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206 victory ace and Gruppekommandeur I./JG 54 Grünherz (Green Heart), Hauptmann Hans Philipp in his Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4, Petäjärvi, Finland, 11 Aug 1942. For more, see my Facebook group - Eagles Of The Reich

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JG 54 Bf 109 F takes out a Soviet LaGG-3 in the skies over Leningrad in early 1942

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1942 03 12 Polikarpov I-16 aces cover - Mark Postlethwaite

The I-16 took a beating from the Jagdwaffe during the first few months of the 'Great Patriotic War', as the obsolescent fighter struggled to match the performance of the Bf 109E/F. Occasionally, however, the nimble Polikarpov fighter hit back, especially when flown by a skilled pilot such as Lt Vasiliy Golubev. On the morning of 12 March 1942 he had led his 3rd Squadron of 4th GvIAP in an attack on the railway station at Mga, near Lake Lodoga. The mission was being flown in support of an offensive launched that day by the Soviet 54th Army from the southern shore of the frozen lake, which was situated near the Finnish border. Having attacked their target without interference from German fighters, the I-16 pilots knew that they would almost certainly be bounced on their way home. In fact, the Me 109Fs of 1./JG 54 waited until the Soviet pilots were almost back over their airfield before they made their move. Golubev, who had seen combat in I-16s since the start of the war flying with the Air Force of the Baltic Fleet, had dropped slightly behind the main body of Soviet fighters so as to protect the rear of the formation. He soon spotted two Me 109Fs heading towards them above the treetops;'A pair of enemy fighters stayed low and closed on us - they had swallowed the bait. They thought we were easy meat, but wanted to show off by shooting us down right over our own airfield. That was what I'd been waiting for. I accelerated and climbed.'With 13 victories already to his credit, Golubev knew exactly how to get the most out of his I-16, and he soon shot the lead Bf 109 down in a head-on pass; 'I got the leader in my gunsight when he was about 500 metres away. Now I had just a second-and- half left - it was death or glory.The fingers of my right hand instinctively pressed the machine gun firing button and three streaks of fire pierced the slender Messerschmitt's fuselage like some magic lightning strikes. Not waiting to see the outcome, I made a sharp turn and saw the second "Messer" attempting to flee above and ahead of me. Instinctively, I pulled the firing handle, hardly bothering to assess the necessary deflection, and launched all four underwing RS-82 rockets in his direction. Four black clouds from the explosions appeared just behind the tail of the enemy fighter, but the "Messer" continued climbing steeply. I had no chance of catching him.'A few moments later, its elevators jammed by debris from the rockets, the second Bf 109 hit the treetops and crashed on its belly on the edge of the Soviet airfield. The German pilot extricated himself from the wreckage of his fighter but subsequently died of the wounds he had received in the crash. The latter was almost certainly 26-victory ace Unteroffizier Hans Schwartzkopf, although the identity of the first pilot remains a mystery. Golubev would eventually claim 19 victories with the I-16, and survive the war with a tally of 39 and 12 shared kills to his name

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RIP MATTHEW PERRY :(

Terkaget kemarin pagi liat berita di twitter dan lsg trentop. Iya Matthew Perry meninggal dunia. Mr. Chandler Bing my fav character! Sempet gapercaya kukira itu hoax, tapi beritanya makin ramai dan akun2 berita official centang biru dan bahkan dari akun Friends nya di medsos pun udah ngasih announcement itu. Ya Allah knp yah sedih, lagi sedih dan kacau liat berita tentang palestina yg perdetiknya selalu berita buruk eeh ditambah berita ttg chandler. Berasa kehilangan teman gituloh padahal blio ngga kenal aku (ya mana mungkin).

