10 flybys ... musta been a airshow nearby, a Wright Flyer to a Concorde. 8 mins if interested.
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LocuMob
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Not bad for Microsoft Flight Simulator. That program helped me learn enough a iut flying, I was able to maintain, change, and then keep my heading at Otis Air National Guard base when I got to fly the simulator.
oh s***... that thing i posted was software?
"old man with a hat" ... guess i cant run for office either
LocuMob
Fluid Technician with a hat
The flag, the car, and the sound of the planes gave it away for me.oh s***... that thing i posted was software?
"old man with a hat" ... guess i cant run for office either
I'd vote for you
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
1930s MAINTENANCE Chicago and North Western Railway
67newport
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One and Only, This Hornsby Steam Crawler Tractor Was Constructed in the Year 1910 – Design You Trust — Design Daily Since 2007
This tractor, which is propelled by steam, has been in Canada since it was imported from England in 1910. The crawler track principle was patented in 1904 and w
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3175375
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Artist’s concept of the proposed Boeing 2707-200 in launch customer Pan Am colours. Copyright of the original artist.
I remember listening to the SST program cancellation on the news.
I remember listening to the SST program cancellation on the news.
I too remember reading/watching news of this cancellation. 1971.
Vid below is 20 mins. so, if interested/have time, it'll refresh/inform you about this miraculous machine.
So audacious, even the mighty USA couldn't build it. Yes, it was a technical challenge (biggest, baddest, fastest of the SST's by France/Britain and Russians), that we could have solved probably, but we just didnt have the "political" will in the end.
That's my read, now as an adult looking back at it 50+ years later, anyway... someone else may see it differently.
One can read here in five minutes and get the gist of the whole thing, too.
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73Coupe
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Hopefully Boeing didn't 'clip' the engineers who worked on it, at the time...
Watching Weather Channel, dodging tornadoes other night, and caught episode of Deep Sea Salvage (a reality show following water salvage operations), and found I missed the heaviest American salvage job ever.
And it was several years ago (September 2019 and salvage went into the pandemic almost to the end of 2021). I never heard of it whole incident until this week.
The MV Golden Ray. ~650 feet long, ~115 feet wide, and displaced nearly 45,000 tons when it sank. The links have whole story.
Basically a ballast calculation screw up, and then a sharp turn in port, and she rolled over. Then caught fire. All that, plus saltwater effects, equals a total lost.
It was a car carrier that capsized and sank, off the coast of Georgia, in St._Simons_Sound.
Capable of carrying 7,500 cars, it had ~4,500 brand new Hyundais and Kias on it, plus several other makes along for the ride, was nearly full of diesel fuel, and insurers declared it a total loss ($80M ship, plus $80M cargo),
So, they cut it into pieces, right where it sat/lay, cars largely still in it, and scrapped it. Again, heaviest water (tons recovered) salvage in US history.
sources: MV Golden Ray - Wikipedia, https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a35877638/golden-ray-final-voyage/
How did they do it?
Basically, "chain-sawed" it, welded lift attachments before-hand, cut it into 8 pieces of ~2,000 to ~4,500 tons each, put those pieces on other barges, and floated them to recycling yards (a remarkable video below ... 15 min. but fascinating if interested).
the pieces. round side is the keel of the ship. Yes, they sawed through from bottom to top.
18 minute video, with drone footage, AT the salvage yard. Vehicles had to be retrieved and separately remediated.
And it was several years ago (September 2019 and salvage went into the pandemic almost to the end of 2021). I never heard of it whole incident until this week.
The MV Golden Ray. ~650 feet long, ~115 feet wide, and displaced nearly 45,000 tons when it sank. The links have whole story.
Basically a ballast calculation screw up, and then a sharp turn in port, and she rolled over. Then caught fire. All that, plus saltwater effects, equals a total lost.
It was a car carrier that capsized and sank, off the coast of Georgia, in St._Simons_Sound.
Capable of carrying 7,500 cars, it had ~4,500 brand new Hyundais and Kias on it, plus several other makes along for the ride, was nearly full of diesel fuel, and insurers declared it a total loss ($80M ship, plus $80M cargo),
So, they cut it into pieces, right where it sat/lay, cars largely still in it, and scrapped it. Again, heaviest water (tons recovered) salvage in US history.
sources: MV Golden Ray - Wikipedia, https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a35877638/golden-ray-final-voyage/
How did they do it?
Basically, "chain-sawed" it, welded lift attachments before-hand, cut it into 8 pieces of ~2,000 to ~4,500 tons each, put those pieces on other barges, and floated them to recycling yards (a remarkable video below ... 15 min. but fascinating if interested).
the pieces. round side is the keel of the ship. Yes, they sawed through from bottom to top.
18 minute video, with drone footage, AT the salvage yard. Vehicles had to be retrieved and separately remediated.
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73Coupe
Senior Member
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
not much of a loss
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
We might have this one here somewhere.
The 20th Century Limited, express train, an art-deco inspired streamliner. express train from Chicage to New York City. Here in 1938, a 4-6-4 "Hudson" design. Above, somewhere in NYC.
275 made, ALL scrapped (yep, no a one remained from the golden age of steam locomotives) by 1960. Done in by the speed of the airplane, and the cost/efficiency of the new diesel electrics.
New York Central Hudson - Wikipedia
Son of a gun .. just stumbled on this. Never heard of it.
Junkers G38. Distant "granddaddy" of the flying wing. The wing as aerodynamic structure, plus passenger/cargo space. This was 1929.
Innovative at the time, kinda impractical in retrospect, it did fly. Relatively slow, 12,000 ft service ceiling. Lotta squeeze, not much juice.
Very few copies made, didnt survive WWII. Last flew in 1941. None know to exist today.
sources: Junkers G.38 - Wikipedia, Mitsubishi Ki-20 - Wikipedia
14 mins. of interesting vid/history.
Junkers G38. Distant "granddaddy" of the flying wing. The wing as aerodynamic structure, plus passenger/cargo space. This was 1929.
Innovative at the time, kinda impractical in retrospect, it did fly. Relatively slow, 12,000 ft service ceiling. Lotta squeeze, not much juice.
Very few copies made, didnt survive WWII. Last flew in 1941. None know to exist today.
sources: Junkers G.38 - Wikipedia, Mitsubishi Ki-20 - Wikipedia
14 mins. of interesting vid/history.
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73Coupe
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Bringing this one back up for a comparison...
For context in the photo below, since the ship is about 115 feet wide, this section of hull standing on its side is about the same height as a 10 or 11 story building.
About the same height as this hotel - the Biltmore in downtown LA:
Something changed in production as D2500 has 4 blades on each motor.
(not including what Mitsubishi did under license) it went through variants to increase passenger capacity. for example, from 19 to 34. Germans also added cargo room and speed.
All that stuff needed more HP, basically doubling it by the time the 2500 rolled out. Necessitated a four-prop design.
propulsion changes included:
"On 2 February 1931 the Leipzig-based Junkers' yard re-engined the D-2000 with two Junkers L8 and two L88 engines, giving a total power rating of 1764 kW (2366 hp) and increasing passenger capacity from 13 to 19."
"In 1934 D-2000/D-AZUR had its engines upgraded, this time with Jumo 4 engines, giving a total power rating of 2208 kW (2960 hp)."
Too little, too late. it quickly became an uncompetitive design on nearly every aeronautic performance/cost dimension possible. lotta squeeze, little juice.
By 1941, this baby (with Junkers Jumo 004 jet mills) was showing everybody the future.
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