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.
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Ocean liner of the air: Historical photos of Sikorsky S-40 flying boat from the 1930s.
Here's another iconic photo.
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Took cast iron nutz to get on one of them things. Look at that tail boom - held on with wires and popsicle sticks.
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DeleteShe's toying with him. Will flash half an ankle and clean up at the cards.
ReplyDeleteThe moving definition of the word 'Contraption'.
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