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Old 21 Jul 2009, 09:09 (Ref:2505300)   #526
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Completely pointless yet fun little fightingy type game which is really quite addictive and I'm not sure why

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Old 24 Jul 2009, 17:59 (Ref:2507271)   #528
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If you love airlpanes------- You'll love this one!!!

If you take the time to watch the clip you won't forget it.

In 1968 (1967?) a SR-71 made an emergency landing at Grand Force AFB and was "parked" between two B-52 hangers close to the North/South road that paralleled the base runway. The aircraft was completely visible to anyone using the road. Immediately after landing, GFAFB security established machine gun "nests" close to the plane. The plane had never before been seen by anyone away from it's Mojave Desert home field.

The two man crew could not exit the plane until a C-130 arrived from Edwards AFB with the ground support equipment andaircraft technicians to evacuate the crew and "fix" whatever the problem(s) were. Of course, everyone on the base came to see the 71 and security had to control traffic. After the "fixes" were accomplished (two days?), the 71 exited the base heading north. A few minutes later it returned at a very low altitude at tremendous speed in a fly by.

It was awesome and was probably witnessed by about everyone on the base.
Eye candy for people who like airplanes.

Grab your beverage and relax for a few minutes of awesome beauty. The SR-71 was the creation of Kelly Johnson, Lockheed, Eisenhower and the Air Force. It was envisioned in the '50s, first flew in the early '60's, retired in the '80's, briefly brought back in the '90's.

In all, 13 units of the single seat A-12 were built, and 32 of the Pilot + Recon two seat SR-71 units were built.

Five A-12 were lost, one is stored. Twelve two seaters were lost. The remaining 27 are on display around the USA .

One is at Atwater, the old Castle AFB museum at Merced (CA) with 50 other classic war planes. You probably have a better opportunity of viewing the one in San Diego .

Start with the 2000+ mph, the 80,000 feet + altitude. More if you wish.

One more thing. The author of the captions to the picture in this video made one misstatement, due to youth.

The U-2 Recon aircraft was created in 1955, flew operationally in 1956. Kelly thought the USSR would shoot it down in 18 months. Lucky us, it flew until Gary Powers was downed on 1 May 1960.

But Kelly Johnson already had the go-ahead from Ike for the A-12. It first flew in 1962, JFK kept the manufacture of it active. No one told LBJ, 'cause everyone knew he would spill the secret. He wasn't told til the week after JFK left us. And sure enough, LBJ gave out the secret in a matter of months.

Click HERE to view the slide show. It may be necessary to scroll vertically in order to read the text. The slides advance automatically.
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Possibly a segment from a Discovery Channel program.

The action parts are incredible, but I also enjoyed the dress code followed in the hot Pacific with no air conditioning, especially, "Paddles," the Landing Signal Officers guiding planes to a landing in their skivvy shorts. This is what is called earning your flight pay!

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LOOK CLOSELY BY CLICKING ON ANY PART OF THE MURAL. It is called the Cochrane Mural..

For those not living in the west, Cochrane is NW of Calgary and east of Banff , in the foothills of the Rockies . This mural was unveiled last week at the Cochrane Ranch House.

EACH tile is 1 foot square and has it's own individual picture. Each tile is by a different artist. All of them placed together form this huge mural.

You can click on each of the tiles to see them in detail.

Check out the horse's eye, click on it and you'll see how fantastic this mural really is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .
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Something completely different . . .

Special research for TV fans, click on the names:

Portmerion

Danger Man/Secret Agent

The Prisoner

The 17 original Prisoner TV series episodes.

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http://ecodazoo.com/
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http://ecodazoo.com/
No, but it is quite interesting. Very talented animation. Thanks.
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Old 23 Aug 2009, 02:21 (Ref:2526376)   #536
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It's almost time for the lauch of the Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-128.

The schedule calls for liftoff at 01h36 local (G.M.T. -4) TUE 25 AUG.

Should you be up and around at `stupid o'clock' TUE morning, the local newspaper's website will have live coverage starting approximately 22h00 local (G.M.T. -4) MON 24 AUG.

I am not sure what the coverage will consit of but if you click HERE now you can keep up to date as well as watch prior videos including the recent launch and landing of the Shuttle Endeavour,the origin of the "Moon Landing Hoax" and some local history (the "Moonstruck" link).

It may be necessary to answer a few harmless questions for access but I am sure you will `enjoy the show'.

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Old 30 Aug 2009, 00:43 (Ref:2530778)   #537
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A mind expanding clip. "Awesome" doesn't begin to describe this. What happens when you point the Hubble Space Telescope to a seemingly blank patch of sky? A view that takes you to the edge(?) of the universe - I believe this HD video is a must-see.

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In all, 13 units of the single seat A-12 were built, and 32 of the Pilot + Recon two seat SR-71 units were built.

Five A-12 were lost, one is stored. Twelve two seaters were lost. The remaining 27 are on display around the USA .

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Not quite entirely correct Bear - One SR71 is on display at the Imperial War Museum's very excellent USAF Hangar at Duxford Cambridgeshire in the UK.
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Not quite entirely correct Bear - One SR71 is on display at the Imperial War Museum's very excellent USAF Hangar at Duxford Cambridgeshire in the UK.
If only I could visit it!
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A very clever ADVERTISEMENT.
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Better figure on spending at least an hour here. At the end of the page you have the option to go to other relavent pages, each loaded with pix. Click on the pix and another story unfolds.

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A lucky day for man and machine!
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File under 'Things you discover while looking for something else'.

Ever wonder who Johnny Walker, and Jose Cuervo, and some of the other leading names in non-sobriety were and where they came from?

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Time Lapse can be fun:
Through the Panama Canal in 75 seconds.

Then "500 knots" on the Houston (TX) ship channel.

Finally, Night Run II - when it starts, scroll down to the bottom of the screen for a YouTube link that will show the entire three minutes.
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The history of the WWII Lancaster bomber with a video tour by one of the "Dam Busters" pilots.
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