The Museum of Flight

Restoration Center main floor with the men who make it possable

Talk about cool places to visit on the planet is, Paine Field located in Everett, Washington and is home to three outstanding collections of vintage WWII aircraft. The Museum of Flight Restoration center is just that, a restoration center, and is in the process of bringing dozens of aircraft together for static display. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has amassed a huge collection of FLYING WWII aircraft at the Flying Heritage Collection. John Sessions has also put together an incredible collection of flying WWII aircraft as well, including a Grumman F7F Tigercat and F8F Bearcat.

Every aircraft that is brought to the 23,000-square-foot facility undergoes a thorough evaluation in order to determine the nature of the work needed. A restoration team is then assembled and work begins. About fifty volunteers are working on between three and five projects at any given time. To the north, we have Bellingham which hosts the Heritage Flight Museum, founded by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, which provide many viewing opportunities for the fans here in Everett.

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Original FW-190A-5 Powered by BMW-801 

BMW-801 at Imperial War Museum Duxford, England

This is just fabulous the FW-190A-5 with the original BMW-801 a powerful German air-cooled 14-cylinder-radial aircraft engine built by BMW and used in a number of German Luftwaffe aircraft during World War II. Production versions of the twin-row engine generated between 1,560 and 2,000 PS (1,540-1,970 hp or 1,150-1,470 kW). It was the most produced radial engine of Germany in World War II with more than 28,000 built. 

Today Flying Heritage Collection owns and maintains the only flying original Focke-Wulf 190 in the world at this time. Though several are under restoration, this unique Fw-190 was recovered from an overgrown forest in the 1990's and became airworthy only a few years ago. The 190 is flown before crowds at the Flying Heritage Collection at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, thanks to owner Paul Allen. 

Fight to Fly Photography home page site, thanks for sharing the beautiful stills and wonderful filming you perform.

 

The Pope Addresses Congress

Hey Boehner and Biden the Pope is talking!  Couple of spoiled brats.

First Holy Father to advise Congress, this was not a lecture but an advisement on how to be a politician, how to confront our legitimacy as humans that the planet resources are to share instead of creating the golden cafe for few.  As a people we really don't own anything it's all provided by Earth but with the man-made board of Monopoly as we seek payment when the question is, what do we owe Earth.  The Pope mentions 'The Golden Rule' "do unto others as they would do unto you", this surprised me when the chamber stood up and applauded. You monkeys don't believe in this!  One example is removing God from learning, second would be the wars you support and third is the trashing of the Constitution. In the clip at 38:55 Boehner is talking to Biden (some wise ass remark about climate change) while the Pope is speaking, please you two boneheads have some respect.  I would suggest the 114th Congress do as the Pope ask or there will be Hell to pay, the damn thing about this you drag me along with you without my consent, the created enemies are not mine.  A government body can't work both sides of the aisle without notice, this aisle is a 'True North Course' of the planet and people.

Pope Francis's teaching here today in Congress is of Humility, variously seen as the act or posture of lowering oneself in relation to others, or conversely, having a clear perspective and respect for one's place in context. Placing yourself after the planet and its inhabitants must be learned and practiced.  In the meantime, the Gallup pole for Congress and the Public's approval of how the job is handled is @ 14% as of Aug 5-9 2015.  Best listen up Bone Heads.

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Earth more than You

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This clip is a little reminder where we get all our stuff from, mother Earth. The greatest sponsor of the human race where we take all access of resources and create our markets. Speaking of which is cratering around the world as this is being posted. With all the derivatives on oil futures looks as if all have expired during the peak of 2011 @ $114 when fracking took off.  China's slow down and devaluation of currency has also pulled in all around it but Eastern Imperialism has never been stronger against the West. The constant struggle for power and control, hey what a minute has anyone tallied what we owe the Earth?  Be that as it may, she'll have more than you, including time to reclaim stored piles of nuts scattered over the four corners.  

"If central banks purchase stocks in order to support equity prices, what is the point of having a stock market? The central bank’s ability to create money to support stock prices negates the price discovery function of the stock market."

- Dr. Paul Craig Roberts

In the meantime, QE is pumping back into the markets, (10:30 PM CTS) China's Hang Seng is up 306 pts tonight along with Japan's Nikkei up 200 pts.  Dow futures up 343 pts, lot of printed money out there to keep it rolling and interest-free (corps buy back stocks) but at some point will be a fee like oil derivatives tanked. Market manipulation has created many shock waves but has also allowed for reform in the legitimacy of true growth from the core, in market performance.  This will be a new frontier in market focus in many shapes and sizes.      

Today we're lucky, Earth observation is gathering information about planet Earth's physical, chemical and biological systems via remote sensing technologies supplemented by earth surveying techniques, encompassing the collection, analysis and presentation of data.  A new science 'The Balance' we're in this together which brings more value, unlike false market bubbles. 

