OT picture thread.

That Septic F35 exercise the other day made for some nice shots.
52 (I think) being put up at once at Hill AFB.
What? c.$100m a pop?
Sci-Fi...

 

I almost forgot the best from my Darwin Airport series...My WW2 hero Clive Robertson Caldwell. DSO, DFC & Bar (28 July 1911 – 5 August 1994) was the leading Australian air ace of World War II. He is officially credited with shooting down 28.5 enemy aircraft in over 300 operational sorties, including an ace in a day. In addition to his official score, he has been ascribed six probables and 15 damaged.
During 1942, Australia came under increasing pressure from Japanese forces, and Caldwell was recalled by the RAAF, to serve as the wing leader of No. 1 (Fighter) Wing, comprising No. 54 Squadron RAF, No. 452 Squadron RAAF and No. 457 Squadron RAAF. The wing was equipped with the Supermarine Spitfire and in early 1943 was posted to Darwin, to defend it against Japanese air raids. - Wiki



Ive always liked how his initials and the Australian roundel makes the word croc...something very apt for Darwin.

 

Yeah nah...good luck to the man...should be easy, tell him to go right ahead...

Bloody Queenslanders...His footy team is the Brisbane Lions...or that rugby thing.

 

VP beat me to it.
measure twice, cut once.

 

Aussie Rules Football...
When a player catches the ball, and it hasn't been touched by anyone else, its called a "mark". The player can play on or go back and have an unimpeded kick to a player or the goals if he's close enough. Its important to get the ball before anyone else...even if your own player touches the ball with just a finger tip the umpire will yell "play on!" So players try to get the ball ahead of everyone else.
This can result in a "speckie" (short for spectacular mark) or sometimes called a "Cazaly", the man who made jumping for the mark famous back in the day...Here are some for your pleasure, note the height they jump. They are allowed to climb the back of any player including their own to get the ball first...




The AFL is holding a Victoria vs Allstars match next month to raise money for the bushfires...

 

Darwn's Beer can Regatta...
Every year Darwin celebrates the end of the "stinger season"...Box jelly fish. Once again people can go back into the water (the crocs and sharks are still there)
Given how much beer is consumed, the obvious idea is a regatta involving boats made of beer cans...This has been going for decades (started in 1974)

 

Hard to argue with that.