With all the partisan-shit that’s going on these days, it’s good too see an unlikely friendship!
via: askmen.com
As it screams through the air at three times the speed of sound, this jet needs to keep the air flowing through the engines down around 500 mph. The solution: a retractable cone plus a series of doors and bypasses. Pilots monitor this system on a sub-panel of indicators (lower left) while making sure they hit specific speeds at precise altitudes during ascent and descent. This Cold War-era spy jet, retired in 1998, also collected intelligence on itself, with a sort of proto-black box that captured 200-plus data points every three seconds. “If a pilot screwed up, we could download the tapes and say, ‘OK, buddy, here’s what you did wrong,’” says Rich Graham, a flight instructor and retired SR-71 pilot.
via From Spy Plane to Monster Truck — a Photo Gallery of Awesome Cockpits | Magazine | Wired.com.
Oh the ironing! 35 Years ago, they put to print the hazards of deep water drilling, too bad they didn’t think about a solution in the interm!
The picture on the front of the box is so reminiscent of the disaster, with the stormy seas, the oil rig and an overall sense of doom. I was just knocked over by how relevant this game is, despite being made some 35 years ago, to BP’s troubles today.
Rare 1970s BP board game promises oil ‘thrills’ comes back to haunt them | Metro.co.uk
Yes, I said 8 strings. I just learned about this guy today. He’s ridiculously talented, my mind is blown (wait until about 1 minute in, he really gets going)…..
Oh yea, and if you’re near NH he’s playing at the Stone Church in Newmarket tonight.