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ExOmo · Jul 11, 2020

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RECONNAISSANCE PHOTO 2020

view at the front · Jul 11, 2020

warbird said:
Curiously, my house architect has Escher prints on his wall. I think I'll go upstair to the basement bar to fetch a beer :lol: View attachment 375949 View attachment 375950

I'm a (retired) architect with a Fine Arts Degree. We used to draw things. That concept is foreign to the field now.

ExOmo · Jul 11, 2020

hobot said:
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Fairchild C-123K Khe Sanh, Vietnam. Hit by enemy fire after take off. No fatalities. 01 March 1968.

warbird · Jul 11, 2020

view at the front said:
I'm a (retired) architect with a Fine Arts Degree. We used to draw things. That concept is foreign to the field now.

I played with velums in the early 80s, mostly changes for engineering orders for a radat system . I might have ruined a few jamming them in the "blue print" printer

h34r: . Thank God for micro fische copies :lol:

view at the front · Jul 11, 2020

I did graphite on vellum in the late '60s and ink on mylar in the '70s - '90s, and then that computer graphics thing happened. I hired my AutoCAD instructor to bring me into the next century. I also hired a couple of well trained Spanish architects to continue my transformation into AutoCAD.

One of those Spanish architects was married to the guy in charge of the hull construction of the BMW/Oracle Dogzilla build campaign for the AC boat built in Anacortes. She would bring carbon-fiber parts from the build and set in on my desk. . . guess what that is? They were doing amazing things. We were able to sneak into their construction facility in ninja clothing to witness the progress. Truly amazing things were happening there.

They used my conference room to meet with the French catamaran/trimaran designers in the initial design process. . . secrecy was important, but they were the only guys in town with $400 backpacks.

ExOmo · Jul 11, 2020

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Operation Teapot 1955. Actual shot unknown. Teapot tower shots: TESLA, TURK, BEE, APPLE 1, MET, APPLE 2

ExOmo · Jul 11, 2020

hobot said:
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Springfield

jhc · Jul 11, 2020

ExOmo said:
Beach at Maverick's 13 February 2010

I believe that is a capture of the live internet broadcast, I was watching, when that huge wave wash tore up the stage, and spectator area. People were down and crawling around, getting shoved into the stage. I think someone got hurt. Was stunning.