*OFFICIAL* Snapshot of the Day (one image per post please) #2

[Itsed65]

Puffin Fly-By by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[M_Six]

A well-tagged puffin at that.

[Itsed65]

From the Narrow Gauge museum near my house. The two-foot gauge Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway

Number Seven at Sheepscot Depot by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[Littlebear]

Saratoga Springs, NY.
'73 targa

[Itsed65]

I saw this dog lamp in an antique shop in the village where I live and thought it would be perfect for my little whiskey bar.

Dog Lamp by itsed65, on Flickr

[Gregrobin]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

I saw this dog lamp in an antique shop in the village where I live and thought it would be perfect for my little whiskey bar.

Dog Lamp by itsed65, on Flickr

I think I just came! Wow, I love this.

Just finished a bottle of Knob Creek Rye this weekend, hoping to find some trace at the ABC store, or Bulleit.

[Itsed65]

Originally Posted by Gregrobin

I think I just came! Wow, I love this.

Just finished a bottle of Knob Creek Rye this weekend, hoping to find some trace at the ABC store, or Bulleit.

I made a run to the New Hampshire Liquor and Wine outlet this past weekend. My wallet came out significantly lighter

[Littlebear]

Saratoga Springs

[wtwo3]

Sandy Bottom Nature Park in Hampton, VA

[Gregrobin]

Originally Posted by wtwo3

Sandy Bottom Nature Park in Hampton, VA

Know it very well, 1 hour from my house, nice pic.

[wtwo3]

Originally Posted by Gregrobin

Know it very well, 1 hour from my house, nice pic.

Nice! Have any suggestions for fun family things to do around here? In town till Thursday visiting family.

[Gregrobin]

Originally Posted by wtwo3

Nice! Have any suggestions for fun family things to do around here? In town till Thursday visiting family.

I used to boat from Richmond to Hampton every year, stayed at Blue Water marina over the weekends. The town has some cute shops and such but not much more to do there IMHO. There's an air and space science center, I never went there.

Williamsburg is a good day trip, lots of history, cool town area, Water Country USA is fun for the kiddos.

I actually just drove down and back that way this morning to look at a waterfront property to buy.

[Littlebear]

Fire Island

[Itsed65]

I was out looking for eagles on the lake when a different bird landed in front of me...

Taxiing to the Shore by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[Littlebear]

Saratoga Springs

[Littlebear]

Why are the wings all bent? What is this plane?

[wtwo3]

Giant cloud on the flight back from Virginia

[flybigjet]

Originally Posted by Littlebear

Why are the wings all bent? What is this plane?

You're kidding, right?

[Littlebear]

Originally Posted by flybigjet

You're kidding, right?

Yes!
(I'm sure you know the jet).

[flybigjet]

Originally Posted by Littlebear

Yes!
(I'm sure you know the jet).

McDonnell F-4 Phantom II

A large anhedral angle (negative dihedral angle) of the horizontal tall in combination with a sharply defined positive dihedral in the outer wing panels are two conspicuous identifying features of' the aircraft. These two features are related to the position of the exhaust nozzles located only a short distance behind the low-mounted wing. To avoid impingement problems with the hot jet exhaust, the tail surfaces are mounted on an aft fuselage extension above the nozzles. As indicated by early wind-tunnel studies, the resultant high position of the horizontal tail in combination with the wing-shape parameters led to undesirable nonlinear pitching-moment characteristics at high angles of attack. The large anhedral angle, or droop, of the horizontal-tail surfaces greatly improved the pitching-moment characteristics, as well as increasing directional stability. To achieve the proper balance in dihedral effect for the integrated aircraft configuration, however, a large positive dihedral angle was incorporated in the outer panels of the wing. In addition, the wing dihedral elevated the wingtip vortexes relative to the horizontal tail and further improved the pitching-moment characteristics of the aircraft. Another identifying feature of the F-4 is the large vertical-ramp variable- geometry inlet located on each side of the fuselage. These inlets feed the two 17 900-pound-thrust afterburning General Electric turbojet engines.

[Littlebear]

Originally Posted by flybigjet

McDonnell F-4 Phantom II

A large anhedral angle (negative dihedral angle) of the horizontal tall in combination with a sharply defined positive dihedral in the outer wing panels are two conspicuous identifying features of' the aircraft. These two features are related to the position of the exhaust nozzles located only a short distance behind the low-mounted wing. To avoid impingement problems with the hot jet exhaust, the tail surfaces are mounted on an aft fuselage extension above the nozzles. As indicated by early wind-tunnel studies, the resultant high position of the horizontal tail in combination with the wing-shape parameters led to undesirable nonlinear pitching-moment characteristics at high angles of attack. The large anhedral angle, or droop, of the horizontal-tail surfaces greatly improved the pitching-moment characteristics, as well as increasing directional stability. To achieve the proper balance in dihedral effect for the integrated aircraft configuration, however, a large positive dihedral angle was incorporated in the outer panels of the wing. In addition, the wing dihedral elevated the wingtip vortexes relative to the horizontal tail and further improved the pitching-moment characteristics of the aircraft. Another identifying feature of the F-4 is the large vertical-ramp variable- geometry inlet located on each side of the fuselage. These inlets feed the two 17 900-pound-thrust afterburning General Electric turbojet engines.

Wow! All I read was that they had to bend the wings to get control of those two monster engines!
And that it was a Navy design, originally with no gun, only missles....

[Littlebear]

Porsche Day