Air-Minded: Presentation Anxiety
Speaking of stupid, I commented on an F-4 fighter thread running on my Facebook news feed.
Air-Minded: Gunship Photoblogging
The Pima Air & Space Museum restoration team rolled out our Mil Mi-24 Hind gunship earlier this week. I mentioned this helicopter in an earlier post, after seeing it partially disassembled in the restoration hangar. I was particularly struck by the robust transmission, which would not look out of place in a battleship’s engine room. […]
Air-Minded: Behind the Curve
Seriously, would you ever fly that carrier again?
Tuesday Bag o’ Brains
You might think it’s a stretch to compare PowerPoint to the Catholic church, but you know how they say once a Catholic, always a Catholic? Yeah, it’s like that, apparently.
Friday Bag o’ Spying & Sex
I think we’ve all accepted in our hearts the notion that when we tap into the public electronic network … by landline or cell phone, by using credit and debit cards, by sending email, by paying bills online, by surfing the net and downloading or uploading files … we have no expectation of privacy.
Air-Minded: Bullets, Buffs, and the Contra-Rotating Nissen Hut
Although, if you think about it, next to a 155mm Howitzer round 30mm is downright small … harmless by comparison!
Sunday Bag o’ Mules
Mules, local color, wannabes.
Tuesday Bag o’ Militarization
What scares me is the thought that when law enforcement agencies have military hardware, firepower, and training, they’ll inevitably cook up reasons to use it.