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Seeing is Believing- SEVENTHVIAL213

Time to take stock in what you believe. Based on the editing in this film, the question is, evil bad or good evil?  Kind of upside down ain't it or is this the road we're on as a society? This is up to an individual how you carry yourself through life and treat family, friends and the world around you. There is evil in the world along with the good, the fun part you get to choose and right or wrong it's your life. Times gonna sort that out for all of us but right now society is south of the tracks like time is running out and a money grab is happening before the clock strikes midnight.  Being American Indian I'm optimistic and feel for us instead of thinking it but that hardly holds water today, so seeing is believing and when viewing this vid your jaw will open in either discuss and\or amazement of events taking place.

From SEVENTHVIAL213:

The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age (Matthew 24 -3-44)

Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”  And Jesus answered and said to them: Take heed that no one deceives you.  For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.  And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.  For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom.  And there will be famines, pestilences and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.  And then many will be offended, will betray one another and will hate one another.  Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.  And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations and then the end will come. 

SEVENTHVIAL213

 

China's Cyclone Weather and Finance

Back to back Cyclones to hit China

The Asian market is getting pounded, down over 2100 pts at one time during trading on the Hang Sang and that's not all!  A Tropical Storm is over Hong Kong and next in line is two Cyclones to hit the mainland, I mean back to back!  Talk about a pounding!  Seems that the QE for China is not working and while all eyes are on Greece, well guess we missed the weather report.

MarketWatch has a good report on why China is failing:  A series of measures have been implemented to shore up investor confidence, but critics say they are inconsistent and prove that policymakers lost their bearings.  Dow futures down 200 pts, it's stormy alright.

The snapshot above is from intellicast an interactive world weather map when I came across these monsters headed for China!  You can go out to Cyclocane for tracking and Hong Kong Observatory for landfall points. 

Things are shaking loose Mate check the Globe Backyard tabs (with frequent updates) before it's news, that's how I found this!  Kinda like your tool box on "What's Up Doc?"     

Kurt Boehme

 

Sixth Mass Extinction

Sixth Mass Extinction, what would it look like?

There is no longer any doubt: We are entering a mass extinction that threatens humanity's existence. Wow, beat you weren't ready for that? This is the bad news at the center of a new study by a group of scientists including Paul Ehrlich, the Bing Professor of Population Studies in biology and a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. Ehrlich and his co-authors call for fast action to conserve threatened species, populations and habitat, but warn that the window of opportunity is rapidly closing.   From the study, the accelerated rate of mammals extinction is 15 to 100 times as fast as the new fast rate from the past. We never experienced such a rapid rate there is general agreement among scientists that extinction rates have reached levels unparalleled since the dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago.  In a handful of times in the past 500 million years, 50 to more than 90% of all species on Earth have disappeared in a geological blink of the eye.

Guess we best get on that True North Course Mates, times running thin. Notably habitat loss, over-exploitation for economic gain, Earth's climate, toxic nuclear waste, manufacturing pollution, (60% of China's drinking water is toxic) ocean pollution combined with radiation discharge, that alone is the worst human disaster we ever created.  In the meantime, the researchers hope their work will inform conservation efforts, the maintenance of ecosystem services and public policy.

Give that an Amen and\or Aye


Stanford researcher declares

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Life At The Brink

About the Show

It’s a mystery on a global scale: five times in Earth’s past, life has been nearly extinguished, the vast majority of plant and animal species annihilated in a geologic instant. The Permian-Triassic extinction event about 250 million years ago was the deadliest, more than 90% of all species perished.  What triggered these dramatic events?  And what might they tell us about the fate of our world? 

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Bird Flu Outbreak

After this, you'll be asking what's for dinner?  In many cases on the table it's chicken but since Dec 19, 2014, a number mix of turkeys and chickens is at a staggering 46,239,793 affected birds of Avian influenza and tens of millions have been euthanized.  The H5N8 virus originated in Asia and spread rapidly along wild bird migratory pathways during 2014, including the Pacific flyway.  In the Pacific flyway where the first cases found in both Oregon and Washington the H5N8 virus has mixed with North American avian influenza viruses, creating new mixed-origin viruses.  Wild Bird Findings confirmed by USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories.

While its most highly pathogenic strain (H5N1) had been spreading throughout Asia since 2003, avian influenza reached Europe in 2005, and the Middle East, as well as Africa, the following year.  On January 22, 2012, China reported its second human death due to bird flu in a month following other fatalities in Vietnam and Cambodia.

CDC considers the risk to people from these HPAI H5 infections in U.S. birds and poultry to be low at this time because infections with avian influenza viruses are rare and – when they occur – these viruses have not spread easily to other people.  However, it’s possible that human infections with HPAI viruses associated with these outbreaks in birds may occur at some time.

The United States is facing a temporary disruption in the supply of eggs due to the Avian Flu, 25% of America's industrial egg product production offline.

USDA H5 HPAI Reports

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