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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] flying sub



In a message dated 11/4/00 6:27:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
caribsub@coqui.net writes:

<< To me the flying sub is SiFi, like in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
 2 different technologies that don t fit together. >>

A pressure hull would be incongruous with aircraft, yes, but think outside 
the box.  Define your "submarine".   Ambient pressure dry doesn't have to be 
heavy, particularly if you use "wings" instead of ballast to counteract 
buoyancy.  That seems feasible to me.

Stan