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Post by pat perry on Aug 26, 2013 11:47:15 GMT 9
There are a lot of crazy stunts in this 10 min video - stuff we would have tried as younger men - you won't get bored! And this guy can drive a Bobcat like no one else on earth. 8.5 min video www.liveleak.com/view?i=9c6_1372853257And this guy finds the words for why he put out his US Flag. 3 min video puttinguptheflag.com/Enjoy them all. Pat P. |
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Post by pat perry on Sept 4, 2013 6:40:43 GMT 9
Check out this 3 minute cityscape. This is pretty amazing artwork.
Pat P.
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Sept 4, 2013 7:53:14 GMT 9
Check out this 3 minute cityscape. This is pretty amazing artwork. Pat P.
It was amazing to watch him use the spray cans of paint, and very quickly make some really nice paintings.
Takes a special eye for colours and shapes to make those.
Thanks, Pat, for posting it.
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Post by pat perry on Sept 7, 2013 5:00:55 GMT 9
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Post by pat perry on Sept 7, 2013 9:24:29 GMT 9
Meet Mark Rebilas of Phoenix, AX. Probably the best motorsports photographer in the world. Click on the first picture and enjoy his photos in a slide show. twitter.com/rebilasphoto/media/gridThere's one of an Eagle in here that the Old Sarge will love! Pat P. |
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Post by Jim on Nov 22, 2013 9:04:02 GMT 9
From Col Ross Shulmister Win Perkins, a real estate appraiser who specializes in airport properties, has posted on his Website, a video he created of Charles Lindbergh's famous and risky takeoff in the "Spirit of St. Louis" (20 May 27). According to Perkins, this is unlike any other presentation of the Lindbergh takeoff footage. Perkins painstakingly assembled news footage from five cameras that filmed Lindbergh's takeoff from Roosevelt Field, Long Island and mixed it with enhanced audio from the same newsreel sources. This is one of the most interesting videos to come over the Internet. This Video will be more enjoyable if you FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW: When you click on the address, episode #3 comes up ready to play. Don't play #3 first. I suggest you first click on "CONTACT" to the left and select #1, then watch them in order, #1 through #4 (each time going back to "contact" and selecting the next one). If you're an airplane or history buff, you will be glued to the screen through all 4 episodes. What guts it took for Lindbergh to overcome all the odds against him, and accomplish this amazing feat! And when he landed in Paris, the mob that greeted him turned out to be the most dangerous part of his trip. www.airportappraisals.com/ |
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Post by pat perry on Dec 18, 2013 7:16:55 GMT 9
From Bobski - Pat P.
From a good Air Force (would you believe a JAG in the USAF in the sixties!) friend Elmer.
Thanks Elmer!
Bobski
Hey Buddies,
I ran across this USAF Afghan video. Members of the USAF Band in Afghan, it runs 6 mins, but, for some reason it repeats (I suggest you don’t bother to watch after the first 6 mins). So-So music (depending on your taste), but Great Video of USAF in Afghan!!! AWESOME video of the A-10 “Warthog” doing its “thing!” Ground troops gotta love the Warthog . . . USAF “OWNS” and Commands “Air Superiority!!!!
Before Walkie-Talkie, bagpipes, bugles and drums were detailed to the Cmdr so he could give orders to troops by “music.” Bands have been apart of the military for hundreds of years (example: Scots pipe and drums).
I have a friend whose son was a Music Major in college and enlisted in USAF and was posted to Iraq. When he was in training he was instructed that in combat the targets of the enemy are: 1. The Cmdr, 2. The Radioman and 3. Bandsmen!!!
Of course, over a 20 year career, a USAF bandsman is not going to serve very much combat zone duty (they call it being “down range,” as in standing "at the target" at the shooting range). Most of their duty is stateside at Basic Training Graduation Ceremonies, Change of Command Ceremonies, etc. Another major assignment is “displaying the colors” to civilians at parades and concerts! Promoting USAF recruitment.
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Dec 18, 2013 9:06:32 GMT 9
Good video of the various aircraft.
Noticed an F-22.
Didn't know they were in Afghanistan.
I wonder if some of the scenes were from Nellis.
Music stinks.
Sound OFF.
