Sadly not a lot of info on this. The Vulcan Aircraft (Houston, TX) “Starfire” concept from the mid/late 1980s used lift vans and vectored thrust for VTOL. Both military and civilian uses planned. Seems kinda reasonable, if perhaps a bit light on power. The basic design seems like it might be more practical today, though of course someone would try to make it all-electric.
If anybody has anything more on this, let me know!
It seems that ad blockers nuke the Amazon links I put in my posts from time to time. The most recent blog post below (“Oh, no reason…”) had a few issues with such ads being rendered invisible and unclickable. If, like me, you have an ad blocker, you *should* be able to unblock specific pages to whole websites. I understand if you want to keep an adblocker running at full blast, but it’d be handy if you white-listed my blog. Especially if you might be interested in Amazon stuff I link to from time to time; if you order an item through that link, or anything from an Amazon search link on this blog, I receive a tiny pittance of a smidgen of compensation. So it’s a way to support the Culturally Vital Work I Do. And who doesn’t want to be a part of that?
Below are some links to items (mostly books) that may well be of interest. certainly of interest to *me,* though I haven’t bought any of them. if you can see the links, great! If not… they’ve been nuked by your ad blocker.
Some items on Amazon that one might wish to procure.
This one I can confirm works. Mine goes bonkers from time to time in antique shops.
And this. Cannot confirm it works as directed. Hope to not have to find out.
Why? Well, why not.
I don’t care if you don’t want to storm the streets to protest for Israel. But if you go out to celebrate Hamas intentionally murdering civilian men, women and children, celebrating the kidnap, rape, torture of women and children… you and I can’t be friends. There is no place for you out among the stars. Go wallow in the filth.
Look at the state of Manchester. #Israel #Hamas #Palestine #Palestinian #IronDome #Gaza #TelAviv pic.twitter.com/F4I44nK5RE
— Paul Golding (@GoldingBF) October 8, 2023
Hamas supporters marching through Birmingham. #Israel #Hamas #Palestine #Palestinian #IronDome #Gaza #TelAviv pic.twitter.com/69a686B8S8
— Aldrich (@observer888888) October 8, 2023
They shoot, beat, torture, rape, and spit on naked bodies, and sick people around the world celebrate it.
And then they play the victim.#Israel #Palestine #Hamas #IStandWithIsrael #Gaza pic.twitter.com/aXO6qJXmRF— Frankie™️🦅 (@B7frankH) October 8, 2023
Palestine refugees celebrating murder, rape and kidnappings of Israeli citizens by Hamas in Sydney, Australia pic.twitter.com/SmxTDybEFH
— Megh Updates 🚨™ (@MeghUpdates) October 8, 2023
Hamas supporters celebrating on the streets of Canada last night.
This type of images can be seen repeated in many cities in Western Europe and North America.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 8, 2023
Israel footage #35
⚠️Hamas supporters celebrating in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.#Israel #Palestine #hamasattack #IsraelUnderAttack #FreePalestine #GazaUnderAttack #طوفان_الأقصى
— Thomas Anderson (@ThomasAnders0n1) October 8, 2023
Pro Hamas supporters burn the Israeli flag in Glasgow. #Israel #Hamas #Palestine #Palestinian #IronDome #Gaza #TelAviv pic.twitter.com/SCm3SnCjqN
— Paul Golding (@GoldingBF) October 8, 2023
Note that these protests aren’t in the third world, but in western countries like Britain and the Netherlands and Canada and Australia. They are celebrating the intentional slaughter of families not dissimilar to yours. Those who would celebrate a thing, are not far from doing a thing. So keep that in mind the next time you hear a political debate on whether or not your country should allow in yet more military-age males from cultures that don’t like yours.
What he says is interesting… mostly because it’s not what I generally expect to hear from non-sci-fi/non-science types. Most of “those people” look at “2001” with some mix of bafflement and disdain, generally bored out of their minds.
One of these words is not like the others. One of these words doesn’t belong.
Well, kids, here’s a degree that will surely come in handy in the economy of tomorrow…
This is a flexible degree, which provides you the freedom to design you own course of study. Led by a team of faculty members across departments (see our “members” tab), an essential aspect of this programme is its interdisciplinarity. Thus, the University of Exeter’s MA in Magic and Occult Science allows you to explore your specific interest within the long and diverse history of esotericism, witchcraft, ritual magic, occult sciences, divination, and related topics.
They keep using the word “science.” I do not think it means what they think it means.
But here’s where it gets spectacular:
By housing this program in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, we place the Arabo-Islamic cultural heritage back where it belongs in the centre of these studies and in the history of the “West.” Decolonisation, the exploration of alternative epistemologies, feminism, and anti-racism are at the core of this programme.
Oh yeah. I have *got* to see how this plays out. Is there any more entertaining matchup than “Islam” and “witchcraft?” Throw in “feminism,” and this looks to be *hilarious.*
“Palestinians” decided it would be not only a good idea to launch thousands of rockets into Israel, but to send a large number of invaders into Israel to slaughter civilians. I’m not sure what they thought they’d gain from this; it sure as hell won’t be the overthrow of Israel. Perhaps it will be the conversion of Gaza into a depopulated buffer zone.
A rocket fired from Gaza has struck a residential area in Israel. pic.twitter.com/mHODxDVCHu
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) October 7, 2023
Channel 13 in Israel is reporting that an estimated 40 to 50 palestinian infiltrators were able to successfully enter Israel.
They are actively targeting Israeli residents. pic.twitter.com/3WMWEXRdRv
— Global: Military-Info (@Global_Mil_Info) October 7, 2023
Palestinian Fighters are continuing to roam the Streets in Southern Israel where they are continuing to Massacring any Men, Women, and Children that they see. pic.twitter.com/yxo5Bpvq5G
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 7, 2023
Footage of a hamas infiltrator using a motorized hang glider to get into Israel.
This is insane. pic.twitter.com/pUbmSEseUZ
— Global: Military-Info (@Global_Mil_Info) October 7, 2023
Grumman won the contract to build the forward-swept-wing X-29. But Grumman was not the only company to go for the contract; Rockwell devoted a fair amount of effort – both engineering and PR – to win the prize. Their concept was similar, though intended to be a wholly new aircraft, and with a notably different planform. Below is a magazine ad from 1980 showing a model of the Rockwell “Sabrebat” concept.
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“Everyone” in the US, at any rate, will supposedly receive a text message stating “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.” Additionally, some sort of weird alert noise.
OK, fine. Here’s the weird bit:
The test will be broadcast by cell towers for approximately 30 minutes beginning at 2:20 pm ET, FEMA said. During this time, all compatible wireless phones that are switched on, within range of an active cell tower, and whose wireless providers participates in WEA tests should receive the text message.
The test will run for half an hour? I *assume* it means the system will try for half an hour to reach out to all phones for half an hour to send that one message. As opposed to blatting the siren out of your phone for half an hour. That’d be nuts. That’d be stupid. That’d be annoying and frustrating and disruptive. That’d also be the sort of thing that some dimwitted bureaucrats would sign off on.