MORE random pics......

[daepp]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Patriot 1, Scud 0 ?

[bigel]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

And one of my personal favorites...





One of the few commercially available in the strong ale style. And, of course, the OG...

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by kach22i

"The Mystery Spot is a visual illusion–based tourist attraction near Santa Cruz, California. It opened in 1941."

There's actually a little more to it than being just an optical illusion. Yes, all the slanted buildings and whatnot that these 'Mystery' places use to dramatize the effect are playing tricks with your perspective, but there is some sort of unusual phenomenon present in the background. Every one of the demonstrations they conduct can be explained away if you consider the fact that you're actually leaning to one side a bit, but think you're standing up straight. This natural occurrence is also what makes cars seem to roll up hill in neutral at any of the many 'Gravity Hill' type places all over the world. The cars actually roll down a slight grade, but your tilted perspective makes them seem to be rolling uphill.


Tournament of Roses parade floats under construction

[porsche930dude]

Originally Posted by rcooled

There's a gravitational anomaly like this not far from my house called The Mystery Spot. Not much of a mystery though...some quirk of gravity causes you to lean 18° while your inner-ear balance mechanism tells you that you're standing straight up & down. They use several gimmicks within the "Spot" to heighten the effect. The trees in the area are all leaning too.

This reminds me of Houdinis great escape at six flags in NJ That was probrobly my favorite ride when i went there back in 03

[widebody911]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

[widebody911]

[Icemaster]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Damn, that sucks.

[Icemaster]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

That looks a bit like the museum grounds at Wright Patt. P-51 in the background?

They moved her into the new hangar that was being built in the last year or so IIRC.

[kach22i]

Miss Scuba pageant contestants pose for pics -- but something is amiss - The Newsroom - Lollipop


The Intersections & Beyond: Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach is Miss Universe 2015

[Holger]

Originally Posted by JackDidley

Me and my old car, a few years ago.[IMG][/IMG]

Thats some bad Photoshop-skills there!

[bigel]

Originally Posted by Icemaster

Damn, that sucks.

I see what you did there...

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by widebody911

The 7 most ignored real world weapons. - Page 4 - StarDestroyer.Net BBS


The F-104 got swept up into the wing tip vortex of the XB-70.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie

The accident investigation also pointed to the wake vortex off the XB-70's right wingtip as the reason for the F-104's sudden roll over and into the bomber.

[GH85Carrera]

[craigster59]

[Rikao4]

Chet, Waylon, Willie..
blank on the standing guy & mustache..

[timlooney]

Originally Posted by craigster59

Chet Atkins, RCA Producer Bob Ferguson, Shel Silverstein , Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson

[abisel]

On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson. The event later became known as "The Day the Music Died", after singer-songwriter Don McLean so referred to it in his 1971 song "American Pie".

At the time, Holly and his band, consisting of Waylon Jennings, Tommy Allsup, and Carl Bunch, were playing on the "Winter Dance Party" tour across the Midwest. Rising artists Valens and Richardson had joined the tour as well.

The long journeys between venues on board the cold, uncomfortable tour buses adversely affected the performers, with cases of flu and even frostbite. After stopping at Clear Lake to perform, and frustrated by such conditions, Holly decided to charter a plane to reach their next venue in Moorhead, Minnesota. Richardson, who had flu, swapped places with Jennings, taking his seat on the plane, while Allsup lost his seat to Valens on a coin toss.

Soon after take-off, late at night and in poor, wintry weather conditions, the pilot lost control of the light aircraft, a Beechcraft Bonanza, which subsequently crashed into a cornfield, leaving no survivors.

NTSB accident report: http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/CAB_2-3-1959.pdf

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by craigster59

Some pictures tell a story better than a thousand words.

[GH85Carrera]

[tcar]

Originally Posted by abisel

On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson.

Soon after take-off, late at night and in poor, wintry weather conditions, the pilot lost control of the light aircraft, a Beechcraft Bonanza, which subsequently crashed into a cornfield, leaving no survivors.

NTSB accident report: http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/CAB_2-3-1959.pdf

There is a guy with a Mooney M20 that now has that tail number... wonder if he knows it's history.