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Richard Branson and Virgin debut new underwater plane

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Virgin unveiled the latest addition to Richard Branson's luxury fleet on Friday: an underwater plane that will fly riders into the depths of the Caribbean Sea. (money.cnn.com) Ещё...

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dbaker
dbaker 0
I'm going to wait for the Virgin Flying Submarine.
jenniferbaker
Jennifer Baker 0
Or possibly the Virgin driving boat.
voodoobones
James Leighty 0
What a life! Well, back to the mines for me.
EmeraldRocket
Shawn S. Sullivan 0
What are you doing in the co pilots seat?
jenniferbaker
Jennifer Baker 0
EmeraldRocket
Shawn S. Sullivan 0
Good call. But wearing sunglasses. Your boy never flies when sunny. Only into the clouds.
jenniferbaker
Jennifer Baker 0
yock
Michael Yockey 0
The last line of the article:
The Necker Nymph claims "near-zero" environmental impact because its "positive buoyancy prevents the sub from landing on a reef, and its low light and noise emissions ensure the fragile ocean ecosystems remain undisturbed," Virgin said.

Positive bouyancy? Meaning there's no ballast and it relies on its dive planes to remain underwater? If the engines lose power while under water that thing will shoot to the surface with more force than a political talk show host's mouth.

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