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Posted on 4/26/26 at 5:22 pm to Kafka
"Man has entered the laundry..."
Posted on 4/26/26 at 5:23 pm to Kafka
Posted on 4/26/26 at 5:33 pm to Kafka
Sounds like fun to me...
Posted on 4/26/26 at 5:33 pm to Kafka
This post was edited on 4/26/26 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 4/26/26 at 5:43 pm to Kafka
"You tink I should know from such stuff, maybe?"
"I should tell YOU???"
Posted on 4/26/26 at 5:45 pm to Kafka
OK City Target, 1972
Posted on 4/26/26 at 5:47 pm to Kafka
Posted on 4/26/26 at 6:11 pm to Kafka
Posted on 4/27/26 at 6:53 am to Kafka
Boy on Bicycle", Cabrillo and 22nd Ave, c.1950`s
Photography by Fred Lyon- San Francisco
Photography by Fred Lyon- San Francisco
This post was edited on 4/27/26 at 6:55 am
Posted on 4/27/26 at 6:56 am to mauser
Posted on 4/27/26 at 7:32 am to mauser
Tonight we have a really big shoe.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 7:34 am to mauser
quote:
Boy on Bicycle", Cabrillo and 22nd Ave, c.1950`s
Stingray bikes came out in ‘63.
But I’m very curious about that car next to the bike!
Posted on 4/27/26 at 8:52 am to Burger55
You mean the driverless white sedan, half on, half off, the driveway?
Posted on 4/27/26 at 8:56 am to Burger55
Possibly an AC Cobra
Posted on 4/27/26 at 9:06 am to Big Block Stingray
Posted on 4/27/26 at 11:06 am to markthetiger
Monterey pop festival. Michelle Phillips and Peter Tork.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 1:35 pm to nuwaydawg
On January 25th, 1966, test pilot Bill Weaver survived falling from the edge of space after his SR-71 disintegrated around him at Mach 3
Posted on 4/27/26 at 2:37 pm to nuwaydawg
That last post deservers a thread of it's own.
Near the start of the flight, the right engine inlet automatic control system malfunctioned and was switched to manual operation as required by procedure. As the Blackbird began its test run, the right engine suffered an inlet unstart. This happens when a shock wave inside the engine is propelled forward. These shock waves are designed to slow the air down to subsonic speeds, allowing the engine to breathe.
When functioning normally, the shock waves stay inside the inlet. If something disrupts this process, the engines lose their smooth airflow. The result of this means the jet can kick like a mule – or one side of the plane could drop to subsonic speeds and turn to one direction or another.
We are the mighty
Near the start of the flight, the right engine inlet automatic control system malfunctioned and was switched to manual operation as required by procedure. As the Blackbird began its test run, the right engine suffered an inlet unstart. This happens when a shock wave inside the engine is propelled forward. These shock waves are designed to slow the air down to subsonic speeds, allowing the engine to breathe.
When functioning normally, the shock waves stay inside the inlet. If something disrupts this process, the engines lose their smooth airflow. The result of this means the jet can kick like a mule – or one side of the plane could drop to subsonic speeds and turn to one direction or another.
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Weaver’s inlet unstart caused the aircraft to begin rolling to the right and pitch up during a programmed 35-degree turn. Weaver attempted to tell Zwayer that he was decreasing speed and to stay with the aircraft until it reached a lower altitude, but the transmission was garbled, and it was too late anyway. With all the different forces acting on the aircraft, the stability augmentation system was unable to restore control, and a catastrophic failure occurred.
According to the flight data, the time between the inlet unstart and failure was approximately three seconds. The Blackbird completely disintegrated. Weaver blacked out.
We are the mighty
Posted on 4/27/26 at 2:58 pm to nuwaydawg
Here is a better link and includes a video interview of the pilot. The plane broke up at 79,000 feet.
Bill Weaver
Bill Weaver
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