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  1. Done and Done, someone who has better understanding of infosec, should get a pinned topic about this so we need to go through this again.
  2. Playing a rousing game of find the saddle.

  3. has moved 58 bales of hay.

  4. The SWAT vs. GSG-9 is on right now. Anyway the show is a bit over the top. Its more weapon porn then anything else. The Knight episode is one, the pirate would carry several pistols since he had the highest chance for misfire due to the sea air. Also the proof of the gun going through armor, what knight walks around in just the armor he has a couple layers of pads that probably would've reduced the damage of the bullet. The ninja one was another one i had a problem with, if your going to give the spartan his armor, then let the ninja has his (the ninja had armor). The show is interesting to watch in how not to test combat effectiveness. The best one was the samurai, those weapons are nasty and the callshot with the bow and arrow, damn. Cruel Angel's Thesis
  5. Wow. . .Well i did love Robotech growing up and still do a little today. Rest in Eternal Peace, you have truly earned it. Cruel Angel's Thesis
  6. This is from the Dreamland Resort. A fellow by the name of Scot Tway posted a E-mail from his brother about the SR-71, figured everyone here would love it. We learn how slow the Blackbird can go. Since there is a constant break of every few words, i have word wrapped it and reset it so its not doing that. there was a minor spelling thing i also fixed. Enjoy From my Brother, USAF Ret. (F4, A10 etc.) Brian was my Instructor Pilot in my upgrade into the A-10 in 1978. > Subject: "what was the slowest you ever flew the Blackbird?" > To: > Date: Monday, December 21, 2009, 1:15 PM > As a former SR-71 pilot, and a > professional keynote speaker... > Brian Shul, Retired SR-71 > Pilot via Plane and Pilot Magazine | Brian Shul, Retired SR-71 Pilot > As a former SR-71 pilot, and a professional keynote speaker, the question I'm most often asked is "How fast would that SR-71 fly?" I can be assured of hearing that question several times at any event I attend. It's an interesting question, given the aircraft's proclivity for speed, but there really isn't one number to give, as the jet would always give you a little more speed if you wanted it to. It was common to see 35 miles a minute. Because we flew a programmed Mach number on most missions, and never wanted to harm the plane in any way, we never let it run out to any limits of temperature or speed. Thus, each SR-71 pilot had his own individual "high" speed that he saw at some point on some mission. I saw mine over Libya when Khadafy fired two missiles my way, and max power was in order. Let's just say that the plane truly loved speed and effortlessly took us to Mach numbers we hadn't previously seen. So it was with great surprise, when at the end of one of my presentations, someone asked, "what was the slowest you ever flew the Blackbird?" This was a first. After giving it some thought, I was reminded of a story that I had never shared before, and relayed the following. I was flying the SR-71 out of RAF Mildenhall, England, with my back-seater, Walt Watson; we were returning from a mission over Europe and the Iron Curtain when we received a radio transmission from home base. As we scooted across Denmark in three minutes, we learned that a small RAF base in the English countryside had requested an SR-71 fly-past. The air cadet commander there was a former Blackbird pilot, and thought it would be a motivating moment for the young lads to see the mighty SR-71 perform a low approach. No problem, we were happy to do it. After a quick aerial refueling over the North Sea, we proceeded to find the small airfield. Walter had a myriad of sophisticated navigation equipment in the back seat, and began to vector me toward the field. Descending to subsonic speeds, we found ourselves over a densely wooded area in a slight haze. Like most former WWII British airfields, the one we were looking for had a small tower and little surrounding infrastructure. Walter told me we were close and that I should be able to see the field, but I saw nothing. Nothing but trees as far as I could see in the haze. We got a little lower, and I pulled the throttles back from 325 knots we were at. With the gear up, anything under 275 was just uncomfortable. Walt said we were practically over the field—yet; there was nothing in my windscreen. I banked the jet and started a gentle circling maneuver in hopes of picking up anything that looked like a field. Meanwhile, below, the cadet commander had taken the cadets up on the catwalk of the tower in order to get a prime view of the fly-past. It was a quiet, still day with no wind and partial gray overcast. Walter continued to give me indications that the field should be below us but in the overcast and haze, I couldn't see it. The longer we continued to peer out the window and circle, the slower we got. With our power back, the awaiting cadets heard nothing. I must