Matty meninggal di umur 54 thn dan blio member termuda dan meninggal duluan drpd geng Friends lainnya. Meninggalnya tenggelam saat lg berendam di Jacuzzi, kronologinya belom tau jg, aku terlalu berduka utk nyari tau hiks. Sepanjang hari timeline dan feeds ig ku isinya potongan2 scene chandler yg bikin ngakak itu! Skrg liatnya ttp lucu tp berbalut kesedihan krn orgnya udah ngga ada. Kaya gif yg aku pasang diatas ini, yaampun sedih bener sampe menitikkan air mata. Chandler dan joey berpelukan haru haaaaaaaaa :(((

Aku tau series Friends wkt SD, tp gaboleh nonton krn tayangnya malem dan utk dewasa (begog bgt jg pgn nonton), ngga pgn sih cuma skedar tau krn belom tertarik sama series dewasa. Udah kuliah ngga jg pun nyari dan donlot dari jalur harom malah suka sitkom yg lg hype saat itu How I Met Your Mother. Sukaaak inipunnn. Thn 2014 pernah tuh bentar blg Net tv nayangin Friends tp ngga lama, ada 10 season, 1 seasonnya bisa sampe belasan/puluhan ep tp 1 ep nya cuma 20 menit jd gaboringgg. Dahlah pasrah aja, msh belom nyari jalur harom jg. Thn 2015 berlangganan tv kabel, naaaaah baru ngikutin Friends bgt, tayangnya setelah series Big Bang Theory, baru Friends.. Wlpn diulang2 tetep suka dan lucu haaaa knp sihhh lucu bgt. Sampe pacarku @sagarmatha13 tau ritual nonton Friendsku. Disaat blio suka bgt Game of Thrones saat itu lg ngejer marathon bgt hahaha.

Ya, karakter fav aku nih chandler bgt. Saat pacaran sama monica aja aku happy. Mondler my faaavvv. Romance chandler x joey ngga kalah serunya, krn sebelumnya mreka roomate kaaan. Nah pas berlangganan Netflix ada tuh series Friends, senangnya hatikuuu, suka ku rewatch kalo lg sedih, butuh hiburan, stress. Sampe konversasinya aja dikit2 hafal wkwk. Nah 2 thn kmrn gt mreka reunian dong, ditayangin sama HBO. Gasabar bgt bgt. Pas hari itu tiba, mreka ngumpul lg udah pada tua, kerutan wajah bnyk, ubanan ih sedih bgt. Trus selama nostalgia itu mengharukan bgt akupun ikut nangis, belom lg mreka ttp bisa ngelucu laah. Dahlah emg Friends tuh my all time fav series besttt of the besssttt unbeatable bgt.

Jadi pengen rewatch lg, tapi pasti skrg nontonnya sambil sedih deh. Chandler udah ngga ada :( padahal biasanya nontoninnya cari hiburan biar ngga sedih..

Terimakasih Matty utk talenta yg luar biasa yg kamu punya bisa membuat org terhibur, tertawa, melupakan masalah sejenak dgn jokes2nya. Rest in love Matty, chandler bing! Gone too soon..

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Supermarine Spitfire | Classic Warbirds

As the Royal Air Force entered the 1930s biplane fighters were still considered the way forward by the Air Ministry. So when on the 1st October 1931 they issued Specification F.7/30 it was to be Gloster's Gladiator biplane design that would be ordered into production. The aircraft Supermarine submitted was the Type 224, a monoplane design with fixed undercarriage which was powered by a Rolls-Royce Goshawk engine. Its top speed was only 228 mph, 22 mph slower than the top speed of 250 mph which the Specification called for. Despite the disappointing performance of the aircraft, the experience and data gathered would prove beneficial for Supermarine's next design.

Supermarine submitted their new design, the Supermarine Type 300, produced under the leadership of Reginald Joseph Mitchell, and this would also be powered by the Rolls-Royce Goshawk engine. Despite the improvements no order was forthcoming from the Air Ministry. However, a change of engine to the Rolls-Royce PV.12, later to become the Merlin, saw a prototype ordered on the 1st December 1934 with Specification F.37/34 issued on the 3rd January 1935 for the prototype to be built.

The prototype Spitfire was powered by a 900-hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 'C' engine and Captain Joseph Summers piloted the aircraft on its maiden flight on the 5th March 1936. The 26th March 1936 saw the Spitfire prototype arrive at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Martlesham Heath. 310 Spitfire Mk Is were ordered on the 3rd June 1936. Fifteen days later on the 18th June 1936 in front of three hundred invited guests the aircraft made its first appearance during an open day at Vickers. This was followed on the 27th June 1936 when the public got their first taste of this new aircraft at the RAF Display, Hendon, with the 28th July 1936 seeing the aircraft officially named the Spitfire. Sadly the following year on the 11th June 1937 Reginald Joseph Mitchell passed away, with development of the Spitfire given to Joe Smith.

