Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 19:36:15 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: F/ White Salmon River damn "burst"
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HI Roger,
that would make your father a Scorpio like me. My b-day is soon.
I have not ever heard that Canadians invented or thought of the steam catapult for carrier aircraft launchings or cable arresting for landings.
You likely know far more about than I do.
re
so now I have been made into a person who will call you on your bs facts "
re 'bs' .......I would not refer to opinions as 'bs' myself.
People's opinons may not be to our liking or agreement ..
AND they are only opinions.
'opinion' ....I imagine the deffenition of that would be something like...
a person's thought or notion about the goodness or badness or worth of any object, subject, thought, view, law etc.
We are smart to not let people's opinions bother us, whatever they may be.
some people think neculear power is wonderful, some think neculear war is smart and good.
Just opinions..
they're like noeses, everyone has one.
the common expression of that saying uses another anotomical part rather than 'nose.'
I'm sad to hear there was any 'blaming' ..........or 'complained bitterly' going on.
Let us strive to not be thrown off our self-loving Centered Self by the dumb/careless/incosiderate/illegal things other people do ...........cause their sure is a lot of it at times !
All in good semi-intellictual fun !
and while we are on wild/outrageous design of air/water craft ......I am totally nutty about the outrageous 'galactic' design of this Russian craft .
well shoot ..can't find the link just now.
It was on here on a Friday about 6 months ago ..
it's a large swept wing aircraft that flies in ground effect only, usually over water.
It has 8 huge engines on top near the front ..
a huge tall tail, swept wings, outriggers at the end of the main swept back wings.
I love super outrageous almost baroque design.
Like tastely fully pushing the edge of 'too much' .
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Whittaker
To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: F/ White Salmon River damn "burst"
dear Lancaster
my dad sailed on the bona venture ... canada's one and only ground breaking and world s most technologically advanced air craft carrier
he tried to make super 8 movie of the Lancaster landing on the hardwood deck ...
alas with out gimble tripod he shot the sky and the deck as the ship pitched and rolled ...
I still have the reels of produced film ... one year I gave him a VHS cassette of the event
he liked that ... interestingly it would have been his birthday yesterday ... but he has been gone for more than 11 years already
two other points of interest about Canadian military / industrial history ...
from what I have been told Canada developed and may have invented using steam sling to launch aircraft from carrier deck and also developed and may have have invented the capture system (it was told to me that France then co-opted both for their failing aircraft carrier program ) then the USA got their hands on the technology
and I just read Arrow through the Heart the Crawford Gordon Story
http://www.amazon.ca/arrow-through-heart-Crawford-Gordon/dp/0075601028
that little tome went a long way to correct my world view ... my dad blamed Dieffenbaker for the arrow failure and and also complained bitterly that the "Americans" had stolen the technology ... this book take s both of those very popular "historical facts " and places them in the light of truth
so now I have been made into a person who will call you on your bs facts (even if you are the national news ) print broadcast or Internet )
so needless to say today when I read the demands of the Vancouver Canada occupy group ,.... I was pleased to see that they were demanding stuff germane to Canada ... rather than USA ... that they are silly and have overstayed their welcome .... not withstanding
regards ....
On Friday, November 4, 2011, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> the Lancaster is a famous WWII bomber.
>
> Since we're on planes a little...
> in my opinion the British have a unique knack for making ugly large military
> aircraft.
>
> Good thing they weren't involved with developing syncro vanagons !
> both mechanically/technically, and appearance wise..
>
> the longer I look at Vanagons,
> the more perfect the shape looks. I couldn't change one line on them.
> As classic a shape as say the Jag JX6 ..
> 300 SL Gulling, etc
>
> Scott
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ed donnen" <spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 1:38 PM
> Subject: F/ White Salmon River damn "burst"
>
>
>> >alistair
>>>
>>> I thought that a squadron of Lancasters had come in to do the job.
>>
>> Lancasters, now THAT would have been a Dam Site
>>
>> ed- Lancasters Spit Fire?
>
--
roger w
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