have had good instructors in my flying career, as something told me I better cross-check the gauges. As I noticed the airspeed indicator slide below 160 knots, my heart stopped and my adrenalin-filled left hand pushed two throttles full forward. At this point we weren't really flying, but were falling in a slight bank. Just at the moment that both afterburners lit with a thunderous roar of flame (and what a joyous feeling that was) the aircraft fell into full view of the shocked observers on the tower. Shattering the still quiet of that morning, they now had 107 feet of fire-breathing titanium in their face as the plane leveled and accelerated, in full burner, on the tower side of the infield, closer than expected, maintaining what could only be described as some sort of ultimate knife-edge pass. Quickly reaching the field boundary, we proceeded back to Mildenhall without incident. We didn't say a word for those next 14 minutes. After landing, our commander greeted us, and we were both certain he was reaching for our wings. Instead, he heartily shook our hands and said the commander had told him it was the greatest SR-71 fly-past he had ever seen, especially how we had surprised them with such a precise maneuver that could only be described as breathtaking. He said that some of the cadets' hats were blown off and the sight of the plan form of the plane in full afterburner dropping right in front of them was unbelievable. Walt and I both understood the concept of "breathtaking" very well that morning, and sheepishly replied that they were just excited to see our low approach. As we retired to the equipment room to change from space suits to flight suits, we just sat there-we hadn't spoken a word since "the pass." Finally, Walter looked at me and said, "One hundred fifty-six knots. What did you see?" Trying to find my voice, I stammered "One hundred fifty-two". We sat in silence for a moment waltsaid,D'nâ€t ever do that to me again!†And I never did. A year later, Walter and I were having lunch in the Mildenhall Officer's club, and overheard an officer talking to some cadets about an SR-71 fly-past that he had seen one day. Of course, by now the story included kids falling off the tower and screaming as the heat of the jet singed their eyebrows. Noticing our HABU patches, as we stood there with lunch trays in our hands, he asked us to verify to the cadets that such a thing had occurred. Walt just shook his head and said, "It was probably just a routine low approach; they're pretty impressive in that plane." Impressive indeed. Little did I realize after relaying this experience to my audience that day that it would become one of the most popular and most requested stories. It's ironic that people are interested in how slow the world's fastest jet can fly. Regardless of your speed, however, it's always a good idea to keep that cross-check up…and keep your Mach up, too. Cruel Angel's Thesis
  7. Download link dead. This leads me to one of two conclusions. One: There is a secret cabal determined to keep us from seeing obscure 80's anime. 2. The MIB's think this is a documentary and are trying to keep it from conspiracy theorists from giving them another headache. I think one myself, but two is very valid choice as well. Time to go to work. Cruel Angel's Thesis
  8. Well i have some time before work, found the torrent i got on. The file is close to 700 megs. The link is near the top of the page, its the little green box with download in white. Once again took me a while to find it. . .again (must get caffine). Enjoy. http://www.bakabt.com/torrent/130115/Kyous...x480%29_MW.html
  9. I remember this from long ago, the Blockbuster in Merced by the mall still had the VHS of this well into 2003-2004. Found the copy put up for download, but was disappointed with the quality. If you look for it by the full Japanese name you can find a much better copy. Found my copy on a torrent site, much better picture and audio. Don't remember where i found mine, but the name to search by is Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver. Cruel Angel's Thesis
  10. Happened a few days ago, but wish i was there when it did. http://www.edwards.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123163158 hope the link works, Firefox 3 disables my right click in certain places, like here and in my E-mail and when i first get online (have to exit and restart). Cruel Angel's Thesis
  11. Well I'm back, long story short router shut me out from coming here. After problem was solved been lazy about showing up. Hope to start showing up again on a regular basis. Well to kick it off, was looking up stuff and came across this. http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewl...maneuverab.html Cruel Angel's Thesis
  12. The info on the TTR is one the main site in the FAQ section. Its included in the answer about what is TTR. The hanger and its purpose are still a mystery. We do know it is the largest hanger now and just thats about all thats been comfirmed. Cruel Angel's Thesis edit. added info on hanger.
