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« Reply #3262 on: April 13, 2024, 10:09:02 AM »
Honor Among Thieves: The Pirate Code

In the second half of the 17th century, buccaneers began operating under a set of rules that eventually became known as Articles of Agreement, or the Pirate's Code. While the rules generally varied from one captain to another, most contained provisions for discipline, specifications for each crewmate's share of treasure, and rules regarding compensation for injury.
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« Reply #3263 on: April 13, 2024, 01:32:31 PM »
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« Reply #3264 on: April 13, 2024, 02:25:26 PM »
Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III a supersonic air superiority fighter designed to succeed the F-8 Crusader and as a competitor to the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.

First flight of the Crusader III was June 2nd, 1958, she was designed for blazing fast speeds up to Mach 2.7 however the prototypes only ever reached Mach 2.39. A point in this aircraft's favor in competing with the F-4 was that the XF8U-3 could out maneuver the F-4 and NASA pilots routinely defeated F-4's in mock dogfights. Points in the Phantom II's favor were a much larger payload and the fact that the F-4 was also capable of the ground attack mission, the Crusader III was not. Furthermore the Phantom had a Radar Intercept Officer to guide the AIM-7 Sparrow missiles, this was often overwhelming for the single pilot of the Crusader III. Alas the XF8U-3 was not to be and sadly all 5 aircraft built were scrapped.
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #3265 on: April 13, 2024, 04:08:04 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on April 13, 2024, 10:09:02 AM
Honor Among Thieves: The Pirate Code

In the second half of the 17th century, buccaneers began operating under a set of rules that eventually became known as Articles of Agreement, or the Pirate's Code. While the rules generally varied from one captain to another, most contained provisions for discipline, specifications for each crewmate's share of treasure, and rules regarding compensation for injury.
Sounds like Defense Contractors and their canards in congress picking over the carcass of what's left of a once robust taxpaying public
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« Reply #3266 on: April 14, 2024, 08:59:55 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 
Donner Party Sets Out on Ill-Fated Journey from Illinois to California (1846)
The Donner Party was a group of families from Illinois and Iowa that set out for California following a little-used, supposedly shorter, route across Utah. The shortcut only tired and delayed the party, and while recovering at what is now Donner Lake in the Sierra Nevada, the group was trapped by early snow. Many died, several while trying to get help; some reportedly resorted to cannibalism. Rescuers reached the survivors in February 1847.
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #3267 on: April 14, 2024, 09:27:22 AM »
The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem is not a mosque.  It's purpose is not fully understood.  It is quite something to see of course.

The Dome of the Rock (Qubbat al-Sakhra) (article) | Khan Academy

There is a mosque on the hill here called al Aqsa.

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« Reply #3268 on: April 16, 2024, 07:37:44 AM »
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« Reply #3269 on: April 16, 2024, 09:02:12 AM »
Martin Luther King Jr. writes ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’

On April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in which the civil rights activist responded to a group of local clergymen who had criticized him for leading street protests; King defended his tactics, writing, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
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« Reply #3270 on: April 16, 2024, 11:08:30 AM »
May 1922: 78-year-old Robert T. Lincoln (son of Abraham Lincoln) is helped up the steps at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C -Marvelous History

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« Reply #3271 on: April 16, 2024, 03:23:51 PM »
The Boeing Bird of Prey was a trailblazing stealth aircraft secretly developed by the US military between 1992 to 1999 at Area 51. Its extraterrestrial appearance would no doubt be responsible for UFO sightings occurring at the time.

https://thewarzone.blog/the-boeing-bird-of-prey-remains.../

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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #3272 on: April 17, 2024, 07:53:22 AM »


Today in 1952 the first prototype B-52 bomber makes its maiden flight from the Boeing works in Seattle.  Plans for the bomber had been started in 1945 as a huge propeller bomber for the ongoing war against Japan.
The design was altered to accommodate jet engines and a large bomb capability to accommodate free fall nuclear bombs.
The bomber started service with the US Air Force in 1955, making their first bombing runs in Vietnam in the 1960s. Due to upgrades in its airframe and electronics, the latest H class (built in 1963) should
still be flying well into the 2030s.
Pictured is a B-52 next to the B-17 Flying Fortress of WW2, there are just 17 years between the designs. In the background is a B-29 bomber also of WW2 fame.

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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #3273 on: April 17, 2024, 07:54:49 AM »
I am somewhat surprised that commercial jet aircraft of today look pretty much as they did 60 years ago, the main difference externally being fewer and high bypass engines.

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« Reply #3274 on: April 17, 2024, 08:40:21 AM »
means original designs were well done?
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« Reply #3275 on: April 17, 2024, 08:40:42 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Ill-Fated Apollo 13 Spacecraft Returns to Earth Safely (1970)
Less than a year after the first lunar landing, Apollo 13 departed for the moon. Two days into the mission, an oxygen tank exploded, severely damaging the spacecraft's electrical system, and the landing had to be aborted. Despite limited power, loss of cabin heat, a shortage of potable water, and the need to improvise a carbon dioxide removal system, the craft returned safely to Earth. The immortal line from the mission—"Houston, we have a problem"—is a misquote.
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