Silberpfeil

Snipped this article off of AvWeb this morning - details how Marine aviator flying an AV-8B off of USS Bataan has collected seven drone kills. https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/red-sea-drone-attacks-create-first-american-ace-in-50-years/?MailingID=FLY240214002

This aircraft is now up for bid, starting at $10,001. See link below for interesting video snipped from AvWeb this morning. Naval aviators should especially note carrier operations without arrestor cables and catapults, all courtesy of the colanda effect. Even more amazing, this NASA project was finished ahead of schedule and under budget by an outside contractor...

Great stuff on this site - just like a trip down Memory Lane!

I've used DHL (I think they call it Parcel Connect) for large boxes. Not sure if they handle pallets, but it's a start...

Thank you, VonS - it's always appreciated to see the upgrades and improvements made to this splendid old game...

I've heard Beef Chow Mein is their specialty...

Just about sums it up on this July 4th...

For the freedoms we have, and the benefits we enjoy, every day should be considered a Memorial Day...

Fifty years ago we would commandeer the Academy's IBM mainframe and spend time attempting "to go where no man (or Cadet) had gone before" while blasting Klingons and Romulans in the process. The only available video was a small PDP display screen which showed something like this:

Same as above - Firefox is primary and Edge is secondary...

A belated "Roger that!" of appreciation to all those currently serving and to those who have gone before us. Each in their own small way make, or have made, their contribution to the benefits we enjoy and to the societies we live in today...

Note mounted Garmin GPS - the targeting link between the digital HARM and the analog Fulcrum?

Article re Top Aces sign-off for providing adversary training services to USAF with ex-IAF modified Vipers (snipped from this morning's AvWeb). https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/usaf-pilots-to-battle-f-16s-in-mock-combat/?MailingID=1035&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Staff+Shortage+Ground+Stop%2C+F-16+Adversaries&utm_campaign=Staff+Shortage+Ground+Stop%2C+F-16+Adversaries-Thursday%2C+August+18%2C+2022

From those of us, on your behalf, interfering with natural selection since 1790.