A shout out to my British and German Readers.

First up the Senior Service

HMS ILLUSTRIOUS and her Task Group.

Now the Deutsche Marine.

The Sachsen class frigate Seeb

RN image is fullsize, DM nearly so. unfortunately niether the RN or DM are willing to give you US like hi-res photos.  Maybe they figure it will save them in terms of bandwidth costs

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    Back from the airshow, it was as always a day well spent.  If you have the chance by all means try out the Virtual Army Experience, very, very cool.  The performances were amazing to watch, ranging from the thunder of modern fighters to a guy landing a 1941 Interstate trainer on top of a winnebago.  No I mean he really did land on top of an RV, a small RV.  Static displays included the usual suspects and a few surprise highlights below. (No Blue Angels pics though, the battery in my digital went tango uniform before they came on.)

 One big surprise this year was large NASA exhibit in one of the hangars.

NASA Homepage

They brought Models and of both the ISS and the Mars Rovers.

This inflateable Orion CM-SM Mockup shows just how large the new CEV is, compared to the Appolo capsules it is like moving from a 1 bedroom efficency apartment into a two bedroom ranch style house.

By far the coolest static display was the new CV-22 Osprey.

More photos below the fold.

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     My 1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator. Need I say more?  No I think not.

     The vital statistics

1. Engine: 351 Cleaveland Bored .020 over with Comp Cams Camshaft and timing set, MSD igniton, Edelbrock peroformer Carb and intake, Hooker headers
2. Transmission: C-6 with Shift Kit and Locar Kickdown
3. Rear End: 9 Inch Traction Lock with 3.73:1 gears.
4. Wheels: 14x7 Cragar SS with Knock offs wearing Firestone Firehawk Raised White Letters

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