The maiden Spitfire Mk I first flew on the 14th May 1938 and was powered by the 1,030-hp Rolls-Royce Merlin II engine, giving it a top speed of 364 mph, range of 425 miles and a service ceiling of 34,500 ft. Initially only half of the intended eight 0.303-in machine-guns were fitted due to supply shortages and when Spitfires with eight machine-guns did appear they were designated as Spitfire Mk IAs. A small number of Spitfire Mk IBs with two 20mm cannons appeared in 1940 for operational trials, but as the cannon kept jamming as a result of having to be fitted on their side due to the Spitfire's thin wing, which led to cartridge cases not dispersing properly in certain situations, these were withdrawn.

The first Spitfire Mk I entered service 26 months after the initial order was placed, when No. 19 Squadron, based at RAF Duxford, received the first on the 4th August 1938. A further eight squadrons would be equipped with the type by the time the Second World War (1939 – 1945) started in September 1939. The next month would see the Spitfire score its first victories, when on the 16th October 1939, two Junkers Ju 88 A-1s of I./KG 30 were shot down over the Firth of Forth, one by No. 602 Squadron and the other by No. 603 Squadron, these were the first German aircraft shot down over Britain in the Second World War. The following month saw a Spitfire PR Mk IA deployed to France followed by a Spitfire PR Mk IB, but these would serve in the reconnaissance role only, it wouldn't be until the 12th May 1940 that a fighter version of the Spitfire would operate over Europe with its first engagement against the Messerschmitt Bf 109 occurring eleven days later on the 23rd May 1940 when Nos. 54 and 74 Squadron engaged Bf 109Es of I./JG 27. As the Battle of Britain (10th July 1940 - 31st October 1940) loomed, during July 1940 a total of nineteen squadrons were now equipped with the Spitfire. Alongside the Hawker Hurricane the pair formed a formidable partnership.

Serving as a prototype of the Spitfire Mk II, a Spitfire Mk I was fitted with a 1,150-hp Rolls-Royce Merlin XII engine, with the 24th September 1939 seeing the first flight. The production Spitfire Mk II was powered by the 1,175-hp Rolls-Royce Merlin XII which enabled a top speed of 370 mph, range of 500 miles and a service ceiling of 32,500 ft. Armament was eight 0.303-in machine-guns and this made its operational debut on the 31st August 1940. Some Spitfire Mk IIBs had the same two 20mm cannon armament of the Spitfire Mk IB, with the addition of blisters in the wings to help overcome the jamming issues. When Fighter Command started their offensive fighter sweeps, known as Rhubarbs, over Europe on the 20th December 1940 it was with No. 66 Squadron and a pair of their Spitfire Mk IIs. Spitfires would also take part in the first Royal Air Force Circus operation on the 10th January 1941. They would be part of a force of fighters escorting six Bristol Blenheims of No. 114 Squadron when they attacked an ammunition dump at Foret de Guines, France.

The Spitfire Mk III was the next in the lineage but would never progress past a single prototype. This intended version would have a number of improvements such as clipped wings, by 2 ft on each wing, stronger undercarriage, retractable tail wheel and a type 'C' universal wing able to take different armament and a internal laminated bullet-proof windscreen. The prototype was a converted Spitfire Mk I which was powered by a 1,240-hp Rolls-Royce Merlin XX and this flew on the 15th March 1940. Although an order was placed for the Spitfire Mk III it would later be cancelled due to a shortage of available Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Despite not entering service a number of the features from the Spitfire Mk III would appear on later Spitfires.

The next version was the Spitfire Mk V, with the 26th December 1940 seeing the prototype make its first flight. This was intended to be a stopgap measure but would go on to be the most produced and used Spitfire variant. Powered by the 1,470-hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 45 engine which gave it a top speed of 375 mph, a range of 470 miles and a service ceiling of 35,500 ft. Armament was four 0.303-in machine-guns and two 20mm cannons. The Spitfire Mk V began to enter service during February 1941 with No. 92 Squadron based at RAF Biggin Hill being the first to receive the type. The Spitfire Mk VB would be the first of the type to serve overseas as fighters, when Malta received fifteen which were flown from HMS Eagle (94) on the 7th March 1942. Tropicalised Spitfire Mk VBs which had an air intake filter under the nose were sent to the Middle East during May 1942. With the arrival of No. 54 Squadron based at RAAF Station Darwin in January 1943 they became the first to use Spitfire Mk Vs in the Pacific. 1943 also saw some Spitfire LF Mk Vs appear with clipped wings and these were powered by a 1,585-hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 45M engine for low altitude operations.

