Do those guys use levels? The top of the garage is sloping to the right. The 2-story facade to the right appears level. Regardless of it being a slight downhill lot. Line it up against the skyline.
Do those guys use levels? The top of the garage is sloping to the right. The 2-story facade to the right appears level. Regardless of it being a slight downhill lot. Line it up against the skyline.
Brings back memories of an exhibit at the Seattle World's Fair (the one that introduced the Monorail and saw the erection of The Space Needle.)
I found this which describes the technology I experienced at the 1962 Seattle World' Fair which predated by two decades the advent of fax machines.
Some added recollections from the Seattle World's Fair:
OK, took some searching but I found an album I had put together after my return from the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.
In any event, here is what I found in my "Time Capsule."
The final above photo is an actual "souvenir" from the Fair. It is a sent and received handwritten telegram that was transported visually across the country and back. Interesting technology that preceded by decades what our smart phones can do today.
^ Reminds me of the $350,000,000 boondoggle by FedEx called zapmail.
"Zapmail was a service, launched in 1984 by Federal Express (FedEx) whereby fax transmission was offered to customers as a means to expedite delivery of documents. This was before the widespread availability and use of fax services in homes and businesses. Eventually judged a commercial failure, it was discontinued just over two years later."
“ The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). In service since 1976, it is named for the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, a World War II-era fighter-bomber effective at attacking ground targets, but commonly referred to as the "Warthog" or "Hog".[4] The A-10 was designed to provide close air support (CAS) to friendly ground troops by attacking armored vehicles, tanks, and other enemy ground forces; it is the only production-built aircraft designed solely for CAS to have served with the U.S. Air Force. Its secondary mission is to direct other aircraft in attacks on ground targets, a role called forward air controller-airborne; aircraft used primarily in this role are designated OA-10.”
GAU-8 Avenger Specifications
Mass 619.5 lb (281 kg)
Barrel length 90.5 in (2.30 m)
Cartridge 30×173 mm
Caliber 30 mm
Barrels 7-barrel (progressive RH parabolic twist, 24 grooves)[1]
Action Electrically controlled, hydraulic-driven
Rate of fire 3,900 rpm (variable)[2][3]
Muzzle velocity 3,324 ft/s (1,010 m/s) (API)
Effective firing range 4,000 feet (1,220 m)
Maximum firing range Over 12,000 feet (3,660 m)
Feed system Linkless feed system
30mm compared to.308
When the gun is removed they have to place a jack under the tail first.
“ The A-10 is battle-hardened to an exceptional degree, being able to survive direct hits from armor-piercing and high-explosive projectiles up to 23 mm. It has double-redundant hydraulic flight systems, and a mechanical system as a backup if hydraulics are lost. Flight without hydraulic power uses the manual reversion control system; pitch and yaw control engages automatically, roll control is pilot-selected. In manual reversion mode, the A-10 is sufficiently controllable under favorable conditions to return to base, though control forces are greater than normal. The aircraft is designed to be able to fly with one engine, half of the tail, one elevator, and half of a wing missing.[62]
The cockpit and parts of the flight-control systems are protected by 1,200 lb (540 kg) of titanium aircraft armor, referred to as a "bathtub".[63][64] The armor has been tested to withstand strikes from 23 mm cannon fire and some indirect hits from 57 mm shell fragments.[59][63][65] It is made up of titanium plates with thicknesses varying from 0.5 to 1.5 inches (13 to 38 mm) determined by a study of likely trajectories and deflection angles. The armor makes up almost six percent of the aircraft's empty weight. Any interior surface of the tub directly exposed to the pilot is covered by a multi-layer nylon spall shield to protect against shell fragmentation.[66][67] The front windscreen and canopy are resistant to small arms fire.[68]
This A-10 piloted by Captain Kim Campbell suffered extensive damage during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, including damage to the hydraulic system, but she flew it safely back to base on manual reversion mode.
The A-10's durability was demonstrated on 7 April 2003 when Captain Kim Campbell, while flying over Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, suffered extensive flak damage. Iraqi fire damaged one of her engines and crippled the hydraulic system, requiring the aircraft's stabilizer and flight controls to be operated via the 'manual reversion mode.' Despite this damage, Campbell flew the aircraft for nearly an hour and landed safely.[69][70]
The A-10 was intended to fly from forward air bases and semi-prepared runways where foreign object damage to an aircraft's engines is normally a high risk. The unusual location of the General Electric TF34-GE-100 turbofan engines decreases ingestion risk and also allows the engines to run while the aircraft is serviced and rearmed by ground crews, reducing turn-around time. The wings are also mounted closer to the ground, simplifying servicing and rearming operations. The heavy engines require strong supports: four bolts connect the engine pylons to the airframe.[71] The engines' high 6:1 bypass ratio contributes to a relatively small infrared signature, and their position directs exhaust over the tailplanes further shielding it from detection by infrared homing surface-to-air missiles. The engines' exhaust nozzles are angled nine degrees below horizontal to cancel out the nose-down pitching moment that would otherwise be generated from being mounted above the aircraft's center of gravity and avoid the need to trim the control surfaces to prevent pitching.[71]”
Most of this information is pulled from the Wikipedia page on A10s.
