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AUinHsv

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  1. test I mentioned there was a Saturn V Rocket nearby. This is actually a replica- the real one is inside http://1962mgacom2.ipage.com/Apollo Car Show/Apollo Car Show Misc/7.jpg Yep - it's related to NASA http://1962mgacom2.ipage.com/Apollo Car Show/Apollo Car Show Misc/1.jpg The British came strong http://1962mgacom2.ipage.com/Apollo Car Show/Apollo Car Show British/16.jpg This was the an MGA similar to mine except it is almost perfect. Also the first one I have seen in Dove Grey http://1962mgacom2.ipage.com/Apollo Car Show/Apollo Car Show British/14.jpg
  2. test http://1962mgacom2.ipage.com/Apollo Car Show/Apollo Car Show Misc/7.jpg Yep - it's related to NASA http://1962mgacom2.ipage.com/Apollo Car Show/Apollo Car Show Misc/1.jpg
  3. Well here goes - sorry (not really) for the bandwidth but I did shrink the pics. This was the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Car Show at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville. Probably 75-100 cars and it was hot as blazes. As an aside the director of the Space and Rocker Center gave a little speech about a car she had bought from a NASA manager. It was a family that my parents knew since the 60's. They lived together on same neighborhood in Ft Worth and moved the Huntsville with NASA at the same time in early 60's. I grew up knowing them forever. The manager also was one of the longest serving at NASA that I knew - I think he was there for almost 50 years. Pictures- I mentioned it was in shadow of Saturn V - this is actually a replica. The real one is inside
  4. Heading out the 50th anniversary of Apollo car show in Huntsville. It will literally be in shadow from the Saturn 5 at Space and Rocker center. Supposed to be a sampling of cars from that era - which is much better than a sampling of cars driven by the actual rocket scientists. Most of them gave the nice car to the wife and their selection was always a little odd because they were engineers. Plus it was a pecking order with original NASA access badges that were like bumper stickers on the front and rear bumpers. Early employees had very low numbers (like 000010) and some people kept cars for years because they had a very low number access badge.
  5. Is there a way to not have the ticker? Too much info
  6. This is correct. I knew some people who have separate passports for different Middle East coountries for this reason. And no idea how easy it is now to get a faked passport but I suspect if you have a lot of money it is not difficult
  7. Just looked at the cast and noticed they also have another one of the unsung heroes - Richard Best. IIRC the US sank the four carriers with around 12-15 bombs. This guy was credited with dropping two of those. Pretty good record to hit two carriers in one day. Unfortunately he never flew again - something went wrong with his oxygen system and messed up his lungs.
  8. Also wondering if they could could get Chevy Chase to play Miles Browning. Probably too old but it would be appropriate
  9. I'll up the bid with Wade McLuskey - you could make the case his decision to change directions was one of the turning points of the Pacific war
  10. or Larry Csonka? he actually had a line or two in the orignal
  11. One thing I just saw a news blurb on and remembered. Most people don't realize that several versions of the Saturn were tested in Huntsville ( and with no warning I might add - we lived five miles as the crow flies from the test area and all of sudden your house started shaking and you would hear the rocket motor in the distance). They then had to be shipped to the Cape and that involved a lot of barges and river transport. Dad always had a boat and we passed the transport barge on the Tennessee River a couple of times with various large sections of rockets. Interesting article on how a dam lock failure caused lots of problems and shows some of the transport barges with components. Several versions of this story say 1961 but it seems odd that something in 1961 would affect 1969 launch. Plus I think it was the Saturn I which became the IB and was used for low earth orbit and not the Saturn V. Still it shows the challenges of getting a rocket to the Cape https://www.waaytv.com/content/moon-landing-stories/How-a-Collapse-at-Wheeler-Dam-Almost-Delayed-the-Apollo-11-Launch-507425731.html
  12. I have a recording from I think the 20th anniversary. Called something like Moonwalk as it Happened. It is basically a rebroadcast of one of the networks feeds. I think it also has the network feed of the launch
  13. Maybe it was the narrator but I did not like it at all. Turned the channel after 30 minutes.
  14. Should have stopped by and said "Hi". Dad grew up in Daytona and worked for Von Braun. We went down for the launch. I slept in the back yard of one of his cousins on the river by the Cape.. Still remember looking out the tent flap the night before and seeing the Saturn V lit up for all to see.
  15. Nice and timeless watch. Can't go wrong with that era of Rolex sport models. I'm sure you know but don't screw with the tritium dial - part of the value is originality. If I ever get rid of my Sub from the same time period the GMT is on the list. The only thing I would change is a jubillee bracelet but that is one fine watch
  16. No.. His Dad is Tracy Rocker who won Lombardi and Outland trophy as lineman at Auburn in 80's. His dad was as good a DT as I ever saw. Unfortunately he had bad knees so only played a few years in NFL. He is now coaching for Tennessee Titans
  17. One or two thoughts. First is that if you were lucky enough to be landing at Utah then your chances were very good. Think only about 200 died there. They also landed in the wrong place but it turned out to be a very good place to be - few enemy soldiers. General Roosevelt (Teddy's son IIRC) was pretty clear - we will start the war from here and they did. Also the scateering of the paratroopers was helpful since the Germans could not figure out how many there were an spent a lot of time chasing very small groups. Finally - the output of America was absolutely on display here - the largest invasion ever followed up by a very similar invasion two weeks later on the other side of the world at Saipan. We had the resources to support two huge invasions back to back. Yamamoto was right to fear the American industrial capacity. It simply overwhelmed enemies on both sides of the world.
  18. need the green Mustang to be following the black Charger
  19. well I see your title and raise it Force Ten From Navarone. Kinda of a dud even though it had Harrison Ford and Robert Shaw in it.
  20. I just gave up on moving old folders over. If you export email from wlm and have a pop account you don't get folders. If you import them you get the messages twice. Spent an hour or so and just recreated folders and moved stuff to them.
  21. Battleground is very good. Kinda like an early Band of Brothers at Bastogne. Also I remember reading somewhere that they used actual artillery recordings of German shelling to make it sound right.
  22. Might want to check that one again. Don't think he has died yet
  23. and separate from all the poor content - they and every other channel feels the need to toss a minimum of 15 minutes of commercials per hour. Screw that. A long time ago the FCC actually had a mandatory limit of something like 10 minutes per hour. Not anymore. Tough to watch anything (looking at you Discovery network) these days
  24. Gotta love companies that did that. Since you mentioned it I remember several cars growing up that had that "feature".
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