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Originally Posted by john70t (Post 10346977)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1549578811.jpg

Japanese Kamikaze plane hit Brit ship in WW2. No real damage to the ship.

Oct 20, 2018
F-16 accidentally blown up by Belgian Air Force mechanic
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/16-accidentally-blown-belgian-air-force-mechanic/story?id=58562311
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The pictures tell the story: Mechanics at an Air Force base in Florenne were working on a nearby F-16 last Thursday and accidentally triggered that jet's cannon, which fired at the other plane.

https://s.abcnews.com/images/Politic...ed_5x7_992.jpg

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The two mechanics involved in the incident were treated at the scene for potential hearing loss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-WIvCXTbHM
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Originally Posted by daepp (Post 10346926)

Not sure if that's a Mack, but the other night I went down a youtube rabbit-hole and ended up watching an excellent documentary/promotional video on the Mack Truck expedition to the Arctic (to maintain the DEW line) and the hardy men who drove them.

-60 below, 12 hour shifts, harrowing "roads" etc. I'd love to see some of today's snowflakes make this journey!

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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6AYwLzwGReU" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Watching it now. Love the sound track and voice over. Has that 1950's sound.

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Originally Posted by bugstrider (Post 10347028)

Isn’t that the truth........

Just last week I got into intense negotiations with one who is a co-worker. A rather pointless topic on internet and speeds. The best we can do is crappy DSL provided by AT&T. He actually told me that if he were us, he would sell the house and move down the hill just to get better internet. The same fragile lil feller who needs to be driven the 1/2 mile to the work hangar because it’s too far to walk[emoji849]

Our nation is so screwed............ if this is any indication of where we are headed with the millennial snowflake gen.

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Thanksfully, many are bucking the snowflake path.

Random TRANSPORTATION pictures

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Originally Posted by daepp (Post 10347357)

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Thanksfully, many are bucking the snowflake path.

Yes, very true!!!!! Especially those raised by sensible parents or guardians.

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Snow Volt with its little antenna sticking out.

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1st Experimental Safety Vehicle Built in Branford, Connecticut in 1957
http://www.neautomuseum.org/blog/1st-experimental-safety-vehicle-built-in-branford-connecticut-in-1957/
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Branford, Conn. – Dubbed by quite a few writers as one of the ugliest cars ever built, the 1957 Aurora prototype was designed by Father Alfred Juliano, a Catholic priest, in Branford. Not necessarily the product of divine intervention, Juliano’s purpose was to create the world’s safest automobile. With money contributed by his Connecticut congregation, Fr. Juliano wanted to build the car and make it available to American automakers to put into production. As it turns out, the gods were not with him and the project went bankrupt after creating just a single prototype.

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On the safety side, the car had a built-in roll cage, seat belts, a padded instrument panel, a collapsible steering wheel, and side-impact bars. Even the spare tire was housed under the front end of the vehicle to help absorb impacts. The front end had a “cow catcher” sort of design, filled with foam, to scoop up pedestrians instead of running them over. Perhaps most innovative was that the seats were designed to swivel 180 degrees and face backwards should a collision be imminent.

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However, restoration was completed in early 2005, and the car was unveiled to a newly re-astounded public at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and is now on display in the Beaulieu Motor Museum, Hampshire, England.

2007
Making the World Safe for Velocity
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/automobiles/collectibles/23SAFE.html

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The odd bubble-shaped windshield had no wipers because, Father Juliano said, it was so aerodynamic that raindrops blew away.

1946 Tucker Torpedo Prototype II Replica Photo Gallery - Autoblog
.............. using a Buick Riviera
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/336010822176818095/
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So weird, does not match the concept sketches that I recall.

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/f5/ca/fe/f...94d32429fb.jpg

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Originally Posted by techweenie (Post 10349181)

Rare one on the 405...

Proton Yellow, one of my favorite colors on one of my favorite VehiCLES. ;)

Went to an old forum where I used to check them out (vehicross.info), looks like attrition and Facebook have diminished the site from what it used to be.

2017
VehiCROSS – part 1
https://sooshin.net/2017/03/06/vehicross-part-1/
https://sooshin.files.wordpress.com/...cept.jpg?w=980

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Isuzu Vehicross Concept