Friday, September 4, 2009

C-17 For America

The mothership sent this out today and requested we spread it around.

C-17 For America

When I think of the glorious history of Aerospace in Southern California, and that this is the last remaining aircraft program in the state, it saddens me.
So much Really Neat Stuff(tm) was invented and perfected out here that it boggles the mind. I was fortunate to get to work on some of it, both for the late, great Hughes Aircraft Company, and then Boeing.
Things I dreamed of as a kid......

2 comments:

  1. Yep, lots of RNS came out of SOCAL... sigh...

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  2. Based soley on the potential losses to California Feinstein and Boxer should be fightint to retain the program, and Schwarzennegger too - but I really don't believe that Obama is concerned about America's national defense as much as his own "legacy" - what an idiot,

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Interesting Flight Path

 Couldn't determine which aircraft flew this, but it caught my eye...