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

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"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,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
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, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Your Sunday Morning Big Prop Noise

A DC-7 fire bomber.



Fire bombing seems to often be the last purpose for an old airliner before going to the smelter.
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CenterPuke88 said...
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7/22/2018 7:48 PM
CenterPuke88 said...

Sorry, Comrade, tried to link it but the https got denied, and without it I got a 404...

AVWeb has a story on the conversation of six ex-SWA B737-300’s into water bombers...

https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/737-Firefighting-Aircraft-Under-Testing-230989-1.html

I searched for your post on this and failed, madam!

7/22/2018 7:51 PM
Old NFO said...

Ah yes, the 'growl' of four 3350s! And those are the long stack version! They were truly workhorse engines! Burned oil like it was going of style, and throwing it out too! 18 gal reservoirs, it would 'burn 6, through 6 out, and leave you 6 gallons...LOL

7/22/2018 10:29 PM
Deadstick said...

In my college years in Atlanta, I used to fly back and forth to home in Miami on the TWA Super Connies. I always scheduled night flights so I could watch the exhaust flames: huge, billowing orange on takeoff, gradually fading to blue as the FE tuned the mixtures. Loved it.

7/23/2018 9:34 AM

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