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SeleniumFalcon wrote: »It was the fuselage of a Bellanca CD from 1919.
Bellanca had has a long & storied history
They were popular for aerobatics... and it seemed like they were almost always red.
I remember seeing Bellancas (usually Citabrias* -- "Airbatic" spelled backwards!) in the early 1970s when my father was (briefly) pursuing a private pilot's license at Bay Bridge Airport on Kent Island -- and, later, at what was then just transitioning from "Friendship International" to "Baltimore-Washington International" airport. BWI was much closer to our house; I grew up less than 4 miles from BWI.
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* I guess Bellanca purchased the company that made Citabrias in the very early 1970s)
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One of my first serious jobs (I had summer jobs as a Head Start teacher's assistant before) was working on a surveying crew for Maryland's roads department. Sometimes the crew would meet up in the morning at the old Friendship airport. I had to get up at 5:00 in the morning walk a couple of miles to the Baltimore beltway and wait for the crew truck under a bridge. Then the truck would drive to the airport's little restaurant where everybody would have breakfast. You could just park in front of the terminal (especially if you were in a yellow state van) and walk anywhere you wanted. I think there was one cop, maybe two standing around.
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Cat zen.
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Today, I just made some upgrades to the Facebook fusebox to ensure we don’t have any more outages.
Sometimes, people are shocked at my electrical skilz.
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. ~ -
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That's a hot deal Ken! Why are you waiting?
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Today, I just made some upgrades to the Facebook fusebox to ensure we don’t have any more outages.
Sometimes, people are shocked at my electrical skilz.
Tom
Most excellent.
The use of threaded nipples helps to dissipate heat under heavy load conditions.
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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.
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It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
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Just saw this (on ASR audioasylum, in full disclosure) and thought it was amusing...
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