Here’s a couple pictures of my dads 42 chevy airfield crash truck (QMC-110).
Pictures were taken around 1990 or 91.
45% General American English
40% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
Vermont yankee, born and bred. 🙂
Fuddy Duddy from quite a few years back.
Kitty Hawk is already going in 2008 whereas the JFK was to go in 2018. By moving up JFK’s decommissioning date you essentially get rid of both at the same time.
Here’s what a quick google search dredged up.
http://www.bizjournals.com/industries/real_estate/construction/2005/02/07/jacksonville/_daily10.html
The upshot is the government is looking to trim $60 billion from the defense budget and this includes the decommisioning of an aircraft carrier that is yet to be named by 2006. The Kennedy is deemed the most likely candidate because it is conventionally powered. This would remove her from service a full twelve years ahead of schedule.
Edit: The link is typed in properly but does not seem to want to post properly. The word coming up with all the dots is industries if want to see the story that I did.
Chrysler PT Cruiser
Since I’m stuck at home sick, I get bored quickly with whats on my desktop.
Today it’s a photo of myself taking delivery of my new (slightly used) boat.

My latest is…..

The latest one in the rotation is….

The current one in my rotation.

I have two. One I use on aviation forums and one I use everywhere else.
…This would make an interesting subject for a magazine piece. (And yeah, quite the burst of activity over on WIX, stemming from Chris “Harvard IV” making a perfectly innocent inquiry about P-47s and P-38s reported deep-sixed off Guam at war’s end. Never was a real answer to that…instead this huge debate about how worthwhile ocean recoveries are. I think the lovely A6M-2 trainer shown at the top of this thread ends that debate nicely!) 😀
S.
Someone (homer perhaps) should explain to these folks that these aircraft are worthless, rotted junk and should be thrown on the scrap heap. Either that or handed over to Moto art and turned into tables and modern art. :dev2: 😀
Oddball from Kelly’s Heros. Gunny Hartman is a close second though.
Oddball has that whole spaced out hippie vibe going and absolutly nothing is going to spoil his day.
Oddball said
Crapgame, to a New Yorker like you a hero is some kind of wierd sandwich, not some nut who takes on three Tigers!
😎
You got the right company but its not a K model
Then is it the R model of 1910?