SW10/WWW: Powernaut 1966 #2: Man From P.O.W.E.R.N.A.U.T. Reporting!

[Andrew Perron]

On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 05:04:09 +0000 (UTC), Scott Eiler wrote:

> And so the theme of Powernaut 1966 is revealed.
> 
> http://www.eilertech.com/stories/powernaut/1966.htm#2

Ah, now we get the James Bondishness.

> Of course women go wild for the Powernaut.  It's the era of 
> Powernaut-mania.  But of course we can find one woman who doesn't, 
> because there's Women's Liberation.

I would make a joke here, but sadly, in the entirety of the 1960s and
1970s, no one ever actually made a funny "Women's Lib" joke. x,x

> The aircraft Powernaut 1 is totally 1966.  It is modeled after the first 
> rear-engine race car to win the Indy 500.  A. J. Foyt had to learn to 
> drive a new kind of car the next year.  It was a big deal.

Fascinating! It looks pretty neat, too.

> One may well ask what happened to the rest of the Power Patrol.  Heh.  I 
> think we'll find out in Powernaut 1968.  But suffice it to say for now, 
> the Powernaut got reinvented for 1966.

As usual!

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, reinvention is his reward.