Just an Earth-Bound Misfit: The Rantings of an Aging, Armed, Pinko Chick

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, August 23, 2020

Your Sunday Morning Turboprop Noise

A Saunders-Roe "Princess" flying boat:

That was the only one that ever flew. By then, thanks to the widespread construction of runways for the Second World War, flying boats were obsolete.

10 comments:

Old NFO said...: Big, fast (for a prop bird), and heavy... And interestingly, it looks like a laminar flow wing, based on the dipped nose profile on the high speed fly-by. Nice find, thanks!; 8/23/2020 2:02 PM
Comrade Misfit said...: I've not seen any other sound footage of the Princess.; 8/23/2020 2:44 PM
Deadstick said...: And while the Brits were touting this thing, Lockheed reps were showing Third World leaders a picture of a Constellation saying "Now THIS is what can come to your capital if you lay down THIS much concrete. And we know where you can get a deal on the concrete."; 8/23/2020 5:14 PM
Unknown said...: The PBY Catalina was the best, most beautiful, flying boat. All others are mere pretenders.; 8/23/2020 11:47 PM
CenterPuke88 said...: Nope, I’ll take the Flying Porcupine, the Short Sunderland. Any flying boat that can face off against six JU88C fighters, shooting one down and severely damaging another, before driving the rest off has my vote.; 8/24/2020 12:05 AM
Comrade Misfit said...: No, I'll go with either the Boeing 314 or the Martin M-130.; 8/24/2020 9:14 AM
seafury said...: Too bad we couldn't have commissioned the building of more lakes. Then we could have all traveled in style.; 8/24/2020 11:48 AM
Dan Kleiner said...: those things are just so cool. been fascinated by them since i saw 'raiders of the lost ark'.; 8/24/2020 6:57 PM
Tod Germanica said...: Funny, seafury. Good idea. Everybody love lakes.
I have a few hours of UL dual in a Quicksilver amphibian trainer out of Lodi, CA. There is nothing more fun you do with your clothes on than landing on an irrigation canal in a pontoon UL. To GA student pilots (me) every splash-down felt like a crash the angle is so steep. But the speed so slow the touchdown is light as a feather and water run post touchdown was about 20 meters. Too much fun. I want to live in a flying boat.; 8/24/2020 7:18 PM
seafury said...: Tod. I'm jealous. That sounds
Like too much fun; 8/29/2020 5:20 PM