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[TheWwwyzzerdd]

Spoiler for could it be?

the constellation Taurus?

The line with the teeth of the bull gave me the idea. Then i wiki'd it and found out the sun appears in the constellation at certain times during the year, which would explain the line about the heart like the sun.

[Shakeepuddn]

Hmm. I see this one's proving to be a stickler.
GOODY!!!!

No one yet, most in left field. Only one even scratched the surface with a single line of thought.
Keep trying.

[Grayven]

Spoiler for Can it be?

How about a nuclear submarine from the US Navy? I have another guess if that doesn't get things rolling.

[Tweedle Dee]

Spoiler for Don't Peek Unless You Want To See The Answer..

Ohio Class US Nuclear Submarines

[Grayven]

Spoiler for Don't Peek Unless You Want To See The Answer..

Ohio Class US Nuclear Submarines

I'll take your word for it. I've been doing taxes for far too long to have the ambition for a research project. If you're correct, I should get partial credit for a "correct-ish" guess.

[d3k3]

I'll take your word for it. I've been doing taxes for far too long to have the ambition for a research project. If you're correct, I should get partial credit for a "correct-ish" guess.

Spoiler for Enh?...

I had the same thought a while ago - well, the Iowa class battleship to be precise - but "ever in flight above the ground" ?!?!? O.o ??!?!?!
I'm more inclined to go with the satellite theme somebody mentioned earlier. Voyager might make sense, except for "eighteen in all, each heading a state", which sounds more like the ISS, but there are only fourteen states involved in that, so basically I have no clue...

[Shakeepuddn]

Spoiler for Can it be?

How about a nuclear submarine from the US Navy? I have another guess if that doesn't get things rolling.

KA-BOOM!!

Spoiler for Answer and explication

There are currently eighteen Ohio Class SSBNs (Ballistic Missile Subs) in the U.S. fleet, each named after a state. Submarines transit through the ocean in the same way a plane maneuvers in the sky and there are ALWAYS a standard number of SSBNs prowling the oceans at any one time, one of their primary missions being to avoid detection. A sub "signature" is the noise it emits in transit due to pumps, motors, turbines, cavitation, etc. They are specific to each sub and VERY secret (sorry, that's all I'll say on that matter except that any foreign power would LOVE to have such info). Boomers have passive sonar hydrophone arrays alongside the hull for listening. Each sub utilizes a nuclear reactor ("like" the sun) and a propulsion system that incorporates a bull gear with a standard number of teeth, with the mesh rate (chewing in time) dependent upon speed (knots). Hands at the ready are the crew members and arms at the stay are the nukes, only to be used in the case of a nuclear war (fall of fate).

P.S. Sonar technicians on a U.S. sub are highly skilled analysts called "bubble heads" and are critical to the subsurface mission.

Way to go Grayven, you've reclaimed the throne!

Edited by Shakeepuddn, 25 February 2009 - 04:03 AM.

[Blockster]

Spoiler for Random guess which is probably even more left field

How about Titleist Glof Balls?

Btw This Riddle is impossible. Nice one!

[d3k3]

KA-BOOM!!

Spoiler for Answer and explication

There are currently eighteen Ohio Class SSBNs (Ballistic Missile Subs) in the U.S. fleet, each named after a state. Submarines transit through the ocean in the same way a plane maneuvers in the sky and there are ALWAYS a standard number of SSBNs prowling the oceans at any one time, one of their primary missions being to avoid detection. Boomers have passive sonar hydrophone arrays alongside the hull for listening. Each sub utilizes a nuclear reactor ("like" the sun) and a propulsion system that incorporates a bull gear with a standard number of teeth, with the mesh rate (chewing in time) dependent upon speed (knots). Hands at the ready are the crew members and arms at the stay are the nukes, only to be used in the case of a nuclear war (fall of fate).

P.S. Sonar technicians on a U.S. sub are highly skilled analysts called "bubble heads" and are critical to the subsurface mission.

Way to go Grayven, you've reclaimed the throne!

Oh well... so much for that, then

[DeepS]

way to go man!!....amazing puzzle...got all of us thinking for quite a while...and kudos to the grayven too for his pointer

and "ever in flight above the ground"...who would have thought