Good Sunday Morning October 18, 2020.
I hope that your weekend is going well.
Regards
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Today in Naval History
October 18
1812 The sloop-of-war Wasp, commanded by Master Commandant Jacob Jones, captures HMS Frolic. After a severe engagement of 43 minutes, both vessels are dismasted. HMS Poictiers appears shortly thereafter and Wasp has to surrender as it can neither run nor hope to fight such an overwhelming opponent as the 74-gun ship-of-the-line. Wasp serves the British as HMS Peacock until it is lost off the Virginia Capes in 1813.
1867 The sloop-of-war Ossipee and the third-class screw steamer Resaca participate in formal transfer of Alaska from Russia to U.S. authority at Sitka and remain to enforce law and order in the new territory.
1944 USS Bluegill (SS 242) and USS Raton (SS 270) attack a Japanese convoy in the South China Sea. Bluegill sinks the army cargo ships Arabia Maru and Chinsei Maru and freighter Hakushika Maru. Raton sinks the army cargo ships Taikai Maru and Shiranesan Maru.
1977 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) is commissioned at Norfolk, Va. The Ike, named after the nations 34th president, is the third nuclear-powered and second Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.
2003 USS Chafee (DDG 90) is commissioned at Newport, R.I. The first U.S. Navy ship named to honor John Hubbard Chafee, the late Senator from Rhode Island, who also served as Secretary of the Navy under President Nixon.
No CHINFO on the weekend
Today in History October 18
1648 | The "shoemakers of Boston"--the first labor organization in what would become the United States--was authorized by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. | |
1685 | Edict of Nantes lifted by Louis XIV. The edict, signed at Nantes, France, by King Henry IV in 1598, gave the Huguenots religious liberty, civil rights and security. By revoking the Edict of Nantes, Louis XIV abrogated their religious liberties. | |
1813 | The Allies defeat Napoleon Bonaparte at Leipzig. | |
1867 | The Alaska territory is formally transferred to the U.S. from Russian control. | |
1867 | The rules for American football are formulated at meeting in New York among delegates from Columbia, Rutgers, Princeton and Yale universities. | |
1883 | The weather station at the top of Ben Nevis, Scotland, the highest mountain in Britain, is declared open. Weather stations were set up on the tops of mountains all over Europe and the Eastern United States in order to gather information for the new weather forecasts. | |
1910 | M. Baudry is the first to fly a dirigible across the English Channel--from La Motte-Breil to Wormwood Scrubbs. | |
1912 | The First Balkan War breaks out between the members of the Balkan League--Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and Montenegro--and the Ottoman Empire. | |
1918 | Czechs seize Prague and renounce Hapsburg's rule. | |
1919 | Madrid opens a subway system. | |
1921 | Russian Soviets grant Crimean independence. | |
1939 | President Franklin D. Roosevelt bans war submarines from U.S. ports and waters. | |
1944 | Lt. General Joseph Stilwell is recalled from China by president Franklin Roosevelt. | |
1950 | The First Turkish Brigade arrives in Korea to assist the U.N. forces fighting there. | |
1967 | A Russian unmanned spacecraft makes the first landing on the surface of Venus. | |
1968 | US athletes Tommi Smith and John Carlos suspended by US Olympic Committee for giving "black power" salute while receiving their medals at the Olympic Games in Mexico City. | |
2003 | Bolivian president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada resigns in the wake of protests centered around Bolivia's natural gas resources. | |
2007 | Suicide attack on a motorcade in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 139 and wounds 450; the subject of the attack, Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, is not harmed. |
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New changes for Formula 1
thanks to CS and Dutch
Peter
Note the new aero Packages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk-JKrs0rrc&ab_channel=VINwiki
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Thanks to Clint
Subject: This is not the 10 commandments.....
Be kind to yourself and others.
Wear a mask. – Carol
Dedicated to those who really must watch their diets. I think you will way Amen.
This is not the 10 commandments.....
