Looks like per unit costs are falling again, to below $80M per unit starting next year.
January 31, 2019
RAF drone gets new missile
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January 30, 2019
Great gold heist?
Is Russia about to move gold reserves out of Venezuela? (h/t to Jeff “Inch High” Groves for the link)
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Ki-51 decals
New Ki-51 decals. I have a soft spot in my heart for the Sonia.
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First KC-46 delivered
First KC-46 delivered. Two years late and $3 billion over budget. The Air Force needs these aircraft desperately.
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Movie review: Song of the Thin Man (1947)
This is the last of the six Thin Man films and the only one to take place post-WWII. In this movie, Nick, Jr., played by Dean Stockwell in one of his early roles, is about 10, which places the movie about 5 years after the last film, The Thin Man Goes Home. In this movie, we come to the end of the Thin Man saga. Nick and Nora, who were young, newly married and carefree parties have progressed to a middle aged married couple concerned with family life. In the first film and through the early ones, Nick and Nora go to clubs and enjoy big band music and drinking. Now, they’d rather be home. Jazz is coming on the scene and Nick and Nora are fish out of water when it comes to the new musical scene.
The movie starts with Nick and Nora on a gambling and booze cruise among a society party. They are there because Nora wants to try and fit in more with upscale society. This is a change from the early films where Nora actively disdained high society and liked hanging out with Nick’s lowlife friends. Of course, there is a murder aboard the ship and the usual adventure ensues, culminating with Nick solving the murder after gathering all the suspects back on the ship.
While many of the critics rate is one of the lesser Thin Man films, I rate it about 3rd or 4th mainly due to the progression shown in the main characters over the 13 year span of the films. (11 years pass in the timeline of the films) Still better than most of the dreck put out by Hollywood today.
Five stars.
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January 29, 2019
Space news
New rocket engine plant in Huntsville, AL.
“Private” Chinese space companies ready for orbital launches.
(post in memory of Mike Nofsinger)
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January 28, 2019
January 27, 2019
Japanese Airfield Equipment
As readers know I’ve been doing some research on Japanese Airfield Equipment in WWII. Super modeler Jeff “Inch High” Groves pointed me toward the series on the Arawasi blog on Japanese Airfield Equipment. Well worth studying.
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