YouTube Classics, Part Deux

[Borg]

I just love this kind of innovation.

 

[DennisN]

(ping e.g. @micromass)

 

[nsaspook]

RIP Bob Hoover


http://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2016/10/bob-hoover-one-of-nations-greatest-pilots-dead-at-94/

 

[jim hardy]

RIP Bob Hoover

Wow! Bob Hoover ...
i saw him do his aerobatics show at an air racein 1976, he was no spring chicken then. He did his amazing performance in an Aero Commander Shrike.
Someplace i have a photo of his P51 "Old Yeller" at end of runway maybe as much as fifty feet in the air , landing gear fully extended and upside down in a final approach barrel roll..

An amazing man and a legend. Sorry to hear of his passing.

old jim

 

[OCR]

An amazing man and a legend. Sorry to hear of his passing.

Yes he was!... and so am I ....

 

[nsaspook]

Wow! Bob Hoover ...
i saw him do his aerobatics show at an air racein 1976, he was no spring chicken then. He did his amazing performance in an Aero Commander Shrike.
Someplace i have a photo of his P51 "Old Yeller" at end of runway maybe as much as fifty feet in the air , landing gear fully extended and upside down in a final approach barrel roll..

An amazing man and a legend. Sorry to hear of his passing.

old jim

I went to a couple of air-race events in Homestead, Fl in the 70's while stationed in Key West. I can't remember if he was there doing aerobatics but the 79 Unlimiteds-only racing event was a wonder (The P-38 Lightning could bank like crazy).

http://www.pylon1.org/articles/publish/printer_28.shtml

Their next air racing foray would take place closer to home that following Spring, during the fantastic, but under-promoted Unlimiteds-only meet staged by Ft. Lauderdale's- Whittington Brothers: the 1979 Miami/Homestead International Air Races held at Florida's Homestead Airport, Feb. 26 - March 4. This time the racers were challenged by having to fly a 7-mile oval course, designed with three pylons at each end with a mile and a half long front and back straight-away, compared to Reno's then- 9.694mi. race course. Though the shorter course promised tighter competition and fewer blown engines, it demanded superior piloting skill and greater conditioning, to endure higher g-forces encountered while flying tighter turns on a smaller course during 10-lap races. The qualifying field allowed for 28 aircraft- divided into four 7-plane race brackets using the 'bump system', with the top five qualifiers locked-in for the Gold final.

 

[jim hardy]

I went to a couple of air-race events in Homestead, Fl in the 70's while stationed in Key West.

I was at the Pylon races at Homestead in i think 1976 (edit : I've forgotten the year, could have been '79 ) when i lived there. Hoover was there, Boyington, Beede's BD5 jets, Confederate Air Force with their B29; it's among the most awesome memories of my life. Sounds like you probably were there too .
Red Baron, a P51 with counter-rotating props won the big trophy. If you ever pass through Alpine Wyoming (Between Idaho Falls and Jackson Hole) that trophy and a lot of memorabilia are on display in the "Red Baron" restaurant. Must see for aviation buffs who remember that day .

see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Baron_(racer)

old jim

 

[nsaspook]

I was at the Pylon races at Homestead in i think 1976 (edit : I've forgotten the year, could have been '79 ) when i lived there. Hoover was there, Boyington, Beede's BD5 jets, Confederate Air Force with their B29; it's among the most awesome memories of my life. Sounds like you probably were there too .
Red Baron, a P51 with counter-rotating props won the big trophy. If you ever pass through Alpine Wyoming (Between Idaho Falls and Jackson Hole) that trophy and a lot of memorabilia are on display in the "Red Baron" restaurant. Must see for aviation buffs who remember that day .
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see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Baron_(racer)

old jim

I remember those tiny jets buzzing the strip and the Confederate Air Force dropping 'bomb's'. Yes, I was there, as were plenty of guys from the Keys Naval Air Station. Most of us rode motorcycles up U.S. Route 1 for the trip and stayed at the Navy Security Group housing at the nearby AFB (destroyed by Andrew later) for the show. That race/show was over the top awesome!

 

[DennisN]

Darn, this is cool..!

Bruce Shapiro’s Mesmerizing Kinetic Sand Drawing Machines


Article:
New Kinetic Sand Drawing Tables by Bruce Shapiro
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/09/new-kinetic-sand-tables-by-bruce-shapiro/

 

[fresh_42]

Darn, this is cool..!

Bruce Shapiro’s Mesmerizing Kinetic Sand Drawing Machines

Article:
New Kinetic Sand Drawing Tables by Bruce Shapiro
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/09/new-kinetic-sand-tables-by-bruce-shapiro/

The topologists' paradise!

 

[Psinter]

Look! Baby chickens!

Hey, you. I want to touch one of the baby chickens.

 

[Borg]

 

[DennisN]

Who needs a knife in a nuke fight?

(from "Starship Troopers")

 

[vela]

 

[DennisN]

It's election times in the US. Here's a classic clip from the previous campaign four years ago:

 

[nsaspook]

 

[DennisN]

Couch Commander:

 

[fresh_42]

Or this one (hope it's not a repetition):

 

[DennisN]

Mic In Tuba (you can jump to 30 seconds into the clip...)

 

[nsaspook]

He went tuba fishing.

 

[fresh_42]

He went tuba fishing.

Nope. He was after Sousa's phone number.

 

[DennisN]

A metro monorail line passes through a building in Chongqing, China, 2017 (not an accident, no worries)
(poor residents, that is, if there are any...)

 

[DennisN]

Stepping out of a painting (cool clip):

 

[Borg]

Happy Holidays!

 

[dkotschessaa]

Homeopathic Emergency Room

 

[nsaspook]

 

[MargueriteC]

I love these two songs and found myself dancing in my office while listening to them! :) I hope you like them.

1) Al Green-Lets Stay Together


2) Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness


HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

[Fervent Freyja]

@MargueriteC, this one too! One of my favorites!

 

[MargueriteC]

@MargueriteC, this one too! One of my favorites!

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