The British Rail Flying Saucer

http://tomscott.com - http://twitter.com/tomscott - In the 1970s, at the height of the space race, British Rail -- the government organisation that ran all the UK railways -- patented a flying saucer. How? Why? And could it ever have worked?

Have a look at recent UK patents here: http://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-pj-ukapppub.htm