Really Cool Airplane Stuff

I couldn't resist sharing this with all after a friend had it linked from the Daily Mail on his Facebook page.

This is some really neat Plane Pr0n!





The full story and more really cool pictures are at the following link.
The Red Baron flies again! Man spends £50,000 building himself an exact working replica of the German pilot's Fokker triplane

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2829796/The-ultimate-model-plane-Man-spends-50-000-building-exact-working-replica-Red-Baron-s-Fokker-triplane-home.html#ixzz3ImvIXKK9
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For Armistice Day

I decided to use the traditional name for the 11th of November...................
At first it was Armistice Day.
Then there was Ypres..................
I have a link to Flanders in that my Great Grandpa Wambeke came to the United States from Flanders, in Belgium.
My Maternal Grandfather was in the Army in 1917-1918 and was preparing to ship overseas when the Armistice was signed.......................................................
I give you all Flanders Fields.

Remember. A Poem From A Friend

My friend, Janet had this on her page on Facebook. It is simple and poignant.
That is all.

Do you like me?
Do you care?
Do you understand
What put me there?

I was happy
Free and wild
I was carefree
Like a wondering child.

But then one day
The wind rushed in
The mailman came
Delivered sin.

He brought a notice
Black and white
It told me where
I'd be that night.

I opened it and
Read it straight away
Report for Duty!
Do not delay!!

I loved my country
And served with pride
I must admit, never really
Thought I'd die.

But on the field
With crimson stain
I lost my life
A victory gained

My best friend cried
Sitting there alone
Only 18, these feelings
He had not known.

He dragged me off
The field that night.
Collected things
I said I'd write.

I made him promise
As he laughed
The month before
In case I passed.

I said please remind
The ones I love
I didn't ever
Want to leave.

When they ask why
Just tell them this:
A fellow cannot
Be remiss.

He must stand
For what is good.
Protect and serve
Sometimes with blood.

I wanted to be there
For graduation,
Weddings, births
And collaborations.

I gave it up
And so did they
But don't distress, see
I've paved the way.

For you to raise
Your family
In the soft waving breeze
Of liberty.

I loved my life;
My wife and son
I did not even
Have a gun.

I was just a guy
With a heart and soul.
Doing things that
I'd rather not do.

But sometimes there
Are certain things
That one must stand for
Not just cling

To all our fears
Or childish ways
Refusing to see
Beyond the haze

Peace sounds great
It's what I want
That is why
I fought the fight.

For you and yours
To have a bright
Future full of love
Grace and delight.

I did not falter
I did not run
I did not sell us out
I stood my ground

For you and for
Our children, then
For family, friends;
Our countrymen.

When you tell her
If you stand
Before her
She will understand.

He called on her
It crushed her world
He held her close
As she unfurled.

But I was right
She handled well
The news that my
Last note would tell.

I did not give
My life in vain
For you to spit
Upon my grave.

So when you pass
My way and glance
At my headstone
In happenstance

With bronze details
So stark and grey
Remember that
I died that day.

~J. Knight, c 2014 (all rights reserved.)

Kristallnacht

Everyone is having the feel good story of the Fall of The Berlin Wall 25 years ago. That's OK. It was a very significant event in history.

That being said, on the 9th and 10th of November, 1938 an event occurred in Germany and Austria that should have shaken the foundation of civilization..................Kristallnacht, The Night Of Broken Glass.
This event was the actual beginning of the Holocaust in terms of violence toward the Jews of Germany and Austria.
The Holocaust did affect my family. As far as I know, we lost 57 members of the Cassel's and Wambeke's.

I did not see one news item today at all about this date....................So in my little way, here it is......
Night Of Broken Glass

http://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/online-features/special-focus/kristallnacht

The Synagogue of Baden-Baden burns on 10 November 1938

Sunday Evening in the Southeast Kern County Desert

I did some garage cleaning and rearranging. One pickup load to the storage.
I couldn't resist getting a few pics on the way back to the house.

Bored Saturday Plane Pr0n: Some of the best F/A-18E Super Hornet images ever: Air Power Demo over USS John C. Stennis

Some of the best F/A-18E Super Hornet images ever: Air Power Demo over USS John C. Stennis



Waiting for the start of the Kings and Canucks game this evening in another two hours.......There is a gathering of Lexicans in Sandy Eggo but I had some stuff to do today here at Casa de Sharon y Glenn. These are good pics of that fine product of McDonnell in Saint Louis........................

HMS Ark Royal R09: Hands To Flying Stations (1975)-Throwback Thursday on a Friday Morning

The RN invented Naval Aviation as we know it. The steam catapult and the angle deck were British Inventions. Royal Naval Aviation is three years older than US Naval Aviation. They are our big brothers......................
Those RN Phantoms of 892 Squadron were the most awesome Phantoms that I have ever seen. Yes, I did see them along with the Blackburn Buccaneers of 809 Squadron and the Fairey Gannetts, when I was a young sailor aboard USS Independence CV62. We conducted two cross deck ops with Ark Royal back then.
She must have been a fine ship to serve aboard.

On the subject of the midterm elections

This was floating around the Internet.......
Poetic.

Kings are not doing well on this road trip

They got manhandled in Pittsburgh on this road trip.
I am getting a bit concerned about the Kings play on the road.
Yes, I know it is early in the season.
Methinks Darryl Sutter might want to do some shuffling around and perhaps kicking and screaming during practice.
Dallas had the Kings' number last season, taking 2 out of 3.......................
The league website has the following info on the match up.
Kings at Stars

Heroes. A perspective.

This is floating around the Internet. I don't think I need to add any commentary at all...............