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, June 26, 2022

Your Sunday Morning Jet Noise

The "Stratolaunch":

5 comments:

Old NFO said...

That is one MASSIVE aircraft! And I can't help but wonder what its crosswind limits are...

Keaaukane said...

It looks to me like it could use a solid horizontal stabilizer, like a P-38 or F-82. Maybe the gap is for whatever parasite craft they are carrying.

w3ski said...

Is the second cockpit just an empty shell or are there people in there with something to do?
w3ski

Comrade Misfit said...

The left – hand cockpit is unpressurized and contains data recorders.

JustMusing said...

According to:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3184219/World-s-biggest-plane-launch-2016-Designers-reveal-megaplane-send-astronauts-orbit-using-mini-shuttle.html

The Stratolaunch Carrier Aircraft will have huge wingspan of 385ft (117 metres) when its complete.

It will be powered by six 747-class engines during its first flight in 2016 and will weigh 1,200,000 lb.

Dreamchaser could be launched from the plane to send astronauts to orbit, and back to a runway.

Will initially deliver satellites into orbit 112 miles to 1,243 miles (180 km and 2000 km) above Earth.