And God sighed.... This is NOT the 10 commandments
I think this is hilarious! I NEVER HEARD CREATION EXPLAINED THIS WAY
1. In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth and populated the Earth with broccoli, cauliflower and spinach, green and yellow and red vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives.
2. Then using God's great gifts, Satan created Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream and Krispy Creme Donuts. And Satan said, "You want chocolate with that?" And Man said, "Yes!" and Woman said, "and as long as you're at it, add some sprinkles." And they gained 10 pounds. And Satan smiled.
3. And God created the healthful yogurt that Woman might keep the figure that Man found so fair. And Satan brought forth white flour from the wheat, and sugar from the cane and combined them. And Woman went from size 6 to size 14.
4. So God said, "Try my fresh green salad." And Satan presented Thousand-Island Dressing, buttery croutons and garlic toast on the side . And Man and Woman unfastened their belts following the repast.
5. God then said, "I have sent you heart healthy vegetables and olive oil in which to cook them. And Satan brought forth deep fried fish and chicken-fried steak so big it needed its own platter. And Man gained more weight and his cholesterol went through the roof.
6. God then created a light, fluffy white cake, named it "Angel Food Cake" and said, "It is good." Satan then created chocolate cake and named it "Devil's Food."
7 . G od then brought forth running shoes so that his children might lose those extra pounds. And Satan gave cable TV with a remote control so Man would not have to toil changing the channels. And Man and Woman laughed and cried before the flickering blue light and gained pounds.
8 . Then God brought forth the potato, naturally low in fat and brimming with nutrition. And Satan peeled off the healthful skin and sliced the starchy center into chips and deep-fried them. And Man gained pounds .
9 . God then gave lean beef so that Man might consume fewer calories and still satisfy his appetite. And Satan created McDonald's and its 99-cent double cheeseburger. Then said, "You want fries with that?" And Man replied, "Yes! And super-size them!" And Satan said, "It is good." And Man went into cardiac arrest.
10 . God sighed and created quadruple bypass surgery.
. Then Satan created the Health Care System. Amen.
If you don't send this to five old friends right away there will be five fewer people laughing in the world.
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Thanks to Shawn
Skip,
The story about the old Naval Aviator touched a soft spot in my heart.? Although no where near as dramatic, there is a story of my dad and his best friend, Doc, who he met early in his Navy career, and their trip to visit their old plane.??
They were both flight engineers on the Martin JRM Mars aircraft (pictured below,) a large, 4 engine amphibious transport that carried personnel and gear between San Diego, Alameda and Honolulu, among other places, in the late 40s.? The giant aircraft were retired from the Navy, and in 1959, 4 were purchased by a Canadian company and refitted with water tanks and plumbing to become firefighting platforms against forest fires? (also pictured.)? They were based at Sproat Lake on Vancouver Island.
Back in the late 80s, my dad and Doc, along with their wives, vacationed up in the Puget Sound area, and decided to take a side trip to Sproat Lake to see if they could get a look at their old airplane.? They were met warmly by the folks at the?Forest Industries Flying Tankers and were taken onboard one of the aircraft.? The Forest Industries people chuckled when Dad and Doc sat down immediately at the flight engineer's panel rather than going first to the cockpit, as every other guest had always done.??The folks at Flying Tankers continued occasional correspondence with Dad for the next few years, always bring a proud smile to his face.
Later in his career, Dad was commissioned and sent to the first class of Naval Flight Officers at NAS Glynco, GA.? (I may be the first 2nd generation NFO, but who knows.)? He flew in EC-121 Constellations up on the DEW Line across northern Canada, and in N class Blimps flying ASW and AEW missions out of Lakehurst NJ.? He retired as a LCDR in 1967.
Sl?inte,
OShawnShawn O'Shaughnessy
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Thanks to Walt
Bin Laden's niece pens a letter to America
A short search indicates the letter is authentic. I'm surprised I haven't seen it until now.
