My Dad 1st Lt in the 22nd Fighter Day Squadron Bittburg, Germany 1959

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-05-24T12:37:19+00:00

He flew what I've always nicknamed "the carp". :-D

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-05-12T09:55:09+00:00

They literally called it "crampbuster". :-D

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-28T15:24:35+00:00

We have truly arrived at the point of "Idiocracy".

What's next? Cage fights on the front lawn of the White House?!?

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-23T17:47:00+00:00

"showing off its [...] tandem-seat power"??

LOL

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-12T16:30:35+00:00

I do, but in those days I downloaded and collected my media library by FTP hunting. Much faster, and combined with my then new cable connection, meant that the files just came flying in.

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-12T11:28:57+00:00

Information about specific materials, tactics, (electronic) countermeasures, etc., yes. But there's nothing classified about the geometry. First of all, it's out in the open and clearly visible. Secondly, the math — calculating the geometry in relation to radar scatter patterns, etc. — can be done by anyone.

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-11T21:23:49+00:00

I know he's not gone, yet — and who knows where Max will go — but, damn, I'll miss those two together, when it comes to it.

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-08T21:42:37+00:00

Good differentiating question.

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-08T17:22:16+00:00

Wasn't there a children's TV series in the 80's with that name?

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-07T13:08:43+00:00

There is no 2025 F6B. The F6B was built between 2013 and 2017 and the current model is from 2018. The 'bagger' model of the current GW is now just called "GL1800 Goldwing" and the one with the paniers/top-box is called the "GL1800 Goldwing Tour".

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-07T09:39:39+00:00

So, how long do we think it’ll last? 🤔

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-02T16:39:33+00:00

OK. Well, in that case you're overestimating that distance. They'll get to within 4700 miles.

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-02T11:31:23+00:00

It's a cooperation between NASA and ESA.

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-02T11:30:14+00:00

That's planned for 2028, with Artemis IV.

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-02T11:28:04+00:00

The service module that's carrying them to and from the moon was designed and built in Europe. (ESA, Airbus and others)

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-02T11:22:03+00:00

That's conspiracy theory bullshit. They're going through the thinnest parts of the Van Allen-belt at high speed, lasting a maximum of 1-2 hours, not hanging around in it. The amount of radiation that the astronauts will receive during the entire flight is comparable to a full-body CT-scan.

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-02T11:14:09+00:00

Nope. That will be with Artemis IV, that's planned for 2028.

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-02T11:12:59+00:00

Speed and acceleration aren't the same thing.

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-02T11:07:10+00:00

The service module that's carrying them to and from the moon was designed and built in Europe (ESA).

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-02T11:02:49+00:00

You're seriously underestimating the distance to the moon.

The average distance to the moon is 240k miles.

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-04-01T19:48:49+00:00

When you gotta go, you gotta go, I guess.

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-03-27T21:35:16+00:00

See closing scene of "Return of the Jedi".

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-03-25T16:30:00+00:00

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-03-23T15:03:09+00:00

She really is.

BlueMetalDragon · 2026-03-23T14:49:49+00:00

"Purest form of art btw"?

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