We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:05:43 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Ooof. Know what would be going through the pilot's mind in the boost phase of this little number? Oh... His eyeballs His nose His visor His mask ...and anything on the glareshield not nailed down. That muffled bang you hear when the scrammer lights is your a**hole slamming shut as you accelerate at a Mach a second. That is SO cool. Frickin' American engineers rock... Maybe Jonah's volcano lancing procedure can be rendered moot by one of these babies fired at the lava dome...heh. Instapilot... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:28:40 -0600 I find that the damn wench doesn't put in leave papers, she just doesn't come to work! And it wasn't Bill The Rotorhead, btw. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html#comment-8771 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html#comment-8771 Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:58:58 -0600 You forget I was with TF Hawk...the Apache guys had crew rest...as much as the USAF guys did. Does he REALLY want to go there? Heh. Short answer: not really; I just didn't have anything to say. My Muse is intermittent at best. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html#comment-8770 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html#comment-8770 Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:48:54 -0600 Yo, Dusty - a shy commenter emailed me and wanted to know if now that you posted twice in a row, you were off on crew rest...? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html#comment-8768 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html#comment-8768 Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:38:26 -0600 Not a word of tribute for the retiring NASA BUFF? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html#comment-8757 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html#comment-8757 Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:15:34 -0600 Yeah, guys I know it's unmanned...but think of the experience if it were (just for fun). You can't do much at Mach 10 in terms of fighting, but at least it would be intersting to experience. Of course, at the altitudes you have to do it, the sense of motion would, like in low earth orbit, not be as acute as it were if you were going 17,500 mph at 500' AGL. heh. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html#comment-8756 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html#comment-8756 Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:50:18 -0600 need to be able to fly from NY to Europe in 2 hours?]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html#comment-8755 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html#comment-8755 Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:09:06 -0600 http://www.nasa.gov/missions/research/x43_suc.html]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html#comment-8752 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html#comment-8752 Wed, 17 Nov 2004 08:46:48 -0600 Hey dude - I'm sure you've been tracking the Corner - we have to get you scheduled in the Rail Cruise for the Laser Volcano Lancing seminar! I'll be the slide flipper. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html#comment-8751 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/11/yeeee_haaawwwww.html#comment-8751 Wed, 17 Nov 2004 08:46:31 -0600