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.
Thanks for the link. What contraption! Prop tips went super sonic at idle, on the ground. Seems they could have used it as a interdiction device, park it somewhere and no one could endure the noise, that actually caused damage to anyone nearby.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_XF-84H_Thunderscreech
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link. What contraption! Prop tips went super sonic at idle, on the ground. Seems they could have used it as a interdiction device, park it somewhere and no one could endure the noise, that actually caused damage to anyone nearby.
DeleteThunder Screech, loudest airplane ever.
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DeleteA determined attempt at doing a wrong thing.
ReplyDeleteEngineers meet the ‘Good Idea Fairy’
ReplyDeleteDesign by committee.
Delete"Arthur has an idea what we can do with all those spare parts."
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