news articles make references to the TV show "Thunderbirds".
I was a "Thunderbirds" fan as a kid. Yes, now you should be able to compute my approximate age with Wolfram Alpha. It was an amazing show for the technology available for special effects in the 1960s. A few years ago they started reshowing reruns in the UK, and there was a great nostalgia boom of T-bird fans. For awhile they even showed them over here.
Anyhow, this article takes about a new submarine from innovative designer Graham Hawkes:
Water way to travel! Super winged submersible that 'flies' through the ocean unveiled
Here's a picture:
And here's the section of the article that caught my attention:"The Super Falcon Submersible, which resembles Thunderbird 4, can reach depths of 1,500 feet and speed through the ocean at six knots, which is nearly seven miles per hour. It has a range of around 25 nautical miles.
Created by British inventor Graham Hawkes for Hawkes Ocean Technologies, it is the newest and most advanced sub of their Deep Flight series and the culmination of four generations of experimental prototypes."
Thunderbird 4? Sacrilege! This is Thunderbird 4:
Thunderbird 4 is way, way, cooler.But I'd still like to drive a Super Falcon.
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