Monday, August 20, 2007

What's Long, Hard, and Full of Seamen?

A submarine. Like the one I visited at OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry). This is the USS Blueback:
I took a tour of the "boat" recently. It smelled like my grandpa's basement and it was really cramped. It is also the worst possible place for someone to fart in.Here is my brother Andy in the Torpedo Room. This room was actually filmed, and can be seen in the movie The Hunt for Red October.

While at OMSI I also checked out BODY WORLDS, an exhibit of preserved human bodies. It is the same exhibit that Bond goes to in Casino Royale (the best movie of 2006).

One of my teachers at BYU once told me that the best paper airplane design was a crumbled up paper ball. OMSI was where I tested that theory. There was a wind tunnel device where visitors were encouraged to design a paper airplane, and see how it would fly. This is my brother's design. Notice the blurred wings, indicating a turbulent plane.
Below is my design. It is as steady as a rock. A quality you want in any airplane.

2 comments:

Tad said...

Love the airplane design. So stable and functional.

Those are some sweet pictures.

Unknown said...

You haven't posted in forever!