During December 1939 the use of a Rolls-Royce Griffon to power the Spitfire was conceived, but engine development delays meant it would be a further two years before a prototype could be ordered. A tailored Specification F.4/41 was written for the aircraft which was given the designation Spitfire Mk IV, and two prototypes were ordered on the 26th May 1941, and on the 23rd August 1941 750 were ordered. Only one prototype was built in the end and this was powered by a 1,445-hp Rolls-Royce Griffon RG 25M IIB engine and had a top speed of 423 mph and was to be armed with up to six 20mm cannons, and this flew on the 27th November 1941 for the first time with Jeffrey Quill at the controls. In the end the aircraft would not enter production with the 750 Spitfire Mk IVs ordered being built as either Spitfire Mk VB or Spitfire Mk VCs instead. The Spitfire Mk IV prototype would be renamed to Spitfire Mk XX, to avoid confusion with a Spitfire photo reconnaissance version which was renamed to Spitfire Mk IV, before becoming the prototype Spitfire Mk XII.

To counteract German bombers operating at high altitude the Spitfire HF Mk VI appeared with a Spitfire Mk VB used as a base with the introduction of a 1,415-hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 47, giving the aircraft a top speed of 364 mph, range of 475 miles and able to operate at 40,000 ft, extended wing tips, by about 4 ft on each wing, a pressurised Cabin and two 20mm Hispano cannons. The prototype making its first flight on the 26th June 1941. The Spitfire HF Mk VI entered service during April 1942 with No. 616 Squadron at RAF Kings Cliffe and scored its first aerial victory on the 25th May 1942, shooting down a Dornier Do 217, and was used as an interim aircraft until the Spitfire HF Mk VII appeared which was the first variant to be designed to take the two-stage Rolls-Royce Merlin 60 engine. This featured a number of modifications and was in fact powered by the 1,565-hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 61 engine, giving it a top speed of 416 mph and these entered operational service during March 1943 with No. 124 Squadron based at RAF North Weald.

The Spitfire Mk VIII was essentially the same as its predecessor, but without a pressurised cockpit. The aircraft had a top speed of 408 mph, a range of 680 miles with a service ceiling of 43,000 ft. Armament consisted of four 0.303-in machine guns and two 20mm cannons. The first Spitfire Mk VIII flew during November 1942 and the type would first enter service with Nos. 125 and 145 Squadron based at RAF Luqa in Malta during June 1943.

When the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 appeared during August 1941 it was to prove superior to aircraft in service with the Royal Air Force at the time. In an effort to match the Fw 190's performance a Spitfire Mk VC was modified and fitted with a 1,660-hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 61 and this variant, known as the Spitfire Mk IX, made its maiden flight on the 26th February 1942. It had a top speed of 408 mph, a range of 434 miles, a service ceiling of 43,000 ft and armament consisted of two 20mm cannons and four 0.303-in machine-guns. It was with No. 64 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch that the Spitfire Mk IX made its operational debut on the 28th July 1942. The month before the aircraft entered service, the RAF had been able to test the type against a captured Fw 190A-3, and found the aircraft evenly matched against the Luftwaffe's latest fighter. The Spitfire Mk IX claimed its first victory over a Fw 190 on the 30th July 1942. When a Spitfire Mk IX of the Special Service (High Altitude) Flight based at RAF Northolt intercepted a Junkers Ju 86R in the skies above Southampton two months later on the 12th September 1942 at 43,000ft it would be the highest aerial battle of the Second World War.

On the 10th June 1944 at the Advanced Landing Ground B3, Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer, France a Spitfire Mk IX of No. 144 (Canadian) Wing, RAF, made up of Nos. 441, 442 and 443 Squadrons, Royal Canadian Air Force, touched down, becoming the first aircraft of the RAF to be stationed on mainland France since June 1940. It would also be a Spitfire Mk IX, this time from No. 401 Squadron, RCAF, that on the 5th October 1944 claimed the first Messerschmitt Me 262 to be shot down by an Allied aircraft. Although intended as an interim Spitfire, the aircraft would still be in service at the end of hostilities in Europe during May 1945.