One of the most powerful letters I have ever read, from Noor Bin Ladin, Osama Bin Laden's niece.
https://www.noorbinladin.com/letter
Walt
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This Day in U.S. Military History
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This Day in U S Military History
1775 – The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine) prompts the Continental Congress to establish the Continental Navy. The Burning of Falmouth was an attack by a fleet of Royal Navy vessels on the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts (site of the modern city of Portland, Maine, and not to be confused with the modern towns of Falmouth, Massachusetts or Falmouth, Maine). The fleet was commanded by Captain Henry Mowat. The attack began with a naval bombardment which included incendiary shot, followed by a landing party meant to complete the town's destruction. The attack was the only major event in what was supposed to be a campaign of retaliation against ports that supported Patriot activities in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. Among the colonies, news of the attack led to rejection of British authority and the establishment of independent governments. It also led the Second Continental Congress to contest British Naval dominance by forming a Continental Navy. Both Mowat and his superior, Vice-Admiral Samuel Graves, who had ordered Mowat's expedition, suffered professionally as a consequence of the act.
1776 – At the Battle of Pelham Col. John Glover and the Marblehead regiment collided with British Forces in the Bronx. Sir William Howe, Commander-in-Chief of the British army, landed 4,000 English and Hessian troops near the stables on Pelham Parkway in an action which became the first permanent invasion of the American mainland in the American Revolution. Howe's objective was to outflank the American army by marching west across today's Bronx along the Boston Post Road. This would also cut off Washington's vital supply route from New England and enable the British to surround Washington and quickly end the rebellion. However, 600 seamen from the Boston area, led by Colonel John Glover, and fighting from behind Pelham Manor's stone walls put an end to Howe's plan and saved Washington's army. The main significance of the Battle of Pelham lay in the fact that it bought time for Washington to remove the American army from an extremely perilous position and to retreat to White Plains. It is for this reason that the Battle of Pelham has been called the battle that saved the American Revolution.
1812 – U.S. sloop of war Wasp captures HM brig Frolic. Folic had been separated from a convoy by a storm. While repairing damage, the Wasp came into view and was at first taken for a part of the convoy. On October 18th the "Wasp" moved toward the British ship. The "Frolic" hoisted Spanish colors, this keep the strange ship from pursuing the convoy. At 11:30 a.m. the two ships were sailing no more than 60 yards apart. The "Wasp" fired her port guns, and the "Frolic" fired her starboard guns. The British ship fired rapidly, delivering three broadsides to the American's two. Both crews cheered wildly as the battle became heated. The "Wasp" was landing more shot than the British ship. The ocean was very rough, the crew of the "Frolic" fired their cannon when they were on the crest of the waves. The Americans fired their guns on the lower part of the waves. But in spite of the weather both ships fire was well directed. At 11:36 a.m. the "Wasp's" maintop-mast was shot away and fell with it's yard. At 11:46 a.m. her mizzentop -gallant mast came down and by 11:52 every brace and most of her rigging had been shot away. The British ship however, had been severely damaged in her hull and lower masts. The "Wasp" gradually moved ahead and raked the "Frolic" with a devastating effect. The American ship fired again, this caused many casualties on the "Frolic". The ships came together, and after one failed attempt because of rough seas the Americans boarded the British ship. Not one Englishman was there to stop the crew of the "Wasp" from boarding. The man at the wheel was dazed but still at his post. Captain Whinyates and Lieutenant Wintle were wounded so severely that they could not stand without support. The crew of the "Frolic" could not fight any longer and Lieutenant Biddle lowered the flag at 12:15 just 43 minutes after the battle had started. The American ship had been damaged severely in her rigging but only two or three shots struck her hull. The American's had 5 killed and 5 wounded. The British had 30 killed and 60 wounded. The American ship "Wasp" had a crew of 135 and carried 9 guns. The British ship "Frolic" had a crew of 110 and carried 10 guns.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
THOMPSON, MAX
