Speaking of Jules Vern and Round The World.
A new sailing record was set recently, which didn't _quite_ beat 40 days - it took them 40 days and almost 11 hours.
If you've ever seen a SailGP boat flying up out of the water on their hydrofoils and doing 100kmh - imagine a 32m long 26m wide ocean going trimaran doing the same thing in a non stop circumnavigation of the globe. I think they _averaged_ 27knots or 50kmh!
If you _haven't_ seen the SailGP boats and are curious, here's somewhere to start: https://youtu.be/BQWOoP-Iwn8
And when the world was still flooded with money and the music was awesome (so 2004), Jeremy Clarkson did a series about inventions, one of them being the jet plane, and he flew commercial around the world in 120 hours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8D_UzMhjH8
Delightful read, thanks for sharing. The website design is very pleasant, too!
Also FYI the link to "Aves Æternæ" is broken.
Corrected now, thanks! So grateful for the compliments. For the record, the correct link is: https://pinchito.es/2024/aves-aeternae.
Project to Circumnavigate using an Autonomous Airship Drone
PTCUAAAD. As acronyms go: too Lovecraftian I fear.
PCAAD: Too Microsoftie.
PiCArD?
- Piloted Intelligent Circumnavigation Airship for Research and Development
- Prototype Integrated Control Autonomous Route Drone
- Programmable Intelligent Circumnavigation Aeronautical Remote Device
- Piloted Intelligent Craft: Autonomous Route, Data-driven
- Primary Intelligence Control And Route Determination
- Precision Integrated Circumnavigation And Remote Deployment
I'm loving "Project for Intelligent Circumnavigation Airship Research Drone" myself.