightest chance that in April 1931, the staff of Flight Magazine had been unwittingly drinking a rather unusual batch of Darjeeling ? Did they still have cocaine as an ingredient in Coca-Cola then...wait..it was a French proposal. No doubt absinthe and opium.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 1931? Crikey, that's just gone half-past-seven! Amazon have obviously read this and decided to finally, er, think about delivering the idea? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 59 minutes ago, CedB said: 1931? Crikey, that's just gone half-past-seven! Amazon have obviously read this and decided to finally, er, think about delivering the idea? If they delivered it by floatplane launched from a submarine, then I might just consider joining Amazon Prime.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Miljevic Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Hello, TheBaron Without the floatplane and submarine part, but otherwise regular practice in China, although in a somewhat primitive version (final delivery is still done by a courier): http://corporate.jd.com/whatIsNewDetail?contentCode=6IhXLeeSAFLjLLlyuZatDA%3D%3D Looks like we are heading towards something between Huxley's Brave New World and Asimov's Caves of Steel. Cheers Jure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Errr...it was the APRIL 1931 issue don't forget.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Doh! Fell for it... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 On 2017-6-9 at 9:20 AM, Jure Miljevic said: Hello, TheBaron Without the floatplane and submarine part, but otherwise regular practice in China, although in a somewhat primitive version (final delivery is still done by a courier): http://corporate.jd.com/whatIsNewDetail?contentCode=6IhXLeeSAFLjLLlyuZatDA%3D%3D Looks like we are heading towards something between Huxley's Brave New World and Asimov's Caves of Steel. Cheers Jure Fascinating reading Jure. Duly bookmarked. On 2017-6-9 at 9:24 AM, malpaso said: Errr...it was the APRIL 1931 issue don't forget.... The transatlantic delivery method stated there looks like an uncanny prediction of the V2 however... On 2017-6-9 at 10:24 AM, CedB said: Doh! Fell for it... Fret ye not Ced. There was a disgraceful article on women pilots in the same issue that I don't unfortunately believe was intended as a joke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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