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.
I've discovered that I get airsick after about 8 to 10 hours in the air. It is not pleasant. It's an interesting picture for sure but it's making me a little sick just looking at it. Once it happens to you it creates some kind of system memory.
Is the mile a statute mile or a nautical mile? If I have to learn and understand the difference and the context between the two, then the rest of the world can do the same.
Here's hoping the sonic boom-less +Mach 1 commercial air transport becomes a thing quickly. I really want to get across the Pacific to visit Australia and New Zealand, but I can't convince my wife the trip is work sitting 14+ hours on an airplane for.
Go look up the Lockheed Martin/NASA Low Boom Demonstrator X-59. Engine runs and testing are underway. The plan is to fly it mach 1+ over several major US cities and then do broad polling to see if anyone heard it. The plan is to bring back supersonic flight in CONUS.
Trust me on this. It's no bloody fun up front, either. Yeah, the food's better; the seats are better; and the booze is cheaper. And you're still stuck in an aluminum tube, 8 miles up, for the best part of a day- and at the end of it all you get out maybe 20 minutes sooner.
Back before I retired, I was regularly flying between LAX and Sydney. Been to Sydney 36 times. While having a seat in the cockpit is an entirely different experience than having a seat in the cabin, when you're flying a 15+ hour flight, at the end of it, you're washed up too.
I have little or no interest in ANY long flights, but I have many US Marine Vietnam veterans who have either gone back to Vietnam for a tour or are thinking about it. For me? To travel that far, I'd rather go to a country that speaks English and has far more edible food... Like Australia or New Zealand.
When my wife and I first got married, we really considered purchasing a chiropractor's office on the North Island. The problem back then was that she could not bring her horse with her.
With regard to Japan. My US Air Force career father was stationed there for two years in the early 60's. We lived in Tokyo. I loved it there. In the ensuing few decades, I traveled back (mostly to Nagoya) on business about six times for a week at a time. I love Japan.
Australia is a long way from anywhere ( not New Zealand !!, that's close enough to visit a mate for a card night). I Have taken the family to Europe and pretty close to 24 hours, with stops in Singapore, Dubai, and then Geneva. It is a long trip.
If anyone is a serving or former USMC, and you make it to Melbourne, Australia, you should visit the MCG, as we have a USMC flag on display, that was presented to the MCG by a Marine Col, who had been awarded the MOH. The MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) was the R and R location for the 1st Marine Division ( I think?) during WW2, and before they set off for the remainder of the War in the Pacific.
I've discovered that I get airsick after about 8 to 10 hours in the air. It is not pleasant. It's an interesting picture for sure but it's making me a little sick just looking at it. Once it happens to you it creates some kind of system memory.
ReplyDeleteI shake my fist at the metric system.
ReplyDeleteazlibertarian
Me too ... but 0.6 kilometers is one mile.
DeleteSilly Yanquis... nice to see you are still using the British system. Can't stop being a colony ?
DeleteThe metric system never put a man on the moon
DeleteBetter the Imperial System than one created by the effeminate French.
Delete1.6 kilometers is one mile
DeleteIs the mile a statute mile or a nautical mile? If I have to learn and understand the difference and the context between the two, then the rest of the world can do the same.
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Here's hoping the sonic boom-less +Mach 1 commercial air transport becomes a thing quickly. I really want to get across the Pacific to visit Australia and New Zealand, but I can't convince my wife the trip is work sitting 14+ hours on an airplane for.
ReplyDeleteGo look up the Lockheed Martin/NASA Low Boom Demonstrator X-59. Engine runs and testing are underway. The plan is to fly it mach 1+ over several major US cities and then do broad polling to see if anyone heard it. The plan is to bring back supersonic flight in CONUS.
Deletelol i am doing the Auckland New Zealand to New York flight soon 17.5hrs in the air i’m not looking forward to that long in cattle class
ReplyDeleteTrust me on this. It's no bloody fun up front, either. Yeah, the food's better; the seats are better; and the booze is cheaper. And you're still stuck in an aluminum tube, 8 miles up, for the best part of a day- and at the end of it all you get out maybe 20 minutes sooner.
DeleteBack before I retired, I was regularly flying between LAX and Sydney. Been to Sydney 36 times. While having a seat in the cockpit is an entirely different experience than having a seat in the cabin, when you're flying a 15+ hour flight, at the end of it, you're washed up too.
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I have little or no interest in ANY long flights, but I have many US Marine Vietnam veterans who have either gone back to Vietnam for a tour or are thinking about it. For me? To travel that far, I'd rather go to a country that speaks English and has
ReplyDeletefar more edible food... Like Australia or New Zealand.
I'll go back to Japan in a heartbeat.
DeleteYou would be warmly welcomed down here in NZ mate.
DeleteWhen my wife and I first got married, we really considered purchasing a chiropractor's office on the North Island. The problem back then was that she could not bring her horse with her.
DeleteWith regard to Japan. My US Air Force career father was stationed there for two years in the early 60's. We lived in Tokyo. I loved it there. In the ensuing few decades, I traveled back (mostly to Nagoya) on business about six times for a week at a time. I love Japan.
DeleteFunny, I thought the longest flights were being crammed in the middle seat, with a crying baby.
ReplyDeleteI've done 15 hours. It felt like hell. Can't imagine 20+
ReplyDeleteA 600 page novel, then a three hour movie. And you're just halfway there.
ReplyDeleteWhat’s the hurry? Take a cruise!
ReplyDeleteJust to clarify, 0.62 miles is 1 kilometre.
ReplyDeleteAustralia is a long way from anywhere ( not New Zealand !!, that's close enough to visit a mate for a card night). I Have taken the family to Europe and pretty close to 24 hours, with stops in Singapore, Dubai, and then Geneva. It is a long trip.
If anyone is a serving or former USMC, and you make it to Melbourne, Australia, you should visit the MCG, as we have a USMC flag on display, that was presented to the MCG by a Marine Col, who had been awarded the MOH. The MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) was the R and R location for the 1st Marine Division ( I think?) during WW2, and before they set off for the remainder of the War in the Pacific.
ReplyDeleteThere are no "former Marines."
DeleteOnce a Marine, always a Marine.
We can call them, US Marine veterans.
Could be worse. Try a 14 hr flight at -30 F with mid-flight entertainment including flak shelling and Bf-109 attacks. Repeat 2-3 times a week.
ReplyDeleteAnd somehow I'm sure to get a loud drunk to my left, a farty computer tech to my right, and otherwise surrounded by babies with colic and diarrhea.
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