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About the time I arrived at the company they came back into base camp from Operation Cedar Falls and brought 2 dogs that they had found. This is Cedar the male and the other one was a female and we called her Falls. They were great pets and distractions for us when we came in from operations. While we were out the cooks and truck drivers took care of them. We were all very attached to them, but they didn't last long. Our base camp had a Vietnamese village (Lai Khe) within our preminter. We were told that they would not make it long as Papa San would really like them to go with his rice. Never knew for sure but chances are good that thats what happened to them.
Como a sugeriu a Florzinha * (http://www.flickr.com/photos/colors-me/) aqui estão minhas unhas ...peladinhas só na base...
Minhas unhas são pequeninas...toda vez q ia na manicure ela falava: que unha de criança...
Resultado de tantos anos roendo...
Mas agora qd quero e posso elas ficam grandnhas sim...
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Pima Air and Space Museum
(exhibit under construction)
SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM FIXED BASE GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION SIMULATOR
One of only three advanced space shuttle orbiter simulators used to train NASA astronauts.
The fixed-base Guidance and Navigation Simulator (GNS) represents one of only three simulators once used to train astronauts for the Space Shuttle Program at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Along with the motion-base Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) and the Fixed-Base Simulator (FBS), these complex machines were used to create a series of various mission tasks ranging from full mission rehearsals down to recreating specific exercises such as atmosphere entry or launching satellites.
Predating the SMS and FBS, the GNS was built in the late 1970s and operational by 1982. Initially it was primarily used only to test and verify guidance and navigation software that would later be installed in the SMS, FBS, and orbiters. As such it originally did not have visual computer-generated windscreen displays and much of the interior was unfinished, though it did contain the same complex array of cockpit instrumentation, controls, and computer displays operated by five distinct general-purpose computers (GPC) present in actual orbiters.
Following the Challenger accident investigation, the Rogers Commission suggested that NASA invest in additional crew training simulators to provide increased and expanded training and to handle the higher frequency of missions. However, the cost of providing an additional SMS or FBS proved too expensive, so NASA elected to upgrade the GNS into a full fixed-base crew simulator that was essentially identical to the FBS.
The upgraded GNS flight deck was enhanced to provide a more realistic appearance and a full visual computer-generated imagery system for the six forward facing windscreens. Computer-generated imagery (CGI) was a new science in the early 1980s and all the simulators used a first-generation CGI system, rudimentary by today's standards.
For 20 years the upgraded GNS was used interchangeably with the FBS and it is likely that every post-Challenger crew spent time in the GNS practicing launch, ascent, orbit, re-entry, and landing procedures.
With the end of the Space Shuttle Program, the GNS was retired in 2011. In late 2020 the GNS was used on the set of a science fiction movie due to be released in late 2021 [not sure why they’re being cryptic, its Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall]. The filmmakers modified the simulator's external appearance, making the GNS more closely resemble the outer surface of an actual orbiter, along with internal cabin modifications. Following movie shooting, the GNS flight deck was donated to the Pima Air & Space Museum in early 2021.
Minas Gerais - Belo Horizonte - Lagoinha: Inauguracao da Base Comunitária da Lagoinha, uma parceira entre o Unibh, Facisa e Polícia Militar de Minas Gerais
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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (Sept. 28, 2014) – The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, perform in F/A-18 Hornets during an airshow at Hickam Field on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 28. The Blue Angels commemorated the 28th Anniversary of flying the Hornet at the air show, joining with performances of other military and civilian outlets for the general public around the island of Oahu. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steven Khor /Released)
Pete heading towards the runway ruins.
Apparently this held the guide lights for the onshore landing strip.
Part of the Lost and Forgotten Newfoundland Series.
Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada.
August 3, 2009.
A front view of the main hanger/control module.
The floor will have dark bluishgrey tile (on order). I didn't quite like the dark red. I might use those for the reactor/generator building.
Eventually there will be installed internal LED lighting via the conduits and access hatch in the center. I'd like to use a keychain LCD photo player for the main viewer in there.
Okay, its not a secret, but here's where in the Thames River in New London, CT where Electric Boat makes subs for the Navy
This technique is based on the vintage Sepia technique where an the print was soaked in a potassium ferricyanide bleach to re-convert the metallic silver to silver halide. The print was then washed to remove excess potassium ferricyanide then immersed into a bath of toner, which converts the silver halides to silver sulfide.
This is creates awesome skin tones.
3/10/18 Benedetti Field in San Francisco, CA during USF BASE vs Xavier. Chris M. Leung for USF Dons Baseball
The five band members of Allstar Weekend entertained the military community on Chievres Air Base Jan. 18, 2011. Armed Forces Entertainment presents the tour through U.S. military installations in Europe. (U.S. Army photos by Sylvia Williams)
Minas Gerais - Belo Horizonte - Lagoinha: Inauguracao da Base Comunitária da Lagoinha, uma parceira entre o Unibh, Facisa e Polícia Militar de Minas Gerais
Seven Alaska Army National Guardsmen are competing in the 2016 Alaska Army National Guard’s Best Warrior Competition on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Sept. 25-27. The Best Warrior Competition was designed to test Soldiers in a series of mentally and physically challenging events over the course of 72 hours to determine who the best junior enlisted and noncommissioned officers are in the Alaska Army National Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)
Base of Lucas Rocks, Jenolan Caves, New South Wales. On limestone.
Shrub under 2 m tall. This species extends from drier parts of the coastal subdivisions to the far inland.
Rostral Columns. Installed in 1811. The Doric columns were lighthouses at the tip of Vasilyevsky Island to mark the split of the Neva into two channels, the the Bolshaya Neva and Malaya Neva.
At the base of the columns are statues of four allegorical figures representing four of Russia's major rivers - the Volga and Dnieper at the northern column, and the Neva and Volkhov at the southern column.
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