Piccolo Seaplanes
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PT PhD student by night - interested in the representation of military aviators in popular culture. A librarian for the USAF by day. Easily distracted at all times by biathlon, geopolitical arguments, rugby, murder mysteries, or livestreams of airfields.
That looks incredibly delicious and also that it might kill me (but at least I'd die in a good cause)
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
That looks incredibly delicious and also that it might kill me (but at least I'd die in a good cause)
Interesting! We keep hearing from families who PCS in and put their kids into UK primary schools that the kids get a huge advantage over their US peers as a result. I knew that phonics was one of the reasons they like UK schools, but didn't know what the non-phonics system was until this link. Ta!
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Interesting! We keep hearing from families who PCS in and put their kids into UK primary schools that the kids get a huge advantage over their US peers as a result. I knew that phonics was one of the reasons they like UK schools, but didn't know what the non-phonics system was until this link. Ta!
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Der 1. Weltkrieg an der Westfront in einer Minute.
Man beachte das Jahr 1918, als das Deutsche Heer die grössten Gewinne hatte. Dann brach die Wirtschft zusammen, und damit das Deutsche Reich.
Ein Krieg ist mehr, als nur die Front.
Vergesst das nicht. ☝️
Man beachte das Jahr 1918, als das Deutsche Heer die grössten Gewinne hatte. Dann brach die Wirtschft zusammen, und damit das Deutsche Reich.
Ein Krieg ist mehr, als nur die Front.
Vergesst das nicht. ☝️
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Der 1. Weltkrieg an der Westfront in einer Minute.
Man beachte das Jahr 1918, als das Deutsche Heer die grössten Gewinne hatte. Dann brach die Wirtschft zusammen, und damit das Deutsche Reich.
Ein Krieg ist mehr, als nur die Front.
Vergesst das nicht. ☝️
Man beachte das Jahr 1918, als das Deutsche Heer die grössten Gewinne hatte. Dann brach die Wirtschft zusammen, und damit das Deutsche Reich.
Ein Krieg ist mehr, als nur die Front.
Vergesst das nicht. ☝️
Wonderful. Atmospheric for all moods of the Lakes! You must be very proud of him.
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Wonderful. Atmospheric for all moods of the Lakes! You must be very proud of him.
I will never understand why, for all the pro-military talk prominant in US government circles, those same people are not willing to ensure the best of everything for future leaders. If you just want narrow-focus doctrinaires you can produce those without pretending equivalence to top-tier education
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I will never understand why, for all the pro-military talk prominant in US government circles, those same people are not willing to ensure the best of everything for future leaders. If you just want narrow-focus doctrinaires you can produce those without pretending equivalence to top-tier education
It's heart-breaking to realise that at the time of taking everyone in that photo probably spent their silence thinking of specific named individuals they could easily remember as laughing, speaking, living friends, neighbours, workmates, and family. So raw.
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
It's heart-breaking to realise that at the time of taking everyone in that photo probably spent their silence thinking of specific named individuals they could easily remember as laughing, speaking, living friends, neighbours, workmates, and family. So raw.
Thought that was a Tea-Rex for a moment
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Thought that was a Tea-Rex for a moment
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More self care as I thing we all need it!!!! (Pt Mugu during Grey Flag 2025)
November 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
More self care as I thing we all need it!!!! (Pt Mugu during Grey Flag 2025)
I enjoyed this so much, plus I love the engineering values of 'learn to do things yourself first' and 'speak to the end users all the time'. Reminds me of the ex-RAF crew chief at work who ranted about the irritation of having to always take BOTH engines out of the Lightning due to the design!
November 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I enjoyed this so much, plus I love the engineering values of 'learn to do things yourself first' and 'speak to the end users all the time'. Reminds me of the ex-RAF crew chief at work who ranted about the irritation of having to always take BOTH engines out of the Lightning due to the design!
It WAS my lunch-break treat. What a superb lecture from an entertaining and utterly terrifying man (the start gave me flashbacks to being in undergrad physics!) What a life, what a brain. Thank you so much for linking this talk! :) :)
November 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It WAS my lunch-break treat. What a superb lecture from an entertaining and utterly terrifying man (the start gave me flashbacks to being in undergrad physics!) What a life, what a brain. Thank you so much for linking this talk! :) :)
Thank you! This will be my lunch-break watch today!
November 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Thank you! This will be my lunch-break watch today!