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KEDW (Edwards Air Force Base) - 29 MAY 2012
On display at Century Circle near the West Gate at Edwards Air Force Base.
This TF-102A is the third trainer version built and served at Edwards in various flight test roles throughout its career. It was used to test high altitude full pressure suits in the late 1950s and was the first TF-102 retrofitted with an enlarged vertical tail to improve control and stability. The aircraft was restored by the 412th Test Wing Services Team in 2006.
On loan from the National Museum of the USAF.
The buzz number for the TF-102 Delta Dagger was TC, so the TC-353 on the fuselage is consistent with the USAF serial number.
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i`ve made our Granado Fabio aka Dagger a new face-up. Now he looks even more better ^o^ or what do you think ?
An impenetrable thicket of wickedly sharp Joshua Trees, backlit by the setting sun - San Bernardino National Forest, California
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I don't know why but I looked at this picture and thought to myself "it looks like a pony"... Erghhh...
Dagger Thrust III
I went into Air Operations at Tan Son Nhut Airbase to see if there was a bird to get me out to the USS Valley Forge, an older carrier recycled into an LPH (Landing Platform Helicopter). An Air Force Sergeant heard me. “Hey, Sarge,” he spoke up.
Down here it’s easier to call everybody, ’Sarge’ rather than ‘Hey you.’. I agreed, and after just a few days in country started using it myself.
“Get over there with those Marines. We’re going to the Valley Forge in about 5 minutes. How’s that for service?”
Later, in the ship’s photo lab, I learned there would be an Operations Brief in two hours. The photo lab only had two photographers; PH1 Singleterry , and PH3 Fallon. Knew Singleterry when he was stationed in Memphis photo lab. Fallon hadn’t been in service very long, so I didn’t know him.
All my gear except what I needed in the field (personal items) I stowed out of the way in the lab. I rummaged through my parachute bag I always unwrapped my film, taking them out of the yellow Kodak boxes. I left the color in the can. Now I could reach into the bag and know one from the other without having to look.
Next, I made adjustments to the camera neck straps. One I adjusted so the bottom of the camera was at my navel, then adjusted the other one so there was about three inches between them. Usually, though it depended on the job,. I preferred the Leicas. On the bottom one, a 35mm lense; on the top one, a 90mm lens. I loaded the cameras - the top camera with Kodak Hi-speed Ektachrome ( pushed to 320, 640, or 1280 ASA, and processed to a negative by the Naval Photo Center, Washington). The bottom camera with Tri-X (ASA 200, but pushed to 400, 800 or 1600 if necessary). If it was to be special assignment in addition, then I added a third camera on a wrist strap with correct film for that assignment. I placed a UV filter and lens hoods for protection.
Finally, for each camera, I set the correct shutter speed, f/stop, and focus (focused them on the hyper-focal distanced (or point) for maximum sharpness for each lens.
* * *
People began drifting into the lab for the briefing. Two civilians came in looking like twins. They each wore expensive-looking safari jackets, pockets all over them, button-down shoulder straps. I later would learn that they were correspondents, and weren’t permitted to leave the ship because of the job Classification.
A Captain Youngblood was our liaison. His first words caught me completely off guard.
“Jaynes?” He looked around. I raised my hand. “Be on the flight deck, Zone one, 1000, with bag and baggage for lifting over to the Monticello.” Hello, we’d met. Aw man, another beach assault. I hustled below decks and retrieved my baggage, which had not be unpacked.
Four pilots stood talking. I went over and asked a dumb question, evidently. I asked it my film would be flown out to Saigon, and if so, who was the pilot. The answer?
“I have two missions tomorrow: get personnel into the zone and get people out of the zone.” He turned and they all left.
Up on the flight deck I noticed the shadows were moving. That meant the ship was turning into the wind for flight operations. From somewhere above my head came a loud voice over the ship’s comm speakers, “Purvis, Jaynes, Westlock, to Zone One.”
For all the inefficiency I thought I was witnessing, how was it that somebody was keeping such good track of where Jaynes was supposed to be?
