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  1. Was living and working in NYC at the time. Got to watch the first ever Tall Ships parade sail down the Hudson River. Despite large crowds under and on top of streets, everyone was in a good mood and behaved themselves that day.  

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  2. And there was Miss Julie who made it back to England. Miraculously, only the bombardier was lost. I can’t find the account, but the writer said the howling and shrieking of the torn metal could heard from miles ahead of its landing. 
     

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  3. 12 minutes ago, John Kloehr said:

    Audi or ...

    Thx. Big stretch for that joke! 
     

    “Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.”
    E.B. White
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  4. 35 minutes ago, J.D. Daily said:

    The F-8 Crusader introduced in 1957 is the last fighter to have an internal gun.

    F-18, F-15, F-22 and others have Vulcan cannons. I believe the F4 was the last fighter to not have an internal gun. 

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  5. 2 hours ago, Warden Callaway said:

    Off of trail cam up the drive.Buckfight.thumb.JPG.7db4bacc267e7a5ba5a4bda4973e31aa.JPG

    Good one.

     

    Although not a true “trail cam” photo, this is from my son’s attic a few days ago. Hoping he’s trapped by now. Appears this acrobatic little bugger was getting into hole at the base of the chimney on the second story roof!

     

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  6. 4 hours ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said:

    Slim,

     

    Partially correct.  The YB-49 exhibited a measure of adverse yaw.  The amount of adverse yaw only affected the bombing accuracy with dumb iron bombs.  One must remember pinpoint accuracy is not a requirement with Nukes.  Close Counts 🤪

    Sorta kinda/yes and no.  The Nagasaki bombing was “less” effective than Hiroshima because it was off target and terrain shielded industries they intended to destroy. Splitting hairs I know, but that’s the way it was judged at the time.
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  7. The thing I read about the YB-49 is that the original piston engine fairings are what gave it some measure of lateral stability, but keeping the engines cool was a major problem. They switched to the then-new turbojets, but lateral stability was worse. Even the addition of top and bottom vertical stabilizers couldn’t solve the problem, making its role as a stable bombing platform untenable with that era’s technology. 

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