2020 New Random Pics

[GH85Carrera]

Ferrari 330 P3/P4






Taken in Germany, mid to late 50's. it is next to a rail track so presume they were ready for the smelters.


USS Oklahoma (BB-37) righted to about 30 degrees, while she was under salvage at Pearl Harbor.
She had capsized and sunk during the 7 December 1941 Japanese air raid. Naval Air Station Ford Island is in the background.

[GH85Carrera]

[GH85Carrera]

[GH85Carrera]

Everything about the SR 71 was important and thought out when a problem occurred, and Lockheed provided the answer. SR 71 tires …Workers used aluminum on the areas where the wheels retracted and added latex. Then they filled the tires with nitrogen.
The tire pressure was 415 pounds per square inch compared to the 35 psi in your car. With all the high speed that SR-71 Blackbird would fly, it caused the tires of the aircraft to also get heated up immensely just like its airframe, despite the tires being housed inside a cell. If these tires were inflated with normal oxygen, then it would have seeped out of them even while the landing gear was being retracted.
Tires made by BF Goodrich
I have over 700 flight hours in the A-12 and the SR-71 and never had a tire blow out. There are three tires on each side. We used brake coolers after landings because of the heat generated during flight and landing. The tires were normally changed after 10 takeoffs, because the wear & tear & heat is during the time of rotation with a full fuel load. When we could we took off with half fuel load and air-air refueled shortly after takeoff. That reduced the takeoff weight by about 40,000 pounds. The fully loaded SR-71 weighed about 160,000 pounds. I don’t believe that we had a tire problem. Quoted by Colonel Ken Collins, A- 12 and SR -71 pilot.

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[IROC]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Everything about the SR 71 was important and thought out when a problem occurred, and Lockheed provided the answer. SR 71 tires …Workers used aluminum on the areas where the wheels retracted and added latex. Then they filled the tires with nitrogen.
The tire pressure was 415 pounds per square inch compared to the 35 psi in your car. With all the high speed that SR-71 Blackbird would fly, it caused the tires of the aircraft to also get heated up immensely just like its airframe, despite the tires being housed inside a cell. If these tires were inflated with normal oxygen, then it would have seeped out of them even while the landing gear was being retracted.
Tires made by BF Goodrich
I have over 700 flight hours in the A-12 and the SR-71 and never had a tire blow out. There are three tires on each side. We used brake coolers after landings because of the heat generated during flight and landing. The tires were normally changed after 10 takeoffs, because the wear & tear & heat is during the time of rotation with a full fuel load. When we could we took off with half fuel load and air-air refueled shortly after takeoff. That reduced the takeoff weight by about 40,000 pounds. The fully loaded SR-71 weighed about 160,000 pounds. I don’t believe that we had a tire problem. Quoted by Colonel Ken Collins, A- 12 and SR -71 pilot.

Something is fishy about that narrative above. It implies that tires are typically inflated with oxygen? Who in the world would do that? “Air” is mostly nitrogen with only a small percentage of oxygen, so air is mostly nitrogen already. And, why would oxygen (atomic number of 8) seep out easier than nitrogen with an atomic number of 7? I thought the main reason for nitrogen fill was to control for water vapor content.

[oldE]

Originally Posted by IROC

Something is fishy about that narrative above. It implies that tires are typically inflated with oxygen? Who in the world would do that? “Air” is mostly nitrogen with only a small percentage of oxygen, so air is mostly nitrogen already. And, why would oxygen (atomic number of 8) seep out easier than nitrogen with an atomic number of 7? I thought the main reason for nitrogen fill was to control for water vapor content.

Mike, I suspect it was a slip of the tongue. Probably meant to say normal air, ( which, as you pointed out contains moisture). The most important thing would be controlling the pressure variance through the temperature range.
Remember, the guy was only a pilot.
(I'm ducking now!)

Best
Les

[GH85Carrera]

Yea, I doubt anyone used pure oxygen to fill the tires. Especially after the Apollo 1 disaster.








Buffalo, NY. Golly that looks like fun.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Some things just don't need to exist. I like broccoli, but WTF?

OK, I get it, she's famous, and young and cute, but this seems a bit over the top.

[Steve Carlton]

I think she's saying "Give me a wedgie, Big Boy."

[GH85Carrera]

[GH85Carrera]

A Bald Eagle's nest with a Ranger for scale.




An incredible 4,500 year old ancient Egyptian tunic.
The Egyptian Museum, Cairo

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

An incredible 4,500 year old ancient Egyptian tunic.
The Egyptian Museum, Cairo

So. Egyptian cotton is the real deal.



Yeah...I'm a fan of the itty bitties.

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

So. Egyptian cotton is the real deal.

Yes. It gets softer with each corpse.

[A930Rocket]

I give up. Why is she famous?

She’s holding onto that drink like somebody’s trying to take it!

Originally Posted by masraum

Some things just don't need to exist. I like broccoli, but WTF?

OK, I get it, she's famous, and young and cute, but this seems a bit over the top.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

I think she's saying "Give me a wedgie, Big Boy."

She might be why hot babes are referred to as a Betty.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

I give up. Why is she famous?

She’s holding onto that drink like somebody’s trying to take it!

I guess she's a music artist
https://www.google.com/search?q=dua+lipa
I've never heard any of her music before.


But for the sexiest girl riding a mechanical bull that I've ever seen (which is limited to YT videos)...
This girl oozes sex in buckets

[GH85Carrera]

Not for sale, I am gonna fix it up one day!




The industrial might of the USA. Corsair assembly line at the Vought-Sikorsky plant in Stratford, CT.

[flatbutt]

Hey y'all a friend sent this in her Christmas card. Check out this pic of me back in my college lab. Man that was a long time ago.

[GH85Carrera]

Is that back before your butt was flat?


Dodge City, Kansas [1872]


Dracula simia is an orchid species native to tropical South America. Also referred to as monkey face orchids.




The infamous Fuhrer's "Eagles Nest" in Bavaria, Germany. Great bronze doors open up to the tunnel, over 100 feet long, to the elevator, which is directly below the house.