Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Epic Dynasty

Hmmm, wonder if I should get one of these for myself for Christmas:

This is an Epic Dynasty, cost over a million in real life, but only $12.50 on sale for Christmas. It's an all carbon fiber airframe so very light, very aerodynamic and built for speed. It's attached to a 1,200 horse power turbo-prop engine (basically a jet engine turbine with its drive shaft attached to the prop). It's also got a state-of-the-art glass cockpit with GPS, etc.

For more info in the real plane, check out www.epicaircraft.com. This baby will do almost 300 knots, so about twice as fast as the Skylane. It can also cruise a lot higher, like 31,000 feet. Not sure I'm ready for it, but it sure looks nice, even with a partially buried big blue blimp in the background.

Speaking of which, I've checked Google Earth and I'm totally unable to find a big blue blimp anywhere around Charlie Brown Airport. I'm really not sure what to make of it.

(UPDATE: Go to Google Earth at 33 46'56.45"N, 84 31'12.52"W and then use the history function (little watch face button that brings up a time slider) and back the date up to April 29, 2002. In that image, there's a blimp parked (docked?) just north of the airport, although it's not blue, and presumably the whole thing is above ground. I suppose Goodyear, MetLife, etc. use Charlie Brown to park their blimps before and after Falcon games or something)

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