re: Pictures from days gone by....

Bettie Page by Weegee

1909



Constipation = homicidal roadside bandits

Both are a pain in the arse

Romeo & Juliet, 1970

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'Member Alphonse Mucha?

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Publicity stunt for radio station KILT, 610 AM Houston (1957)

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Langley wind tunnel

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Interesting photo from Langley but that is a set up or faked photo. You can't have shadows appearing from two different directions without two different light sources. The figure creating the "man shadow" is outside the louver since you don't see a light from behind the man.

However, I'm going to give you two photos from Langley that ARE real. I've stood inside some of the larger Langley wind tunnels, which really aren't THAT interesting from a photo standpoint, but maybe here's a couple that ARE more interesting. This is a continuation of some of the NASA photos I posted a few weeks ago.

First, here's a photo of the "Giant Golf Balls" as many people call them. Under certain conditions, they can't get enough airflow from fans to simulate the wind conditions that can be caused by some launch speeds, so some wind tunnels have vacuum chambers placed downstream to give the air inrush extra oomph. These are located at the NASA Hypersonic Facility located on Langley Air Force Base (much like Marshall SFC is located on Redstone Arsenal). Here's where they are: Golf Balls map link



Secondly, here's a photo of the space shuttle model that they used in some wind experiments. Air molecules are VERY small and essentially are "scaleless". However, that is not so for physical features and metals/paints/etc. This model is to scale... including the surface finish. This model cost a couple million in todays dollars even though it is only about 15-18" long, all due to the level of machining and surface finishing to meet specs.

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The youngest American KIA in the Vietnam war was Dan Bullock. He was only 14 years old when he enlisted in the USMC in September of 1968 after falsifying his BC. Dan lost his life when the bunker he was in took a direct hit from an RPG in June of 1969. He was just 15 years old

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damn, you see this and then you see threads about dads having a dilemma because his Jaxton wants sliding mitts in a league that prohibits sliding, and girls posting pics on the internet of them laying their beds with cookies, candy, and school paraphernalia just because they are going to college

Soviet concept race car.

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