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[GH85Carrera]

Kelly Johnson strapped into the A-12 trainer also known as the Titanium goose. On August 27 1963 Kelly what is the first person to get a VIP ride. VIP ride means that you have to be trained on what to do when you’re strapped into a Blackbird and you have to pass a few tests. And you cannot be claustrophobic. Over the years there were many VIP rides given to dignitaries and politicians








Jack Womer (18 June 1917 - 28 December 2013) Then and Now! D-Day veteran Jack Womer is standing at the same door in Angoville-au-Plain/Normandy where he sat shortly after D-Day in 1944! Throughout his service in the 101st Airborne Division, Womer was assigned to the Demolitions Platoon of the 506th PIR Regimental Headquarters Company in the section known officially as the First Demolitions Section and nicknamed the Filthy Thirteen. Known for his astuteness in battle, which he attributed to his rigorous training by British Commandos while in the 29th Ranger Battalion, Womer was never injured in combat. Womer was among the members of the Filthy Thirteen who parachuted into Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944 as part of the Normandy Invasion (Operation Overlord). He was the only one that remained in the Filthy Thirteen and participated in Operation Market-Garden in September 1944, the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, and the advance on Berchtesgaden, Germany, in 1945. At the time of his death on December 28, 2013, Womer was the last living member of the original Filthy Thirteen.

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[masraum]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

I've never been that hungry.

[dewolf]

^ When they're cooked they taste like roast peanuts...

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by masraum

I've never been that hungry.

I suspect after three or four days with no food, they would be yummy. I don't ever want to find out personally.


Hidden in a woodland valley and surrounded on three sides by the Elzbach River, Burg Eltz is one of Germany's most picturesque strongholds. Construction on the 120-room castle began in the 12th century and continued until the mid-1500s. Since then, it has looked much the same as it always has both outside and within — including the medieval kitchen, an armory, and several bedrooms that still have their original 16th-century paint and furniture. And it has remained in the same family for 33 generations since it was built over 850 years ago.


Well, the dry wall, isn't.






Happy Monday!

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I suspect after three or four days with no food, they would be yummy. I don't ever want to find out personally.

I've done "fasting" before (only water). I usually did it for 36-48 hours. The longest that I've fasted is 60 hours. I don't think 3 or 4 days would make me willing to eat a grub.

Hidden in a woodland valley and surrounded on three sides by the Elzbach River, Burg Eltz is one of Germany's most picturesque strongholds. Construction on the 120-room castle began in the 12th century and continued until the mid-1500s. Since then, it has looked much the same as it always has both outside and within — including the medieval kitchen, an armory, and several bedrooms that still have their original 16th-century paint and furniture. And it has remained in the same family for 33 generations since it was built over 850 years ago.

Happy Monday!

That's really cool!

https://burg-eltz.de/en/eltz-castle-the-attractions/castle-tour.html

[The Kraut]

More pictures at: https://www.main11er.de/index.php/07-10-burg-eltz

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Ups, forgot to create the user. Login should work now!!! Sorry.

[asphaltgambler]

Originally Posted by dewolf

^ When they're cooked they taste like roast peanuts...

We'll take your word on that........................

[GH85Carrera]

One GI aptly called these bottles of wine, "headaches in a bottle."





German Soldiers & Civilians cross the River Elbe using the partially destroyed bridge at Tangermünde to escape advancing Soviet forces and surrender to US Personnel between May 4-7 1945
LIFE Magazine Archives - William Vandivert Photographer


April 30th,1962, the first official flight of Article 121, a few days after its first unofficial flight, the Lockheed A-12, serial number 60-6924's left the dry lake bed of Area 51, aka Groom Lake, Nevada, on its first officially “official” flight.
Lockheed test pilot Louis Wellington “Lou” Schalk, Jr. pulled back on the controls as the 72,000-pound titanium craft, and climbed to 30,000 feet while testing onboard systems and handling characteristics. The "article" was described as very stable and extremely responsive.
During development at Skunk Works, one of the biggest difficulties facing the engineers, was the necessity of using titanium for the skin of the A-12. Titanium Metals Corporation, had very limited reserves of the precious alloy, so the CIA conducted a worldwide search using third parties and dummy companies, and finally managed to purchase the base metal from one of the world's leading exporters, whom would also happen to be the least supportive of the project...had they known. That country was none other than the Soviet Union.

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[GH85Carrera]

The Alraigo Incident occurred on 6th June 1983, when a lost British Royal Navy Sea Harrier fighter aircraft landed on the deck of a Spanish container ship.
Its pilot, Sub-lieutenant Ian Watson, was a junior Royal Navy Pilot undertaking his first NATO exercise from HMS Illustrious, which was operating off the coast of Portugal.
Watson was launched in a pair of aircraft tasked with locating a French aircraft carrier under combat conditions including radio silence and radar switched off.
After completing the search, Watson attempted to return to the Illustrious but was unable to locate it.
Running low on fuel, and with his radio stopped working, Watson headed towards a nearby shipping lane, where he made visual contact with the container ship Alraigo.
He initially planned to eject in sight of the vessel but noticed that its cargo provided a flat landing surface.
The ship was carrying a base plate for a telescope being delivered to the 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗮𝗰 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲 in the Canary Islands.
Four days later, the Alraigo arrived at Santa Cruz de Tenerife with the Sea Harrier still perched on its container. The event received widespread media coverage.
The aircraft was salvageable, and the ship's crew and owners were awarded Ł570,000 compensation.




On 5 May 1953, Squadron Commander Christopher Draper DSC, English World War I flying ace, nicknamed "the Mad Major.” , was fed up with the government's treatment of veterans. In a show of protest, The Mad Major preceded to fly an Auster monoplane under 15 of the 18 Thames bridges in London. The bridge arches averaged 40 to 50 feet high; with ships providing additional obstacles.
Draper was arrested after landing, charged, and fined. He retained his pilots licence.
"I did it for the publicity," Draper told the press; "For 14 months I have been out of a job, and I'm broke. I wanted to prove that I am still fit, useful and worth employing....They tell me I can be jailed, possibly for six months.....It was my last-ever flight- I meant it as a spectacular swansong.”


Once there was an old man who lived in a tree. No rent no bill and content as could be.

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[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by widebody911

You sir, continue to post some of the coolest pictures, be it your cars or cats, Cayman and I thank you and salute you.