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RARE Selfie....
Here's a truly unique selfie of an F-16 Pilot shortly after pulling up in the MISSING MAN FORMATION over a ball field.
He has just transitioned from LOW FLIGHT to VERTICAL FLIGHT in a fixed wing aircraft and is actually ACCELERATING !!! (This takes thrust GREATER than the mass...
Welcome aboard :grin: Find a bunk, stow your gear, and prepare to get underway :driver:
I cannot add anything constructive concerning your engine problem.
We are relatively new owners of a 1969 vintage XM818 Semi-Tractor with the same engine as yours. Hence, I'm subscribed to this thread...
Rest.
We look forward to your return to active participation in the MV hobby.
Once the addiction gets in you, it may never leave. Hope you find one that fits your driveway soon.
WOW !
1954 ~ Present !
62 years and the basic profile is virtually unchanged.
Even the Ford Mustang has gotten numerous reshapings in it's much younger 52-ish years.
Quite a record.
Thanks for sharing.
Everybody loves a good love story.
In the old days, they used to red books LIVE on the radio for pre-TV entertainment. On occasion the reader would mess up - that was called a "BLOOPER.
...And as the old blooper goes, "And so ends another virgin of a famous love story."
Gentleman - Let us also remember that this is a FAMILY FRIENDLY website and ALL posts should be G-Rated or PG-13 at worst. It is not uncommon for some of us old farts to be reading these posts aloud to or in the view of children and grandchildren who are being brought up to appreciate the MV...
At one time, my required reply to that question would have been.... WITHOUT ANY implied humor.... "I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you."
But alas.... Since the Iron Curtain fell, I can now vaguely say.....
I was once the "cargo" on one of our largest USCG vessels which carried some...
Although common worldwide in may DUCTED propulsion systems (Jets and Turbofans) COUNTER-ROTATING PROPULSION technology with airplane propellers, helicopter rotors, and both surface and submarine ship propellers was greatly appreciated and made huge advances by design engineers in the USSR...
Spectator comment:
Don't ya just love it when you can watch a mission come together?!?!?
I do.
Praying mission success upon y'all.
Standing by in Texas.
Carry on.
Thanks!
That opening CONFIDENTIAL classification stamp caused me to question whether or not to open the file on my "PUBLIC SERVER". But ultimately I watched it knowing that there's is now precedent for NON-PROSECUTION.
This video fell into my inbox this weekend.
I have never before heard of this aircraft !
Convair F2Y Sea Dart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOrj2cSDO-M
Here's the WIKI report....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_F2Y_Sea_Dart
WOW !
Carry on.
Have you considered a food vending set-up using an MKT-99 or other Mobile Kitchen Trailer???
They have ALL your cooking set-up in place, are lower to the ground, and also have fold-down serving walkways attached. (NON handicap ADA accessible, but your server could step down for that...
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