60+ year old thread.

Ive seen the sidewinders but what is the red thing??

 

^^^^ Mornin'

 

How you been,,,snow in the yard yet?? ,, ,, Never seen one ,,its

 

I need to hide in here. Too many young ones complaining how much our government sucks. They either need to get up off their butts and work to get their candidate elected or move to another country. I would suggest Cambodia to them but I am sure that would be a bankable offence.

 

I wouldn't have known either if I hadn't gone back and reread the post when I first looked at the pic.

No snow yet ... forecast says possible snow/rain mix today/tonight. So far it's actually been a decent Fall up here ... a little wet, but I'm not complaining.

Life is good. Lots of family visiting this summer. We have Salmon, Halibut, Caribou, and Moose in the freezer. Haven't slipped in any bird hunting yet...need to get my priorities straight.

Hope all is well in sunny FL.

 

Funny when I saw it I was thinking prehistoric drone,,

 

I just like the way you think.

 

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Only two more things to do today. Put the third coat of varnish on the wood slats and load up the Tacoma for tomorrows Tacoma meet. Been a very busy day.

 

AQM-37[edit]

In 1959, the US Navy and US Air Force issued a joint request for a new high-speed expendable target. Beechcraft won the competition, and the result was a small delta-winged drone with wingtip fins and a liquid rocket motor, originally designated XKD2B-1 but now known as the AQM-37. The type first flew in May 1961, entered service with the US Navy in 1963, and remains in service.
The original version was the AQM-37A or Beech Model 1019. The AQM-37A was followed by a confusing list of subvariants, some of which were new production, others which were modifications of existing AQM-37s. These variants were intended to simulate different classes of threats, such as sea-skimming antiship missiles or high-altitude naval attack missiles, or provide better performance. One high-performance variant with improved thermal protection attained a speed of Mach 4.7 and an altitude of over 112,000 feet (34 kilometers) on a ballistic trajectory. The final US Navy variant was designated AQM-37C.
After an evaluation of the AQM-37A in the late 1960s, the US Army bought a small initial batch of Model 1100/1101 AQM-37As that, unlike other variants, were recoverable, using a parachute system. Some of this batch were intended for low-altitude operation and fitted with a radar altimeter, and others were intended for high-altitude operation and had a barometric altimeter. The Army later ordered over 400 improved non-recoverable Model 1102 variants of the AQM-37A.
The USAF evaluated the AQM-37 in the early 1970s but was slow to adopt it. Records of USAF procurement of the type are sketchy, but it does seem to be currently part of the Air Force target inventory. Small quantities of AQM-37s were also sold to Italy, Israel, and France, while Britain bought several hundred of the type. The Meteor company of Italy built a number of AQM-37s under license.
All variants are air-launched, with the US Navy traditionally using the F-4 Phantom for the job and the British using the Canberra.
More than 5,000 AQM-37 targets of all variants have been delivered since the early 1960s. The AQM-37C/D is still in limited production for the U.S. Navy.
The AQM-37's engine is built by Rocketdyne, though in some sources it is credited to Harley Davidson, the motorcycle manufacturer, which appears to be due to a sequence of company buyouts. The engine uses "storable" liquid propellants, in contrast to cryogenic propellants like liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen that have to be loaded up just before launch lest they evaporate away. The problem is that the storable propellants in common use are corrosive, highly toxic, and "hypergolic", meaning that the propellants spontaneously ignite when mixed together. This tends to make them troublesome to deal with.
The only one any of our jet jockey's launched was too fast for them and they couldn't shoot it down. it's at the bottom of the Mediterranean..
The best thing about the picture is the outgoing sacks of Mail.

 

Let the list begin...a bad day honey doing it is better then a good day at work

Hey Tom, don't pick on them. they are our future We can only hope they wise up or we're in deep doodoo I might not be the most knowledgeable about politics but come election time I surely do my research on the candidates and vote for the best qualified of the bunch. Pretty slim picking out there.

Where's Sue? You didn't piss her off did you Jim? Been a few days since she's been on.

 

Enjoy the meet and get that hitch installed. I'll be checking back for some pics. Have a great weekend.

 

Have a good weekend Rob. The weather is supposed to be nice here. maybe I'll get some outside work done.

 

Thanks Ken, you too. Chance for mostly sunny tomorrow, so hopefully it'll dry enough to get the last round of leaves up out of the backyard before it snows. I've got a little blue sky and some sun peeking through outside now, too bad it's time for my afternoon nap before work.

 

Oh, the snow stays above about 10K' or so (not sure of exact altitude). While family was visiting in August we took Talkeetna Air Taxi flight around Denali (Mt McKinley) with Glacier Landing (Eldridge Glacier IIRC). Snow Angels & Snowball fight . But down here off the mountains no snow yet.

 

Morning Everyone...

 

Morning.....
Yard work today. Final mow and leaves. Tomorrow power wash all trimmers and mowers. Stable fuel.. Pull out the snow blower. Pack for winter. Cover the boat and park out back and bring up the yard truck plow. Ye haa

 

Morning

If it helps Mike, I'm there too.

 

I don't miss all that. Moved into a community(yeah we have an association) that cuts the grass and removes the snow. I really haven't had any problems with the association and they are quite liberal about enforcing the rules. I do kinda miss snow blowin' my driveway and some of the neighbors. Have a good weekend .

 

too funny had to post....Thankya'Thankyaveramuch. And thanks for that Franklin quote! It's becoming a favorite of mine. Which reminds me...

Got My Obama Care Packet Today
I wanted to let you know that earlier today I received my "Obamacare enrollment packet” from the White House.
It contained:
* An aspirin and a Band-Aid.
* An 'Obama Hope & Change' bumper sticker
* A 'Bush's Fault' yard sign
* A 'Blame Republicans first, then anybody and everybody’ poster
* A 'Tax the Rich' banner
* An application for unemployment and a free cellphone
* An application for food stamps
* A prayer rug
* A letter assigning my debt to my grandchildren
* And lastly, a coupon for a machine that blows smoke up my ass.
Everything was made/printed in "China" and all directions were in Spanish.
Keep an eye out. Yours should be arriving soon.

 

had snow in locations a few miles south of Lake Erie. Finished buttoning up the house for winter today. Seems like it is coming sooner and faster this year, but maybe it seems that way every year. Need to get a better set of tires for this winter.