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

Sunday, October 22, 2017

Your Sunday Morning Prop Noise

The Pond Racer:


The Pond Racer was funded by Bob Pond and built by Scaled Composites. The idea was to build an airplane that would force the retirement of World War II fighters from unlimited air racing. Pond was concerned about the wastage of irreplaceable airframes.

Unfortunately, in its second year at the Reno Air Races, the airplane was destroyed in a forced landing, killing the pilot. The pilot, Rick Brickert, was a good friend of Pond's, who then dropped the project.

4 comments:

dinthebeast said...

Well, of the two fastest P-51's, one, the "Voodoo" is said to have retired after this year, and the other, "Strega" has been for sale on Trade-a-Plane for years with no takers.
It's apparently an expensive sport.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-rSdZeWj34

-Doug in Oakland

Comrade Misfit said...

A long time ago, I was told that the yearly operating costs for a stock Mustang was $150K/yr, between insurance, maintenance and all the rest.

CenterPuke88 said...

Seems about right:

http://www.tested.com/art/makers/558278-what-its-own-and-fly-p-51-mustang/

CenterPuke88 said...

Apologies Comrade, I tried to set it as a link, but failed.