Ferrari Mailing List: Re: what is this?

[clyderomero (clyderomero]

So you like to hang out in mens bathrooms!
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From: "Ferrarisimo [at] Comcast.net" <Ferrarisimo [at] comcast.net>

Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:17:37 
To: <clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
Cc: The FerrariList<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] what is this?


I once saw a large BM that someone forgot to flush.

Scottie


On Jul 9, 2008, at 11:36 AM, clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net wrote:

> I once saw 2 B1 bombers low leveling in OK while we were on  
> motorcycles heading west
> Its so flat out there we kept them in sight for miles
>
> Clyde
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> From: red5hilser [at] aol.com
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> Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:21:41
> To: clyde<clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
> Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] what is this?
>
>
> One hot summer afternoon, while der Frau and I were lounging by the  
> pool, we saw a B-2 Stelth Bomber fly over our humble adobe in the  
> foothills of Tucson, making an approach to DMAFB. I thought that  
> either she had spiked my frosty salty dog, or  I was at a Greatful  
> Dead concert. Janis, Jimi ... where are you?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] what is this?
>
>
> I once saw the B-52's.....................
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <red5hilser [at] aol.com>
> To: "Daniel" <edwf430 [at] bellsouth.net>
> Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 11:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] what is this?
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>> In Tuscon, I've seen the A-20, B-24, B-25, B-17, B-29, B-36, and  
>> the B-52. > I can't remember if the B-26 is there too.
>>
>> Yer pal, Bubba
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Doug
>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] what is this?
>>
>>
>>
>> Clyde the F101 may also me a widow maker - but Wikipedia sez
>> .. The Luftwaffe nickname (in German) for the F-104 Starfighter  
>> warplane.
>> OUG
>> lso, and this is new to me, the B26 medium bomber.
>>
>> ---- Original Message ----- > rom: <clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
>> o: "Doug and Terri Anderson" <dnt [at] dock.net>
>> c: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>> ent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 3:00 AM
>> ubject: Re: [Ferrari] what is this?
>>
>> Widow Maker was the F101 Voodoo
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Doug and Terri Anderson" <dnt [at] dock.net>
>>
>> Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 19:09:07
>> To: clyde<clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
>> Cc: The FerrariList<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] what is this?
>>
>>
>> Ahh, that's what I recall. If I remember correctly, this thing  
>> ejected
>> pilots downward - or am I confusing it with something else?
>> DOUG
>> Yeah, F104 - the widow maker. Some one quipped if you want an F104,  
>> buy
>> an
>> acre of land in Germany. Guess these were NATO fighters.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LS" <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
>> To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
>> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 6:22 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] what is this?
>>
>>
>>> On a flight for GE to get promo pics, an F104 got too close to a  
>>> wing on
>>> the XB and the vortex sucked it over.
>>> The F104 did an inverted roll over top of both rear stabilizers and
>>> vaporized (due to JP4 fuel instability?). The 104 pilot, Joe  
>>> Walker was
>>> killed instantly...too bad. He was an experienced pilot.
>>> The XB continued to fly flat for 16 secs and then started a spin  
>>> until it
>>> crashed. One pilot got killed, the other ejected out.
>>> That's all I can remember...maybe someone can look up the details.
>>> LS
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: "clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net" <clyderomero [at] 
>>> worldnet.att.net>
>>> To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
>>> Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 6:37:07 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] what is this?
>>>
>>> Didb the XB have a mid air or something on a test flt?
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
>>>
>>> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:18:13
