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I'll be there. I'm heading back to NH the week before to see if I can get the 601 running for the show. Did you say swim? Ice cream? Anchorage is so friggin hot right now. Hah! One of the young ladies from UAF just brought me a Nestles Crunch ice cream bar!! Talk about good timing!!

Anyone know if these guys still meet up? http://www.akmvpa.com/

A couple of Wikipedia pictures of Aktivs used by the Royal Marines (Limeys).

Big things are in the works. A group of tracked rig owners, in confederation with the Alaska Moose Federation, has formed an association to promote tracked rigs throughout the state of Alaska. For now they are leasing a facility in Palmer, AK where the members can store and maintain their rigs...

Haven't taken the time to build a power supply to spin up the gyro, but did get a chance to disassemble Jethro a bit more. Here is what was found in the cylinder above the gyro compartment... The bottom cap contained a water detector (left) and a level sensor (right). Here is our...

You're asking if we have considered hauling a large rig from the nearest large city (Fairbanks, 4hrs drive by car), up a mountain, over tundra, to yank a 300ft long, 12" ID welded steel casing, and then somehow reinserting and sealing it. Ahh, no.

I was at an old White Alice site on Friday. Unfortunately, everything had been razed. Also, spotted your M1010 brother in Delta Junction, AK. Will try for a picture and story next time I pass through there. And I think I'll retire at the end of this year. Can I go look for stuff with you...

Have you checked the night stand? I'm sure your meds are there. ;)

I hope to spin up this gyro before EoM. The rear connector has been removed and a pigtail added to make it fit this application, so I can't just get the units original pinout and hook her up. I may just have to break the seal on this one to figure it out, but then I'll be able to run Jed and...

Ahh, sorry about that. Thought I'd spelled it out earlier, but I see that I haven't. University of Alaska-Fairbanks (UAF).

Hmm, what's that little steel can in the bottom of the last picture? It can be accessed from a hatch on the side of the instrument. It actually looks like a hatch you'd see on the side of a bomb in one of those spy-type terrorists-have-the-bomb movies. Do I need a plastic screwdriver and should...

They set up a hydraulic press system on top of the well casing, lowered the tool, gave it a twist to lock onto the sensors upper holelock dogs, and began pushing (pulling). At first, nothing. Just as the system registered 20Tons of upward force, there was a TWANG!. The pressure dropped to under...

Last year UAF attempted to extract Jethro without my help, although I was on site to witness the attempt. They preferred a brute force method over my finessing. They failed. In fact, they broke the recovery hook. Jethro remained hung up on a weld seam about 14ft down. After the winter to think...

I haven't tried deep-fried pizza, but it sounds good. :drool: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-fried_pizza

Any lower than this (1:50) is called landing, or impact with ground! It was an exciting way to mow the grass, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDx6glMM6Vg

A Yahoo! story... https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/army-selling-humvees-to-the-public-for-the-first-time-%E2%80%94-but-there-s-a-catch-214533984.html

Congress Just Saved the A-10 Thunderbolt Warthog -- and That Could Be Bad News for ISIS http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/12/14/congress-just-saved-the-a-10-thunderbolt-warthog-a.aspx There is a link to an 'unofficial official' USAF A-10 documentary in the article, but all of the...

If you're still looking for parts for this, contact member Boggie. If he doesn't have them, he probably knows where you can get them, and at decent prices.

Those are some beautifully blue bottle caps... :whistle:

Almost forgot. This cat came with a row of airline seats, the defunct Eastern Air Lines I think.