Well played, sir!

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The woman is the divorce maker.

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Today is a twofer
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(the Bill of Rights was ratified Dec 15, 1791

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On December 7, 1934, a new first in human flight was achieved in the skies over Osage County. With support from Phillips Petroleum Company founder Frank Phillips, famous aviator Wiley Post took off from the Bartlesville airstrip on a test flight into the stratosphere, becoming the first human to ever reach an altitude of more than 50,000 feet.
To achieve this feat, he worked with engineers from the B.F. Goodrich Company to design the world's first pressurized flight suit. Made from rubberized parachute fabric, pigskin, and an aluminum deep-sea diver's helmet, the suit served as a prototype and proof of concept for modern astronaut spacesuits. During his record-setting flight, Post also discovered the jet stream, spurring advancements in aviation and meteorology which echo down to the present.
Originally built as the ranch retreat of Frank Phillips, today the galleries at Woolaroc Museum & Wildlife Preserve in Osage County house several artifacts related to Wiley Post's life and achievements. These include historic photos from the preparation for his record-setting flight, as well as a replica of the helmet from his pressurized suit (the original suit is preserved in the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum). Find more info on Woolaroc and plan your visit to see its one-of-a-kind collection at https://www.woolaroc.org/

That one line about "the smooth steady RPM's purring through the entire power bank" is a laugh and a half. "Bank" might be a typo as I would have said band.

Whatever, the thing was docile until you reached around 5000 RPM. If you didn't know and had the throttle twisted back a whole bunch, you were going to be left in the street tumbling behind your crashing bike. It was the opposite of the statement. The thing came on like water rushing passed a broken dam.

IIRC, the gear ratios kept it in the power band above 5K once you got it up there. It was a very good idea to not reach 5K in 1st unless you were ready for it and up on the tank.

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The amazing thing to me (as a non motorcycle guy) is that a 12.6 second 1/4 mile time was fast back then. Lots of cars right from the showroom are faster than that now, and most top motorcycles of today would leave that on Kawasaki in the dust.

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That bike bout killed me

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I'd describe it as getting hit in the chest with a sledge hammer. And that center plug was always getting fouled especially in colder weather. I always carried extra plugs.

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I'd think somebody normal would know how to spell, brake.:(

I smell A.I.











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84" wide #1 unofficial World Record

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Nick Mason and David Gilmour

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Brian Walsh of Racer Walsh personal driver.

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