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Oh, I knew that old airport very well. My father and I spent many Sunday afternoons on the (open-air) observation deck, just watching, listening & smelling the aircraft comings & goings. Heck, in those days, wandering down towards the general aviation area, one could walk right out onto the tarmac.
Airport Observation Deck by Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, on Flickr
BWI/Thurgood Marshall has a Flikr account with some pretty cool images (if one is into the whole airport/planespotting thang, that is).
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bwi_airport/
As a really odd aside, when we lived in B-more, after we got married, my wife & I went to church with an older couple named the Chilcotes (I think that was the spelling). The husband, Bruce, was the retired manager or director or whatever the title would have been of the Baltimore airport.
Interestingly, in the days when it was "Friendship", the Baltimore airport was owned by the city of Baltimore, even though it was (is) in Anne Arundel County (albeit only by a few miles). The airport was city property, and managed and even (if memory serves) even policed as such. It was kind of a weird thing.
Friendship International Airport by Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, on Flickr
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ahh, here you go -- my co-favorite aircraft of the Jet Age, a TWA Delta Convair 880, in front of a TWA 707 -- at Baltimore.
The 880 and its even faster sibling, the 990, were the sine qua non in many respects (the latter used the same engines as the B-58 Hustler bomber, albeit detuned a bit, I'm sure) -- but they were small inside (limited passenger capacity), expensive to operate, and were fundamentally failures.
(both Delta and TWA operated 880s -- I can remember seeing both, too, in the 1960s)
Gorgeous aircraft, though.
oh -- and a Ford Econoline (or, since it's got windows, a Falcon Club Wagon) in the foreground. Icing on the cake.
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speaking of... ahhh... elderly aircraft.
1912 Blackburn Type D Monoplane [G-AANI / BAPC-5] by Alan Wilson, on Flickr1912 Blackburn Type D Monoplane [G-AANI / BAPC-5]
c/n 9
A genuine 1912 machine, this Blackburn is the world’s oldest airworthy British aeroplane and is allocated the British Aircraft Preservation Council identity BAPC.5.
Owned and operated by the Shuttleworth Collection, she is seen displaying at the collection’s ‘Flying for Fun’ evening airshow.
Old Warden, Bedfordshire, UK
17th July 2021
Comin' up on 120 years old.
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Looks like the sort of thing one would procure from a .... wait for it...
Hut Jobber.
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So I've had a few life change events the last two weeks. Divorce is final. House is sold. Got a ridiculous amount of money on my 2008 Toyota Highlander on a trade in for this mid-life crisis machine.
Stock 400HP and 415 tq. 2021 Explorer ST. I'm very happy with it so far. With just a tune, it will bump output up by 100 HP and 165 TQ.
No Amplifier purchase yet. Since all my gear is in storage. But I did set aside $4K for a amp next year.
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Nikko...now there's a blast from the past.
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
The Nikko Gamma series of FM tuners are excellent sounding.
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2 channel: Anthem 225 Integrated amp; Parasound Ztuner; TechnicsTT SL1350; Vincent PHO-8 phono pre; Marantz CD6005 spinner; Polk SDA2BTL's; LAT International speaker cables, ZU Mission IC's and power cables all into a PS Audio Dectet Power center.
Other; M10 series II, M7C's, Hafler XL600 amp, RB-980BX, Parasound HCA-1500 amp , P5 preamp, all in storage. All vintage Polk have had crossover rebuilds and tweeter upgrades.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact. -
Just saw this (on ASR audioasylum, in full disclosure) and thought it was amusing...
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(tip o' the hat to ASR for that one...)
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mhardy6647 wrote: »
(tip o' the hat to ASR for that one...)
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7 day update. The other tree is down. They must have had the flu 🤧
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