Air-Minded: A Matter of Some Gravity
Here’s a way to think about pulling Gs and why it hurts: if you weigh 200 pounds, at 9 Gs you’ll weigh 1,800. Consider that for a moment. Ready for your centrifuge ride?
Postoperative Postflight
TIL (today I learned) that a tube of flavored Chapstick, placed in a drawer ten years ago and then forgotten, goes rancid.
Is It Bad of Me to Gloat?
Itazuke Tower, this is Air Force 801.
My Bawdy Muse
I blogged about bawdy songbooks — mine and others’ — in April, 2015, and will share with you what I wrote then.
Air-Minded: Zulu Nostalgia
I read something yesterday and had a nostalgia attack. There are days I really miss the Air Force!
Ordered 50 Shades, Got a chick Tract
This seems more like those “Christian” pharmacists who won’t sell you a morning-after pill, or recruiters for fake abortion clinics who lure patients away from real ones.
Air-Minded: Habu
SR-71s were generally called Blackbirds, but the ones at Kadena were nicknamed Habus after the venomous pit vipers native to Okinawa.
Air-Minded … But Why? (Updated)
Yes, I’m a boy when it comes to aviation. I hope I always am.