Jim Too
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Post by Mark O on Dec 18, 2013 11:26:38 GMT 9
Interesting. When my unit -- the 1st Armored Division -- deployed to Desert Shield/Desert Storm we brought our division band with us. I didn't realize it until one day I saw a few with their instruments out in the desert! They were assigned, as I was, to the division HQ. (I was in the G-2 - Intel.) Anyway, I asked what their job was over there with us, and was told their wartime mission was to provide security for the division HQ. Okay. For the most part they pulled guard duty around our perimeter, but only during the day! The rest of us did it at night on shifts!
I don't remember if they ever performed over there, but was pretty busy with my own shop!
(Oh, there are no F-22s in Afghanistan. There were alot of stateside bases mixed in with that video, and I'm guessing those heroes were just trying to be cool on some rock in Nevada!)
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Post by Jim on Dec 29, 2013 23:53:38 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on Dec 31, 2013 0:38:51 GMT 9
For flight engineers- from when 1 engine had more moving parts than all 8 on a 52.................
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Post by pat perry on Dec 31, 2013 4:58:34 GMT 9
For flight engineers- from when 1 engine had more moving parts than all 8 on a 52................. Dang... All this time I thought you just pressed the key fob until it chirped twice, cranked up and drove off.  I wonder if the B-36 had 2 FEs with six turning and 4 burning? Pat P. |
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Post by Jim on Dec 31, 2013 6:09:37 GMT 9
For flight engineers- from when 1 engine had more moving parts than all 8 on a 52................. Dang... All this time I thought you just pressed the key fob until it chirped twice, cranked up and drove off. I wonder if the B-36 had 2 FEs with six turning and 4 burning? Pat P. The B-36B was flow by 15 aircrew. The aircrew in the forward section included: • Flight commander. • Pilot & copilot. • Bombardier. • Navigator. • Two radio operators. • Two flight engineers. • Observer / gunner. www.airvectors.net/avb36.htmlThroughout its time in service, the B-36 was the subject of USAF lore, some apocryphal, some containing a grain of truth. "If all engines function normally at full power during the pre-takeoff warm-up, the lead flight engineer will sometimes say to the Aircraft Commander (AC), 'six turning and four burning.'" Erratic reliability led to the wisecrack, 'two turning, two burning, two joking, and two smoking, with two engines not accounted for.'" —Michael Daciek quoting Capt. Banda[37 |
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Dec 31, 2013 6:52:17 GMT 9
For flight engineers- from when 1 engine had more moving parts than all 8 on a 52.................
They were all made by the major studies, using their directors, producers and all the other people used to make a motion picture.
Many of the people involved were in the Military, officer and enlisted.
Ronald Reagan was a captain, and made a number of the films.
In the B-29 Flight Engineer film, you may have noted that John Payne is the Lt. doing the inspection and the inflight flight engineer, the narrator sounds like Ronald Reagan.
I'm sure you noticed that the Check List was not used from the beginning, but only when the engineer forgot the sequence.
I don't know why the crew was wearing oxygen masks during part of the flight, as the B-29 was fully pressurized.
When this film was made in 1942, the B-29 was just starting to enter combat in the Pacific.
When it landed, there was one big thing wrong.
It was pretty normal for the B-29 to land with only three turning.
When I was in A&E Tech School, 1952, at Shepherd Field, we saw many of this type of film, and they were filled with famous actors, and some who later became famous.
Some of the films were still being used on bases in the 1960s, as the information was still valid.
Jim Too
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Post by Mark O on Dec 31, 2013 10:20:29 GMT 9
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When it landed, there was one big thing wrong.
It was pretty normal for the B-29 to land with only three turning.
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Jim Too
It may not have been pretty normal with a C-130, but it sure was NOT uncommon. I lost track how many times I landed with only three engines. We used to joke that a Herk was a "3-engine plane with a spare." Edit: I took this on 31 January 2010 shortly after we took off from Pope AFB on our way to Haiti. Blew an oil seal on #4 about 15 minutes after takeoff on climb-out, so we just turned around. Not a single passenger knew we shut down an engine.  |
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Post by Bullhunter on Jan 1, 2014 11:36:26 GMT 9
As I scrolled down and saw that picture I knew it was from Mark. Very nice and clear photo.
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Post by Jim on Jan 3, 2014 13:04:38 GMT 9
For those who think the moon landing was a fake, here’s what really happened…
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Post by MOW on Jan 3, 2014 20:04:53 GMT 9
For those who think the moon landing was a fake, here’s what really happened… 10 minutes later and I still can't stop laughing. I don't know if it's the topic, the video itself of just the 'sound' it made, but that was good. |
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