Large, soft, rubbery passenger aircraft with downward pointing jets that bounces along in giant hops from start to destination.
Steering by controlling the exhaust nozzles. Use prevailing wind to enhance forward motion.
WHEEEEEeeeeeEEEEE !-- UnaBubba, Dec 16 2008 Inflatoplane. http://farm4.static...93_62f2596710_o.jpgby Goodyear of course. [2 fries shy of a happy meal, Dec 16 2008] Jimbooooo, JIMBOOOOOOO http://www.classick...mbo_and_the_Jet_Set [theleopard, Dec 16 2008] Company motto? http://www.geocitie...e/sounds/bouncy.wav [Amos Kito, Dec 16 2008] Santa has one! http://fresnohub.co...ble-santa-plane.jpg [xandram, Dec 19 2008] boing... boing... boing [+]might get a bit bumpy though-- up_on_cloud_nine, Dec 16 2008 [+] Airlines pay farmers for boing-tracks in their fields, stop lights turn red on all four sides to allow boing-ing throw the cities....-- Bcrosby, Dec 16 2008 Safer than conventional aircraft. If you ditch in the ocean you simply float about for a while, until help arrives.-- UnaBubba, Dec 16 2008 foolish nonsense +-- xenzag, Dec 16 2008 ludicrous (+)-- Voice, Dec 16 2008 To prevent it from touchdown until its landing spot, does it need a Boing Ball to hop into?
Weeeeeeee, hop at the top of boing ball. Weeeeeeee, hop at the forward bouncing ball. Weeeeeeee, hop to the next meet halfway. Weeeeeeee, hop till the next drop station. Weeeeeeee, hop till the skin burst open. Aaaaaaaagh, everybody boing-boing pass away together, Weeeeeeee! Bun+-- rotary, Dec 16 2008 "New York to LA? That's 520 boings, at $2 a boing... $1040.00 plus taxes, Ma'am."-- UnaBubba, Dec 17 2008 I have kind of a fear of flying, but no fear of bouncing. [+]-- Noexit, Dec 17 2008 I recall an annotation from [thumbwax], who once got a lot of people on a rough flight across the Rockies to pretend they were on a rollercoaster ride. I think of this idea as something like that.-- UnaBubba, Dec 18 2008 Gives me the "jee bee jee bee's.
[+]-- skinflaps, Dec 18 2008 "Bad-a-boing, Bad-a-boing, Bad-a-boing", said Tony Soprano.-- UnaBubba, Dec 19 2008 sounds like fun +-- xandram, Dec 19 2008 halfbakery