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[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

August 23rd, 1954; the Four Fan Trash Can, The Vibrator, Bugsmasher, Bleed Air Blimp, HerkyBird, Spooky, also known as Lockheed YC-130 Hercules first took flight!
A four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed, and capable of utilizing unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medevac, and cargo transport aircraft. The versatile airframe has found uses in a variety of other roles, including as a gunship (AC-130), for airborne assault, search and rescue, Marine Patrol, scientific research support, weather reconnaissance, aerial refueling, maritime patrol, and aerial firefighting, and Hurricane Hunting.
It is now the main tactical airlifter for many military forces worldwide. Over forty variants and versions of the Hercules, including a civilian one marketed as the Lockheed L-100, operate in more than 60 nations.


Highway Patrol Officer: Sounds like you've got straight pipes. You know that's illegal, right? Me: You're welcome to take a look..




American Sycamore 393" in circumference, and around 80' tall. It is in Pennsylvania west of Philadelphia.




23 August (1948)
McDonnell test pilot Edwin Foresman Schoch was assigned to the project, riding in the XF-85 while it was stowed aboard the EB-29B, before attempting a "free" flight on 23 August 1948. After Schoch was released from the bomber at a height of 20,000 ft (6,000 m), he completed a 10-minute proving flight at speeds between 180 and 250 mph (290–400 km/h), testing controls and maneuverability. When he attempted a hook-up, it became obvious the Goblin was extremely sensitive to the bomber's turbulence, as well as being affected by the air cushion created by the two aircraft operating in close proximity. Constant but gentle adjustments of throttle and trim were necessary to overcome the cushioning effect. After three attempts to hook onto the trapeze, Schoch miscalculated his approach and struck the trapeze so violently that the canopy was smashed and ripped free and his helmet and mask were torn off. He saved the prototype by making a belly landing on the reinforced skid at the dry lake bed at Muroc.[N 6] All flight testing was suspended for seven weeks while the XF-85 was repaired and modified. Schoch used the down period to undertake a series of problem-free dummy dockings with a Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star fighter.

Could you post some of the aviation info on the “All things aviation related” thread? There are a bunch of folks that would find that stuff interesting that hang out there.

Just respectfully suggesting..


The 60’s are headed back our way folks! Located at an expensive furniture store here locally.

Anyone want to see a $9,000.00 couch? Here ya go


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[GH85Carrera]

[masraum]

I do like the clean lines of MCM furniture. I would also be happy with the clean lines of traditional Japanese furniture.

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Ironically the two main anti aircraft weapons of the US Navy in WW2 (the Bofors and the Oerlikon) were first produced by a foreign country, who intern sold the design to both sides of the war (Italy on the Axis side). Germany did not buy it and had to rely on captured pieces. The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors. The gun was designed as an intermediate anti-aircraft gun, filling the gap between fast firing close-range small calibre anti-aircraft guns and slower firing long-range high calibre anti-aircraft guns, a role which previously was filled by older outdated guns. The Bofors 40 mm L/60 was for its time perfectly suited for this role and outperformed competing designs in the years leading up to World War II in both effectiveness and reliability. American examples were made by Chrysler.

The guns weren't the real big deal, the VT fuzes were.
The Allies had these Variable Time proximity fuzes, so the altitude didn't have to be set for the Ack Ack, just aim , the shell would arm and then go off when the radio waves detected airplane proximity.

UK invention , US perfected it

Extremely lethal compared to regular altitude set fuzes.
First real use of micro electronics in battle.


This made the US Nav SOOOOO much better at protecting its own ships

It saved lives, and reduced quantities of shells needed to take down a plane
which resulted in lower logistics needs to manufacture and transport the volumes to the war zones.

[GH85Carrera]

This photo of Deadwood, South Dakota shows the Delmonico Hotel and Restaurant, and a banner advertising the Adams Bros Banner Grocery. Circa 1876.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by svandamme

It saved lives, and reduced quantities of shells needed to take down a plane which resulted in lower logistics needs to manufacture and transport the volumes to the war zones.

I had no idea!

[GH85Carrera]

Pretty cool drivers education simulators provided by Dodge. Notice the Woodgrain steering wheel, Instrument Cluster, Van Seat, etc




John's Modern Cabins in the ghost town of Arlington.






Fossil Crinoids- Jimbacrinus bostocki-
Cundiego Formation, Gascoyne District, Western Australia.
Permian (Late Artinskian) period- 290-280 mya.
13.5 inches across.
Crinoids are marine animals that make up the class Crinoidea of the echinoderms (phylum Echinodermata).
The long and varied geological history of the crinoids demonstrates how well the echinoderms have adapted to filter-feeding. The earliest crinoids date back to the early Ordovician period, nearly 500 million years ago.

[craigster59]

It Came From Outer Space (1953)

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[GH85Carrera]

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[svandamme]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

I had no idea!

They were very protective about the tech, only used it where it couldn't be captured, which is easy over sea, but not so over land, Battle of the was first usage on land.. fuses made shells blow up over the germans rather then in the ground.. way more lethal

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

That's me!

[GH85Carrera]

Montana Hotel at Jerome, Arizona 1900. Jerome is one of America's greatest copper camps.






Blue Babe is a 50,000 year old mummified steppe bison that was discovered by gold miners in 1979, north of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Claw and tooth marks on the rear of the bison indicate that it was killed by a North American lion, an extinct Ice Age cat that was 25% larger than the modern lion. The lion managed to open the bison carcass and eat most of its muscle located in the ribs and upper limbs area. However, the bison carcass froze quickly, making it difficult for scavengers to fully consume.
In 1984, a group of paleontologists decided to cook and eat part of the neck muscle of the bison carcass. Professor emeritus of zoology at the University of Alaska, R Dale Guthrie, wrote about the event:
“To climax and celebrate [taxidermist] Eirik Granqvist’s work with Blue Babe, we had a bison stew dinner for him and for Bjorn Kurten … A small part of the mummy’s neck was diced and simmered in a pot of stock and vegetables. We had Blue Babe for dinner. The meat was well aged but still a little tough, and it gave the stew a strong Pleistocene aroma, but nobody there would have dared miss it.
The meat in its abdomen had spoiled before the bison was completely frozen. But in the neck area small pieces of meat were found attached to the skull. The lions had left so little there that it had frozen through while the meat was still fresh. When it thawed it gave off an unmistakable beef aroma, not unpleasantly mixed with a faint smell of the earth in which it was found, with a touch of mushroom. About a dozen of us gathered .... on April 6, 1984, to partake of Bison priscus stew. The taste was delicious, and none of us suffered any ill effects from the meal.”




Black Rock City, NV. Site of Burning Man.

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[GH85Carrera]

[Seahawk]

I can relate to both of these:

[craigster59]

Thought this was a funny sweater for Halloween...

[GH85Carrera]

Echium wildpretii, also known as Tower of jewels

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by craigster59

Thought this was a funny sweater for Halloween...

Would also have been great if it said
"Its only a flesh wound"


Ni!