The next two variants were both photo reconnaissance examples. The Spitfire PR Mk X was powered by the 1,710-hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 64 engine which gave the aircraft a top speed of 417 mph, range of 1,370 miles with a service ceiling of 43,000 ft. No armament was fitted. May 1944 would see the Spitfire PR Mk X enter service with the Royal Air Force when Nos. 541 and 542 Squadron received the first deliveries of the aircraft. The Spitfire PR Mk XI followed and whilst its top speed matched the Spitfire PR Mk X its range was slightly less at 1,200 miles and its service ceiling higher at 44,000 ft. It was also unarmed. This would make its maiden flight on the 21st November 1942 and No. 541 Squadron, RAF Benson would receive the first examples the following month.

A Spitfire Mk IA would provide the basis for the Spitfire PR Mk XIII prototype which flew for the first time on the 16th February 1943. Two months later in April 1943 No. 542 Squadron at RAF Benson would receive the first examples. Powered by the 1,645-hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 32 engine the Spitfire PR Mk XIII had a top speed of 342 mph, range of 700 miles with a service ceiling of 35,000 ft. Although used for photo reconnaissance it was armed with four 0.303-in machine-guns.

Up next was the Spitfire Mk XIV and the prototype made its maiden flight on the 20th January 1943. It would enter service the following year on the 4th January 1944 when No. 610 Squadron, RAF Exeter began to take delivery of the type. Powered by the 2,035-hp Rolls-Royce Griffon 65 engine the Spitfire Mk XIV had a top speed of 439 mph, range of 465 miles with a service ceiling of 43,000 ft. Armament was a pair of 0.50-in machine-guns and a pair of 20mm cannons with 500lb bombs or rocket projectiles. During November 1942 thoughts had started to turn to a successor for the Spitfire and this would see a Spitfire Mk XIV fitted with a laminar flow wing. This would fly for the first time during June 1944 and would be known as the Supermarine Spiteful. In the end only a small number were built and it would never enter operational service.

With the development of a new wing, with the plan to use a Spitfire Mk 22 as the basis for the Spitfire Mk 23, aimed at improving diving and high speed performance, fitted to a Spitfire Mk VIII in July 1944 testing began. The results from these were disappointing, so a Spitfire Mk 21 prototype would form the basis of a new Spitfire Mk 23 prototype. Once again the results were unsatisfactory, so the aircraft, which was to have been called the Supermarine Valiant, was scrapped.

A two-seater Spitfire was considered as a possible aircraft for the export market and during 1944 a small team was formed to convert the design into a two-seater configuration. Despite planning to build 48 aircraft, which would be designated Spitfire Mk TR 8, only a sole example was built. Some of the Spitfires supplied to the Soviet Union were modified into two-seaters during the Second World War. These were to train Soviet pilots on the type. In January 1946 Supermarine converted 25 Spitfire Mk IXs, designated either Spitfire TR 9 or Spitfire T Mk IX, into two-seaters and these would be sold to the Netherlands, India, Ireland and Egypt.

The idea of a naval version of the Spitfire was first raised in 1938, but it wouldn't be until December 1941 that the idea was looked at again. This would lead to the Supermarine Seafire being developed for the Fleet Air Arm. A Spitfire floatplane was also produced, five Spitfires would be modified and fitted with floats before the idea was scrapped.

The Spitfire would remain in service with the Royal Air Force until 1957. The fighter version made its last operation on the 1st January 1951 when a Spitfire Mk XVIII of No. 60 Squadron attacked targets in Malaya. The very last operational use of the Spitfire was on the 1st April 1954 by a Spitfire PR XIX of No. 81 Squadron, Malaya with a Spitfire Mk XIX of the Temperature and Humidity Flight at RAF Woodvale performing the last flight by an RAF Spitfire in active service on the 10th June 1957. This wasn't the end of the Spitfire story in the Royal Air Force as during 1963 a Spitfire PR XIX would be brought out of retirement to take part in trials against the English Electric Lightning. This was so tactics against piston-engined aircraft could be developed as there was a chance the Lightning may come up against the North American P-51 Mustangs being used by the Indonesian Air Force during the Indonesia – Malaysian Confrontation (1963 – 1966).

