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I feel the need for speed...

Transonic Blue Angels F/A-18.

At this speed, shock waves form on various parts of the airframe because the air can't get out of the way quickly enough. Ahead of the first shock wave around the wings, pressure and temperature rises. Behind it, both drop below the dew point and water vapor in the air condenses in the low-pressure area forming the visible cloud. At the back of the visible "shock cone" behind a rear shock wave, conditions return to normal and the condensation vanishes.

A smaller shock often forms behind the canopy.

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After passing through a temporal anomaly, the Robinsons find themselves trapped in Gotham City...

Tune in NEXT week... same time, same bat channel...

Bill Mumy and Angela Cartwright from Lost in Space with Burt Ward from Batman on the 20th Century Fox Television lot (1966)

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Phantom Friday...

...signing off.

Until next time.

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Phantom Friday...

Feel the heat.

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I always expected them to find a workaround.

I've got faith of the heart.

Y'all, the world is sleeping on what NASA just pulled off with Voyager 1

The probe has been sending gibberish science data back to Earth, and scientists feared it was just the probe finally dying. You know, after working for 50 GODDAMN YEARS and LEAVING THE GODDAMN SOLAR SYSTEM and STILL CHURNING OUT GODDAMN DATA.

So they analyzed the gibberish and realized that in it was a total readout of EVERYTHING ON THE PROBE. Data, the programming, hardware specs and status, everything. They realized that one of the chips was malfunctioning.

So what do you do when your probe is 22 Billion km away and needs a fix? Why, you just REPROGRAM THAT ENTIRE GODDAMN THING. Told it to avoid the bad chip, store the data elsewhere.

Sent the new code on April 18th. Got a response on April 20th - yeah, it's so far away that it took that long just to transmit.

And the probe is working again.

From a programmer's perspective, that may be the most fucking impressive thing I have ever heard.

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Phantom Friday...

JASDF Phantom in digital camo.

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Phantom Friday...

SNARL !!!

Turkish Air Force F-4E.

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Phantom Friday...

Navy F-4J during a catapult launch. The launch bridle shows up well behind the nose gear.

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Phantom Friday...

USAF 347TFW F-4E Phantom II with two AIM-9J SIDEWINDER air-to air IR missiles, PAVE SPIKE laser designator, six Mark 82 500 lb low-drag bombs and a GBU-16 Paveway II. The Paveway is a laser-guided bomb that will be guided to the target by the Pave Spike pod. Notice no Sparrow missiles, and the Pave Spike pod is in the left front Sparrow well where I assume they've either repurposed old Sparrow wiring or just run new wires along the same path. Also odd to see weapons on the center-line station where there is usually a fuel tank.

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Phantom Friday...

A bit of a tight fit.

RN FAA F-4K of 892 NAS on the forward elevator of HMS Ark Royal. Phantom servicing was carried out on the upper hangar deck, and Buccaneers on the lower. Hot places in tropical climes.

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Phantom Friday... is back.

No long narrative this week, just some dramatic PHANTOM pics.

VF-31 F-4B Phantom crosses the ramp going for a trap.

Some unusual things here. The aircraft is rather low, flying pretty close to the dreaded ramp. Also note that the preferred #3 wire (arresting cable) is missing. There was probably a problem with the #3 arresting engine below deck (there is an engine for each wire) so the cross-deck pendant was stripped and the LSO told the pilot to fly a shorter approach for the #2 wire. Not optimal but it could be done safely with care in good conditions. A compromise between targeting #2 and #4. The latter would likely result in more bolters, and with aircraft in the foreground crewed up and ready to launch, there was no time to waste.

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Janet Leigh from Kid Rodelo... Don Murray, Broderick Crawford and Janet Leigh as "Nora". Written by Louis L'Amour, Trident Films 1966.

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... when you know just enough to be dangerous.

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Classic Hollywood Glamour

Jean Harlow, circa 1932.

Photo by George Hurrell for MGM.

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The Marilyn Monroe Archives for April 23.

Marilyn by Douglas Kirkland, 1961

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Hello from ISS.

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“Dammit, Bones—I need you! Badly!”

Sorry to get you out of the disco, but we've got to get this shot in the can before we go over-budget.