Sir Thomas Monnington RA Conceptual aircraft artwork based upon geometric extrapolation

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Design for an aircraft | Science Museum Group Collection

Drawing, Sketch design for an aircraft / Sir Thomas Monnington RA, 1953-1955. - Pencil, red line on tracing paper 38x29.5cm. - Idea worked from geometric principles; related to designs for ceiling of Conference Hall of the Bristol Council House, 1953-1954; artist worked with Barnes Wallis c1945

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Like the search for elegance in physics, the love of geometric perfection might strike out in fluid dynamics as it did with Tycho Brahe’s ideas of the Cosmos.

The universe loves telling you more of what you can’t do than what you can…you know…like some here…it’s why I sometimes think Byeman is really God.