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PhilDent 1,627 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 (edited) From the biography of John Boyd regarding the A-10, “Jokes were made that it was so slow that it suffered bird strikes - from the rear - and instead of carrying a clock, the cockpit had a calendar. The plane was so ugly it was called ‘The Warthog’. Many in the Air Force said no airplane could perform or survive in combat as this airplane was supposed to perform. It would be almost twenty years before the A-10 had the chance to demonstrate just how wrong its detractors were.” Edited August 28, 2022 by PhilDent 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewJohn 6,565 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 (edited) My neighborhood has a number of commercial airline pilots, who also have hobby-planes. Hanging out at their private airport hangar a few miles away one day after going for a "$100 hamburger" ride... we're sitting around old military trainer WACO biplanes and gull-wings fighters of the past..., the discussion came to the A-10. All, ex Airforce pilots present said that if the A-10 airframe were decommissioned and demilitarized to ever be allowed in hands of civilians, they would sell everything to get one... They all had some interesting stories. Pilots interest says a lot, as you note, @PhilDent Edited August 28, 2022 by AndrewJohn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AndrewJohn 6,565 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) Edited September 15, 2022 by AndrewJohn 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Receiver2000 1,888 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Testing of Bob's new amps? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamacarver 543 Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 From an image search: London Highgate cemetery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Daddyjt 8,357 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 There are times I feel especially blessed to live out west - this is one of those times:-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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B-Man 4,756 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, Daddyjt said: There are times I feel especially blessed to live out west - this is one of those times:-) I'm slow - what does the map signify?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyjt 8,357 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 1 minute ago, B-Man said: I'm slow - what does the map signify?? The most efficient road trip to see all the National Parks in the lower 48… 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobTFM35 633 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 @Daddyjt I think that its shows what the Ultimate National Park Road trip might look like. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man 4,756 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 16 minutes ago, Daddyjt said: The most efficient road trip to see all the National Parks in the lower 48… Thanks !! The most visited one is right in my backyard... I've been to quite a few but not all. I did a whirlwind tour of Grand Canyon / Zion / Bryce Canyon / Capitol Reef one year as an impromptu add-on to a business trip. We also hit the Hoover Dam, the Valley Of Fire and Red Rock Canyon. All of it was beautiful and a lot of the canyons and rock formations reminded me of my childhood, watching Wile E. Coyote create his impressive inventions to capture the Road Runner. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Adams 343 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 59 minutes ago, Daddyjt said: There are times I feel especially blessed to live out west - this is one of those times:-) If you pass through New Hampshire on the way to Maine, look me up 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Receiver2000 1,888 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Hmm. I thought that it was electric car charging stations. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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4krow 4,010 Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 This photo explains one hell of a lot about my daily childhood. My oldest brother was usually 'put out' to do anything family. My next oldest brother seemed amazed/pleased by just about anything, even his 16th birthday. My sister was not totally happy that the photo wasn't entirely about her. And then there is me, holding my sister. I didn't want my photo taken so I pretended to be hugging (a distraction of sorts) my sister who I didn't really care for most of the time. TMI? Just funny to me. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Receiver2000 1,888 Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Hahahaha. I have a photo that looks almost exactly like that of me and my twin brother sitting at our dining room table with our birthday cake and glasses of Hawaiian Punch!!!! We both had heavy horn rim glasses also. I will try to find it. That was it in our house. No big production of a birthday party like they do today. My mom just made our favorite dish and we got a cake. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4krow 4,010 Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 You nailed it. No band was playing, no hotel room was rented. Sorry, no parade either, but I can't forget a time in Tucson where a woman had TWO shopping carts completely filled with ice cream and all of the other birthday necessities. It was her business I guess>>> until she pulled out food stamps to pay for it all. Can't unsee that. Rant done. It is a different time. Back to one more photo (I promise). This my dad tuning a piano. The guy had a gift it, as well as the gift of playing it when he was done. Thanks dad. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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B-Man 4,756 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Looking off my back deck yesterday evening... 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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