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 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:26:24 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Since I managed to pi$$ him off yesterday... a peace offering. Hi-res (worth it!)... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html Fri, 11 Mar 2005 07:11:08 -0600 Who was it that said, "whenever you make something foolproof, a new class of fool emerges"? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-18319 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-18319 Sun, 13 Mar 2005 15:53:17 -0600 Ahhh, cw4billt, you have forgotten the axiom about maintainers and their equipment. Maintainers are after all, more 'creative' than the average fool. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-18136 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-18136 Sat, 12 Mar 2005 07:36:56 -0600 Pilot: "These new engines should give us a 30% boost in speed...What was that!!!!" Ground Control: "The Wright-B Flyer just outpaced you." ------ Ground Control to DM546, Wheels are supposed to be fully extended, out. ------ Pilot: "See that crowd over there....watch this, hehehehe....." ------ (On a similar vein) Hair out of regulation, eh? Too long eh? Well, I'll show that looie a flat-top buzz cut. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-18135 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-18135 Sat, 12 Mar 2005 07:35:35 -0600 All Hail Yertle. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17904 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17904 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:17:09 -0600 Sheesh.... Must remember...hit post one time only... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17887 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17887 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:53:33 -0600 OK...let me be the first to say it here....those A-10's are so coooool.... I really love that bird. Will it last as long as the B-52? DLM http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17886 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17886 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:51:34 -0600 OK...let me be the first to say it here....those A-10's are so coooool.... I really love that bird. Will it last as long as the B-52? DLM http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17885 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17885 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:51:26 -0600 Captions, guys, captions! "Oh, yeah, loop radius varies with entry speed!" http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17884 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17884 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:45:57 -0600 I tried that line already. Didn't work for me, either. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17883 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17883 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:44:34 -0600 *head hurts* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17876 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17876 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:53:02 -0600 Oooop. Dang. Thought I'd hidden the Tres Generaciones better'n that... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17873 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17873 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:29:05 -0600 Well, er, um, yes. I *am* the Armorer, Master of Castle Argghhh! King of All I Survey... (you, down there at the bottom of the stack, quit wigggling!) *Awwwp!* (sound of tumbling turtles) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17870 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17870 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:07:15 -0600 You expected maybe adulation? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17869 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17869 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:05:17 -0600 *Awk!* Disrespect! Right here in River City! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17866 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17866 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:50:45 -0600 Mawk - Let Bill and John scratch your ears, but don't shut off the guy talk - it's fun :-) Then again - watching 'Big-tribble-with-legs' try to run very fast is fun, also... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17865 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17865 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:49:39 -0600 But they are *soooo* pretty. You don't worry yore purty little head 'bout nothing, sweetheart... (running very fast - which is very odd looking, all things considered) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17864 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17864 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:30:43 -0600 SCHWING>>>>>>>> This conversation is hitting me, oh, about 12 inches over my pretty little orange stripped ears... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17861 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17861 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:18:09 -0600 Or even the damn elbow fitting in the hydraulics for the brakes on a GAMA Goat. It may not be as spectacular as being a yard dart, but yer just as dead. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17859 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17859 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:07:26 -0600 Wish the Army'd thought of that with regards to a certain hydraulic univalve that made one morning such a thrill... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17857 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17857 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:04:36 -0600 Runnin' the trim forward, click click click...gettin' ready for a shine-your-a$$ closed, I'll wager. Sorry Bill, like ACES II cannon plugs...the engine mounts are engineered to be maintainer-proof. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17854 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17854 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:14:32 -0600 Immediately after Biff slammed the throttles to Military Power, he discovered that Sgt. Geteven had installed both engines backwards... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17850 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/03/a_pic_for_dusty.html#comment-17850 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 08:41:31 -0600