And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
This was the 8th life of Grumman Cats - not sure if there was a 9th. Of all products from the Iron Works, A-6 Intruder is first on my list. Something about an attack aircraft without a gun.
Last of the Grumman Ironworks fighters and representative of a magnificently capable carrier Air Wing that no longer exists.
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Unlike the B-777 its design keeps the catastrophic compressor blade failure contained.
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ReplyDeleteBy coincidence, last night I watched "The Final Countdown". But it was the first time I've watched it 'streaming'; "Splash the Zeroes.."
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ReplyDeleteFrom when the skull and crossbones wasn't politically incorrect.
Good looking, yes, but is she fast?
ReplyDeleteThis was the 8th life of Grumman Cats - not sure if there was a 9th. Of all products from the Iron Works, A-6 Intruder is first on my list. Something about an attack aircraft without a gun.
ReplyDeleteJumping off the deck, shoving in to overdrive.
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