>>> To: clyde<clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
>>> Cc: The FerrariList<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] what is this?
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, it was terrible...Jo Walker and the XB perished for no  
>>> reason...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Doug and Terri Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net>
>>> To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
>>> Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, July 7, 2008 11:12:43 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] what is this?
>>>
>>> I saw it being built. I stand on my deck in Inglewood and watch  
>>> the Forum
>>> being built and way over there was a "North American - Home of the
>>> Valkyrie"
>>> 25 foot high red neon letter secretly proclaimed. Too bad about  
>>> the photo
>>> op that went poo poo clunk. Took out the B70 and another plane.
>>> DOUG
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "LS" <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
>>> To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
>>> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 8:59 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] what is this?
>>>
>>>
>>>> The specs and photos of the Talon remind me of the old XB-70 from  
>>>> the
>>>> 60's...remember that thing? I don't since I wasn't born, but it  
>>>> seemed
>>>> as
>>>> if it was an interesting vehicle.
>>>> I'd like to check it out at Wright Pat one of these days.
>>>> LS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>> From: "Ferrarisimo [at] Comcast.net" <Ferrarisimo [at] comcast.net>
>>>> To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
>>>> Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>>>> Sent: Monday, July 7, 2008 9:21:12 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] what is this?
>>>>
>>>> FA-37 New Stealth Fighter Air Craft Jet
>>>> August 19, 2007 | Author: Rich | 21,066Views | | Print
>>>> Filed under: 800HighTech, Internet, Military News, Random
>>>>
>>>> FA-37 Talon Military Aircraft Stealth Jet Secret Weapons
>>>>
>>>> Making the rounds to an Email box near you! I just got it and found
>>>> out that this has been circulating for some time. Below are
>>>> photographs of a prototype aircraft known as the Talon.  
>>>> Reportedly it
>>>> was taken onboard the USS George Washington CVN-73 for catapult fit
>>>> checks. It noted that it was not exactly still Top Secret but
>>>> certainly not yet made public.
>>>>
>>>> The specs that were known were list to be a Mach 3.5 (top speed  
>>>> in the
>>>> Mach 4 range), super-cruise stealth fighter / bomber / interceptor
>>>> with approximately a 4,000nm range.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At first I fell for it too, but after checking around this wasn’t  
>>>> the
>>>> case. I seldom believe anything on the internet for face value and
>>>> have to do a lot of checking around to verify facts and then draw  
>>>> my
>>>> own conclusion. Blogs are unfortunately known to be operated by  
>>>> nuts
>>>> (maybe me too!).
>>>>
>>>> These photographs are not images of a prototype F/A-37 “Talon”
>>>> aircraft being tested aboard the aircraft carrier USS George
>>>> Washington, but pictures taken from the filming of the motion  
>>>> picture
>>>> Stealth (which wasn’t that good and had numerous incorrect  
>>>> features).
>>>>
>>>> Although these pictures come from a fictional movie, they were  
>>>> taken
>>>> aboard a real U.S. aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, which
>>>> was used for filming while the vessel was at San Diego’s Naval Air
>>>> Station North Island in June 2004.
>>>>
>>>> USS Abraham Public Affairs Press Release
>>>> Fighter jets chocked and chained to the deck, Sailors scurrying  
>>>> from
>>>> place to place, the occasional whirr of rising aircraft elevators,
>>>> this could be a hangar bay of any aircraft carrier. In fact, the
>>>> repetitious scene often causes shipmates to become oblivious to  
>>>> their
>>>> overwhelming surroundings.
>>>>
>>>> But last week something happened aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN  
>>>> 72)
>>>> that made every Sailor stand up and take notice throughout the  
>>>> ship.
>>>>
>>>> Departing Naval Air Station North Island after an all too brief  
>>>> stop-
>>>> over, Lincoln welcomed aboard more than 80 new faces, a 53-foot  
>>>> long
>>>> futuristic stealth fighter named “Talon,” and the Navy’s top three
>>>> “special operations pilots.”
>>>>
>>>> No, this was not a top-secret Navy experiment; rather it was the  
>>>> cast
>>>> and crew of the upcoming major motion picture, “Stealth.” The new
