Posts for: Mac
Apr 9, 2024 10:39:39 #
riderxlx wrote:
Now that’s some thing you don’t see every day even in Florida. Maybe he just wanted a beer or a sandwich and looking for a cool place to hang out.
Bruce.
Bruce.
Apr 8, 2024 15:36:49 #
Apr 8, 2024 12:47:41 #
Ollieboy wrote:
Don't forget to try the Shady Maple Buffet nearby. It's the largest buffet (smorgasbord) in the country. I make it a must to go there when in Lancaster County.
Definitely!!!! Apr 8, 2024 12:27:10 #
Bartulius wrote:
U.S. Navy '68-'72 Aviation Ordnance. Attached to an A-4 squadron based in Lemoore, Ca. Made 3 combat cruises off the coast of Vietnam. Received my Army induction notice when I was in Navy boot camp. Left the Navy as an E-5. Many days I wished I had stayed in for 20 or 30 years.
IYAOYAS! I went to A school at NAS JAX then ships company AO on Forrestal
Apr 7, 2024 23:46:34 #
JustJill wrote:
My sister and I are starting to plan our annual sister vacation. We are thinking about the Harrisburg Pa area. I am thinking both the East Broad Top and the Starsburg railroads and museum and shop tours. Is there any other "must see" things to do or places to go, sites to photograph? Is the Hershey museum a place we should see or skip?
SteamTown (Scranton), The Pennsylvania Railroaders Museum (in Altoona), Horseshoe Curve, (Also Altoona), the Allegheny Portage Railroad (Gallitzin, Pa.)
For other than Railroad locations there is the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon (Wellsboro, Pa.) and Harrisburg isn’t far from Gettysburg, and Antietam.
Apr 7, 2024 23:33:09 #
gener202002 wrote:
I'd be curious. I was on the Bon Homme Richard and we were just leaving Vietnam waters when we received notice that we had to turn around and render assistance to the Forrestal. I have a friend here in town that was on the Forrestal when that event happened. My brother still has a newspaper clipping about that event at home. That is a very emotional moment for me in some ways, as I saw all the body bags being brought onto our ship.
My thanks to you and your Bon Homme Richard shipmates.
Apr 7, 2024 23:31:04 #
dustie wrote:
Title and wording in link a bit misleading.
Sheetmetal engine cowling shredding in the wind, but no sign of engine ripping apart.
Ground personnel failed to properly fasten engine cover panels?
Sheetmetal engine cowling shredding in the wind, but no sign of engine ripping apart.
Ground personnel failed to properly fasten engine cover panels?
Sensationalism.
Apr 7, 2024 23:28:56 #
dustie wrote:
A 6½ - 7 year-old jet.
Should raise questions about maintenance procedures at Southwest, but.....
....maybe just going to be turned into days and days of more bad press against Boeing.
Should raise questions about maintenance procedures at Southwest, but.....
....maybe just going to be turned into days and days of more bad press against Boeing.
Something like that seems, as you say, more maintenance than manufacture.
Apr 7, 2024 23:25:55 #
TriX wrote:
My uncle, Lt. Preston Carrington, served on the Forrestal, but no idea if he was aboard when the tragic explosion and fire occurred.
My best to Lt. Carrington.Apr 7, 2024 17:21:39 #
Apr 6, 2024 12:47:27 #
rbnm wrote:
I was in S1. I see the years you were aboard so know you were there that day. Glad to meet you Mac.
And I see you were there too. It’s a day we will never forget.
Apr 6, 2024 12:20:28 #
WDN2 wrote:
USN 1978-1998 Hospital Corpsman First Class - Afte... (show quote)
I agree with your last sentence. I wasn’t lifer material, I got out when my time was up. But the Navy taught me to be responsible and to accept responsibility. And I’ve been places and seen things that I wouldn’t have if I hadn’t served.
Apr 6, 2024 12:05:28 #
wrangler5 wrote:
Flight testing will show whether the theoretical benefits show up in the real world. As well as currently unidentified problems. I wonder, for example, about the cost/convenience of maintenance on top mounted engines as compared to those slung under a wing. My impression is that radical new designs often, if not usually, have unanticipated problems.
That’s an interesting question about top mounted engines. Though the B727, DC10 and Lockheed L1011 had top mounted engines, or at least engines that were close to being top mounted.
Apr 6, 2024 11:52:39 #
Burtzy wrote:
I read about the plane and have only one quibble. Your post was name "Groundbreaking New Plane Cleared for Take-Off". I would tend to be wary of any plane labeled "Groundbreaking." 
Yes, the title of the article is misleading. In the article though it does state that the design goes back to the 1920s and that some military aircraft are based on the design.
Apr 6, 2024 11:44:27 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Time will tell, but I'm not going to buy stock in this company.
Didn’t you say that about Apple?
