John Smith

In article <vlx6k.5975$N87.2169@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com>,
"Allen" <ha_smith57@m> wrote:

> This guy might be beating you to the punch!
>
> From the June 19 AvWebflash:
>
> Florida Researcher Proposes Wingless Flight
>
> An engineer at the University of Florida has unveiled a design for a "flying
> saucer" that can take off vertically, hover, and fly, and it has no wings or
> propeller -- it doesn't have any moving parts at all. "This is a very novel
> concept, and if it's successful, it will be revolutionary," said Subrata
> Roy, the ship's inventor, who applied for a patent on it last week. "If
> successful, we will have an aircraft, a saucer and a helicopter all in one
> embodiment." The saucer is propelled by a force called magnetohydrodynamics,
> which is created when a current or a magnetic field is passed through a
> fluid. By interacting with the atmosphere, the force is able to create lift
> and momentum and provides stability against wind gusts. The ship's surface
> is partially hollow and continuously curved, like an electromagnetic flying
> bundt pan. Unfortunately, it seems the technique is likely to work better in
> space, where pesky things like gravity and drag are minimized.

MHD, nothing new there.
That concept has been around for more than 50 years.
The guy must not have read " TRACY" cartoons when he was young.
MHD is what powered 's friend Diet Smith's Smith Industries one-man
pods and space coupe.