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I enjoyed a science fiction trilogy by Barry Longyear: City of Baraboo Elephant Song Circus World The first book describes the circus leaving earth and touring the galaxy, the second is about the aftermath of a crash landing on an uninhabited planet and the development of a civilization there, and the third book is about the way that civilization deals with interference from the rest of the galaxy.
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I thought the movie of the Lord of the Rings trilogy was very well done, although I felt that the confrontation with Saruman in the Shire at the end of the last book should have been included in the film. Another book-to-movie project that I liked was "The Dark Wind", based on the Tony Hillerman book. Some technical snafus, supposedly because the film went straight to DVD, but I enjoyed it overall. Probably the worst example for me was "Fate is the Hunter". The movie had no resemblance to Ernest K. Gann's book. I remember reading about a film class, where the instructor would ask "What do we owe the author of the book", and the class was supposed to reply "Nothing!".
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100 years since Louis Bleriot crossed the channel by a/c
csubl replied to shropshire's topic in The Bonfire
I've got a video of an episode of NOVA on PBS called "A Daring Flight", about Louis Bleriot's development of the Bleriot XI and his flight across the channel. I thought it was a good show. Lots of historical footage of early aviation, and a bittersweet segment on his grandson's failed attempt to duplicate his flight. It's available on Amazon and E-bay. -
The Lama The one-l lama, He's a priest. The two-l llama, He's a beast. And I will bet A silk pajama There isn't any Three-l lllama.* -- Ogden Nash (to which Nash appended the footnote *The author's attention has been called to a type of conflagration known as a three-alarmer. Pooh.)
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I thought this article had some good habits for student pilots to develop: http://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/inst_reports2.cfm?article=7173
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Hi, Found this on AvWeb. Apologies if it's been posted before: http://www.avweb.com/newspics/airventure-2008_gallery-06_24.jpg
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"An airliner which loses power will probably go nose down and have the glide aspect of a bowling ball. (All my airplane experience is as a passenger. Pure conjecture.)" =============================== One did lose power, over Canada in 1983. It made a 12 to 1 glide ratio over the ground. Westbound. It makes sense that if something is going to go that fast, it has to be pretty slippery. Here's a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider
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From the latest AvWeb newsletter Sioux City, Iowa has decided to make the best of its ICAO moniker, SUX, rather than change it. The airport’s new slogan FlySUX, is the centerpiece of a new marketing campaign. The FAA offered five alternative designators, including GAY (no, we didn’t make it up).
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The Big Chill
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One Friday evening, a guy walks into a bar, orders three beers at once, and proceeds to drink them. The bartender asks if there's a story involved. Turns out the guy's name is Fred, and he and his two brothers used to get together for a beer on Friday night. They now live far apart, so Fred drinks three beers each Friday night, to maintain a sense of connection between the three brothers. This goes on for several months, and by now everyone in the bar knows the story. One night, Fred comes in, orders two beers, and starts to drink. The bar is respectfully silent until, as Fred is draining the second beer, one of the patrons approaches and says "I just wanted to let you know that we're all very sorry for your loss". Fred looks confused, then looks at the two glasses and smiles. "No, no, everyone's fine. It's just that the doctor told me that I had to quit drinking".
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Have you read "A Walk In The Woods" by Bill Bryson?
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There's also a theory that the earth is hollow, and that we live on the inside of the shell, with the rest of the universe extending to the center of the sphere. Rumor has it that the German military tested this theory in WW II, by fitting cameras with infrared filters and aiming them upwards in an attempt to view enemy ships on the other side of the sphere. Here are a couple of links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_Earth#Concave_hollow_Earths http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/dgriffin/Research/Griffin-HE_in_Science.pdf
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There's a poem by Baxter Black called "The Oyster": http://forum.osnn.net/archive/index.php?t-37671.html
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0CO WX RPRT: BERTHOUD PASS, CO REPORTS: SA NO UA LOC: 3948N/10546W LRN: N39*47.67' W105*45.78' ELE: 12493