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[Steve Carlton]

"Good brakes," Marge casually texted to her husband. "Certainly not great brakes."

[GH85Carrera]

Unique subway entrance in Frankfurt, Germany


Parking spaces are hard to find.

[red 928]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

"Good brakes," Marge casually texted to her husband. "Certainly not great brakes."

Is that Ken Miles' car at riverside?

[GH85Carrera]

That is a flat gate, just an optical illusion with the craftsmanship by the builder of the gate.

[john70t]

[john70t]

The Blue Whale may be the largest animal to exist on Earth, ever.

[GH85Carrera]

On November 4, 1939 the first production air conditioned automobile, a Packard was displayed at the Chicago Auto Show.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by red 928

Is that Ken Miles' car at riverside?

No, he was driving a prototype of the next gen GT code named the J car. The side scoops, if they were there at all, were different. I worked at the fiberglass factory where the first bodies were built. I may have been on the one that crashed, but I was a finisher not a laminator. I was 18. The rear body came off at Riverside at the end of the straight.

We had a real GT40 on the factory floor. I don't know why, the cars were different at least body wise. It wasn't there long.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Zeke

No, he was driving a prototype of the next gen GT code named the J car. The side scoops, if they were there at all, were different. I worked at the fiberglass factory where the first bodies were built. I may have been on the one that crashed, but I was a finisher not a laminator. I was 18. The rear body came off at Riverside at the end of the straight.

We had a real GT40 on the factory floor. I don't know why, the cars were different at least body wise. It wasn't there long.

Cool story, Zeke! Thanks for sharing.

[GH85Carrera]

Space shuttle Endeavour is seen inside the Mate-Demate Device, or MDD, at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, is seen on the ramp. The SCA will carry Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display. 2012-09-14

[Jeff Higgins]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Space shuttle Endeavour is seen inside the Mate-Demate Device, or MDD, at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, is seen on the ramp. The SCA will carry Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display. 2012-09-14

Stenciled on one of the aft mounts on the 747. Yes, this is really there.



One of my more unusual jobs in AOG was to design tooling to first disassemble and then reassemble one of these aircraft (N905NA) for transport and display at Space Center Houston. Wings were removed so that it could be trailered down a public roadway. Here is where it sits today, with a mockup of the space shuttle Independence resting on top:

[GH85Carrera]

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Photoshop (look at her waist) but funny.

Random:

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

Stenciled on one of the aft mounts on the 747. Yes, this is really there.



One of my more unusual jobs in AOG was to design tooling to first disassemble and then reassemble one of these aircraft (N905NA) for transport and display at Space Center Houston. Wings were removed so that it could be trailered down a public roadway. Here is where it sits today, with a mockup of the space shuttle Independence resting on top:

I feel a bit robbed that we only have a "mock-up" of the shuttle. Although, since it's sitting outside a mock-up is adequate. You'd think the location of mission control might get the real thing. But we don't have a museum to put it in or anything like that so....

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

Photoshop (look at her waist) but funny.

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Maybe, but if her top is a striped blouse or whatever that top is called, it might be real. The top just wraps around her waist. It would be easy to add the text with Photoshop and not change anything but the butt area.

Not my photo, I just post em.


Nope nope nope.






KWAJALEIN.
A water distillation unit is unloaded from a LST (Landing Ship Tank) at the dock area on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. The equipment was transferred from Tarawa.
5 April 1944. (N.A.)

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

Photoshop (look at her waist) but funny.

She's wearing a mostly white wrap around shirt that's causing an optical illusion. Her waist in the photo is wider than it initially appears.

[GH85Carrera]

The Nakatomi tower that was blown up in Die Hard is a bit smaller than I remember.


Perch (APSS-313) on 13 February 1950. She appears to be getting ready to pass a tow line. (NavSource)




Imagine hearing those grandparents talk about getting to school.

[Racerbvd]

[Racerbvd]

[Racerbvd]