Quirkiest News, ever! British Rail filed for patented of Saucer

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Just found these articles , which is most likely the oddest news I've heard. I believe that 'lifter' technology has the potential to work as a commercial venture, but when I found out that British Rail patented the tech two decades ago

"We're getting there." That was the motto of British Rail in its 1980s heyday. But how they thought they might get there will come as a surprise to even diehard trainspotters: a decade earlier engineers had patented plans to transport passengers by nuclear-powered flying saucer, writes Alok Jha
The plans for the space vehicle were discovered on the website of the European Patent Office by a student. "I thought it must be a joke at first," he said, electing to stay anonymous. "It's the sort of thing you only read about in science fiction books."
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Okay
But, it seems, the patent later lapsed because of non-payment of renewal fees, while the space ship - the invention of Charles Osmond Frederick - clearly never materialised.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,1729579,00.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4801928.stm
 
Teta_Bonita said:
how queer!

err i mean odd
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So this thread may get locked because of the oddness of people's response to the news. And yeah it is very British.

Still its not as funny as when Zimbabwe believed they would win the space race, by travelling to the moon in.......a Trashcan? :laugh:
I feel a "You are winner" moment coming along.
 
Im not suprised, A fun fact.. the military did high voltage testing with T.T.Browns lifter technology, and il quote from the book ive been reading where they passed a few million volts through a lifter device with a strong dielectric.

"the result's where infact so impressive, it was immediately classified"
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clarky003 said:
Im not suprised, A fun fact.. the military did high voltage testing with T.T.Browns lifter technology, and il quote from the book ive been reading where they passed a few million volts through a lifter device with a strong dielectric.
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Are you talking about the UK military, or some other?

I heard somewhere that the UK military (possibly aerospace) might be looking into the tech
 
oddly to say, this is quite oddly in an...oddly way, if you know what i mean...odd
 
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