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Re: Jeff’s Previous Post and just plain hot

Today at Falcon. Just after I got to the parking lot. Got him strapped in and the ladder off. Hot back there. The engine is started by a small turbine that can put out a lot of heat in it’s own right! Ryan up there working hard and the Tech Rep, John having a laugh. [...]

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Falcon, part two

I didn’t think it was getting that thin!  Oh Well. Such is life Weapons guys. Just thought I would toss a few more out there for your viewing enjoyment.

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Super Duper Fire Fighter

Conversion done by Evergreen at Marana, AZ. Normally the field there is a boneyard, where airplanes go to die. But Evergreen has a large facility there doing maintenance and conversions. This is the most interesting conversion since the Aero Space Lines 377 Guppy and Super Guppy. It is a serious fire bomber. But don’t look [...]

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Oakland, CA – Why Bother With Cops?

Oakland, CA isn’t a place I’d want to live. I’m sure the climate’s OK and Fisherman’s Wharf, Ghiradelli Square, and the Palace of Fine Arts are right across the bay, but the politics aren’t exactly my speed. The crime rate and reactions to unpopular court decisions aren’t the greatest either. Now the city of Oakland [...]

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The Dry Lake

From a hill top at Edwards. I was showing the daughter around one day last week. Certifiable. The absolute middle of nowhere! This is the lake bed that the shuttle uses when it has to divert from Florida due to weather. It is resurfaced by the winter rains.

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And California Still Wants to Tell Arizona What to Do…

I just got this in via email from Dad.  Dad ought to know these pretty well as he was California Highway Patrol for 31+ years.  Read this and compare it to the new Arizona law.  Click on the links – they go to genuine government web pages.  I’ll catch up with you at the end. [...]

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YGBFSM – School Kid Drawing American Flag “Offensive”

And some people still wonder why I’m willing to put up with temperatures as low as 16° in the winter, 126° in the summer, and winds that gust into the 80 MPH range at times when the Pacific Ocean is ever so inviting.  Here’s one of the reasons: From Todd Starnes via Weasel Zippers: The [...]

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Continuing Lunacy – California Provides It

From Fox News: Tensions High at California High School Following Flag Flap Tensions are rising at a California high school where five students were sent home for wearing American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo. More than 200 Hispanic students reportedly skipped class on Thursday and marched to school district headquarters while chanting “we want [...]

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Kids Thrown Out of School For Wearing American Flag on Cinco de Mayo

No, I’m not kidding. From the New York Daily News: A handful of California students got an unexpected lesson at their high school this week: Don’t wear your stars and stripes on Cinco de Mayo. Five Morgan Hill, California students were asked to take off their American flag bandannas and turn their T-shirts inside out [...]

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The San Gabriel Mountains [Bumped by PH Jeff]

All covered in snow and it is almost May! Went to the Disposal Facility and Supermarket in Mojave today. These were taken from just north of Mojave on CA14 by the Bone Yard. The chance to take these was just too hard to pass up. And I do travel with the trusty Z612 Kodak in [...]

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