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Scheiss Meister

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  1. In Houston a couple of weeks ago it looked like they had the big boys (B-17, C-47, etc.) at one altitude and the fighters and trainers about twice as high as the big boys. A couple of times the Me-262 and P-51 buzzed down to the same altitude as the B-17, but with a lot of lateral separation. Today's incident looks to me like the P-63 got out of position and low, was trying to get back to his place in the formation, and misjudged his location relative to the B-17. But what do I know? I'm just an interested observer with no flying experience. The FAA report will tell the tale, no doubt.
  2. Two weeks ago tomorrow. I didn't get a good one of the B-17.
  3. I believe that my son and I saw both planes at Wings Over Houston a couple of weeks ago. Beautiful birds. My heart breaks for the families.
  4. Ships in port are easier targets. Let's give Ukraine ATACMS so they can hit them.
  5. Sounds like someone doesn't want a reenactment of Texas City or Halifax underneath a certain bridge.
  6. I've never done that. Now you've got me questioning my whole life.
  7. My Grandma would be just like that babushka. Even looks like her.
  8. If you aren't, no one is.
  9. Doomlet had himself a hell of a day.
  10. Needs to include "Gives Russian soldiers sunflower seeds to put in their pockets to be fertilized by their bodies."
  11. Thank you. I have been ruminating on how to say exactly this, and you did so more succinctly than anything I was coming up with.
  12. You just gave me a great idea. Thanks.
  13. Looks like an air burst to me. I guess you could liken it to a shot gun blast.
  14. This is a valid point, but I would argue that harnessing chemical reactions to propel projectiles is a more far reaching development. Not only propelling balls, bullets, or shells from barrels, but propelling shrapnel from mines, shells, and bombs. Add using explosives to cause pressure differentials to sink ships and submarines, or to bring down bridges and buildings. Gunpowder was the first step in this line of development, so it gets the credit, but it is not alone.
  15. I would add insult to injury by also billing them for the missiles that sank the Moskva, the truck and explosives that damaged the Kerch bridge, and the drones used in the attack on Sevastopol.
  16. I thought about going into history when I first got out of high school, but I just couldn't see any future in it.
  17. From my recliner on a much needed day off... TEXAS!!!
  18. In boot camp one of our DIs told us that you never run away in battle because it makes you an easier target. You present a large silhouette, and you can't shoot back. Light 'em up, Ukraine! Oh, and shooting an enemy combatant out of uniform, in civilian clothes, is also not a war crime.
  19. Grant made it very clear early on that his goal was to destroy the Army of Northern Virginia. Once that was accomplished, he could march his troops into any city he wanted. This is what Ukraine has been doing in Kherson. Starve and grind down the Russian Army until they have no choice but retreat, then kick them in the ass and kill more on the way out. Kherson is the prize, but the Russian Army is the target.
  20. Happy Birthday, Brothers!
  21. I wonder what fossilized landfills will look like in a few million years, or after metamorphosis.
  22. I have two pieces of dinosaur coprolite on my desk, but that one would be a tad more appropriate. Hmmm.
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