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I took these up in Norway at an open house. Two of my favorites.

(admitted airplane dork here) I recently picked up an issue of Aviation Classics recently that was all about the English Electric Lightning. Awesome read, and it has the story of the image you posted. Fortunately they publish their magazines digitally as well: Issue 5 - English Electric Lightning: Eject! Eject! "...Jim lived next door to de Havilland test pilot Bob Sowray in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, and on this day both of their wives had gone clothes shopping in London. Bob had mentioned that he was due to fly a Lightning that day, and later Jim’s children asked if they could go to watch the flight. Although Jim was a photographer, he wouldn’t usually take his camera on an outing like this. However, on this occasion he decided he would get a picture of his neighbour flying. The camera he took had just two exposures on it."

Never too late - RCAF Flyers honoured 60 years after historic victory While he wasn't a member of the Gold Medal team, the rink I practice at is named after a RCAF pilot killed flying F-86s here in Germany. Peter Cunningham Memorial Arena

I think all of the seasons are on Netflix instant watch. Been hitting them up. Haven't seen the US version, don't really care to.

Love that show. Especially loved how they showed up when they challenged the Germans.

2. Easily the best post I've ever read on this forum. Tac Airlifter nailed it.

Horses and camels? pppssshhh...easy solution:

I was just posting my daily computer 'cleaning' work flow. I use CCleaner for wiping temp files and the like, cleaning up the registry as well (occasionally). But like everyone else has stated, don't download stupid shit or visit nefarious websites.

I use that + Malwarebytes Anti-Malware + CCleaner. Gets the job done. All Symantec has ever done was jack up my computer beyond all recognition. Screw that.

Shit, it's bad enough that for the first time in Super Bowl history there will be no cheerleaders. The only good part...they perform before the kickoff. "Super Bowl XLV will be televised on FOX Feb. 6, with kickoff scheduled for 6:25 p.m. ET. Tops In Blue will perform shortly after 6 p.m." I think I'll tune in at 6:24.

Who'd your family piss off?

Man Seeks Protection From Sex-Crazed Wife in Germany HERE

Just finished my test this morning. There were 8 of us, with 4 AD counters, and 3 FACers to supervise. All in all it was much better than the first time I tested under the new standards back in Sept. The FACers were rather fair in their supervision of the test, long gone were the PT gestapo types. I was corrected a few times, but it was for small stuff, and I only had two pushups not counted. The new 'target points' were a joke. Everyone was cracking up about them, as we all still had to jump around the chart to figure out our required scores as we went along. I just used them as a baseline: if I'm doing better than these, then I don't have to worry. My only realy complaint: running indoors. 23 laps, 96 turns. I ran two practice PFTs outside in the past week, and even in sub freezing temps and snow I was running in the 10:30-10:45 range. Today my run time was 13:07. Painful, you just couldn't keep speed around the corners even if you were doing it race car style hitting the apex. I don't see how they think you can run a 1.5 around a basketball court and not loose time. In the fall I had a component failure, but still scored an 85. Today I increased my situps, pushups, and waist, but scored in the 70's because of my run. Had I run my usual time, I would have had a score in the mid-to-high 80's. Per the new memo, we had to run inside. Temps were below freezing and it was "snaining" outside. Not that I would have run outside, snow isn't a big deal to me. Freezing rain/whatever is. Out of the 8 of us, I was the third to finish. I'm pretty sure only one or two other guys made the 14:00 cut (I think that's the limit). So your point about people being on the verge is spot on. I already started to spread the word around my SQ.

Found the memo: HERE I found my answer on the points: nothing has changed. All they did was 'highlight" one possible combination to get 75 points. You still need to meet the minimum AND score a 75. If you don't get the min, then you still fail and now get zero points. Seems like they got tired of hearing "yeah I failed but still scored a 88."

So the article mentions how the minimums all add up to 75 points now. Did they adjust the points or adjust the minimum number to match this? Also, if the new min temp is 20 I better not get bitched at for wearing my UA thermals, gloves, and beanie. That's balls cold and we all know that our PT tracksuits (which are made from recycled coleman tents) don't do anything but add extra drag and noise. That's if you can even find one at the uniform shop that's not an extra small.

My take on this: who exactly is "their person"? Can I have one dude carry all our reflective belts? Chief: "hey were is your RB?" us: "on my person....he (point at dude with all the RBs) is my person"

All depends on the house. Our rooms are big enough, but the issue we had was actually getting things INTO the house. Strangley short doorframes, narrow halls, tight staircases, ect. I say bring it.

Found an old forum from 2008 talking about this, apparently the plane had engine issues in the days prior to the bad landing, and in fact lost power on approach. Not sure if that's 100% valid, but sounded plausible to me.

I was on a SW flight a few years back and they held the jet about 10 minutes to allow a handful of connecting passengers make it from one side of the terminal to our gate. Some pax were grumpy about it, but the head FA got on the intercom and said something about "think about if it was you trying to make the connection." I was impressed.

You wouldn't want to anyways, it's a pain in the ass (no matter where you are going, they route you over Paris), their controllers pretty much blow, and the half dozen times I've been through there there's always some jacknuts blabbing to his buddy over guard. They only upside: some of the gals controlling have that super sexy voice. Another downside: I'm sure of few of those are dudes.

Isn't that the usual guy who writes about how we need a bazillion fighters?

Wait so they are saying aviation cadets flew in combat? Never heard that before...

The BBB is a sham. Saw a report on how they were black mailing companies nation wide to become a paying member of their services or get reported on their bad list. Pretty interesting actually.

I have flat ass feet. Didn't keep me from getting in.

I liked the actual gun shots at 4:00 leading into "Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo" nice!