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s4 ep16 Egyptian Airlines Theory There have been a lot of wierdos, oddbods, and crackpots featured on Medinner. This episode features the oddest of them all. With an odd electro introduction, the video takes us to the front door of a Brentwood Council flat; the voiceover tells us that eccentricity and genius are often confused- Bob lets us decide. The guy sits down and tells the camera that the Ancient Egyptians flew around the world in paper aeroplanes. Bob is shocked to virtual silence, and lets the old guy tell us how the Egyptians 'just took off' in their unpowered aeroplanes from the ground. When you look at the Nazca Lines in Peru, theories like this have been considered before. However, this guy talks absolute rubbish- telling us magic carpets flew, different cultures made different parts of the plane, and Tutankhamen's Sarcophagus was actually his flying suit! The pyramids were airports, Icarus flew with real wings, the Egyptians had to go through customs on arrival, and the Ankh helped pilots to fly. The episode concludes with various attempts to make models of the aeroplanes fly... |
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