Category: AVIATION

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER STILL FLIES HIGH

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER STILL FLIES HIGH

If some of you think maybe I publish too many American posts, remember you would not have a country without the unswerving loyalty of America. America is also the greatest free country the world has ever known, if she disintegrates Australia is in huge trouble. Rejoice with Kelleigh as you view this amazing patriotic event! You may also care to search out my original post – just type Star Spangled Banner” into the search box. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley This is my country, my real country!  Her patriotic people!  You must watch! (This is very helpful in understanding the past.  In a related subject, the Thunderbirds (aerobatic team) aren’t  coming to Cheyenne for Frontier Days  because they have the runways  torn up once again. Skip) PLEASE read the text first: The Kansas City Chiefs football team was playing the Las Vegas Raiders in Kansas City. Recall that when Obama was president, he had eliminated patriotic military flyovers at large events. So recently, a group of men in Kansas City, who do some formation flying in their own planes, decided they’d volunteer to SAVE this beautiful tradition and pick up the slack. They invited a couple of other groups to join them and before they knew it, they had 48 men with their own airplanes signing up to join in. If they had more time, they probably would have gotten an even larger group as people kept joining and a 49th was added near the kickoff. Be sure your speakers are turned up. Best if you watch at ‘full screen’… pretty impressive and it makes you proud to be an American. Too bad that the TV networks did not show this. PS: The formation is fantastic, especially with SO many planes….all former Naval Aviators….!!! 

USELESS BATTERY CARS

USELESS BATTERY CARS

Long term readers may remember my report on Elon Musk launching one of his Tesla cars in to space. As my keeper, Algy, says: “a worthy destination for one of these “you must be dreamin’” machines”. Refresh your memory here, click on Elon’s picture below: As a sequel one of Algy’s old Royal Air Force chums recently went on a holiday to Spain where a self-drive Tesla was included as part of the cost of the trip. This friend is a 25,000 hour plus experienced military pilot and wrote a scathing test report as recorded here. I have deleted some of the more colourful language so as not to offend my readers. This monkey never ceases to wonder at human stupidity. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Now the Tesla :  Awful beast ! Had about 10 minutes dual on a demonstrator and then I was told to go to the hotel car park and pick up our one. It took me 10 minutes to unlock the door ( camera-operated scan on a chunk of plastic ) and a further 10 minutes to get the beast started. It’s all touchscreen (excellent avionics – if you can understand it ) on a very good screen, but being a “stick & rudder man ” I was a bit lost. We decided to do a dummy run round the hotel grounds before going to a town. It became impossible to lock the car up (reverse of camera/chunk of plastic epic ) so had to creep back to Tesla rep for more dual. He had a bit of difficulty locking it too. We then drove up to a motorway which led to our destination but as I couldn’t work out the Satnav decided not to chance it. A type of fear gripped me in that I had…

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BAD ANGEL

BAD ANGEL

My keeper, Algy’s old Royal Air Force chum Dave, sent this story through. It was sent to him by another pilot friend, John. I just had to post this amazing story as a break from the WuFlu war reports currently being waged against humanity. Many thanks, Algy, Dave and John. Back Monday – God willing! Gibber! Gibber! Chugley BAD ANGEL We were in Hanger #4 of the Pima Air and Space Museum to view the beautifully restored B-29, When I happened to take notice of a P-51 Mustang near the big bomber. It’ s name?   “Bad Angel”   I was admiring its aerodynamic lines and recalled enough history to know that until the Mustangs came into service, the skies over the Pacific Ocean were dominated by Japanese Zeros. Then something very strange caught my eye. Proudly displayed on the fuselage of “Bad Angel” were the markings of the pilot’s kills: seven Nazis; one Italian; one Japanese AND ONE AMERICAN. Huh? “Bad Angel” shot down an American airplane?  Kill marks on “Bad Angel” Was it a terrible mistake?  Couldn’t be. If it had been an unfortunate misjudgment, certainly the pilot would not have displayed the American flag. I knew there had to be a good story here. Fortunately for us, one of the Museum’s many fine docents was on hand to tell it. In 1942, the United States needed pilots for its war planes lots of war planes; lots of pilots. Lt Louis Curdes was one. When he was 22 years old, he graduated flight training school and was shipped off to the Mediterranean to fight Nazis in the air over Southern Europe. Lt Louis Curdes He arrived at his 82nd Fighter Group, 95th Fighter Squadron in April 1943 and was assigned a P-38 Lightning. Ten days later he shot…

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DEVELOPING A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW

DEVELOPING A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW

https://boxcast.tv/channel/yuyyyftbksyppzhnl3il Thank you to those readers who have written to say how helpful and enjoyable they find Wayne Edwards’ Sermons. Today Wayne begins a new series “Developing a Biblical Worldview”‘ Click on link above and select “A place to Begin”, part one of the series. You may also like to browse The Pastor’s Blog: https://www.theheritagechurch.org/pastors-blog/ Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Pastor Wayne writes: According to the most recent survey, only 6% of Americans have a biblical worldview. Stated another way, 94% of those who live in the most God-blessed nation on earth do not view “life” through the lens of Holy Scripture. In effect, they are secularists, and while that might include some form of worship of some kind of god, it is certainly not the true worship of the God of the Bible. To develop a biblical worldview, one must replace this cheap caricature of God the contemporary church has portrayed for the last 50-years with an accurate, biblical concept of God. That is where we will begin in this sermon series entitled, “Developing a Biblical Worldview.”

