I like his large hat, very similar to the Imperial Space ‘Navy’ in Star Wars. I hope he copyrighted it.
On this day 1603 Flt Lt Paul Ropeller invented the world's first Spinny Thing at #RAFLuton's LARPA (Lutons Advanced Research Projects Agency) Just over 20yrs later the device was found to work well on planes and renamed the PRopellor as a tribute to Paul, Well done Paul!pic.twitter.com/RWOELjm2Qi
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He was originally a butler and later returned to this role at Blenheim Palace working for Lord Bristol, then head of the Royal Flying Corps. After he died, Bristol honoured him with the term “Clear Prop” which indicates that the table needs to be cleared after a formal dinner
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Erm, this is clearly a picture of the USS Enterprise.
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But that's a lafet hand propeller and we all know
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The French claims to have invented what they call the rotary thing
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I’m very Pro-peller as I find the anti-pellers just silly
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Love the naafi balti dish.
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Little is known of his argumentative wife Contra, who also had a rotating propeller named after her.
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