A10s are great aircraft that doesn’t get the respect that it should. Generals have been trying to retire it practically since they got it.. it is easy to work on compared to most other aircraft. Most generals want aircraft that fly multiples of Mach. Before I retired in 1995 they wanted to get rid of them and use F16s for the job. The F16 is totally inappropriate for the mission. It can’t carry the weapons that an A10 can plus they are a lot more work to keep flyable. It can’t fly slow enough to do the mission. Also far more dangerous for the crew chief. First the intake on the bottom of the aircraft could potentially suck the crew chief into the engine.. Plus the EPU uses hydrazine , an extremely nasty chemical that you do not want to be exposed to. The APU on an A10 uses normal jet fuel. It’s not nearly as dangerous and just pulls it’s fuel from the standard fuel tanks. I really never understood why they bought so many F16s. They just weren’t well designed.
Is that the new government mandated covid protection?
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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Southwick, MA -This is kind of an oddity in this area where most of the tobacco is shade grown. It is very rare to see a tobacco field with out the cheese cloth type covering over it. In the background you can see some tobacco barns.
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Workers harvest broad leaf tobacco and load it onto vintage tractors lined up in rotation as they bring the racks of hanging leaves to barns to be dried at Fairview Farms in Whately, Massachusetts
Group of "cartoners" in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Everyone of them works putting cans of sardines in paper cartons. Eleven out of the fourteen were under twelve years. Several from eight to ten. Smallest girl in front is Erna Hamilton, eight years old. The older girls, from twelve to fourteen years, earn several dollars a day. One fourteen year old girl said she made $3 to $4 when she packed all day and into the evening. Photographed in Eastport, Maine, August 1911.
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I love the vintage computer ads.
My YouTube Channel
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I love Santa Fe architecture
From today - The second level begins to rise:
Do those guys use levels? The top of the garage is sloping to the right. The 2-story facade to the right appears level. Regardless of it being a slight downhill lot. Line it up against the skyline.
Put a "stop work order" on that building.
No more construction until @PerryHall or @1630Boston can eyeball that place.
Or maybe tell the photographer to stop using the pano feature:
Yikes. Still have them throw a level on it. Can't hurt.
Some tree ornaments I made for a ornament exchange during Christmas season.
Hoard the keys.
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Surfers nicknamed this "T" street in San Clemente. No one said surfers were rocket scientists.
Brings back memories of an exhibit at the Seattle World's Fair (the one that introduced the Monorail and saw the erection of The Space Needle.)
I found this which describes the technology I experienced at the 1962 Seattle World' Fair which predated by two decades the advent of fax machines.
Some added recollections from the Seattle World's Fair:
OK, took some searching but I found an album I had put together after my return from the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.
In any event, here is what I found in my "Time Capsule."
The final above photo is an actual "souvenir" from the Fair. It is a sent and received handwritten telegram that was transported visually across the country and back. Interesting technology that preceded by decades what our smart phones can do today.
^ Reminds me of the $350,000,000 boondoggle by FedEx called zapmail.
"Zapmail was a service, launched in 1984 by Federal Express (FedEx) whereby fax transmission was offered to customers as a means to expedite delivery of documents. This was before the widespread availability and use of fax services in homes and businesses. Eventually judged a commercial failure, it was discontinued just over two years later."
The Dawn of the Selfie - circa 1980
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Hyman, six year old newsie. Another six year old newsie said he sold until 6 pm. Photographed in Lawrence, Massachusetts, September 1911.
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a No date Bahamas 1 dollar note
2003-present
These were some valuable merchant notes back in the day . . . .
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Today is this guy's birthday!
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I worked on A10s when I was in the USAF.
“ The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). In service since 1976, it is named for the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, a World War II-era fighter-bomber effective at attacking ground targets, but commonly referred to as the "Warthog" or "Hog".[4] The A-10 was designed to provide close air support (CAS) to friendly ground troops by attacking armored vehicles, tanks, and other enemy ground forces; it is the only production-built aircraft designed solely for CAS to have served with the U.S. Air Force. Its secondary mission is to direct other aircraft in attacks on ground targets, a role called forward air controller-airborne; aircraft used primarily in this role are designated OA-10.”
GAU-8 Avenger Specifications
Mass 619.5 lb (281 kg)
Barrel length 90.5 in (2.30 m)
Cartridge 30×173 mm
Caliber 30 mm
Barrels 7-barrel (progressive RH parabolic twist, 24 grooves)[1]
Action Electrically controlled, hydraulic-driven
Rate of fire 3,900 rpm (variable)[2][3]
Muzzle velocity 3,324 ft/s (1,010 m/s) (API)
Effective firing range 4,000 feet (1,220 m)
Maximum firing range Over 12,000 feet (3,660 m)
Feed system Linkless feed system
30mm compared to.308
When the gun is removed they have to place a jack under the tail first.
