"robert arndt" wrote

Galland has a right to his opinion- all jet flyers do. There are those
today who would pick foreign aircraft to fly other than our own. But
then again Galland only flew the Me-262... he never flew a Vril-7 or
Haunebu disc, did he? What do you think his comments would have been
if he flew those craft?


His comments might have been "Ok..it flies, but not nearly as good as a
regular aircraft"

If disc planform aircraft are soooo good, where are they? 50-60 years later,
and there are zero flying discs in general use.

Somewhere between Gossamer Albatross and the 747, the P-51 and the F-22,
someone, somewhere would have reproduced the general concept. And if it
worked, they'd be using it. Hell...the German engineers that went to the US
and Russia would have said "Hey guys, try this! These things worked really
well for us."

Since to date we have seen none, it must be assumed that the disc was a
waystation on the way to actual functional aircraft. Much as the steam
engine was a waystation on the way to the IC engine in automobiles.
Something to be tried, and then tossed away as "well...it looked like a good
idea anyway".

Oh..I know where they are. The evil US government is monitoring *all*
heavier than air development, everywhere in the world. And supressing any
disc-based investigations. Or simply paying them off and keeping the
aircraft at Area 51. Along with the old German scientists' cadavers.

Pete