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| + | Say we look forward 100 years. Would planes be invented in a world that already has air transport via dragon? | ||
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| + | I'm gonna say yes. Maybe not in the same fashion/place/time but sooner or later someone will invent a plane with the justification of: "Dragons eat too much, are too hard to breed, and there aren't enough of them!" Someone will probably invent a plane that will replace dragons for the same reasons the motorcar replaced horses. | ||
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| + | That said, I really think those early pilots are going to have one tough road ahead of them. I would not want to be the luckless WWI biplane pilot trying to fly against even a dragon of middling size. Those things started out as flying death traps. (Check out Stephen Coonts' 17th Day if you don't believe me.) But I think the plane makers will persevere because planes can ultimately be made to fly higher/faster/longer than dragons. | ||
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| + | Just some thoughts because my fingers hurt from coloring dragons. I've only got 4 left to draw: [[Alaman]], [[Bright Copper]], [[Ironwing]], [[Sharpspitter]]. All the other breeds are drawn and I just haven't scanned them in and cleaned them up to post yet. --[[User:Mooir|Mooir]] 20:35, 4 July 2007 (PDT) | ||
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Do dragons preclude airplanes?
Say we look forward 100 years. Would planes be invented in a world that already has air transport via dragon?
I'm gonna say yes. Maybe not in the same fashion/place/time but sooner or later someone will invent a plane with the justification of: "Dragons eat too much, are too hard to breed, and there aren't enough of them!" Someone will probably invent a plane that will replace dragons for the same reasons the motorcar replaced horses.
That said, I really think those early pilots are going to have one tough road ahead of them. I would not want to be the luckless WWI biplane pilot trying to fly against even a dragon of middling size. Those things started out as flying death traps. (Check out Stephen Coonts' 17th Day if you don't believe me.) But I think the plane makers will persevere because planes can ultimately be made to fly higher/faster/longer than dragons.
Just some thoughts because my fingers hurt from coloring dragons. I've only got 4 left to draw: Alaman, Bright Copper, Ironwing, Sharpspitter. All the other breeds are drawn and I just haven't scanned them in and cleaned them up to post yet. --Mooir 20:35, 4 July 2007 (PDT)
