Wave of the past

Saw this video today and it again reminded me of how it seems like there is a trend of "new technology" that is just a revisit to the early beginnings:

At 1:30 there is reference to the Vickers which is famous for strength, reliability, but difficult to produce. Was never widely used due to high cost of production (I generally don't care how much a plane cost when I am riding in it)
http://youtu.be/MvRTALJp8DM

Scroll down to see a shot up Vickers tail that made it back:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Wellington

Just like in our X2 discussion, in order to build the fastest, most agile, efficient helicopter of the future they went back to the very first successful rotor design. And the US Navy's choice for RC cargo heavy lift is the KMAX with intermeshing rotor design.

When Rudolph Diesel invented the diesel engine he was against big oil companies and wanted an engine that ran on bio fuel, his famous quote in 1912

“The diesel engine can be fed with vegetable oils and would help considerably in the development of agriculture of the countries which use it” and that “The use of vegetable oils for engine fuels may seem insignificant today. But such oils may become in course of time as important as petroleum and the coal tar products of the present time.”

I saw a news article recently where LAPD set up a sting operation among doughnut shops in the city because of the high number of thefts occuring where the frying grease has been stolen for fuel.

That shot-up tail did have a gunners turret "did have" being the sad truth about that tail! A little respect to the loss of life aside the Vikers was a hardy design no question

I think this doughnut shop "Sting Operation" has been ongoing for 50 years.