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Started by Sylvia Else
Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:23
Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Author: Sylvia Else
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:23
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:23
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I came across this, which amused me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft Check out the carrier mount point. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Shuttle_mounting_point.JPG Sylvia.
Re: Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Author: Brian Thorn
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:01
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:01
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On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:23:30 +1100, Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote: >Check out the carrier mount point. > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Shuttle_mounting_point.JPG If memory serves, the opposite side reads, "Lefty-loosey, righty-tighty." Brian
Re: Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Author: Oz
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:20
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:20
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"Brian Thorn" <bthorn64@suddenlink.net> wrote in message news:2igrt31hdphvou3jmguv4e2k68om32sf0t@4ax.com... > On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:23:30 +1100, Sylvia Else > <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote: > > >>Check out the carrier mount point. >> >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Shuttle_mounting_point.JPG > > If memory serves, the opposite side reads, "Lefty-loosey, > righty-tighty." > > Brian and isn't that a lesson we can all profit from :-)
Re: Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Author: Rand Simberg
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:50
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:50
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On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:20:18 +1100, in a place far, far away, "Oz" <Oz@yellowbrickroad.com> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: >"Brian Thorn" <bthorn64@suddenlink.net> wrote in message >news:2igrt31hdphvou3jmguv4e2k68om32sf0t@4ax.com... >> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:23:30 +1100, Sylvia Else >> <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote: >> >> >>>Check out the carrier mount point. >>> >>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Shuttle_mounting_point.JPG >> >> If memory serves, the opposite side reads, "Lefty-loosey, >> righty-tighty." >> >> Brian > >and isn't that a lesson we can all profit from :-) Unless we're removing knock-off wheels from old British sports cars.
Re: Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Author: Alan Erskine
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:41
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:41
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"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message news:47ddba02$0$4437$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... > I came across this, which amused me. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft > > Check out the carrier mount point. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Shuttle_mounting_point.JPG > > Sylvia. So NASA _does_ have a sense of humour? Who'd-a-thunked!
Re: Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Author: Damon Hill
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:43
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:43
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"Alan Erskine" <alan.erskine@bigpond.com> wrote in news:7EmDj.26610 $421.21403@news-server.bigpond.net.au: > "Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message > news:47ddba02$0$4437$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... >> I came across this, which amused me. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft > So NASA _does_ have a sense of humour? Who'd-a-thunked! Check out the giant spider in the former passenger deck... --Damon
Re: Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Author: Eric Chomko
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:07
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:07
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On Mar 16, 11:50 pm, simberg.interglo...@org.trash (Rand Simberg) wrote: > On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:20:18 +1100, in a place far, far away, "Oz" > <O...@yellowbrickroad.com> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such > a way as to indicate that: > > > > > > >"Brian Thorn" <bthor...@suddenlink.net> wrote in message > >news:2igrt31hdphvou3jmguv4e2k68om32sf0t@4ax.com... > >> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:23:30 +1100, Sylvia Else > >> <syl...@not.at.this.address> wrote: > > >>>Check out the carrier mount point. > > >>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Shuttle_mounting_point.JPG > > >> If memory serves, the opposite side reads, "Lefty-loosey, > >> righty-tighty." > > >> Brian > > >and isn't that a lesson we can all profit from :-) > > Unless we're removing knock-off wheels from old British sports cars. Somehow "Rand Simberg" and "Triumph" simply don't go together...
Re: Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Author: Alan Erskine
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:43
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:43
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"Eric Chomko" <pne.chomko@comcast.net> wrote in message news:0ff8996b-29bf-4de3-8eee-8778db303131@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... Somehow "Rand Simberg" and "Triumph" simply don't go together... No, but Rand and BSA might - British Small Arms - IIRC, they also made motorcycles.
Re: Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Author: Mike Combs
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:35
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:35
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"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message news:47ddba02$0$4437$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... >I came across this, which amused me. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft > Check out the carrier mount point. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Shuttle_mounting_point.JPG That's funny. Almost seems like there was a cartoon that showed the Shuttle mounted on the ET nose-downward, with somebody running up, yelling, "STOP THE COUNTDOWN!" -- Regards, Mike Combs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- We must be staunch in our conviction that freedom is not the sole prerogative of a lucky few, but the inalienable and universal right of all human beings... It would be cultural condescension, or worse, to say that any people prefer dictatorship to democracy. Ronald Reagan at Westminster Abbey, 1982
Re: Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Author: John Ewing
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:49
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:49
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"Alan Erskine" <alan.erskine@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:%kwDj.26800$421.3549@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > "Eric Chomko" <pne.chomko@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:0ff8996b-29bf-4de3-8eee-8778db303131@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... > > Somehow "Rand Simberg" and "Triumph" simply don't go together... > > No, but Rand and BSA might - British Small Arms - IIRC, they also made > motorcycles. Yes ... now doesn't that bring back memories. The 2 stroke BSA Bantam - at the bottom end of the range - both for size and for getting it started! Worse than a flooded lawnmower on a hot day. Think I had a Triumph at one stage too. John
Re: Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Author: veritas
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:20
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:20
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Eric Chomko wrote: > On Mar 16, 11:50 pm, simberg.interglo...@org.trash (Rand Simberg) > wrote: >> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:20:18 +1100, in a place far, far away, "Oz" >> <O...@yellowbrickroad.com> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such >> a way as to indicate that: >> >> >> >> >> >>> "Brian Thorn" <bthor...@suddenlink.net> wrote in message >>> news:2igrt31hdphvou3jmguv4e2k68om32sf0t@4ax.com... >>>> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:23:30 +1100, Sylvia Else >>>> <syl...@not.at.this.address> wrote: >>>>> Check out the carrier mount point. >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Shuttle_mounting_point.JPG >>>> If memory serves, the opposite side reads, "Lefty-loosey, >>>> righty-tighty." >>>> Brian >>> and isn't that a lesson we can all profit from :-) >> Unless we're removing knock-off wheels from old British sports cars. > > Somehow "Rand Simberg" and "Triumph" simply don't go together... Don't forget Jag XK series, Austin Healy and MG.... -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
Re: Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Author: veritas
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:22
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:22
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John Ewing wrote: > "Alan Erskine" <alan.erskine@bigpond.com> wrote in message > news:%kwDj.26800$421.3549@news-server.bigpond.net.au... >> "Eric Chomko" <pne.chomko@comcast.net> wrote in message >> news:0ff8996b-29bf-4de3-8eee-8778db303131@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... >> >> Somehow "Rand Simberg" and "Triumph" simply don't go together... >> >> No, but Rand and BSA might - British Small Arms - IIRC, they also made >> motorcycles. > > Yes ... now doesn't that bring back memories. > The 2 stroke BSA Bantam - at the bottom end of the range - both for size and > for getting it started! > Worse than a flooded lawnmower on a hot day. > > Think I had a Triumph at one stage too. > > John > > I had a Tiger 90 at one time - but no "knock-off" wire wheels :) -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
Re: Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Author: Quadibloc
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:04
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:04
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On Mar 17, 11:35 am, "Mike Combs" <mikeco...@nospam.com_chg_nospam_2_ti> wrote: > We must be staunch in our conviction that freedom is not the sole > prerogative of a lucky few, but the inalienable and universal right of all > human beings... It would be cultural condescension, or worse, to say that > any people prefer dictatorship to democracy. > > Ronald Reagan at Westminster Abbey, 1982 A nice thought for this present moment, when some would condescend to the Chinese people in the name of peace in our time, and much worse war later on. John Savard
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