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, December 18, 2022

Your Sunday Morning Prop Noise

A Grumman Duck beaches itself:



The Ducks were made at the Grumman plant on Long island, NY. They would do their tests for sea states and such in the ocean. When they were done, they'd fly up to Candlewood Lake in CT and do a series of full-stop landings in order to wash as much of the salt off as possible.

4 comments:

Glypto Dropem said...

That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. From your description, I was expecting to see the main pontoon just smooshed into sand like beaching a boat. When it came up the concrete boat ramp with the landing gear was a surprise.

Stewart Dean said...

I take it the trick is to not get ahead of yourself, to not put the wheels down until after the landing splashdown has slowed to an amble....

Old NFO said...

That's a JF-2 Duck! Fantastic SAR bird in WWII, they were used off small Jeep carriers as a SAR asset more than off BBs. The Kingfishers didn't have a retractable gear, and were primary for the BBs as they could be hoisted back aboard.

Comrade Misfit said...

Putting the wheels down before landing on water is A Very Bad Thing.