Way To Much Time On His Hands
A model of an aircraft carrier… made entirely out of Legos. (link courtesy of Rantburg, the source for all things civil and well reasoned.)
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News Flash: Military Health Care Sucks
You would think that the absolute cluelessness of the American Media, and many bloggers I might add, would fail to shock me. You’d be wrong. Anyone who thinks this is going to do more than cause some hospitals to paint a wall or two, raise your hands. For almost 23 years I’ve mostly been given… More »
JSF Development Money Cut
This from Aero-News: Department of Defense representatives told Bloomberg News Friday the Pentagon plans to end a development program for a backup powerplant for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF.) The move — which would have to be approved by Congress — aims to save approximately $1.7 billion through 2011, according to a DoD memo… More »
MILITARY HISTORY
Complete the following: “A _______ for SAC Is a __________ for freedom.” “You call, We _____” is one of the mottoes of ________ units. The U-6A, formerly designated the ________ is a __________ type aircraft, powered by a ___________ engine, and was manufactured by the __________ Aircraft Company. The B-52 was first flown in _______,… More »
Suburban Sophistication
When JP and Pip and Sander and I were all growing up, the contiguous suburb of Sunland and Tujunga, untouched by the 210 Freeway was a terribly blue-collar, gloriously low-rent sort of rural suburb. It was if anything, an extension of the San Fernando Valley, and not the wealthier part of it either. It was… More »
Last Weekend’s Airshow
Well, I think at least, here: AARRRGGHH!! Somebody help! Mom, I followed your instructions, and have done all kinds of machinations fiddling with it, and here’s what I get! What, for Pete’s sake, am I doing wrong? (Can’t tell… upload it again, and e-mail me exactly what it gives you for a code once it… More »
A Moment of Silence Please
Beautiful Wife’s Stepfather, a retired Senior Chief in the United States Navy, passed away earlier today from an apparent heart attack. He just lost his wife earlier this year to multiple strokes. He had to intern her ashes in the past week. We’re thinking his heart just broke. Senior, thanks for being another Dad to… More »
Can You Say “Aurora” – I knew you could
My guess is that this has something to do with the Navy’s “super-secret” AURORA project: They have become legendary in UFO circles. Huge, silent-running “Flying Triangles” have been seen by ground observers creeping through the sky low and slow near cities and quietly cruising over highways. The National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS), has catalogued… More »