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[BRD@66]

"I Am Legend" (starring Will Smith) is a remake of the apocalyptic movie "Omega Man" (starring Charleton Heston). Main difference is that the W. Smith version is about 10 times as scary as Heston's.

 

[General Zod]

"I Am Legend" (starring Will Smith) is a remake of the apocalyptic movie "Omega Man" (starring Charleton Heston). Main difference is that the W. Smith version is about 10 times as scary as Heston's.

"The Omega Man" (starring Charlton Heston) is a remake of the apocalyptic movie "The Last Man On Earth" (starring Vincent Price). The main difference is the plague doesn't create vampire-like mutants, it creates actual vampires who must be killed with a wooden stake through the heart.

 

[candcallen]

And they all are based on the 1954 novel I Am Legend

 

[Army 1911]

Vincent Price collected art forgeries.

 

[benenglish]

Vincent Price was a gourmet cook and wrote several cookbooks, most of them with his wife, Mary, as co-author.

 

[Army 1911]

Vincent Price was a gourmet cook and wrote several cookbooks, most of them with his wife, Mary, as co-author.

He was also a High School sweetheart of my Aunt.

 

[General Zod]

Since the first nuclear weapons test during WWII, 2,053 nuclear weapons have been detonated. The US has detonated 1,032 of them. Several of Great Britain's test detonations were conducted in the continental US (Nevada Test Range and other areas where we did a lot of our detonations) - we must really like those guys.

 

[Tex929rr]

And they all are based on the 1954 novel I Am Legend

I finally read it earlier this year and boy was it depressing.

 

[easy rider]

Vincent Price was a gourmet cook and wrote several cookbooks, most of them with his wife, Mary, as co-author.

I still remember seeing him cook a salmon in a dishwasher on some talk show back in the 70's.



Edit: Looked it up. It was on Johnny Carson.

 

[benenglish]

I still remember seeing him cook a salmon in a dishwasher on some talk show back in the 70's.

Looks like redneck sous vide to me.

 

[leVieux]

I've never read about that, but I wouldn't be surprised. The whole FICON idea was scrapped because try as they might (including trying with F-84s and experimental "midget" fighters like the XF-85 Goblin being docked in the bomb bays) they couldn't make the docking maneuvers happen on any kind of regular basis.

Luckily, about the same time aerial refueling came into its own.


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XF-85 Goblin - oddly enough, I've read it was a fun little plane to fly...as long as you weren't trying to hook up with the docking cradle of a bomber.

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Here's an attempt with an F-84 and a bomb bay docking arrangement under a B-36 Peacemaker:
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Keeping the fighter stable while trying to hook onto that trapeze arrangement was damned near impossible. They quickly realized it would be absolutely impossible with a battle-damaged fighter.

The underlying problem was the massive fuel burn of early jet engines. As that improver, and as air-to-air refueling became common, the problem shrank.

 

[leVieux]

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During mid-WWII, the USAAC learned that the mass-produced P39 Bell Airacobra was beautiful, but couldn’t hold its own as air fighter or bomber escort. They decided to try them as “interceptors”, despite anemic climb rate at altitude. Forced pilots to practice “formation take-off’s” in “IMC”, low or no visibility. This resulted in numerous crashes in fog, killing more pilots than actual air combat. Soon, this folly was ended, and remaining P39’s were either used as trainers of sent to Russia under “lend-lease plan” for use as tank-busters. This was hushed-up. The only way I know this is that Dad was Senior G2/S2 Intelligence Officer for one of the fighter groups involved.
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[General Zod]

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During mid-WWII, the USAAC learned that the mass-produced P39 Bell Airacobra was beautiful, but couldn’t hold its own as air fighter or bomber escort. They decided to try them as “interceptors”, despite anemic climb rate at altitude. Forced pilots to practice “formation take-off’s” in “IMC”, low or no visibility. This resulted in numerous crashes in fog, killing more pilots than actual air combat. Soon, this folly was ended, and remaining P39’s were either used as trainers of sent to Russia under “lend-lease plan” for use as tank-busters. This was hushed-up. The only way I know this is that Dad was Senior G2/S2 Intelligence Officer for one of the fighter groups involved.
leVieux
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At the same time, Chuck Yeager said in his autobiography that the P-39 was a joy to fly and was a favorite of his. Yeager wrote about taking a P-39 out over the Nevada desert and exploring ground effect with it - and discovering that at the right (extremely low) altitude it was nearly impossible to go any lower at certain speeds because of the lift the ground effect created.

