Turns out I have a diagram of the Hiller quad-lift-duct “flying crane” that I posted artwork of a while back. Not much more data than just the diagram, however.
Apr 222020
Apr 212020
Snerk.
The fact that there are substantial numbers of people who believe this? Just makes it all the funnier.
Apr 212020
Published in the German “Der Flieger” magazine in 1967, this diagram depicts a strategic bomber seemingly of the AMSA variety. But the minimal text accompanying the diagram gives no indication *who* designed it. Boeing? Lockheed? Tupolev? Volkswagen? If anyone recognizes it, I’d appreciate any info.
Apr 212020
Here’s a ponderable: apart from theatrical uses, what practical function can a set of “finger extensions” such as these be put to? They look cool, but I suspect that, at least as built, they’re neither strong nor rugged. But made from titanium alloy and carbon fiber, maybe they could be really quite something. But *what?*
Apr 192020
Apr 182020
Ladies and gentlemen, the next President of the, you know, the place where FDR had the whatchamacallit with Corn Pop and the sniffing little girls hair and I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time, they didn’t have white onions because of the war, the only thing you could get was those big yellow ones oh look a butterfly, United States:
BIDEN: "Um, you know, there's a, uh, during World War II, uh, you know, where Roosevelt came up with a thing, uh, that, uh, you know, was totally different than a- than the- it's called, he called it, the, you know, the World War II, he had the war- the the War Production Board." pic.twitter.com/CwFSW2UITD
— Eddie Zipperer (@EddieZipperer) April 17, 2020
What’s really interesting is watching the XiNN talking heads doing their best to not react to BidenBot suddenly slipping a gear and engaging his Gibberish Generator. When Trump says something goofy, the press is all over it like white on rice. Hell, Trump made an obvious joke during the 2016 campaign and the Dems and the media (but then, I repeat myself) spent *years* in a vain attempt to impeach him over it.
Apr 182020
Ruh-roh… now it’s gonna get serious.
US Running out of Frozen Pizzas Amid Ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic
Plus…
Beer may lose its fizz as CO2 supplies go flat during pandemic
Apr 182020
A date has apparently been set to put US astronauts on a US launch vehicle to send them to the ISS.
BREAKING: On May 27, @NASA will once again launch American astronauts on American rockets from American soil! With our @SpaceX partners, @Astro_Doug and @AstroBehnken will launch to the @Space_Station on the #CrewDragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket. Let's #LaunchAmerica 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/RINb3mfRWI
— Jim Bridenstine (@JimBridenstine) April 17, 2020
More about the mission HERE:
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/dm2/
Seems a safe bet those fellers are taking quarantining *real* serious.
Apr 182020
Foamy says what needs sayin’.
Apr 182020
Sold on ebay a while back, a piece of NASA color art depicting a Shuttle orbiter dropping off a satellite (more likely a deep-space probe given the bizarrely-located RTGs). The orbiter, however, does not seem to be closely based on an actual design. It has some similarity to a North American Rockwell concept, but I’d wager that it’s mostly artistic license.
