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Steve_W said:
Squirrelofwoe said:
PanzerCommander said:
Steve_W said:
Asterix said:
There was a TV program about his life recently, with him recounting various of his adventures. Very watchable but I don't think it's still available unless it's on YouTube somewhere
I don't know if this is the exact program you were referring to but I watched this a few weeks back and it was extremely good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi45UWBj2Ug&li...
An amazing bloke.
Wolverhampton's former landmark. The Ring Road Tramp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Stawinoga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Stawinoga
Anti-Concorde Project
"The Anti-Concorde Project, founded by Richard Wiggs, challenged the idea of supersonic passenger transport, and helped bring about a re-evaluation of Concorde's long-term commercial future. Concorde was for a time venerated as a technological and national icon, but when it entered service in 1976, not a single plane had been sold, and the state airlines of Britain and France, the countries which had developed the plane, were required to take the 14 planes that had been built.[1] For some, rather than being a prestigious triumph, Concorde was considered a white elephant."
"The Anti-Concorde Project, founded by Richard Wiggs, challenged the idea of supersonic passenger transport, and helped bring about a re-evaluation of Concorde's long-term commercial future. Concorde was for a time venerated as a technological and national icon, but when it entered service in 1976, not a single plane had been sold, and the state airlines of Britain and France, the countries which had developed the plane, were required to take the 14 planes that had been built.[1] For some, rather than being a prestigious triumph, Concorde was considered a white elephant."
A remarkable cannibal murderer I'd not heard of until the other day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issei_Sagawa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issei_Sagawa
MissChief said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Silkwood
Exposed highly suspect and lax safety standards at a US Chemical plant responsible for making Plutonium which was later found to have a large amount that was 'misplaced'. She was then repeatedly poisoned with Plutonium and eventually died in a car 'accident' on the way to testify and all paperwork was missing.
There was a film about her and the shenanigans...Exposed highly suspect and lax safety standards at a US Chemical plant responsible for making Plutonium which was later found to have a large amount that was 'misplaced'. She was then repeatedly poisoned with Plutonium and eventually died in a car 'accident' on the way to testify and all paperwork was missing.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086312/
Today's featured article is interesting - 1940 Brocklesby mid-air collision with a cool outcome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Brocklesby_mid-...
More images here - http://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/nsw144.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Brocklesby_mid-...
More images here - http://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/nsw144.htm
Edited by Asterix on Monday 29th September 08:57
Asterix said:
Today's featured article is interesting - 1940 Brocklesby mid-air collision with a cool outcome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Brocklesby_mid-...
More images here - http://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/nsw144.htm
So the pilot of the plane whose engines were still running bailed out, and the two were landed by the pilot who had no engines?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Brocklesby_mid-...
More images here - http://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/nsw144.htm
Edited by Asterix on Monday 29th September 08:57
That's fantastic!
DaveGoddard said:
Asterix said:
Today's featured article is interesting - 1940 Brocklesby mid-air collision with a cool outcome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Brocklesby_mid-...
More images here - http://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/nsw144.htm
So the pilot of the plane whose engines were still running bailed out, and the two were landed by the pilot who had no engines?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Brocklesby_mid-...
More images here - http://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/nsw144.htm
Edited by Asterix on Monday 29th September 08:57
That's fantastic!
Andehh said:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquivalience
Fake word in the dictionary to track anyone who wants to copy the dictionary and claim it as their own... And it worked!
Although if it gains usage then it isn't a fake word any more.Fake word in the dictionary to track anyone who wants to copy the dictionary and claim it as their own... And it worked!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo_Fujita
Nobuo Fujita, the only man to bomb the US mainland during WW2, a great story too.
Nobuo Fujita, the only man to bomb the US mainland during WW2, a great story too.
The Shepard tone, a mix of two musical notes that seem to be constantly changing pitch but never really get anywhere-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_tone
Described as a "sonic barber pole"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_tone
Described as a "sonic barber pole"
Not sure if we've had this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Fred...
I love this thread and it occurred to me that quite a famous phenomenon I came across via photography hadn't been posted (at least to my memory).
Hessdalen Lights
There are essentially flying and unexplained lights in Hessdalen, Norway. Not only have they been spotted by locals, but they've been photographed and observed quite extensively.
The article doesn't show a picture, so here's the most famous one:
Hessdalen Lights
There are essentially flying and unexplained lights in Hessdalen, Norway. Not only have they been spotted by locals, but they've been photographed and observed quite extensively.
The article doesn't show a picture, so here's the most famous one:
Edited by RobbieKB on Thursday 16th October 17:15
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Gerhartsr...
There was a good article on this chap in the Sunday times magazine yesterday. The strangest thing is that his former wife who was tricked by this murderer into believing that he was a member of the Rockefeller family, now works for the Bank of England regulating our financial system.
There was a good article on this chap in the Sunday times magazine yesterday. The strangest thing is that his former wife who was tricked by this murderer into believing that he was a member of the Rockefeller family, now works for the Bank of England regulating our financial system.
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