Not content with the El Camino, the half car/half truck, in the early seventies Henry Smolinski set out to build a vehicle that was half airplane/half Ford Pinto. Unfortunately he was killed while testing it with pilot Harold Blake. We here at Unremitting Failure hereby induct Smolinski into our Hall of Futility, with full honors. A Ford Pinto? You couldn't survive in one on the ground. What made him think the air would be any safer is beyond us.
Nice segue from "wingman" to "flying Pinto" !
Posted by: AnitaNH | January 27, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Pinto is my middle name!
Wheyhey, glad you're back blogging, Mike.
Posted by: Martijn | January 27, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Yeah, great to see you back flyin' high!
And Martijn, did you know that the name "Martin" translates "son of Mars" meaning "the warrior"? But that's wrong. It actually means "Sorry, dude, wrong planet!".
Posted by: Jan Martin Löhndorf | January 27, 2012 at 12:26 PM
May I be so bold and nominate Franz Reichelt for that Hall of Futility? He's my alltime favorite Futilist. Such sheer suicidal optimism and in such great (esthetic) style!
Son of Mars you say our names mean, Jan Martin? That explains everything! Especialy my glow-in-the-dark personality. Good weekend everybody!
Posted by: Martijn | January 27, 2012 at 05:03 PM
Glow-in-thr-dark-personality? Shine on, you crazy diamond!
Posted by: Jan Martin Löhndorf | January 28, 2012 at 01:25 PM
Reichelt is hereby admitted to the Hall of Fuitility! Hope everybody had a great weekend!
Posted by: UF Mike | January 30, 2012 at 08:03 AM
I looked at the sun through a telescope for the first time this past weekend! It has a skin! My child had to leave the planetarium as her mind was being blown by the speculated and studied realities of BLACK HOLES. The indiscriminate sucking up and crushing of all matter around it was too much for her. I can understand... We went to the landing on the stairs to look out at the inner harbor to settle down then the gift shop.
Posted by: karoline | January 30, 2012 at 01:29 PM
Flying El Camino?...seems to me you have been in one already before ;) If oyu had been in Flying Pinto no way you'd still be here
Posted by: Keith | January 30, 2012 at 08:46 PM
You make a good point, Keith. At least the flying El Camino had that nice long front end to blunt the impact of the telephone pole. And Karoline, the sun is very thin skinned. Otherwise, it would be less susceptible to insults. Believe me, the last time I insulted it, I got a sunburn that that was Chernobyl like in its quality.
Posted by: UF Mike | January 31, 2012 at 10:25 AM