Good Morning, Oppo. Be sure to fuel up with a good breakfast.

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 01/24/2020 at 08:44 • Filed to: good morning oppo, wingspan

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A Boeing KB-50J refuels an North American FJ-4B Fury. Note that the Fury is from VMA-214, the famed Black Sheep Squadron led by Maj. Pappy Boyington in WWII. The engines on the B-50 were nuts: 28 cylinders, 4,362.5 cu in of displacement, 4,300 hp. It was the largest radial engine ever built in the US, and they made almost 19,000 of them. The KB-50 in the photo also sports a couple of early turbojets to help keep ahead of the fighters.

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WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 01/24/2020 at 09:17

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Good morning.  Not looking forward to the day but at least it’s Friday.  

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 01/24/2020 at 09:21

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I’m still sick as hell. As long as I don’t start speaking Chinese, I should be okay. That said, there is a suspected case of the Wuhan virus at Texas A&M. That’s a little bit closer to home. 

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 01/24/2020 at 09:23

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The amount of engineering that went into enhancing piston engines in WWII is always mind blowing to me.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 01/24/2020 at 09:31

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Town Pump!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 01/24/2020 at 09:45

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B-36 had six of those engines for a total of 336 sparkplugs. They carried them to the flight line in 5-gallon buckets, I once read.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW 01/24/2020 at 09:46

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What? You won't be listening intently to the impeachment trial in the Senate?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 01/24/2020 at 09:46

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Ew.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/24/2020 at 11:04

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I’ve never thought about it but the amount of spark plugs consumed in WWII must have been immense. All the tanks, jeeps, airplane engines.......

Jim Spanfeller > ttyymmnn 01/24/2020 at 11:39

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It looks like tha t baby plane isn’t weaned yet...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Future next gen S2000 owner 01/24/2020 at 11:40

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I’d never thought about that either.

Only Vespas... > ttyymmnn 01/24/2020 at 12:18

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Just look at these things!  Giant, greasy, and fifteen feet in the air.

ttyymmnn > Only Vespas... 01/24/2020 at 12:57

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That’s awesome. 

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 01/24/2020 at 13:05

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Yikes.  Rest up - hope you feel better soon!

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/24/2020 at 13:06

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Oh god - my wife had that on for a bit last night, I’d rather pour bleach in my eyes and poke my eardrums with a sharp stick than watch that again.  

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 01/24/2020 at 13:08

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I have been utterly ignoring it. All of it.

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 01/24/2020 at 13:09

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Thanks. I felt like I had been run over by a truck this morning. Feeling a bit better now. It helps to just lie around and do nothing. I was supposed to teach some trumpet lessons today, but no way am I going to sit in a confined space and blow my air all over the room.