Tunnel of Love (not)…

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Those of us who spent anytime in Hampton Roads became intimately familiar with the “joys” of two significant landmarks – the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel and the more recent cousin, the Monitor-Merrimac  Memorial Bridge Tunnel.  The HRBT, as it is called in polite company, is the link from Norfolk to the Peninsula, unless, of course,…

This Date in Naval Aviation History: 3 Days, 3 Trophies, 1 Carrier

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The mid-1950’s were a fascinating time in aircraft development in the US.  The famous “Century Series” was well underway with participation by almost all of America’s premiere aircraft manufacturers, a series of X-planes were pushing the boundaries at a remote desert lake-bed only recently renamed for one aviator who gave his life while testing a…