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, July 14, 2013

Your Sunday Morning Jet Noise

A test run of an engine from a V-1 (or JB-2 "Loon")



The key bit of information in a V-1 attack was to hear the Doodlebug pass by. If, on the other hand, you heard it approaching and the engine cut out, then you knew the beast was diving. The engine's quitting was a design defect and the Germans eventually fixed it, eliminating the attack warning.

The Germans had plans to build fighters using pulse-jet engines, but as the Argus 014 engine reportedly had a TBO of about one hour, those airplanes would have likely functioned almost as single-use aircraft.

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