The opening sentence of BOMBERS (1942), by Charles Grey Grey - founding editor of THE AEROPLANE magazine
(To his colleagues: “a gentle and kindly man”. Elsewhere: big fascist sympathiser with extreme right-wing views 🤷♂️)
![“An air-to-air top view [over desert and irrigated green fields] of U.S. and Egyptian aircraft in formation during the joint exercise Bright Star '83. The aircraft (clockwise from bottom right) are an Egyptian F-4 Phantom II, Mirage 2000, MiG-17, American A-6 Intruder, Egyptian MiG-15, American A-7 Corsair II, Egyptian MiG-21, Egyptian F-16B Fighting Falcon, and an American F-14 Tomcat, center”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f2trqxhae57dglchmylrdo3y/bafkreiatikkvc52jfwuwrmyb77koama3vlokfxfrhkgxe5ln7ifa35hwdu)
For no reason whatsoever, I was wondering if a F-15 (RIP) has ever been photographed alongside (or even in the same shot as) a member of the Sukhoi “Fitter” (RIP) family
Maybe during one of the early 80s “Bright Star” exercises between the US and Egypt, but I think the Sukhoi was retired by then(?)
You don’t see “doing a Spurs” used as much recently. perhaps it has become so accepted and ingrained that it is indeed the missing fifth fundamental force of nature
It even had an airship..
bsky.app/profile/exot...
Some big (and not good?) changes seem to be happening with Google Books, which has always been a useful research tool for me..
Searches are producing NO results
BUT, it seems that adding the word "google" does return results, for now(?)
Peewee German
I’ve got the craziest of all coming up at some point..
I think he accidentally fell onto the “open airlock” switch, then accidentally fell into the airlock, then accidentally fell onto the “close airlock” switch, then accidentally fell onto the “jettison into space” switch
Here’s the Titov in the background, behind Soviet scientist Dr Andrei Smyslov (Leonard Rossiter!!)
It’s likely the Titov was a rejected design for the more well-known Orion spaceplane (the one that docks with the space station with all the music and the spinning and the air hostessing)
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a 1/144 model of the "Titov V" spaceplane from 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
this appears briefly in the novel, and in the movie script - but made it to screen only as a blurry model on a desk in the space station's Hilton Hotel (Aeroflot cabin crew are visible in the scene)
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“The Space Shuttle Challenger, atop a mobile launch platform, slowly moves through Florida fog to Launch Pad 39A in preparation for its first liftoff, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, US, 30th November 1982"
(via www.flickr.com/photos/sdasm...)
"I'm not being controlled, I'm standing up for myself for the first time in my life...I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose, and have found peace and relief"
Unbelievable. Maybe the press conference was delayed because he wanted more laminates 🤷♂️
Nobody can go on one because of cozzie livs
in 1843, Frenchman Émile Gire patented a steam-powered (aeolipile) balloon, armed with bombs and a cannon
“FR-1843-11213: Means and Methods of Directing Aerostats, Without Using Ballast, and Their Application as a War Machine”
this was one of the first “serious” proposals for an armed aerial craft
Supermarine Spitfire “TZ138” at the 1949 Cleveland Air Races. It survives, registered as C-GSPT, in Vancouver
This has a heady history, like so many from the era. Owners across North America, accidents and incidents, e.g. "damaged in Florida by Castro supporters"
aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDoss...
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Metroid > John Cena/Spongebob
Her Majesty's V-Bomber Force
(taken by ME - of all people, can you Adam and Eve it - at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum back in 2013. these are now all at different locations)
Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert and the band or artist
For years, I’ve had this desire to fly into Vegas and drive to the Area 51 gate to see the “camo dude” private security emerge from over a hill in their pick-up truck.
I was always nervous about their guns, attitude etc, but this now seems like one of the safer things to do in America
It’s been a while since I properly watched it. How’s Mark Blundell doing - any more podium finishes?
Finemolds? Looks like they did both the Savoia and the Curtiss racer in 1/72 AND 1/48 ??
For Hayao Miyazaki’s birthday, two creations that I put together over the Xmas break. The Laputa robot model was in a box for over a decade, and it felt like time to build it
“Your bin collection was delayed. We aim to return.
Look to our coming on the first light of the fifth day. At dawn, look to the East (the Sainsbury’s Local)”
I also muted a huge wave of “early power users”, who seemed to spend most of their energy on berating their followers
(HNY, Jim)
Muting more words, for me, seems better than muting more accounts and/or threads
and having a 2nd account with a “calmer” timeline, in terms of pace/frequency of current events means I am still abreast of things
Thank you for your attention to this matter 💩
For the last year or so - I’ve been running a 2nd (volunteer org/palaeontology-related) Bluesky account
I’ve been prioritising that, as the more specialised timeline meant I was less exposed to constant awful, ominous happenings
Lots of new muted words on this acc, I think, has improved things
