Happy Hour

"IF A LIFETIME CAN BE LIKENED TO A DAY, THEN THIS IS HAPPY HOUR!"
BUCK PENNINGTON

Mother, Mother Ocean

Mother, Mother Ocean, I've heard you call
Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall
You've seen it all, you've seen it all
Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam
In your belly you hold the treasures, few have ever seen
Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream
Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred year's too late
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over-forty victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late

Yoda

"Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is."
―Yoda, to Luke Skywalker

Counted the Stars

Counted the stars on the 4th of July
Wishing we were rockets bursting in the sky
Talking about redemption and leaving things behind
I have these pictures and I keep these photographs
To remind me of a time
These pictures and these photographs
Let me know I'm doin' fine
We used to be so happy once upon a time
Once upon a time
But the sun sank west of the Mendocino County Line
And the sun sank west of the Mendocino County Line


""SOME SEE A GLASS AS HALF FULL, SOME SEE IT AS HALF EMPTY, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO’S DRINKING MY RUM."
Rumbear

Friday, January 27, 2017

MiG-21 Fishbed In Stunning Pictures During the Tour-de-Sky 2016

Say what you will but the old Mig 21 Fishbed still soldiers on in some Air Forces around the world.
Following are a few pics from a small air show in Kuopio, Finland. All were taken by Fyodor Borisov/Transport-Photo Images.
I hope you all enjoy!

Here is the link as for some reason Blogger gives me a fight trying to get it at the bottom!!!!!!!
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/mig-21.html?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=postplanner&utm_source=facebook.com

Finnish Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 at Tour-de-Sky airshow at Kuopio, Finand. (Photo by Fyodor Borisov/Transport-Photo Images)

Finnish Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 at Tour-de-Sky airshow at Kuopio, Finand. (Photo by Fyodor Borisov/Transport-Photo Images)
#8. And again – interior of the cockpit is in both langauges, Russian and Finnish.

Finnish Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 at Tour-de-Sky airshow at Kuopio, Finand. (Photo by Fyodor Borisov/Transport-Photo Images)
Finnish Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21

 Romania Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 at Tour-de-Sky airshow at Kuopio, Finand. (Photo by Fyodor Borisov/Transport-Photo Images)
Romania Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21

"Despite the presence of many other remarkable aircraft, the MiG-21 was the main star of the air show at Kuopio. Without doubts, it’s a legendary aircraft, one of the most characteristic in the world of military aviation of the 20th century. Even today MiG-21 is still in service, though its glory passed a long time ago. And so their story goes on, in armies of several countries. A day before the airshow, MiG-21 celebrated its 60th anniversary. This article will be fully focusing on this amazing machine!"

Sunday, January 22, 2017

Slippers

I thought I had lost them..................or they were more than likely in a place I forgot about.
It's nice to have them on, with it being one of those rainy and cold winter days in the Mojave Desert.


Monday, January 16, 2017

Gene Cernan 1934-2017

I has sad.
I watched this as a 17 year old.
Fair Winds and Following Seas...........................

Gene Cernan: "There is too much purpose, too much logic, it was just too beautiful to happen by accident," Cernan said. "There has to be somebody bigger than you and bigger than me...And I mean this in a spiritual sense, not in a religious sense, there has to be a creator of the universe who stands above the religions that we ourselves create to govern our lives." -Commander of the last moon landing. We are saddened by the loss of retired NASA astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon.

Monday, January 09, 2017

The First Constellation: This Day in Aviation - Important Dates in Aviation History

"9 January 1943: At the insistence of the Army Air Forces, Boeing’s Chief Test Pilot, Eddie Allen, made the first flight of the Lockheed L-049 Constellation prototype, NX25600, from Lockheed Air Terminal at Burbank, California, to Muroc Army Airfield (today known as Edwards Air Force Base). Lockheed’s Chief Test Pilot, Milo G. Burcham, was the co-pilot.
When the flight ended after 58 minutes, Allen said, “This machine works so well that you don’t need me anymore!” With that, Allen returned to Seattle."

There are more picture at the link below. Enjoy!
This Day in Aviation - Important Dates in Aviation History
I will not go down and tell my children I didn't have the courage, the conviction, the commitment or the character to fight for this country...Don't go home and let your children down~~ LTC Allen West

Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

‎"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.("Therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war")" from "Epitoma Rei Militaris," by Vegetius (Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus)