Announcing the Return of This Date in Aviation History

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 02/16/2017 at 12:35 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Following a seven-week hiatus, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is back! My schedule has calmed down quite a bit (plus, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ), and I realized just how much I enjoyed (and missed) doing these posts.

Starting tomorrow, aviation history posts will be back on their regular Tuesday-Friday schedule, unless I realize that this is a terrible idea and have to stop again. I am going to try very hard not to just repost old articles, but that will, of course, make up a large part of the material going forward. However, I plan to flesh out the articles with deeper information, do some necessary rewriting (the secret to good writing is rewriting) and add some things that I skipped the last time around. I also hope to keep doing the occasional one-off post about other aviation topics.

As always, thanks for reading, and I appreciate the comments of those regular readers who were sad to see it go and equally encouraging of my bringing it back.

We’ll be taking off shortly, so please return your stewardess to her original upright position. We have a scheduled arrival at Oppositelock International Airport on Friday at 12:35 EST. I hope you enjoy your flight.

Photos by the author

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 02/16/2017 at 12:38

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I, for one, welcome the return of our flying overlords.

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 02/16/2017 at 12:40

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Finally Oppo is good again

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > ttyymmnn 02/16/2017 at 12:42

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Dude, congrats on the gig, that’s bigtime!

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 02/16/2017 at 12:42

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Outstanding! Both the job and the return of this column.

So, do we have to make an Oppo pilgrimage to Austin to see you perform? We can sit together as a fan section with Oppositelock signs and t-shirts. I’ll be the one holding up the John 3:16 sign, because every crowd needs one.

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn 02/16/2017 at 12:43

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WOO!

Jcarr > For Sweden 02/16/2017 at 12:46

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Yes, but when will it be great again?

We need a wall between Oppo and the FP and the FP is going to pay for it.

For Sweden > Jcarr 02/16/2017 at 12:49

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Nah the FP is good. Our war is with TrackForum.

The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!) > ttyymmnn 02/16/2017 at 12:51

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I’m not lying when I say that I come to Oppo mostly for the your aviation posts, so I’m glad you’re returning.

Congratulations on the job as well!

MonkeePuzzle > For Sweden 02/16/2017 at 12:55

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I thought it was against oversteer?

Wacko > ttyymmnn 02/16/2017 at 12:56

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this is oppo’s ground crew’s happy dance

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 02/16/2017 at 12:56

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I can’t wait! Also, I’m losing my mind to the point where I’m not sure I’d notice if you recycled content from last week, let alone last year. So there’s that.

For Sweden > MonkeePuzzle 02/16/2017 at 12:56

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#COTD

Spaceball-Two > ttyymmnn 02/16/2017 at 12:59

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Fantastic!

MonkeePuzzle > For Sweden 02/16/2017 at 13:01

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agreed. just not THIS day. http://oppositelock.kinja.com/1784725925

Ash78, voting early and often > Jcarr 02/16/2017 at 13:19

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Burners in Oppo are what keeps Oppo running. They do the trolling that regular Opponauts just refuse to do.

AfromanGTO > ttyymmnn 02/16/2017 at 13:29

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Hooray!

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 02/16/2017 at 13:29

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They say that history repeats itself, so I’ve got that going for me. The thing about writing about historical things that are happening NOW is that they often happen at inconvenient times, and I can’t get them into a post. But, with the bulk of the research already done, it’s easy to flesh it out with subsequent editing.

ttyymmnn > Wacko 02/16/2017 at 13:30

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That guy deserves a medal.

ttyymmnn > The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!) 02/16/2017 at 13:30

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Thanks on both fronts!

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 02/16/2017 at 13:31

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Thanks. Now that I have a second job, one that works nights, I can feel a little better about spending so much time at the computer while my wife slaves away at her 8-5 gig.

An Oppo cheering section would be awesome. Just don’t suck lemons in the front row, or throw shit.

ttyymmnn > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 02/16/2017 at 13:32

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Thanks! It’s been a long time coming. But sometimes, you just have to be ready when somebody retires, which is exactly what happened.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > ttyymmnn 02/16/2017 at 13:34

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Time for a gif party. Where’s the SV wrangler when you need him?

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 02/16/2017 at 13:35

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Just don’t you suck, and we’ll do our part to not get thrown out (probably).

osucycler > ttyymmnn 02/16/2017 at 13:35

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Good news! Good news!

RallyWrench > ttyymmnn 02/16/2017 at 14:53

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Yes! If you’ve got the time to write, I’ll make the time to read. I’ve been enjoying Wingspan too. Congrats again on the new gig!

Viggen > ttyymmnn 02/16/2017 at 14:54

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WOOOOOOOO. Of course you knew I’d celebrate. Glad that my post yesterday was kind of inspiration to get to going again.

ttyymmnn > RallyWrench 02/16/2017 at 14:54

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Thanks! I hope I have the time....

ttyymmnn > Viggen 02/16/2017 at 14:55

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It was. Not gonna lie.

Viggen > ttyymmnn 02/16/2017 at 15:19

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Aviation is a passion that doesn’t go lightly.