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What brought the simmering Convair\/seaplane\/nuke-yu-ler thing to a boil?<\/p>\n

One – discovering the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives<\/a> on Flickr. There’s a huge set devoted to Convair.<\/p>\n

\"Convair<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Convair<\/a><\/p>\n

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Two – finding a link<\/a> to the work<\/a> of the great and hilarious Stan Mott<\/a> (hadn’t thought about him in too long) that included this image of a seaplane aircraft carrier. I don’t know whether it relies on a reactor or the combined power output of the lashed-together Cyclopii that form the hull (I suspect the latter). Thank you, Agent<\/a> Malki<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Impossibly wealthy Oil Sheik:\u00a0 Signor Martini, I am blue.
\nMartini:\u00a0 Hah, I have idea for you!\u00a0 (See how quick he is?)
\nSheik:\u00a0 What?
\nMartini: Something expensive.
\nSheik:\u00a0 To buy?\u00a0 Where?
\nMartini:\u00a0 The personal aircraft carrier!\u00a0 Fantastico!
\nSheik:\u00a0 But cars…
\nMartini:\u00a0 Exactemente!\u00a0 I make aircraft carrier out of cars,\u00a0 Cyclops Us.\u00a0 They float.\u00a0 So by lashing hundreds of thousands of them together they form magnifico aircraft carrier.\u00a0 Just what you need.\u00a0 No one else has.
\nSheik:\u00a0 But I get seasick.
\nMartini:\u00a0 Ah hah … that is why it is land-based carrier.\u00a0 It rolls on ground, desert, your desert.
\nSheik:\u00a0 But how could it be a real aircraft carrier with no water?
\nMartini:\u00a0 We bring our own water.
\nSheik:\u00a0 Where?
\nMartini:\u00a0 On deck.
\nSheik:\u00a0 But how can the planes land on water?
\nMartini:\u00a0 Sea planes.
\nSheik:\u00a0 Well, I don’t…
\nMartini:\u00a0 Don’t worry.\u00a0 Will be absolutely safe from Russian scoobie divers.\u00a0 I put sharks in water.
\nSheik:\u00a0 You are a shrewd man, Signor Martini.
\nMartini:\u00a0 Ah, my friend, for you … anything!
\nSheik:\u00a0 What will my aircraft carrier look like?
\nMartini:\u00a0 It is up above this text.
\nSheik:\u00a0 Ohhh, praise Allah!\u00a0 How much?
\nMartini:\u00a0 I thought you would never ask. *<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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