It’s common name is “Dead Man’s Fingers.”
What’s the meaning of this?
D-DAY 6 JUNE 1944
Many lives were lost
to save the lives of many more.
Here is the church and here is the steeple: Locklear’s & Elliot’s Contribution To The World
He meant to do that. Stunt pilots Lt. Ormer “Lock” Locklear and co-pilot Milton “Skeets” Elliot were filming The Skywayman, a silent movie released in 1920, and crashing the church steeple was part of the script.
From Wiki:
Principal photography on The Skywayman began on June 11, 1920, with DeMille Field 2 as the main base of operations. Despite Locklear’s public claim that new stunts “more daring ever filmed” would be involved, the production would rely heavily on models and less on actual stunt flying. Two stunts, a church steeple being toppled by Locklear’s aircraft and an aircraft-to-train transfer were both problematic and nearly ended in disaster.
Their final stunt did end in disaster, a nighttime dive that killed both Locklear and Elliot instantly when they didn’t pull up in time.
[Image found here.]
One Chord Hot Links
Amazing Naval weaponry: Lasers, Railguns and Hypervelocity Projectiles. If this is unclassified, just think of the stuff that is.
Greek Fire was a weapon used successfully to thwart invasions by muslim pirates in the early 7th century.
The Crusades were fought in response to Islamic aggression in the 11th century.
Who were the Barbary Pirates?
Okay, so the carpet caught fire. Big deal. It was an act of God.
Here are the rules for Kingyo-sukui.
Ruining Rock Paper Scissors. Look. Just throw the same 3 times in a row, then double your bet and throw the one that beats your previous three. Pocket your winnings and leave the neighborhood asap. Coming up next: How to get dibs on a baseball bat.
Wild Man From Borneo by Kinky Friedman. One of these days he’s going to have a Tribute band.
I’m not a “gamer” so I’m not sure what to make of The Stanley Parable, but it looks pretty cool.
[Top image from The Greatest Rock Video Under Two Minutes Ever.]
Saturday Matinee – Horror Cat, Great Beer Run & Gary Clark Jr.
I generally avoid posting cat videos, but this one made me smile. [Found here via here.]
“At a time when the Vietnam War was at its height, one man, John “Chickie” Donohue, snuck back into the war zone to find his 3 closest friends and buy them a beer.”
This guy is probably the only good excuse to get burned up at Coachella. Here’s Gary Clark Jr. cranking some retro blues/rock awesomeness on 16 April 2016.
Have a great weekend folks, see you back here tomorrow for stuff.
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Greetings Feral Irish Fans!
If this is your first time here, have a walkabout; just make sure you leave a trail of breadcrumbs and set the timer, or else click on the “Sampler Plate“at top right. Lot of stuff buried in these archives. We have .gifs every Friday, UToobage every Saturday, and Sundays are often link dumps. –Bunk
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