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.
About a perfect example of Form Follows Function. The top two are the most dramatic.
ReplyDeleteWhat is that big silver monstrosity? And what country made it?
ReplyDeleteIt's a giant silver Cock.
DeleteRussians call it the Antonov An-22 Antei
NATO name COCK
(all the prop airplanes got one-syllable names, 'C' for cargo)
Nose Art!
ReplyDeleteRussian Antonov An 22.
ReplyDeleteSure it looks like an enormous Cock, but it's normal size for an An-22
DeleteIt amazes me that some of these aircraft can actually get off the ground.
ReplyDeleteI'd impressed if #2 could get off the couch
DeleteNo worries, they are very powerful. Some Russian turbo props were monsters - up to 15,000 shaft horsepower.
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