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RAF Flight Lieutenant George Dunn,103, passes
Mr. Dunn passed April 28th. He’s someone worth remembering, if nothing else for completing 44 bombing missions over Europe. George Charles Dunn was born in Whitstable, Kent, on September 21 1922. He attended the local school, where he was football captain, and left when he was 14 to work for Pickfords Removals. Inspired by witnessing […]
Who is Salvatore Pais?
Science fiction has been an abiding interest of mine (witness the plug for Arthur C. Clarke’s book earlier) ever since I started reading The Door Into Summer when I was about seven, and my brother took it away and said it was “too old for me.” In fairness, it was his library book, but telling me […]
Straits, Monster, and ammo
Opening with the Straits of Hormuz. They are a) open b) closed or c) some weird combination of the above. Depends who you talk to. Now, the Iranians say they are open to civilian ships who pay their “toll” but not military ships. The US says we are reclosing them (which makes us different from […]
The Right to Repair
Anyone follow the recent John Deere controversy, in which Big Green/Yellow is supposed to allow folks to fix their own equipment? Buy a Deere, have a problem – and find out it is a factory-only repair, regardless of whether you could make said repair blindfolded and suspended upside down. This one seems to be […]
Virtue Signalers Arrive in Cuba
Ship of Fools Delegates from 33 countries and 120 organizations began arriving in Cuba last week as part of a solidarity caravan transporting humanitarian aid as the island grapples with a severe energy crisis. Members of “Our America Convoy to Cuba” arrived by air from Italy, France, Spain, the United States and several Latin American […]
Monday Minis
Remember when it was found that some popular workout apps could potentially reveal unit locations? Well, it happened again, in a BIG way. A French naval officer revealed the location of the Charles de Gaulle, the flagship of the Marine Nationale, by publicly posting a run via smartwatch to the popular app last week. The […]
Sailors Save Man From Submerged Car
Navy sailors leap into action to save Pensacola man from submerged vehicle By Mike Brantley ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WALA) – A 37-year-old Pensacola man is alive thanks to quick action by two Navy sailors who witnessed the man’s car plunge into Bayou Chico Creek Sunday night and become submerged. The Florida Highway Patrol said the […]
Floating Drones
Guess it is not a surprise that in addition to all the Air Force drones we hear about (think Predator and Reaper…the ones with cool names) that the Navy is quickly developing new ones as well. Given that we’ve known how to make stuff float for many centuries, and fly for less than two, you […]
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