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  • Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee: Air combat in the world’s smallest jet fighter...

    07/10/2019 8:27:14 PM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 21 replies
    Hush-Kit ^ | JULY 10, 2019
    In 1971, Indian Air Force Gnats fought Pakistan’s Sabres in ferocious bloody dogfights. Despite only weighing the same as a a Dodge Durango, the tiny jet fighter proved a formidable machine. We spoke to IAF Wing Commander Sunith Francis Soares about flying and fighting in the Gnat. The Gnat was conceived by the British designer, ‘Teddy’ Petter. One of the greatest aircraft designers was lived, his other creations included the Lysander, Lightning and Canberra. Countering the trend for ever larger, more costly, fighter aircraft the Gnat was a ‘pocket rocket’. It first flew in 1955. Though relegated to training duties...
  • "Gnat" shooting - RC Planes and Shotguns!

    01/17/2011 8:03:15 PM PST · by shove_it · 18 replies
    (8 min 35 sec video)
  • The Difference Between Fallen Angels, Demons, Aliens, Jedi, and the Watchers

    05/12/2006 8:24:27 PM PDT · by restornu · 122 replies · 31,935+ views
    The Watcher Files ^ | By Sherry Shriner
    In these last days, the Bible says it will be a time of mass hybridization and the mixture and corruption of human DNA by fallen angels, also known as "Aliens." The government is and has been, conditioning the existence of aliens through Hollywood, science fiction, cartoons, and other sources. However, they are not telling you the whole truth. These Aliens are not ascended masters, or enlightened ones, or beings from galaxies millions of miles away, nor are they our forefathers or original creators. They are fallen angels who were kicked out of heaven for their rebellion against the headship...
  • James Lileks - The Bleat - Screed Alert!

    09/18/2003 8:58:20 AM PDT · by gridlock · 19 replies · 182+ views
    Lileks.com - The Bleat ^ | 9/18/03 | James Lileks
    The indispensible Lileks is on a roll today. Check him out in The Bleat