Back on my head...

I see from spoor in the backoffice that Bill is getting busy and might have something up soon. I've been busy trying to catch up on my billable work while I've been out getting reblued on leadership (it really *was* a good class, as just about every bit of corporate training I've been to with this firm has been).

Some more AF Museum stuff (by now you know whether or not you *have* to go or would be bored out of your mind there... though I can't understand the latter type...)

The B-58 Hustler was a supersonic aircraft. Ejecting from same at speed would cause... problems. So no, this isn't some Star Wars space ship - it's a B58 crew escape pod.

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In the background of the next picture is a B-36 Peacemaker Bomber - the original "Aluminum Overcast". I saw this actual aircraft as a child when it flew overhead on it's final flight - to Wright-Pat and the museum. "6 turning and 4 burning" - the final variant of this aircraft had 6 props and 4 jets. I'll let others fill in the details in the comments.

Arrayed in front of it? Thermonuclear bombs. The City Crackers. Armageddon-in-a-can.

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Lastly - remember I said I liked cut-aways, so you could see the guts and understand the relationships? This isn't really a cut-away, it's more a 'skinning' of an F86 Saberjet, showing just how complex more modern aircraft are...

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...say, in comparison to a WWI style aircraft, such as this Curtiss JN-1 "Jenny".

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