Monthly Archives: May 2011
Smaller than Her Maj’s Helicopter, less bulletproof than Obama’s helicopter, the experimental Eurocopter X3 is nevertheless the fastest helicopter ever built.
Most helicopters have a top speed of 130 or 140 knots, which works out to about 160 mph. With the seemingly simple addition of two turboprops mounted on little wings, the Eurocopter X3 prototype hybrid helicopter has managed to make it to 267 mph in stable, level flight.
That’s Dublin to Cashel – or Moneygall – in less than half an hour. Time is money, people.
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Leaving the White House for Andrews Airforce Base
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Lyn Benedetto, there: failing to avoid the Tribulation in the most horrible way imaginable.
Meanwhile, (top pic) a trollboard on the I-40 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Because life goes on.
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A man has been arrested after he stabbed a garda, hijacked his jeep and went on the rampage in Cork Airport, hijacking a second vehicle.
The man was overpowered at Cork Airport after he broke through the security fence there and rammed several vehicles.
The man produced a knife to a garda who stopped him on Patrick St in Cork city centre at around 4.30pm. He slashed the garda across the face, hijacked his garda jeep and drove off, ramming several other vehicles and forcing terrified shoppers to dive for cover.
Man Held After Garda Attack, Hijackings (RTE News)
(pic: John Peavoy)
Heineken cans, in background.
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Not all the president’s workmen – but some – in College Green today.
Meanwhile In Temple Bar:
(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
Taken within the last hour at College Green, Dublin.
The two-inch thick bullet-proof glass screen that will surround Brian Cowen Obama tomorrow during his public speech outside the entrance of the Bank of Ireland at College Green.