In total over 30 countries would use the Spitfire in various guises. They would see action with the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front and the United States Army Air Force and Free French Air Force would also use the aircraft. Post-war saw the type serve with the Swedish Air Force.

The last Spitfire to be built was a Spitfire F.24, and this made its first flight on the 24th February 1948, bringing an end to Spitfire production which had began in May 1938 and saw a total of 20,334 built. It was the only Allied fighter already in production at the start of the Second World War to remain in production throughout the war.

Technical Details

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Top Speed Range Service Ceiling Armament

Spitfire Mk I 364 mph 425 miles 34,500 ft eight 0.303-in machine-guns

Spitfire Mk I side profile image

Spitfire Mk II 370 mph 500 miles 32,800 ft eight 0.303-in machine-guns

Spitfire Mk IIA side profile image

Spitfire Mk III Single aircraft converted from a Mk I then converted to a Mk V then to the Mk IX prototype.

Spitfire Mk V 375 mph 470 miles 35,500 ft four 0.303-in machine-guns

two 20mm cannons

Spitfire Mk VB side profile image

Spitfire Mk IV Powered by the 1,445-hp Rolls-Royce Griffon RG 25M IIB engine, only one built.

Renamed later on as Mk XX before becoming the Mk XII prototype

Spitfire Mk VI 364 mph 475 miles 40,000 ft four 0.303-in machine-guns

two 20mm cannons

Spitfire Mk VII 416 mph 424 miles 45,100 ft four 0.303-in machine-guns

two 20mm cannons

Spitfire Mk VIII 408 mph 680 miles 43,000 ft four 0.303-in machine-guns

two 20mm cannons

Spitfire Mk IX 408 mph 434 miles 43,000 ft four 0.303-in machine-guns

two 20mm cannons

Spitfire Mk X 417 mph 1,370 miles 43,000 ft none

Spitfire Mk XI 417 mph 1,200 miles 44,000 ft none

Spitfire PR Mk XI side profile image

Spitfire Mk XII 397 mph 493 miles 40,000 ft two 20mm cannons

500lb bombs

Spitfire Mk XIII 342 mph 700 miles 35,000 ft four 0.303-in machine-guns

Spitfire Mk XIV 439 mph 465 miles 43,000 ft two 0.50-in machine-guns

two 20mm cannons

and 500lb bombs or

rocket projectiles

Spitfire Mk XVI 405 mph 430 miles 40,500 ft two 20mm cannons

four 0.303-in machine-guns

1,000lb bombs

Spitfire Mk XVI side profile image

Spitfire Mk XVIII 437 mph 460 miles 41,000 ft two 20mm cannons

two 0.303-in machine guns

and either 1,500lb bombs or

rocket projectiles

Spitfire Mk XIX 445 mph 1,500 miles 42,600 ft none

Spitfire Mk 21 455 mph 580 miles 42,800 ft four 20mm cannons

Spitfire Mk 21 side profile image

Spitfire Mk 22 449 mph 580 miles 45,500 ft four 20mm cannons

and either 1,500lb bombs or

rocket projectiles

Spitfire Mk 23 None produced but would have been known as the Supermarine Valiant.

Spitfire Mk 24 454 mph 965 miles 43,000 ft four 20mm cannons

rocket projectiles

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Books read in 2022!!

rereads are italicized, favorites are bolded

1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling

2. Boxers by Gene Luen Yang

3. Saints by Gene Luen Yang

4. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

5. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

6. Immortal Poems of the English Language by Oscar Williams

7. Soldier’s Home by Ernest Hemingway

8. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

9. Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix by JK Rowling

10. The Dead by James Joyce

11. Soldiers Three by Richard Kipling

12. The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

13. Richard iii by William Shakespeare

14. Balcony of Fog by Rich Shapiro

15. All Systems Red by Martha Wells

16. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

17. I have no mouth and I must scream by Harlan Ellison

18. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

19. The moment before the gun went off by Nadine Gordimer

20. The importance of being earnest by Oscar Wilde

21. A farewell to arms by Ernest Hemingway

22. Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

23. Rules for a knight by Ethan Hawke

24. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by JK Rowling

25. The Secret History by Donna Tartt

26. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling

27. Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Major Poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins

28. Highly Irregular by Arika Okrent

29. The Green Mile by Stephen King

30. The Swan Riders by Erin Bow

31. The King’s English by Henry Watson Fowler

32. The Truelove by Patrick O’Brian

33. The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett

34. The Wine-Dark Sea by Patrick O’Brian

35. The Commodore by Patrick O’Brian

36. An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott

37. Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill

38. The Disaster Area by JG Ballard

39. The Tacit Dimension by Michael Polanyi

40. Wicked Saints by Emily A Duncan

41. The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh

42. The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

43. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

44. The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

45. Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

46. The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

47. A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner

48. Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner

49. Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

50. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

51. Confessions of St. Augustine by St. Augustine of Hippo

52. Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett

53. The Yellow Admiral by Patrick O’Brian

54. Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre

55. The Russian Assassin by Jack Arbor

56. The ones who walk away from Omelas by Ursula K LeGuin

57. Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling

58. The Iliad by Homer

59. The Treadstone Transgression by Joshua Hood

60. The Hundred Days by Patrick O’Brian

61. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead by Tom Stoppard

62. The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus

63. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

64. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the Pearl, and Sir Orfeo (unknown)

65. Persuasion by Jane Austen

66. The Outsiders by SE Hinton

67. Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville

68. The Odyssey by Homer

69. Dead Cert by Dick Francis

70. The Oresteia by Aeschylus

71. The Network Effect by Martha Wells

72. All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays by George Orwell

73. This is how you lose the time war by Amal El-Mohtar

74. The Epic of Gilgamesh (unknown author)

75. The Republic by Plato

76. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

77. On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche

78. Ere the Cock Crows by Jens Bjornboe

79. Mid-Bloom by Katie Budris

80. Blue at the Mizzen by Patrick O’Brian

81. 21 by Patrick O’Brian

82. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

83. Battle Cry by Leon Uris

84. Devils by Fyodor Dostoevsky

85. The Uncanny by Sigmund Freud

86. The Door in the Wall by HG Wells

87. Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You My Lad by MR James

88. The Birds and Don’t Look Now by Daphne Du Maurier

89. The Weird and the Eerie by Mark Fisher

90. Blackout by Simon Scarrow

91. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

92. No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre

93. The Open Society and its Enemies volume one by Karl Popper

94. Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut

95. The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir

96. The Cue for Treason by Geoffrey Trease

97. The things they carried by Tim O’Brien

98. A very very very dark matter by Martin McDonagh

99. The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A Hayek

100. The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh

101. A Skull in Connemara by Martin McDonagh

102. The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh

103. Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

104. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

105. The Shepherd by Frederick Forsyth

106. Things have gotten worse since we last spoke and other misfortunes by Eric LaRocca

107. Each thing I show you is a piece of my death by Gemma Files

108. Different Seasons by Stephen King

109. Dracula by Bram Stoker

110. Inker and Crown by Megan O’Russell

111. Out of the Silent Planet by CS Lewis

112. Killers by Patrick Hodges

113. The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett

114. The Rise and Reign of Mammals by Stephen Brusatte

115. Any Means Necessary by Jack Mars

116. The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche

117. In A Glass Darkly by J Sheridan le Fanu

118. Collected Poems by Edward Thomas

119. The Longer Poems by TS Eliot

120. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

121. The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene

122. The Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzsche

123. Choice of George Herbert’s verse by George Herbert

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SOD DEMUS

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69. Topiknya ga masuk

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93. Semuaa ayo muncul pengen deketan

94. Aslinya tu ak pingin

95. TAHAN PIPISNYA

96. Sipaling moodyan

97. I have done my best today, I must always be happy. I will take care of myself as best as possible so that I don't get sick, because I love myself

98. Kren mantap bgus ok

99. Kurang bnyak 🫢

100. Masih, ayo biar ak gk loyo :(

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Anschutz Match 54

27.5'' barrel, JG Anschutz Modell 1410 Match 54 .22LR caliber match rifle

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Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-4 of 1./JG 54 Grünherz, Krasnogvardiesk, 1942. For more, see my Facebook group - Eagles Of The Reich

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Focke Wulf Fw-190A6 of 4./Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG 54) on the airfield at Immola in Finland. 2 July 1944

