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jonny

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Ah yes I had a friend who had one of these. We had a fun afternoon sending it the length of a football pitch to each other. We were just messing about so I reckon someone who knew what they were doing could send it, I dunno, a kilometre?
 

zagatoes30

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Ah yes I had a friend who had one of these. We had a fun afternoon sending it the length of a football pitch to each other. We were just messing about so I reckon someone who knew what they were doing could send it, I dunno, a kilometre?

It's a long way but not that far
 

JonW

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We have had two Aerobies in the past, and lost them both because they just fly so far... I’m going to guess it must be at least 250m
 

jonny

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Yes if you've heard it before, impossible to guess otherwise. It's meant to be the world's weirdest job title or something I think. And IIRC it's something like the assistant to a kiln maker, who knocks some clay into a mould - or knocks some clay out of it, can't remember which - to make some part of the kiln (the bottom I guess) during the making of a kiln. Or something like that...
 

Oneball

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Near enough. The saggar is the clay vessel used to protect items when they’re being fired. A very skilled job but the bottom of the saggar is just a made from clay but knocking it into a mold. Think it was made famous as a question on The Generation Game.

Over to you Jonny (nice colour your GT)
 

jonny

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(nice colour your GT)
Thanks Oneball, we think it looks great, even in the rain (which is just as well at the moment).

Question then:
In World War II the British spent considerable effort developing a unique aircraft carrier called Habakkuk. The initial work was promising although the project was abandoned by Churchill after the prototype stage. What was so remarkable about its construction?
 

Wanderer

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Thanks Oneball, we think it looks great, even in the rain (which is just as well at the moment).

Question then:
In World War II the British spent considerable effort developing a unique aircraft carrier called Habakkuk. The initial work was promising although the project was abandoned by Churchill after the prototype stage. What was so remarkable about its construction?
Was it made of ice?
 
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