Whoops, I see I had it wrong. It will be 16 years in November for me.

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Whoops, I see I had it wrong. It will be 16 years in November for me.

Nice Ian. :-)

YAY... 27th July 3,000,000 cobblestones.

Only took 9 years 10 months crunching 24/7.

Congrats!!

Thank you Lynn.

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Thought we had an aircraft thread, but if so I can't find it.

Spitfire

The Plane thread

That surprised me as there are many here who are into planes, me included :-(

Since the plane thread is locked, I'll stick this here. 2014 field trip, I'm the second from the right.

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Since the plane thread is locked, I'll stick this here. 2014 field trip, I'm the second from the right.

Do the orange flight suits signify plane crew, and the others passengers?

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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

Got this from the Einstein board:

German man stores Panzer tank in home... (...and more...)

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TimeLord04
Have TARDIS, will travel...
Come along K-9!
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Got this from the Einstein board:
German man stores Panzer tank in home... (...and more...)

Here is an yet another collector of weapons.

An accused 69-year-old man who had a huge collection of weapons at home in his villa in Värnamo. The man is suspected of serious gun crime, a crime that provides between 1 and 4 years in prison. According to the indictment, the man had the following in his home:
• At least 150 guns, of which 5 rocket launchers and four mortars
• 45 automatic and fully automatic firearms (machine guns and submachine guns),
• 45 sawed-off shotgun,
• 230 pistols and revolvers,
• 15 stun guns
• 20 harpoons
• A number of hand grenades
• A large amount of ammunition and weapons parts, such as pipes

Even an old artillery cannon, model Haubitz, should have been included in the weapons collection.

https://translate.google.se/translate?hl=sv&sl=sv&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.svt.se%2Fnyheter%2Fregionalt%2Fjonkoping%2Fvapensamlaren-atalas-for-grovt-vapenbrott

Who pays for their little capes and Bat masks?

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Do the orange flight suits signify plane crew, and the others passengers?

No hard and fast rules these days. Usually the colour of the suit is some history, i.e. where were you when you bought the suit. Everybody in the picture got several flights on this trip. The orange suits are civilian FTEs, the military looking suits are serving or ex-military, the two guys in civvies got dressed in a hurry that day.

Left to right: Orange suit is a student FTE working for a civilian contractor; then an ex-Turkish AF student FTP working for same contractor; the guy in civvies is a Calspan instructor FTE; serving Korean AF student FTE; civilian contractor student FTE who didn't like orange; ex-Turkish AF student FTP; me as an instructor FTE in my faded old MBB suit; and finally the Calspan FTP, ex-USN.

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How do you tall men fit in that tiny plane???!!!

How do you tall men fit in that tiny plane???!!!

Learjet 25B is a 10 seat aircraft. Apparently this one is rigged for gas on the go. :)

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How do you tall men fit in that tiny plane???!!!

You crawl through a short doorway, then crawl down the aisle to your seat. No worse than getting into the back seat of most cars, it is just a bit further from the door to the seat. It is fairly comfortable once you are in - depending on what the pilots get up to.

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How do you tall men fit in that tiny plane???!!!

Learjet 25B is a 10 seat aircraft. Apparently this one is rigged for gas on the go. :)

The Calspan one holds a crew of 4 or 5, depending on the amount of test gear inside. The aircraft can't receive fuel, in that photo they were testing new digital control laws for receiver aircraft closing on the tanker.

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Standoff Over Social Media Passwords Breaks New Legal Ground

A Texas man used social media to promote his gun store, posting politically charged messages that criticized the president and promoted Second Amendment rights.

But after losing ownership of his suburban Houston store in bankruptcy, Jeremy Alcede spent nearly seven weeks in jail for refusing a federal judge's order to share with the new owner the passwords of the business' Facebook and Twitter accounts, which the judge had declared property.

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If the new owners could not access the business' accounts and send messages to followers, it could impact the store's profits, making it less valuable, Stewart said. While having Alcede spend seven weeks in jail over the passwords was "harsh," Stewart said that in the end, Alcede held the key to his freedom.

"You have to strike a balance between making sure people respect the court's authority and giving people the right to make their own decision and accept the consequences if that is the way they want to go," he said.

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Thank you Vic.

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They did it.
Transparent Aluminum
Get the whales ready.

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