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  1. CAC

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    Kinda, its in my top 5 best aircraft...In Australia she did just about everything from delivering mail to outback ambulance...
    Her sister the Dragon Rapide (DH89)
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    I like her. Not cookie cutter. I can picture a mob on horseback clearing a runway, shooing the 'roos away.
     
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    They have one at Duxford that does regular flights round the airfield. That is on my to-do list
     
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    Climbing like a bastard…

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    Not quite Snoopy…
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    Mein flieger!
     
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    Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica
    Image Credit & Copyright: LI Hang

    Explanation: It was one of the better skies of this long night. In parts of Antarctica, not only is it winter, but the Sun can spend weeks below the horizon. At China's Zhongshan Station, people sometimes venture out into the cold to photograph a spectacular night sky. The featured image from one such outing was taken in mid-July of 2015, just before the end of this polar night. Pointing up, the wide angle lens captured not only the ground at the bottom, but at the top as well. In the foreground, a colleague is taking pictures. In the distance, a spherical satellite receiver and several windmills are visible. Numerous stars dot the night sky, including Sirius and Canopus. Far in the background, stretching overhead from horizon to horizon, is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. Even further in the distance, visible as extended smudges near the top, are the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, satellite galaxies near our huge Milky Way Galaxy.
     
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    Probably some Saudi oil magnate or sultans weapon would be my guess…I’ve seen other weapons painted up before…one that comes to mind was a BMW with about 6 M16s racked in the boot/trunk all different bright colours from canary yellow to bright pink…But…Who knows.
     
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    You don't like fine china?
     
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    It's not a real tank, a huge model with a China pattern. I wasn't sure if it was a real tank painted up at first glance, then I noticed the running gear. A quick glance at them and you know it's not real.
    Then I thought maybe it's an artist making a statement but couldn't figure out what the statement being made could possibly be. So, I asked, why?

    Yes, I like fine China, but I suspect this is a cheap made in China knockoff.
     
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    Fine China ? I'm confused. I can find China on a map through.
     
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    That pattern reminds me of the china on display in Hong Kong. Some very pretty, some purely psychedelic.
     
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    As simple as an art piece or a company wanting to promote their product.
     
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    Cool picture but the section of Antarctic on top of the Aurora threw me for a minute.
     
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    Panorama cameras can mess with my head.
     
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    FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The 122nd celebrates “The Final ATTACK! – A Farewell to the A-10,” with members of the 122, their families, and distinguished visitors Saturday at 1.

    The event aims to honor the legacy of the A-10, while also showing recognition to those who flew, maintained, and sustained the Thunderbolt II aircraft since 2010.


    A display of A-10 aerial training is set to begin at 2, to show the A-10 Thunderbolt before the base converts to the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

    This event is not open to the public, Wane 15 will have full coverage of the event.

    One Era ends, another continues.
     
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    They used to fly up and down the reservoirs near Mom's house. She claimed that they woke up the fish for her.
     
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