This one is for Ev… Know anybody in that video??? Back in the early 70s we had a ‘close encounter’ with one of these… Flying a Market Time patrol off Vietnam, and one of these came chugging directly at us … Continue reading
Category Archives: back in the day
Hours and HOURS of doing this stuff… Bonus points if you can guess what kind of ship that is… This was always the ‘fun’ shot… Right over the top and hope to hell they didn’t stuff ‘something’ up your ass … Continue reading
Probably one of the most iconic photos ever taken from space, happened accidentally… Historically, all the Apollo missions were on VERY specific timelines, required to collect data pretty much every waking minute. Very little thought or time was given to … Continue reading
WSF had a post up HERE about guns in vehicles that tripped the old hind brain… So I borrowed the picture… Back in the mid-60’s when I was in high school, this was the NORM in the ARKLATEX area… Usually … Continue reading
Brigid has a great post up on cars and travel HERE, which brought back a lot of memories… Back in the day, we bought/traded/swiped deployment cars… These ‘things’ were only cars in the ‘nominal’ meaning of the word, and a … Continue reading
Back in the day stuff… Turning over at sunrise… You got it, we’re outta here… Only four hours to homebase… And yes, there WERE form flights, in a P-3 even… And one more, from back in the day when the … Continue reading
This one is interesting, not only from the ‘perspective’ but from the parallels when you change just a few words… BOSTON National guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed on April 19th by … Continue reading
I have no idea who put this together, but it is wonderfully done!!Long ago and far away, in a land that time forgot, Before the days of Dylan , or the dawn of Camelot. There lived a race of innocents, and they … Continue reading
How many of you remember this??? Or I guess the better question is how many ever remember eating at a counter in Woolworths? I’m sure not too many of you do… I, being the old fart that I am, remember … Continue reading