Apparently the center of gravity with the engine behind the cockpit was a factor in giving the aircraft a steep learning curve for pilots and was a feature a lot of pilots mistrusted because they were afraid an otherwise survivable crash would send the engine through the cockpit and crush the pilot. The Army also wasn't enthusiastic about the drive shaft from the engine that went through the cockpit between the pilot's legs to the propeller.

Another unattractive feature as far as the USAAF was concerned was the "car door" on the cockpit, which made bailing out difficult. Yeager had to bail out of two P-39s because of two separate engine fires and injured his back both times.

 

[General Zod]

The underlying problem was the massive fuel burn of early jet engines. As that improver, and as air-to-air refueling became common, the problem shrank.

One factor in the near impossibility of re-docking with the carrier aircraft was the slow response early jet engines had to throttle inputs.

 

[leVieux]

At the same time, Chuck Yeager said in his autobiography that the P-39 was a joy to fly and was a favorite of his. Yeager wrote about taking a P-39 out over the Nevada desert and exploring ground effect with it - and discovering that at the right (extremely low) altitude it was nearly impossible to go any lower at certain speeds because of the lift the ground effect created.

Apparently the center of gravity with the engine behind the cockpit was a factor in giving the aircraft a steep learning curve for pilots and was a feature a lot of pilots mistrusted because they were afraid an otherwise survivable crash would send the engine through the cockpit and crush the pilot. The Army also wasn't enthusiastic about the drive shaft from the engine that went through the cockpit between the pilot's legs to the propeller.

Another unattractive feature as far as the USAAF was concerned was the "car door" on the cockpit, which made bailing out difficult. Yeager had to bail out of two P-39s because of two separate engine fires and injured his back both times.

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Yes, but what made it less used for air combat was its weak “turbosuperchargers”. Two later related models, including the P61, cured that fault, but came too late for widespread use.

I used to sit on the floor, when I was a kid, and listen to the Pilots describe their experiences.

Dad’s group were given some P38 experience before getting them in England, and they loved them. But when they were switched to P47’s while engaging in actual combat, they were given zero instruction, just handed a one-page mimeograph w/ “V-speeds” & fuel management; & told “Good Luck”. by that time, they were all very skilled and soon loved their “Jugs”.

leVieux
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[General Zod]

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Yes, but what made it less used for air combat was its weak “turbosuperchargers”. Two later related models, including the P61, cured that fault, but came too late for widespread use.

I used to sit on the floor, when I was a kid, and listen to the Pilots describe their experiences.

Dad’s group were given some P38 experience before getting them in England, and they loved them. But when they were switched to P47’s while engaging in actual combat, they were given zero instruction, just handed a one-page mimeograph w/ “V-speeds” & fuel management; & told “Good Luck”. by that time, they were all very skilled and soon loved their “Jugs”.

leVieux
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I've heard the biggest reason P-38s weren't widely used in Europe was a weak cockpit heating system.

 

[leVieux]

I've heard the biggest reason P-38s weren't widely used in Europe was a weak cockpit heating system.

Could be, I don’t recall talk of that. Dad was a USAAC Pilot & Flight Instructor, went to War w/ a fighter group, but never flew a fighter. He did drive a bomber (not in combat), transports, & light aircraft. The Pilots did like the P38’s and featured them in many stories. They were good at altitude, fast, & also great straffers. One of my cousins had kills from both P51 & P47’s.

 

[cycleguy2300]

Didn't one of the fighters attached flip over onto the wing, killing the pilot of the fighter and the entire crew of the bomber?

It wasn't attached, but while on a photo shoot an XB-70 and an F-104 collided. The F-104 flipped into the XB-70 after getting into its vortex and both aircraft went down in the Mojave not too far from Barstow. I've ridden past/through the crash site on my dirt bike... there are a surprising number of crash sites out there being so close to Edwards AFB (which is named after Capt G. Edwards, who died in a XB-49 crash, the site of which I have also ridden through)

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[cycleguy2300]

Looks like redneck sous vide to me.

I've used my car as an incubator for making yogurt a few times. Adjusted the windows ith it in the sun to get the temp where I wanted it...

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[leVieux]

I've used my car as an incubator for making yogurt a few times. Adjusted the windows ith it in the sun to get the temp where I wanted it...

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Nos cousins Francais have done just about everything imaginable to their foods, some quite disgusting.

”Been there, ate that”; most civilized Americans don’t even want to. know.

To me, “sous vide” is just too yuppified to even try.

The head of our “Louisiana Shooting Association” NRA affiliate (Our “TSRA”) is a big sous vide enthusiast. That, like “reverse sear”, is just another slow-cooking variation.

Mais-la, as I often say: “You cook & eat whatever you want in your own home!”. Not my “business”.

Carry-on !

leVieux
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