“ The A-10 is battle-hardened to an exceptional degree, being able to survive direct hits from armor-piercing and high-explosive projectiles up to 23 mm. It has double-redundant hydraulic flight systems, and a mechanical system as a backup if hydraulics are lost. Flight without hydraulic power uses the manual reversion control system; pitch and yaw control engages automatically, roll control is pilot-selected. In manual reversion mode, the A-10 is sufficiently controllable under favorable conditions to return to base, though control forces are greater than normal. The aircraft is designed to be able to fly with one engine, half of the tail, one elevator, and half of a wing missing.[62]
The cockpit and parts of the flight-control systems are protected by 1,200 lb (540 kg) of titanium aircraft armor, referred to as a "bathtub".[63][64] The armor has been tested to withstand strikes from 23 mm cannon fire and some indirect hits from 57 mm shell fragments.[59][63][65] It is made up of titanium plates with thicknesses varying from 0.5 to 1.5 inches (13 to 38 mm) determined by a study of likely trajectories and deflection angles. The armor makes up almost six percent of the aircraft's empty weight. Any interior surface of the tub directly exposed to the pilot is covered by a multi-layer nylon spall shield to protect against shell fragmentation.[66][67] The front windscreen and canopy are resistant to small arms fire.[68]
This A-10 piloted by Captain Kim Campbell suffered extensive damage during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, including damage to the hydraulic system, but she flew it safely back to base on manual reversion mode.
The A-10's durability was demonstrated on 7 April 2003 when Captain Kim Campbell, while flying over Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, suffered extensive flak damage. Iraqi fire damaged one of her engines and crippled the hydraulic system, requiring the aircraft's stabilizer and flight controls to be operated via the 'manual reversion mode.' Despite this damage, Campbell flew the aircraft for nearly an hour and landed safely.[69][70]
The A-10 was intended to fly from forward air bases and semi-prepared runways where foreign object damage to an aircraft's engines is normally a high risk. The unusual location of the General Electric TF34-GE-100 turbofan engines decreases ingestion risk and also allows the engines to run while the aircraft is serviced and rearmed by ground crews, reducing turn-around time. The wings are also mounted closer to the ground, simplifying servicing and rearming operations. The heavy engines require strong supports: four bolts connect the engine pylons to the airframe.[71] The engines' high 6:1 bypass ratio contributes to a relatively small infrared signature, and their position directs exhaust over the tailplanes further shielding it from detection by infrared homing surface-to-air missiles. The engines' exhaust nozzles are angled nine degrees below horizontal to cancel out the nose-down pitching moment that would otherwise be generated from being mounted above the aircraft's center of gravity and avoid the need to trim the control surfaces to prevent pitching.[71]”
Most of this information is pulled from the Wikipedia page on A10s.
A10s are great aircraft that doesn’t get the respect that it should. Generals have been trying to retire it practically since they got it.. it is easy to work on compared to most other aircraft. Most generals want aircraft that fly multiples of Mach. Before I retired in 1995 they wanted to get rid of them and use F16s for the job. The F16 is totally inappropriate for the mission. It can’t carry the weapons that an A10 can plus they are a lot more work to keep flyable. It can’t fly slow enough to do the mission. Also far more dangerous for the crew chief. First the intake on the bottom of the aircraft could potentially suck the crew chief into the engine.. Plus the EPU uses hydrazine , an extremely nasty chemical that you do not want to be exposed to. The APU on an A10 uses normal jet fuel. It’s not nearly as dangerous and just pulls it’s fuel from the standard fuel tanks. I really never understood why they bought so many F16s. They just weren’t well designed.
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Is that the new government mandated covid protection?
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Southwick, MA -This is kind of an oddity in this area where most of the tobacco is shade grown. It is very rare to see a tobacco field with out the cheese cloth type covering over it. In the background you can see some tobacco barns.
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Workers harvest broad leaf tobacco and load it onto vintage tractors lined up in rotation as they bring the racks of hanging leaves to barns to be dried at Fairview Farms in Whately, Massachusetts
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This corner in my place.
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Group of "cartoners" in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Everyone of them works putting cans of sardines in paper cartons. Eleven out of the fourteen were under twelve years. Several from eight to ten. Smallest girl in front is Erna Hamilton, eight years old. The older girls, from twelve to fourteen years, earn several dollars a day. One fourteen year old girl said she made $3 to $4 when she packed all day and into the evening. Photographed in Eastport, Maine, August 1911.
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My Friend @Aspie_Rocco
I've missed you, your art and your insightfulness
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Thank you my friend! It’s good to see you are still active here!
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Photo views from this Friday afternoon's walk from the office to the mailbox:
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The continued progress from yesterday and today Friday:
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San Clemente Pier
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Just playing around with a couple of pictures I took today when I went on a bike ride🌞
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Catalina Island. Avalon at 10:00.