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company K, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Haaren, Germany, 18 October 1944. Entered service at: Prescott, Ariz. Birth: Bethel, N.C. G.O. No.: 47, 18 June 1945. Citation: On 18 October 1944, Company K, 18th Infantry, occupying a position on a hill near Haaren, Germany, was attacked by an enemy infantry battalion supported by tanks. The assault was preceded by an artillery concentration, lasting an hour, which inflicted heavy casualties on the company. While engaged in moving wounded men to cover, Sgt. Thompson observed that the enemy had overrun the positions of the 3d Platoon. He immediately attempted to stem the enemy's advance single-handedly. He manned an abandoned machinegun and fired on the enemy until a direct hit from a hostile tank destroyed the gun. Shaken and dazed, Sgt. Thompson picked up an automatic rifle and although alone against the enemy force which was pouring into the gap in our lines, he fired burst after burst, halting the leading elements of the attack and dispersing those following. Throwing aside his automatic rifle, which had jammed, he took up a rocket gun, fired on a light tank, setting it on fire. By evening the enemy had been driven from the greater part of the captured position but still held 3 pillboxes. Sgt. Thompson's squad was assigned the task of dislodging the enemy from these emplacements. Darkness having fallen and finding that fire of his squad was ineffective from a distance, Sgt. Thompson crawled forward alone to within 20 yards of 1 of the pillboxes and fired grenades into it. The Germans holding the emplacement concentrated their fire upon him. Though wounded, he held his position fearlessly, continued his grenade fire, and finally forced the enemy to abandon the blockhouse. Sgt. Thompson's courageous leadership inspired his men and materially contributed to the clearing of the enemy from his last remaining hold on this important hill position.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for October 18, 2020 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
18 October
1911: Capt George W. McKay, Michigan National Guard, was the first National Guardsman to qualify as a pilot. He received FAI pilot certificate number 67. (5) (21)
1918: Maj Charles Biddle, the 13th Pursuit Squadron's Commander, downed his eighth German fighter in a fierce dogfight over Verdun. (4)
1922: Brig Gen William "Billy" Mitchell used Lt Russell L. Maughan's Curtiss R-6 racing biplane, powered by a D-12 Curtiss Conqueror engine, to set a world speed record of 222.97 MPH over a one-kilometer course near Mount Clemens. (9)
1950: KOREAN WAR. An RB-29 crew spotted more than 75 fighters at Antung Airfield, China, just across the Yalu River from N. Korea. That intelligence suggested that Communist China might intervene in the war. (28)
1961: NASA fired a Scout rocket to an altitude of 4,261 miles in a study of the ionosphere. (24) The USAF announced that its H-43B Huskie rescue helicopter had ascended to 32,840 feet to set a world altitude record for light (Class E-1d) helicopters. (24)
1962: NASA launched Ranger V, a lunar probe, from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas-Agena B booster. A failure of the spacecraft's power system, however, made the planned television transmission of moon pictures impossible. The probe vehicle passed within 450 miles of the moon and entered a solar orbit. (24) CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. The Air Force Reserves mobilized eight troop carrier wings and six aerial port squadrons for the Cuban Missile Crisis. (21)
1965: The 107 TFG, New York ANG, became the first tactical ANG unit to deploy to the Pacific for a joint-service exercise in peacetime. (16) (26)
1967: OSO IV, the 3,000th man-made sent into space, returned data on solar effects on communications.
1977: A Program Management Directive redesignated the F-15A and F-15B as the F-15C and F-15D, respectively. (30)
1984: First B-1B flight completed at Palmdale. (12) Through 20 October, the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center arranged search and rescue missions for 47 people during heavy snows, high winds, and low temperatures in Colorado and New Mexico. (16) (26)
1985: First flight of an F-111 aircraft with the Mission Adaptive Wing took place at Edwards AFB. The wing had no flaps, slats, ailerons, or spoilers, but used internal hydraulic actuators to change its camber in flight. The wing also had a flexible composite covering to maintain a smooth surface. According to the Boeing Military Airplane Company, the wing produced a 25 to 30 percent increase in range and maneuverability to give the F-111 tighter sustained maneuvers for evasive action and survivability, increased fatigue life, better handling, and a more stable weapons platform.
1995: Lockheed rolled out its first C-130J (Tail No. 5408).
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