Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Airplanes

A pretty Cessna 170 at the fuel pumps:


A P-38 and a F-22 in formation flight. You may have noticed that in all of these "heritage flight" photos, the airplane with the lesser performance is in the lead, for reasons that are probably obvious.

(USAF photo, found here)

3 comments:

Nangleator said...

Reasons obvious to me:

1. Pilot of the antique only notable for wealth, not for skill and reaction time.

2. Pilot of antique sets the pace, and doesn't have to burn his engines up trying to keep the jet's pace.

3. Jet can probably handle prop wash better than recips can handle jetwash.

4. Symbolic of "You lead the way. I wouldn't be here without you."

Comrade Misfit said...

#2 is closest. You want the airplane with the most available power to fly behind the lead, who then only has to fly predictably.

The pilot of the first airplane probably is military trained and at least has a FAST card or similar credentials.

tom said...

Raptor, is that the jet we can't let stay out in the rain?

just wondering