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.
Sunday, January 11, 2026
What is this blimp doing, and should it be doing this in public?
I recall the R100 was a private enterprise effort that was sound but the R101 was a competing govt effort dogged by problems. Guess which one crashed on its maiden voyage when it was unable to clear a hill in France.
Dropping ballast, normal
ReplyDeleteWhen you got to go, you got to go....
ReplyDeleteNot suppose to flush the front commode until over the water…
ReplyDeleteIt saw a picture of Seka.
ReplyDeleteNow thats what you call taking a leak.
ReplyDeleteDave Matthew's band's bus did FAR WORSE.
ReplyDeleteR101 was built to fly from England to India and Australia.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
I recall the R100 was a private enterprise effort that was sound but the R101 was a competing govt effort dogged by problems. Guess which one crashed on its maiden voyage when it was unable to clear a hill in France.
ReplyDeleteRead "The Airmen Who Would Not Die" by John G. Fuller about the R101 aftermath.
ReplyDeleteAirship, not blimp.
ReplyDeleteAirships have a rigid structure, like a skeleton. Blimps do not.