09-06-2004, 03:45 PM
DeeBye,Sep 5 2004, 10:52 PM Wrote:For me, it's no contest.Aye, we've one of those on display at the local air museum here in Oregon. A longtime favorite aircraft of mine.
However, on the subject of 'best', I have a hard time choosing. The Harrier Jet is certainly worth a mention, as is the Space Shuttle system, the machine used to dig the tunnel from the UK to France, Deep Blue, any modern oil platform, etc.
Artificial hearts are certainly novel, but until they can sustain someone for most of their natural life 99.9% of the time, if need be, I won't be too impressed. I still consider them to be in the testing and development stages.