I grabbed the handle pulled myself up into the Marine H-4. The engine was already revving up by the time got into my May West and strapped in. I made a quick count. There were 14 Marines, me, and 3 crewmen. The chopper wasn’t made to haul “standing room only” loads. But we were gonna’ give it a go. The engine built to a piercing whine as it revved up. It raised off the deck a foot or two, but suddenly fell back onto one wheel, bounced, and left the deck a second time.
A lens rolled out of my parachute bag and I trapped it against the deck with my boot. Just as we cleared the Valley Forge’s deck the chopper fell ten or fifteen feet before catching. The big blades slapped the air and we finally started to rise. We climbed to two or three hundred feet,. Then pilot nosed her down and set a course straight to the USS Monticello.
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This is a picture of a Smeared Dagger Moth Caterpillar along the Cash Lake Trail on the South Tract of the Patuxent Research Refuge near Laurel, Maryland.
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I finally finished this dagger and got it shipped to the customer. She's sporting a copper wrapped cocobolo handle, 5" 5160 blade, 416 stainless guard and pommel with garnet and tiger's eye accents
Beyond its looks there is nothing special about this Gestalt made dagger. Named Kharon after the ancient Earth mythologial figure who ferried souls of the dead to the Underworld, it has become the calling card of Gestalt assassin's.
More than one corrupt planetary governor or Hierarchy commander has been found dead with one of these daggers stuck on their backs, without their guards even noticing what had happened. The Kharon has become a symbol that no one is safe from the Gestalts if you somehow manage to garner their wraith.
Dagger and sheath of Ahmose.
Along with its sheath, this ceremonial weapon was a royal gift from king Ahmose to his mother Ahhotep, in whose burial it was discovered. The blade decorated with a typically Aegean technique but Egyptian iconography, bears the titulary of the king on one side and a hunting scene on the other side.
18th dynasty, from Dra abu-Naga.
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worn by Yemini men by means of a belt called ِAseeb. You can see in the photo that some of these Janabi (plural of Jambiya) have daughter Janabi attached to the mother Jambiya.
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A new kris blade version of the Wizard's knife. Designed by Kit Rae. This features a flying serpant and skull handle with Celtic knotwork engraved in the blade. The length is 13.5inch approx.
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I'm guessing the 'tongue' protruding from the end of the needle would be retracted in a living specimen and then protruded into the body of the victim once it's pierced. Do they turn their food into soup like spiders?
Males are required to present a dead insect to the female as a mating gift. It's a touching moment.
The wastelands of the middle east and northern Africa are dominated by bandits, who use scavenged VCS units for either personal gain or just for sport. One such VCS is the notorious "Huntsman," controlled by the ex-GRF pilot and technician, Norv Chekov. The Huntsman was originally a prototype GRF system, which went missing while being transported across the Mediterranean. Years later, reports started coming through about whole squads of Hornets and even Grouse IIs getting obliterated by what seemed to be a heavily modified GRF unit. To this day, only three VCS units have survived an encounter with the Huntsman.
The Huntsman is a melee-centered VCS, and as such has little long-range firepower. It is outfitted with a modified anti-energy forcefield from a Hermes, which allows it to survive small-arms fire. It can then boost forward with foot-mounted jump jets. Once it gets in close enough, it is equipped with two daggers and dual vibrotech swords to finish the job, in addition to its high-temperature claws. The swords are stored on twin adjustable machine gun pods, which can provide light firepower if needed. If all else fails, it can turn one of its swords into a high-energy condenser blade, a weapon able to cut through most known alloys like butter. The two halves of this blade are stored on its back when not in use.
I thought my last mech needed some gimmicks, so I added them. I also improved the armor in a few places and changed the head a bit. And, of course, gave it a (rather lengthy) backstory.
Got around to taking pictures of a dagger I recently received, this one is based on an artifact and made for me based on a picture of it, the original had a bronze handle but I opted to have it made in wood.
This specific one is a German Landsknecht dagger and the original was likely to be made early 16th century.
Dagger was made by Tod of Tod's Stuff