jets Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/jets/ Trunkated tales, rumbling rhymes, and elephant art Sun, 27 May 2018 14:57:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/elephantsnever.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-winter-logo-2019-20.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 jets Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/jets/ 32 32 135387410 Elephant Aviation https://elephantsnever.com/elephant-aviation/ https://elephantsnever.com/elephant-aviation/#respond Sun, 27 May 2018 14:57:00 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=849 When composing this week’s Elephants Never Jet, I wanted to allude to famous figures from aviation history. First, Howard Hughes came to mind, principally because he played a big part in The Rocketeer movie. Plus, he has a biopic of his own that you might have heard about. Hughes today has the reputation of an innovator, rebel, and eccentric who Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/elephant-aviation/feed/ 0 849 Jet https://elephantsnever.com/jet/ https://elephantsnever.com/jet/#respond Thu, 24 May 2018 12:15:02 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=719 The engines powered up with a tusk-rattling THRUM, and Erskine grinned, despite himself. The sound was music to his big ears. He heard no whine of whistling air, no rising pitch as massive fans got up to speed. Instead, Erskine’s antigrav thrusters gave off a solid, sci-fi hum that vibrated the whole craft and sounded like power. Cycling through his Read More

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