ATHEISTS Ch 2 Pt 2

ATHEISTS Ch 2 Pt 2

ATHEISTS ARE IDIOTS Robert J. Firth Chapter Two Part Two Atheists have also cited data showing that there is a correlation between religious fundamentalism and extrinsic religion (where religion is used to serve ulterior interests) and authoritarianism, dogmatism, and prejudice. Again, these arguments best reflect Islam where, combined with historical events demonstrate the dangers of religion, such as terrorist attacks. Believers counter-argue that regimes espousing atheism, such as in China and Soviet Russia, have also been guilty of mass murder. The Greek word αθεοι (atheoi), as it appears in the Epistle to the Ephesians (2:12) on the early 3rd-century Papyrus 46. It is usually translated into English as “[those who are] without God”. In early ancient Greek, the adjective atheos (ἄθεος, from the privative ἀ- + θεός “god”) meant “godless”. It was first used as a term of censure roughly meaning “ungodly” or “impious”. In the 5th century BCE, the word began to indicate more deliberate and active godlessness in the sense of “severing relations with the gods” or “denying the gods”. The term ἀσεβής (asebēs) then came to be applied against those who impiously denied or disrespected the local gods, even if they believed in other gods. Modern translations of classical texts sometimes render atheos as “atheistic”. As an abstract noun, there was also ἀθεότης (atheotēs), “atheism”. Cicero transliterated the Greek word into the Latin atheos. The term found frequent use in the debate between ATHEISTS 28 early Christians and Hellenists, with each side attributing it, in the pejorative sense, to the other. The term atheist (from Fr. athée), in the sense of “one who denies or disbelieves the existence of God”, predates the word ‘atheism’ in English, being first found as early as 1566, and again in 1571. ‘Atheist,’ as a label of practical godlessness, we think, was…

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SPACE FLIGHT

SPACE FLIGHT

Robert Firth, our retired Airline pilot friend, shares his reaction after being asked by NASA to visit the Space Station: NASA called me this morning asking if I wanted a seat on the next trip to the space station. I said “No thanks,  I’m not much interested. The guy was confused,  “We’re offering you the chance of a lifetime.” I asked him , “What’s in space?” He said “Nothing.” I said “Exactly!” I then asked asked him: “If I go, can I get a western omelet, grits and home fries with a short stack?” He laughed and said “No, just freeze dried glop” well, what else can I do up there? Well, he said, “Not much, we have a tread mill and you can look out the window.” That doesn’t sound very exciting, what else? “Hey, you can put on a space suit and go on a space walk., that’s interesting. So, I said, how long does it take to put on a space suit? ” Oh, about 3 hours.” And,  if I exit the ship I’m tied by a rope? “Yup, tethered we call it.” What if the rope breaks, can I get back? “No, there’s no way back.” What happens then? “Well you eventually run out of air and die then you get dragged into the atmosphere and burn up” “Gee”,  I said,  “I think I’ll pass, but thanks for the invite!” “Well, before I go. Can I put you down for a trip to the moon or Mars?” I quietly hung up! A wise decision Captain Firth! I remember my relation Ham, he was sorely tested….Search “Ham” in the Search window on my Blog for the full story.. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley

ATHEISTS ARE IDIOTS

ATHEISTS ARE IDIOTS

Robert J. Firth is a retired Airline Captain with over 28,000 hours of flying time. He is also a prolific Author, and an aircraft dealer based in Florida USA. I am going to serialise his book Atheists are Idiots on Saturdays, and will feature an aircraft of the week for my readers considering avoiding the China virus disrupted Airports. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING ATHEISTS 3 PREFACE Antitheism (sometimes anti-theism) implies an opposition to theism. The etymological roots of the word lie in the Greek anti-and theismos. The term has had a range of applications; in secular contexts, it typically refers to a direct opposition to organized religion or, to the belief in any deity. While in a theistic context, it sometimes refers to opposition of a specific god or gods. The antitheist is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as “One opposed to belief in the existence of a god.” The earliest citation given for this meaning is from 1833. An antitheist may be opposed to belief in the existence of any god or gods, not merely one in particular. This book is not necessarily written to convert anyone to a recognition or belief in our creator but, if such were to be the case, that’s all to the good. Rather, the book is meant to provide the reader with some logical and thoughtful reasoning concerning those who do believe in a creator and those who proclaim that such does not exist. We don’t wish to “sell” anyone on anything, especially, any particular belief system. Our purpose is rather to acquaint the reader with the rich heritage of theistic and anti-theistic thought that many of us, both those living and those not, have had to say on the subject. Today, not all, but a majority of…

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