Saturday Matinee – Lockheed Constellation & Authur Godfrey
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,…
Update (3 Nov): Crickets…all I’m hearin’ are crickets…not up to the challenge? 😉– SJS OK, guess it’s throw down time. Something isn’t kosher when the Navy is trailing the bus men in blue, so here goes. Open challenge to Mike over at No Angst Zone — if Team USAF is ahead of Team Navy after…
Team NAVY and MEGEN: While donations are taken year ’round, there is an annual fund raiser (two years old now) that runs from Halloween to Veteran’s Day (11 Nov). During this period teams of bloggers, formed along Service affiliation lines, compete with one another to drive fundraising efforts. Last year four teams sought to be…
…Ably defined… (click on picture to enlarge) Must be more of that over 30 humor, huh Pops? Or is that what happens if you spend too much time in the "joint" environment? BTW, have you OD’d yet on that Homerus Simpsonus or Americanus, or whatever that thing was you said you were looking for…
Well, something broke, unsolicited of course and so now I get to roll up my sleeves and delve (once again) into the dark art of php. Â In the meantime, I at least got a partial mission capable (PMC) bird back up and on the line (any one with more than a passing acquaintance with…
diet coke and mentosBusby Berkley’s got nothing on these guys…just wonder if an environmental impact statement was filed in the making of this flick 😉
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At the close of their commercial career, these gorgeous beasts served as backup A/C for the Lockheed Electra in the Boston to Newark Easter Shuttle. Night engine starts were the best with the exhausts expelling flames.
Some folks out at OKC have a TWA Super Connie pretty much restored. http://www.airlinehistorymuseum.com/
wonderful a/c– fond memories of riding airlines during the 50’s–
looked forward to airline flights then–far cry from using them now—
i haven’t been on the airlines in almost a year now-=i will not use them unless it’s a “must use” case–i have a new rule–if i can drive it in 14 hours i will drive
Marvellous nostalgia