![]() 10/07/2020 at 13:47 • Filed to: Hustlin', wingspan, Planelopnik | ![]() | ![]() |
Looks fast sitting still....
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He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below
He saw everything as far as you can see
And they say that he got crazy once and he tried to touch the sun
And he lost a friend but kept his memory
Free Kinja Star for the first one to link the relevance of these lyrics to the pic-post....
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Denver’s dad flew one.
(The Google-fu is strong in this one)
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And here is your star, Google-Cheater-san!
Deutschendorf’s crew set a cross-country record in this magnificent beast.
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For the life of me, I can’t imagine why John Denver wanted to change his name.
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It ain’t cheatin’, it’s subcontractin’. I outsourced my memory to Messrs Page & Brin years ago.
10/07/2020 at 14:25 |
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Yeah, if I read the caption correctly that’s his dad on the left.... who bore little resemblance to his son...
Maybe a name change was the right move. Ironic the son died in a plane crash.
![]() 10/07/2020 at 14:39 |
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Or why he would get drunk and crash his Porsches etc...
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Whoa. Fifty cents and a box top? I’m IN.
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Allow six to eight weeks for delivery. The Hustler was probably retired by the time you got your model.
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Harsh.
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Because “Mr. Sunshine on my goddamn shoulders, John Deutschendorf” just doesn’t have that ring to it.
10/07/2020 at 16:07 |
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Pretty fair though. The B-58 was expensive to produce, expensive to maintain, accident-prone and was of limited use even before SAMs forced them into low-level flight, where their speed was neutralized and their short legs were made even more apparent. Little wonder that McNamara shit-canned the program barely five years after they were accepted. They did prove to be pretty good at providing a pool of potential Sled Drivers though, so there’s that.
![]() 10/07/2020 at 16:30 |
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You’ll po ke your eye out!
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Oh, no argument from me there.
![]() 10/07/2020 at 17:30 |
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Are the by lines back?
![]() 10/07/2020 at 17:43 |
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Yup. They magically reappeared today.
![]() 10/07/2020 at 18:03 |
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Bless their hearts.
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D idn’t those things have a range of like 27 feet at full throttle? Super cool but n o room for fuel...
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2,000 miles, not terrible. That huge thing under the centerline is a combination fuel/bomb pod. Still, the B-52 has a combat radius of nearly 4,500 miles. Speed is the selling point here.