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(From Dec 69 issue of Naval Aviation News) The UH- 1 Iroquois helicopter slipped into and landed almost unnoticed at the outlying airfield. The only person aboard was the young pilot who climbed out and hurried away from the bird while it was still running. An instant later, the helicopter was observed approximately two feet…
What Color is Your Brain (??!!)
Mmph, I can think of a high school physics teacher who might beg to differ, though as it turns out his prognostication skills were woefully, umm, constrained… (h/t Curt) Your Brain is Yellow Of all the brain types, yours is the most intellectual.You crave mental stimulation, and your thoughts tend to very complex.Your thoughts tend…
An Israeli Tipping Point?
The term tipping point describes a point at which a slow gradual change becomes irreversible and then proceeds with gathering pace. It is derived from the metaphor of a rigid solid object being tilted to a point where it begins to topple. Couple of observations from the region… Iran to launch 1st domestic satellite soon…
What Army are you — paint me British…?
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While the Project Valour-IT drive was underway, YHS held fast on posting other material in order to ensure the campaign received the attention it so richly deserves (and again, a multitude of thanks for all who contributed and supported the campaign). Now that it is over, there is some unattended business to address. So (in…
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