[jdnoriel]

WRIT OF PROHIBITION

ARTICLE 31 OF THE FAMILY CODE

LT. (SG) EUGENE GONZALES, LT. (SG) ANDY TORRATO, LT. (SG) ANTONIO TRILLANES IV, CPT. GARY ALEJANO, LT. (SG) JAMES LAYUG, CPT. GERARDO GAMBALA, CPT. NICANOR FAELDON, LT. (SG) MANUEL CABOCHAN, ENS. ARMAND PONTEJOS, LT. (JG) ARTURO PASCUA, and 1LT. JONNEL SANGGALANG, Petitioners,

v. GEN. NARCISO ABAYA, in his capacity as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and B. GEN. MARIANO M. SARMIENTO, JR., in his capacity as the Judge Advocate General of the Judge Advocate General's Office (JAGO), Respondents.

[G.R. NO. 164007 : August 10, 2006]

FACTS:

On July 26, 2003, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo received intelligence reports that some members of the AFP, with high-powered weapons, had abandoned their designated places of assignment. Their aim was to destabilize the government. The President then directed the AFP and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to track and arrest them.

On July 27, 2003 at around 1:00 a.m., more than 300 heavily armed junior officers and enlisted men of the AFP - mostly from the elite units of the Army's Scout Rangers and the Navy's Special Warfare Group - entered the premises of the Oakwood Premier Luxury Apartments on Ayala Avenue, Makati City. They disarmed the security guards and planted explosive devices around the building.

In order to avoid a bloody confrontation, the government sent negotiators to dialogue with the soldiers. The aim was to persuade them to peacefully return to the fold of the law. After several hours of negotiation, the government panel succeeded in convincing them to lay down their arms and defuse the explosives placed around the premises of the Oakwood Apartments. Eventually, they returned to their barracks.

The Solicitor General, representing the respondents, counters that R.A. No. 7055 specifies which offenses covered by the Articles of War are service-connected. These are violations of Articles 54 to 70, 72 to 92, and 95 to 97. The law provides that violations of these Articles are properly cognizable by the court martial. As the charge against petitioners is violation of Article 96 which, under R.A. No. 7055 is a service-connected offense, then it falls under the jurisdiction of the court martial.

Issue:

Whether or not the petitioners are entitled to the writ of prohibition

Ruling:

In imposing the penalty for such crimes or offenses, the court-martial may take into consideration the penalty prescribed therefor in the Revised Penal Code, other special laws, or local government ordinances.

Section 1 of R.A. No. 7055, quoted above, is clear and unambiguous. First, it lays down the general rule that members of the AFP and other persons subject to military law, including members of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Units, who commit crimes or offenses penalized under the Revised Penal Code (like coup d etat), other special penal laws, or local ordinances shall be tried by the proper civil court. Next, it provides the exception to the general rule, i.e., where the civil court, before arraignment, has determined the offense to be service-connected, then the offending soldier shall be tried by a court martial. Lastly, the law states an exception to the exception, i.e., where the President of the Philippines, in the interest of justice, directs before arraignment that any such crimes or offenses be tried by the proper civil court.

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[carbone14]

Chasseurs Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-5 de l'Escadron de chasse JG 54 (Jagdgeschwader 54) en formation de vol sur le front de l'Est - 1943

[newvegascowboy]

joshua graham is like... a litmus of liking falloutmen. like you have your vulpes stans, but he's a weird little freak and he has a funny voice and a funny dog hat, so all his stans are obviously weird little freaks too. Your average tumblr legionposter just thinks they're funny little dudes in skirts. memeable. tolerable.

the mistake they made with joshua graham was giving him a sexy voice and a fat ass because all it did was make people horny for him. look at him - you made people get boners over the colonizer. and now you've got a whole BUNCH of people who don't want to admit they think he's sexy because he's 1. like 54 years old and 2. an evil, awful, irredeemable rat of a human being.

from a narrative standpoint, joshua graham is a good character. he's interesting and i can SEE why he's compelling. the problem therein is that people see a compelling character and think "oh he must be good because i like him" because god fucking forbid you like a villain. so you get the jg stans who have to bend over BACKWARDS trying to defend him and his actions, in fact admitting that he does horrible things without actually acknowledging it.