09:37:25
Flt 77 strikes the Pentagon
39 friends, shipmates KIA in the Navy OPS Center
39 families – lives forever altered for them and for those of us who survived
History pivots
…and still today , there are no words…even 20 years later…
Generally speaking — good advice. Doubly so where guns, planes and, well, Dilbert are concerned. See for yourself… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYlYThSozzo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cmVZoMo-cw
(Part 8: Convergence here) Steeljaw 604, airborne, Eastern Caribbean “Here comes another one†passed the ACO on the ICS. Flashing the position of the video paint on his and the others scope via the Intercom Mark function. “Right where the others have all been coming from – they must be using that cape as their final…
18 January 1911: At 11:01 a.m., Eugene Ely, flying the same Curtiss pusher used to take off from Birmingham (CL 2), landed on a specially built platform aboard the armored cruiser Pennsylvania (Armored cruiser No. 4) at anchor in San Francisco Bay. At 11:58 he took off and returned to Selfridge Field, San Francisco, completing…
At the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month…the guns fell silent along what was known then as the Western Front as the Allies and Germany observed the agreement to end this “War to End All Wars.” While fighting continued sporadically elsewhere, in what were fast becoming the former empires of Russia…
A little something for your viewing pleasure going into Veteran’s Day… Filmmaker and P-51 Mustang Pilot Chris Woods has put together a wonderful film that captures the emotional reunion between a humble WWII Mustang ace (Jim Brooks) and the historic plane he thought he’d never see again. Inspired by the flood of memories triggered by…
STOP. Just stop whatever you’re doing or wheresoever you may be randomly surfing to and go over to Xformed’s site for this compelling read. If ever here was a case study for how the ‘net narrows that six degrees of separation, this is it. A narrative that started out a couple of years ago…
