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So cool.
53 years ago today, School House Rock Premiered.
Have you ever wondered who the voice was behind your favorite School House Rock songs?
Meet Jack Sheldon and Bob Dorough performing a live rendition of Conjunction Junction.
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I want to win one of these things real bad… Knew we had a good car. Come take a ride with me on the high side at the start 👀 P15 to P7 in less than 2 minutes. @juncoshollinger @MannKindCorp #76 #indycar
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Curtiss SSB2C-5 Helldiver dive bombers and Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat fighters flying from French aircraft carrier Arromanches in the Gulf of Tonkin during the First Indochina War circa 1954
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Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers near vertical in action against British shipping in 1940
full clip: rumble.com/v6trbeh
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Actual footage of Bismarck firing on HMS Hood in the Battle of the Denmarck Strait, May 24, 1941
HMS Hood would be sunk a few minutes later
Note the British shells falling both short and far of Bismarck
Enhanced 4K 60 fps with sound effects added by NeuralNetworks of YouTube
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Imperial Japanese Army Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa intercepting B-25s over Paramushir, Kuril Islands, December 29, 1944.
B-25J-10-NC, 43-36128, belonging to 7th AF, 27th BG, 77th BS, failed to return to its base in Attu Island.
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#OTD 84 years ago the German battleship Bismarck, seen here from the deck of heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen firing and receiving return fire, sank British battlecruiser HMS Hood in the Denmark Strait
More: rumble.com/v6smwxv
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#OTD in 2010: an explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon BP oil rig off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and caused a massive oil spill. Not a plane crash off course, but a good lesson for engineering safety. (More info below⬇️⬇️ )
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Mustangs from Australia's No 77 Squadron conduct air strikes in Korea, August 1950. The squadron's commander, Lou Spence, was killed in action during the filming of the mission. In all, No 77 would lose 60 planes during the three-year war but destroy 5,000 enemy ground targets.
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FBI Los Angeles has finally identified the Drone Operator, who was flying a DJI Drone in “Restricted Airspace” over the Pacific Palisades on January 9th, when it was struck by a Canadair CL-415 “Super Scooper” Aerial-Firefighting Aircraft, as 56-Year-Old Peter Tripp Akemann from Culver City, California. The Quebec-Based Firefighting Aircraft suffered a Large Hole in its Left-Wing, causing it to be grounded for at least 5 Days during the Wildfire Outbreak in Southern California. Akemann has agreed to a Plea Deal given by Federal Prosecutors, which would require him to plead Guilty to a Misdemeanor in exchange for him paying Full Restitution to the Government of Quebec, in the range of $65,169, and completing 150 Hours of Community Service in support of the 2025 “Southern California Wildfire Relief Effort.”
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MYSTUDIO HTX security camera caught the moment a helicopter crashed into a radio tower in Houston's Second Ward, East End at 7:51:19 PM.
#helicopter #helicoptercrash #houston #breaking #breakingnews #houston #secondward #mystudiohtx #jaymarroquin @KHOU @abc13houston @KPRC2
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#BucketListDestination checked off my list. My most sincere and deepest thanks to @flywinair for an amazing short flight from #StMaarten to #StBarths. Amazing crew! What aircraft control, what professionalism and what handling! Truly a joy to sit in the first row of such an amazing aerial ballet flown by such amazing professionals! Hats off! #aviation #airlinepilot #pilot #TwinOtter #Twotter #WinAir
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Many do not realize that there are many viable businesses in rural America owned by an aging man who has no obvious successor.
The guy probably wants to retire, the locals need the service he provides, but the business would be hard to sell because it is not managed according to "conventional" principles, doesn't generate UMC-level income, and is in a place most people don't want to live.
One day, the guy just dies, and suddenly locals have to drive 60+ minutes to Lowe's to get a new wrench instead of 10 minutes. Or their favorite old bar closes and they start drinking in Tim's garage instead, wishing the old bar would open again. They're bummed, and a viable business is lost.
Young guys who show any serious interest and commitment to the town could, with a little charisma and elbow grease, get some really sweetheart deals on takeovers, buy-outs, etc. when the big chief wants to finally retire.
Often, just showing up and saying "I love this town and I'd like to work here just to learn how the business is run" is enough to put a twinkle in the old owner's eye. The second step is actually following through and staying; once you prove you're in for the long haul, things can move quickly.
This might be the most straightforward path to gaining a lot of influence in a rural town quickly, as those running these businesses tend to know everyone. As long as the new guy changes nothing, he'll be respected and be on the fast-track to building a lasting local legacy.
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Some will ask “why is this guy wearing his medals like this?”
Because he can!
This is Vincent Speranza, the American paratrooper who became known as the soldier who doled out beer to his wounded comrades during the Battle of the Bulge, he passed away last yesterday at the age of 98.
Unbeknownst to him,the private’s act of kindness on December 17, 1944, became the stuff of legend in the town of Bastogne. Brasserie Lamborelle, a brewery in Bastogne, even created Airborne Beer that was served in helmet-shaped ceramic bowls to commemorate the paratrooper’s beer-carrying mission.
“After being a machine gunner at the Battle of the Bulge, earning a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star and spending two decades as a public school teacher, Airborne Beer is what I’m famous for,” Speranza told Stars and Stripes.
In subsequent years, Speranza traveled across the U.S. and Europe, recounting his wartime stories to soldiers and veterans alike — even going viral in 2016 for his rendition of “Blood on the Risers” at the Frederick Army Air Field in Oklahoma.
RIP Hero!
March 23, 1925 – August 2, 2023
