In 1973 an Italian submarine named Enrique Tazzoli was sold for a paltry $100,000 as scrap metal. Why is this noteworthy??? The submarine, given to the Italian Navy in 1953, was originally the USS Barb, a veteran of … Continue reading
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This is truly hard to believe, but then again I’m really NOT surprised…Breitbart has it HERE Obama took to his tumblr page to offer a tribute to Neil Armstrong. The words–two sentences–are fine in a generic politician way. But, Obama … Continue reading
Because nobody would believe it…From the Jeruselum Post–On Friday President Barack Hussein Obama informed the US Congress that he intended to sell 125 M-1A1 Abrams Tanks to the Egyptian Military.Say WHAT??? OF course it’s done on FRIDAY so it’ll be … Continue reading
Snuck off this morning and met up with MSgt B and Agirl (and her hubby) for a little shooty goodness…As usual, the idjits were out on the road, it was spitting rain, not raining, raining like a cow peeing on … Continue reading
Just to help y’all with these, a LOT of these have to do with recips NOT with jets… Just sayin…Useful Aviation Terms AIRSPEED – Speed of an airplane. (Deduct 25% when listening to a retired fighter pilot.) BANK – The … Continue reading
Neil Armstrong passed away today. He was 82. Contrary to popular culture, he was not really a ‘civilian’ engineer with no experience, he was in fact a former US Navy fighter pilot, having flown a number of missions in Korea … Continue reading
Pax had hinted I had ‘something’ on the way…Well, got home today and low and behold I had a package… I WILL wear it with pride and thanks lady! That’s great!!! 🙂Just don’t ask me to pronounce the Latin… … Continue reading
Not trying to jump the shark here, but the four rules DO apply to everyone… Not just ‘civilians’… Per the media 2 dead, 9 wounded in NYC in the Empire shooting this morning; article HERE. Now a couple of points … Continue reading
When a company falls on difficult times, one of the things that seems to happen is they reduce their staff and workers. The remaining workers must find ways to continue to do a good job or risk that their job … Continue reading
Daddy Bear hits a home run with his response to Gen Dempsey HERE!He said it much better than I, and didn’t even resort to any four letter words!!!Go read it! … Continue reading