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, November 11, 2018

Your Sunday Morning Big Prop Noise

A Vickers Vimy, the RFC's heavy bomber from the Great War:

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3 comments:

CenterPuke88 said...

Was to be the heavy replacement for the Bloody Paralyzer, the Handley Page O/100 and O/400, but never saw service. It was however a great player in the post-war long distance flight arena. A Vimy (with added tanks) is what Alcock and Brown used in 1919 to cross the Atlantic, non-stop.

11/11/2018 4:29 PM
bluemoonfever said...

I had the good fortune a number of years of meeting Peter McMillan and seeing the full-size Vimy replica whose construction he financed. As a fellow "homebuilder", I was somewhat blown away.

11/12/2018 12:57 AM
Nangleator said...

A little bit of modern flying experience magnifies the amazing stories that come from WW1 and inter-war flying books. You read parts of those books with your jaw hanging open, and the rest shaking it from side to side.

It also makes me regret that all the allied generals that stood in the way of parachutes for aircrew weren't executed bloodily for treason.

11/12/2018 9:05 AM

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