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Piqued by that other ask, what exactly are Ley Lines? From what I know they're just lines drawn between monuments that allegedly have some significance.

Got it in one chief. There are lots of explanations for how they work, be it seismic currents or electromagnetic winds or veins of telluric energy created by the rotation of the earth.

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You're passing through Wonka's factory and through a doorway you see what is distinctly the body of Christ being fed into a big wacky machine

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your public apologize from val's tax stream is still living rent free in my head. you did so many jokes per minute, truly incredible work 👏

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"miss" Sephora did not understand that I only buy cosmetics tested on animals. If I am brought to my limit I will find animals to test on my self

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they made pikachu in order to change the world. it was a dark time untill pikachu came around. lightning storms and terror wrecked the world. but then they made pikachu. pilachu stopped the lughtning with its beautiful power. pikachu was a light to those experiencing terror. pialchu is so important to this world. wow. isnt that amazinf.

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i can see all information

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happy what do tuesday's tuesday

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many inquisitive minds of the past have asked themselves the question: can one really attain the "perfect mackle?" is there really a sweet spot at which one has mackled just enough? where to mackle less would be deprivation, but to mackle further would be indulgence? the equation seems simple on the surface, yet its solution has eluded even the most determined macklers for centuries

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girls love him for his poor posture and pathetic demeanor

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Early Richmond Cherry. Complete descriptive catalogue of fruit, shade and ornamental trees. 1901.

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Work in progress preview of a piece for an art show 👁️ Posca pens on wood

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I now know why there was a “Big Tail SR-71🌟

Thanks to this article by @Tony Landis

Tony Landis is a well-known photographer of all the Blackbirds and a great guy. I met him at the Blackbird reunion last June. The reasons for Big Tail were that they wanted a camera that they could use in all weather, good or bad and that ECM electric countermeasures extend to cover the back of the Habu.

The countermeasures that they had were excellent they proved their worth by confusing the enemy so much that we believe it’s possible that one MiG shot itself accidentally. In another story that I reported on Darrell Cobb's SR-71 Pilot expressed that he felt it was highly possible. facebook.com/10008732525369…?

Big Tail - One of a Kind Variant

Shortly after the first SR-71s began flying operational missions over North Vietnam, the Air Force was looking into ways of expanding the capabilities of the aircraft. With the interchangeable noses, mission planners had to choose from flying either optical cameras or side-looking radar, depending upon the mission requirements and the weather over the target area.

Unfortunately several missions were rendered useless when weather over the target area prevented the use of the optical camera systems installed. There was also the possibility that future ground defenses had the ability to reach the SR-71 from behind since it carried no aft facing countermeasures.

In 1974, the Air Force identified a requirement for aft facing ECM requirement on the SR-71. Several proposals examined by the Air Force included conformal packages, belly pods as well as an extended tail fairing. After researching all the possibilities, the extended tail appeared to be the most viable option based on lowest cost, added volume and least aerodynamic drag.

The new “Big Tail” assembly is 13-feet, 9-inches long and weighs 1,273 lbs. with 49 cubic feet of space to carry 864 lbs. of payload.

🌟The primary payload consisted of aft-facing ECM as well as the 24-inch Optical Bar Camera.

The new assembly needed to articulate 8.5 degrees up and down to clear the runway during take-off and landing.

The tenth SR-71 built (61-7959) was selected to receive the new modification. This aircraft was already being used for flight test duties at Palmdale at the time so there would be no effect on the operational fleet. Between April and November 1975, ‘959 received the modification with the new tail fairing; necessary modifications included a 51-inch adapter unit for the new tail, air conditioning for cameras and other equipment as well as routing the fuel vent along the upper surface of the tail. In addition to the tail modification, chine bays were modified to accommodate the 24-inch Optical Bar Camera.

SR-71A fueling

The modified tail assembly shows up well in this view as SR-71A 61-7959 ‘Big Tail’ takes on fuel from a KC-135Q tanker aircraft. The extended tail required the fuel dump port to be routed across the top of the new tail assembly.

With the stress and vibration testing completed, ‘Big Tail’ was taken out for the first high-speed taxi test on November 20, 1975, by Lockheed test crew Darrell Greenamyer (pilot) and Steven Belgeau (Reconnaissance Systems Officer-RSO). Two weeks later, on December 3, the same crew took Big Tail up on its first flight. Lasting just over one hour. Before turning the aircraft over to Air Force test crews, Greenamyer performed 4 solo flights to prove the system could be run by just a single crewmember. The RSO’s seat is occupied by a ballast dummy affectionately known as “Sierra Sam”.

Once Lockheed crews proved the system worked, the Air Force took over all flight testing. Tom Pugh and Bob Riedenauer became the pilots and RSO duties went to William Frazier and John Carnochan with the first Air Force flight taking place on May 5, 1976.

Over the next 6 months these Air Force crews made 23 flights in ‘Big Tail’, testing various camera systems in the tail and chine bays, as well as new ECM systems.

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"The Earth is listening" painting by Mikhail Pyaskovsky, USSR, 1988.

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how is tin's melting point only 230°C / 450°F. that's the temperature I roast brussels sprouts.

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