>>>> addition to Abe’s crew came aboard courtesy of Columbia Pictures  
>>>> and
>>>> Backbreaker Films, and features Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie  
>>>> Foxx
>>>> and Pulitzer Prize-winner Sam Shepard.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The film is scheduled to be released in the summer of 2005, and is
>>>> directed by Rob Cohen, who also directed the films “XXX,” and “The
>>>> Fast and The Furious.” He said “Stealth” is on a different level  
>>>> than
>>>> his past work.
>>>>
>>>> “Filming a major Hollywood movie during flight (operations) is a  
>>>> very
>>>> tricky and different thing,” said Cohen. “This is real life out  
>>>> here,
>>>> and it’s amazing that the Navy is allowing us to be here and  
>>>> bring our
>>>> own aircraft on the ship.”
>>>>
>>>> Cohen also acknowledged the Navy for allowing the current movie  
>>>> to see
>>>> the light of day. “I’m very grateful to the Navy for this. The Navy
>>>> passed every page of the script, so they feel good about it, and I
>>>> feel good about what this film will say about the Navy.”
>>>>
>>>> In the film, Navy officials decide to use an unmanned version of  
>>>> the
>>>> “Talon,” but when one of the planes begins attacking friendly  
>>>> forces,
>>>> Navy pilots are called in to save the planet from artificial
>>>> intelligence.
>>>>
>>>> Although the plot may sound far-fetched to some, Cohen found out  
>>>> first
>>>> hand that filming aboard Lincoln is very real.
>>>>
>>>> “I have a deeper appreciation for what (the crew) does on the
>>>> Lincoln,” Cohen said. After spending his first night aboard the
>>>> warship, Cohen had a startling experience that awoke him from a  
>>>> sound
>>>> sleep. “They primed the catapults about 2:00 in the morning, and I
>>>> thought, ‘Oh my God, we’ve been torpedoed!’ I jumped so high out  
>>>> of my
>>>> bunk that I hit my head on the shelf.”
>>>>
>>>> Adjusting to life on the 97,000-ton carrier also proved to be
>>>> difficult for some of the cast.
>>>>
>>>> “I’ve been lost every day,” actress Jessica Biel said. “I still  
>>>> can’t
>>>> get to my room. I have to ask people all of the time just to help  
>>>> me
>>>> find the bathroom, but it’s been incredible how helpful everyone  
>>>> has
>>>> been.”
>>>>
>>>> Biel, who plays Lt. Kara Wade, the only female pilot in the stealth
>>>> squadron, also expressed her appreciation for the hard work of  
>>>> Abe’s
>>>> crew. “You really have no idea how hard everybody works until you  
>>>> come
>>>> on to a carrier,” Biel said. “The teamwork on this ship is  
>>>> absolutely
>>>> amazing.”
>>>>
>>>> Teamwork seemed to be the word of the week, as both the movie and
>>>> ship’s crews worked together to complete the ship’s mission and  
>>>> lend a
>>>> hand in the production.
>>>>
>>>> Abe Sailors were given numerous opportunities throughout the week  
>>>> to
>>>> be extras in the film, and share the spotlight with the Hollywood
>>>> lineup. Donning float coats and cranials, the Sailors, producers  
>>>> and
>>>> actors looked alike on the flight deck as the cameras rolled.
>>>>
>>>> “In my 16 years in the Navy, this is one of the top things I’ve  
>>>> done,”
>>>> said AO1(AW) Anthony Whetstone, of Abe’s Safety Department.
>>>>
>>>> Whetstone, an Alexander City, Ala. native, was an extra with a
>>>> speaking role during one of the production’s night scenes, and was
>>>> grateful to have such an opportunity. “Nothing like this has ever
>>>> happened to me before.”
>>>>
>>>> Actor Jamie Foxx, who plays the role of Lt. Henry Purcell, said  
>>>> Abe’s
>>>> crew was a big help during the filming and commented on their hard
>>>> work. “This really changes your perspective on things, when you  
>>>> get a
>>>> chance to see from the ground up how hard these men and women  
>>>> work,”
>>>> he said.
>>>>
>>>> “The crew was really down to Earth,” Whetstone said.
>>>>
>>>> “I was surprised to find out that they were just like us.”  
>>>> Whetstone’s
>>>> thoughts seemed to be echoed by Abe’s crew throughout the week.
>>>> Meanwhile, the film crew couldn’t seem to give enough praise to
>>>> Lincoln Sailors.
>>>>
>>>> “Thank God for these decent people that are on this ship doing  
>>>> the job
>>>> they do,” Cohen said. “I have a deep appreciation for Sailors and  
>>>> what
>>>> (they) do for people like me who live in the freedom you secure.”
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Scottie
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 7, 2008, at 6:50 AM, Ken Rentiers wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Clyde:
>>>>>
>>>>> WTF is this???
>>>>>
>>>>> <NewNavyplane.jpg>
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