August 1959, a Taiwanese pilot in the States for training on the U2 lost his engine & was able to glide to a landing in Cortez, CO....at night. He made it safely. https://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/08/03/top-secret-u-2-plane-landed-in-cortez-54-years-ago/

(Written on 2020年12月18日)(Permalink)

We had another incident soon after Apollo 1: From Apollo 1 Wiki: “ On January 31, 1967, four days after the Apollo 1 fire, United States Air Force airmen William F. Bartley Jr. and Richard G. Harmon were killed in a flash fire while tending laboratory rabbits in the Two Man Space Environment Simulator, a pure oxygen chamber at the School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base. Like the Apollo 1 fire, the School fire was caused by an electrical spark in a pure oxygen environment. The widows of the Apollo 1 crew sent condolence letters to Bartley and Harmon's families.” Also, the Soviets had an incident before the Apollo 1 incident & had we known what had happened, probability the Apollo 1 accident may not have happened. As it was, the Soviets were super secret, especially abt their failures. Again Apollo 1 Wiki: “ Incidents had also occurred in the Soviet space program, but due to the Soviet government's policy of secrecy, these were not disclosed until well after the Apollo 

(Written on 2020年12月18日)(Permalink)

Don’t give Ryan Air any ideas on how to carry more passengers

(Written on 2020年12月14日)(Permalink)

Agree

(Written on 2020年12月10日)(Permalink)

CSX (otherwise known as Crash, Smash, or Xplode) may run into regulatory issues w/the Pan Am RR purchase as it would create a virtual monopoly in the New England states.

(Written on 2020年12月09日)(Permalink)

I (& over 500,000 US troops) had all kinds of ‘experimental’ drugs given to us (to include daily Pyridostigmine Bromide tablets) prior to Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. A lot of us had debilitating effects from those drugs & exposure. Going to be a long time before I’ll take one.

(Written on 2020年12月09日)(Permalink)

Gen. Yeager had a cameo in ‘The Right Stuff’ as the bartender @ Pancho’s. Rest In Peace & sad to think hero’s of yesterday are leaving us @ too fast a rate.

(Written on 2020年12月09日)(Permalink)

I know of someone & acquainted w/a businessman who had a private jet he used for both business & pleasure, jetting all over the US. Having recently retired, he’s since sold it. I thought of him, then & still think so much of him; not once did I dare jeopardize our relationship by asking for a ride. Not even when close relatives passed away in Texas & I couldn’t get there for the services.

(Written on 2020年12月01日)(Permalink)

I have several co-morbidities & approaching that age group. I’m not doing anything special & only wear a mask for doctors offices. Been in a shooting war in a combat zone & elsewhere w/the military where I could have died easily. I don’t have family nearby but several states over. I fully expect to die alone w/out friends or family @ my bedside. If I get it fine. If I die from it, then so be it, but I will not be a sheeple. It is what it is. My only concern is what would happen to my dogs should I pass. If no one agrees w/me or wants to criticize me for my attitude, fine; I fully expect such & not concerned abt your attitude.

(Written on 2020年11月26日)(Permalink)

Only to be dumped by American later on much like United did ExpressJet

(Written on 2020年11月25日)(Permalink)