  13. Dreamland Resort reports there is a UAV project going on at the TTR. Mainly just testing the new ones and working strategies for use. Cruel Angel's Thesis
  14. I have the Flight Manual and the Media Mook 53 book and they both only have 2 pages of lineart for the Valhalla III. They are good pics however and they are varied enough (about less then half are the same). But its only 2 pages so probably not a good bang for your buck. Hopes it helpful. Cruel Angel's Thesis
  15. The MOAB is going to make a bigger boom. This baby is designed to hit the ground and keep going up to 200 feet before saying hello. We just didn't enough to hit underground bunkers in Iraq and N. Korea according to intel are even deeper, so we need something thats going to hit and keep going. Thought makes me wonder if you are in a underground bunker do you even have time to realize. like your playing a card game with your buddies, does this just go through the ground, land on your card table play a quick mp3 detailing how screwed you are, then explode. I'd pay some good money to see that. Cruel Angel's Thesis
  16. Was looking up something and came across this, happened last month. Surprised it wasn't posted. Airbus vs. Wall http://www.airlineempires.net/blog/2007/11...l-airbus-loses/ However what happened might be different. http://www.aviation-safety-security.com/cu...-airbus-fa.html Still damn. . .someone is going to be in trouble once it gets sorted out. Cruel Angel's Thesis
  17. I'll wait till we get a trailer before passing any judgement. However if Bay is directing this, I can just imagine over half of the film will be ultra close-ups of Primes lips (the face shield better stay closed in the sequel). What is his obsession with lips, i was expecting Prime at some time to swallow me in one gulp. From what i hear this is some mark of his movies. Well thats my 2 cents. Cruel Angel's Thesis edit: wrong word used
  18. Just read about bomb big and nasty. In other news, about a week to 2 weeks ago, Airbus was showing off their huge plane in Thailand and while taxing it out to liftoff, they kinda sideswiped a building. Seems the plane wingspan was a little too big. Both plane and building took very minor damage. The flight IIRC was delayed about 4 hours as they examined the damage to the wing. Also http://www.spacemart.com/reports/Skyray_48...Flight_999.html About time they got this up in the air. Have seen photos of the sucker from Langley Research Center, nice to know she has taken to the sky. Cruel Angel's Thesis
  19. A couple of interesting articles about a UCAV stealth bomber the Russians are working on. http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_unv...bomber_999.html http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1885488/posts Cruel Angel's Thesis
  20. I remember reading a article where Harrison Ford mentioned he was training to get into shape for his role as Indie. He does want to do most of his stunts like he did in the previous films. So we be in for a movie that won't be all hype and no substance. Cruel Angel's Thesis
  21. Well it seems there is some black project stuff going on. Some buildings have been expanded at Area 51 and a new hanger is almost complete. It is the largest yet and there is a big mound of dirt in front of it (to hide whats going in or just dsiplaced dirt from pouring concrete). Some think it may have to due with the report of a new black project from Lockheed being called the SR-72. Of course both the air force and Lockheed aren't saying a thing about it. http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/06/...ce_sr72_070617/ Dreamland Resort has photos of the expanded buildings and pics of the new hanger. http://www.dreamlandresort.com/index_en.html Cruel Angel's Thesis
  22. Might be lack of sleep or just not generally caring anymore. I thinks it been said already but i must use my own words. Its not our world anymore. Animation today for kids has to be dynamic, explosive and some semblence of a storyline (or lack of one). So they take what kids watch or rather formed to watch. I gave up on American cartoon shows a while back, but i grew up. Anime has storylines, some dedication to continutity and something i can watch and enjoy. I'm not a kid, but that doesn't mean i don't hate the cartoons i grew up on, hell if i wasn't buying anime and manga i would probably own most of them. I grew up with them, they are my link to my childhood. No one's childhood is being raped by having these remade, these are for today's kids its going to be different and strange. No amount of crying, shouting and posting on forums will change what they want to do. Sit down and give it a chance (i won't i have my cartoons), you might like it, but probably won't. Let the kids of today have their animated hero's we have ours. Now in personal matters, i hate how it looks. I'm saddened but, hey it does make me feel good, that a series over 20 years old is still thriving and is getting a chance to bring in more young fans to keep it going. True we can rerun the series, but as we have grown up, kids tastes have changed. My roommate watches Cartoon Network some mornings so i see what kids like. I'm not into it, but kids must like it or it wouldn't be airing. So lets just age gracefully. My heros are out there in some store waiting for me to find them and bring them home and relive their adventures. Well I'm just about to face plant into keyboard so I'll stop here i have said enough. Oh one last thing, i doubt Bumblebee's name will be changed cause its a universal truth "Chicks dig the 'bee." Cruel Angel's Thesis
  23. And mine. The word kawaiicide attributed to Akei Arkay.
  24. Well this seems to be slow lets see about spicing it up. Remember DH's A-10 gun bunny well me and friend had some fun making some motivational posters of it. Since I have no URL's for them and not sure how to do multiple attachements, I'll put up my friends first then mine.
  25. "Might be the glowing Kool-Aid talking, but if you were a girl, I ride you all night!" Sadly based on run-in with customers at work, most are drunk and can't tell (strangely) that I am a guy and the others see the long hair and think it must be a girl Cruel Angel's Thesis Edit: Hey i got a blue square and I get to wax the destroids, lets see first one up is the Monster. . .aw crap
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