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nooshinjohn wrote: »I feel like the engineers should have designed some sort of shield to protect It from any space goo, and reduce friction on reentry. Who knows how many times it may encounter entry and exit? Better protect that dome.
They did coat it with a special paint that has ribs in it to lighten aerodynamic loads and fluid transfer at launch, while aiding in cleanup of unwanted residues at the recovery site.
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Ebony
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more of a pastel black.
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Gustard X26 Pro DAC
Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)
There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus -
afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
Village Idiot of Club Polk -
Kids new Bearded Dragon.
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Mini dino!
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BlueBirdMusic wrote: »Interesting shape
Besides looking like what it does, what actual craft is that? -
clearly it's the return of Flash Gordon 2020
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BlueBirdMusic wrote: »Interesting shape
Besides looking like what it does, what actual craft is that?
I think that is the Blue Origins by Jeff Bazos called the Shepard. -
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afterburnt wrote: »
You had me for a sec. I was like, are we forgetting something? But I got ya. Lol -
afterburnt wrote: »
what the heck is that? Looks wicked. Judging by the turbines its mid 60's? -
Night, you in Colorado? What part? We miss CO a lot. -
@mhardy6647 she was super mint
Night, you in Colorado? What part? We miss CO a lot.
I've lived in Englewood, Highlands Ranch, Ft Collins, Evergreen, Bailey, and now I'm in Arvada.afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
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afterburnt wrote: »
what the heck is that? Looks wicked. Judging by the turbines its mid 60's?
B58 Hustler?
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@CH46E Yes B-58 Hustler, first supersonic bomber born in the 50's. J79's I believe.
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afterburnt wrote: »
what the heck is that? Looks wicked. Judging by the turbines its mid 60's?
B58 Hustler?
Yes it's a Hustler. Wicked airplane (in every sense of the word). Same engines (well... mostly) were used to power the Convair 990 commercial jetliner. Also a wicked, and, when all was said & done, wickedly unsuccessful aircraft.
Cool as heck, though.
23_0002621 Convair Image Convair 990 Coronado Engine & Pod by SDASM Archives, on Flickr -
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mhardy6647 wrote: »afterburnt wrote: »
what the heck is that? Looks wicked. Judging by the turbines its mid 60's?
B58 Hustler?
Yes it's a Hustler. Wicked airplane (in every sense of the word). Same engines (well... mostly) were used to power the Convair 990 commercial jetliner. Also a wicked, and, when all was said & done, wickedly unsuccessful aircraft.
Cool as heck, though.23_0002621 Convair Image Convair 990 Coronado Engine & Pod by SDASM Archives, on Flickr
Politics killed the Hustler. Then they chopped them up real quick. -
It just dawned on me -- I don't think that beautiful white Bronco has any windshield wipers. Mine had a big plastic cover thingy over the mechanism -- at the top of its (hinged) windshield.
Were that white one mine -- I think I'd invest in a roll bar, too.
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Lockheed A-12 ‘06924’ & SR-71 ‘17973’ by Alan Wilson, on Flickr
One of these things is not like the other.
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These probably ended up beer can pop tops. Probably not, pop tops weren't around yet.
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afterburnt wrote: »mhardy6647 wrote: »afterburnt wrote: »
what the heck is that? Looks wicked. Judging by the turbines its mid 60's?
B58 Hustler?
Yes it's a Hustler. Wicked airplane (in every sense of the word). Same engines (well... mostly) were used to power the Convair 990 commercial jetliner. Also a wicked, and, when all was said & done, wickedly unsuccessful aircraft.
Cool as heck, though.23_0002621 Convair Image Convair 990 Coronado Engine & Pod by SDASM Archives, on Flickr
Politics killed the Hustler. Then they chopped them up real quick.
IIRC, I think they had a tendency to kinda kill their crews.
They also were bombers when the strategy was moving missle-wards.
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I really like the Raptor. When I arrived at my Squadron HMM-764 in April 2001 at Edwards AFB CA, they were still testing the F22. Our squadron was moved there from El-Toro when Bill Clinton closed a bunch of bases. On a almost daily basis while working on our CH46E SeaKnights we would see the F22s testing. They would roll right past us and head to the runway. Got so see a few up real close at the wash rack. Cockpit was unlike anything I had seen before. The skin of the aircraft has a very unfamiliar texture.
We got to see a lot of cool things at Edwards AFB. Airbus A380 testing. My very first day on the flight line my wife and I watched an F35 doing a vertical take off. Did not see much of the F35 after that. They must have been wrapping up their testing there. Seen two Space Shuttle landings. Seeing a 747 with the Shuttle mounted on top take off was pretty amazing! I never saw it fly but there was a SR71 with yellow NASA printed on the tail and a large long aerodynamic looking contraption on top, parked near the wash rack. I think it might have been an experimental ram or scram jet engine on top. Watched a U2 take off. It looked like it was going 45 mph but pitched up and just climbed out of sight. We had a B17 parked behind our hanger for a week during an air show. Got to climb all over it. They are a lot smaller than they look on TV. That was a treat as my Grandfather was a Crew Chief and door Gunner on the Judy J B17 over Germany based out of England. We would see several Global Hawk/Predator drones. I think they were practicing from what was then Indian Springs AFB in NV but is now known as Creech AFB. Us Marines did all our night vision flight training at Indian Spings AFB before it became Creech. Our training unit HMMT-164 was based at Camp Pendleton San Diego CA. Air space was too conjested and there was too much light pollution for safe night vision training. So we went to the NV desert north of Vegas, Indian Springs.
Well, I think that's the longest post I've ever made.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »Lockheed A-12 ‘06924’ & SR-71 ‘17973’ by Alan Wilson, on Flickr
One of these things is not like the other.
They are just outside Edwards AFB. Lancaster and Palmdale are the main areas outside the base. And the closest In-N-Out burger. Lockheed's Skunkworks is in Palmdale.
The A12 was the predecessor to the SR71 right? Or was the A12 the CIA plane and the SR71 the USAF plane? -
Currently helping a buddy. Home made harness, hot stamped wire all terminations finished by hand. Anyone know what that is by the color? -
What kind of car???
