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Trying Something New
Given our predilection to trying new things around here (as opposed to say, oh, the local pro-football team) we’re trying out a new PDF embed and share process from Adobe called, surprisingly enough, SHARE. Of course it is in beta, so it may or may not work. If it does, what you will see below…
Flightdeck Friday: Warbirds Air to Air
This is Air to Air footage of Warbirds from the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino CA. P38, Zero, Hellcat and others.Yeah, a cop out but you don’t see many (flying) Dauntlesses, real Zeros and Hellcats anymore and well, Lex started it with his P-47 vid đ-SJS
Back to the Future: LRO Images Apollo 11’s Landing Site
Apropos that on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the landing on the Moon, the latest US visitor and (hopefully) precursor to our return via the Constellation program, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged the location in Mare Tranquilis that was the site of Apollo 11’s landing (click on image to enlarge): Note the object…
Flightdeck Friday: The Accidental (Circum)Navigator
GPS, LORAN, radar, SATCOM and detailed, up-to-date  charts.  Today we take so many things for granted when it comes to navigating the far-flung corners of this sphere.  ”Twasn’t always this way though and this week’s Flightdeck Friday is a remarkable story of a crew caught up in the opening days of a world…
Iran’s Successful Space Launch
Comes word over night of an apparently successful attempt by Iran to place a satellite in orbitusing the Safir-2 space launch vehicle (SLV).ĂÂ The Safir (“Ambassador”) was ingeniously developed as part of Iran’s growing rocket and missile program and has direct links to its attempts to develop extended range missiles in the IRBM and ultimately,…
Flightdeck Friday: TFX — A Time for Turkeys (Pt II)
âSenator, there isnât enough power in all of Christendom to make that airplane what we wantâ VADM Tom Connolly testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee (1968) Â In Part I we explored some of the politics (and politicking) behind the TFX â the program to provide the Air Force and Navy with a common…