Thunderbird Club

[PillO]

This is always my concern whether it's props or turbine jets or any combination therein. I never choose a seat that's inline with the go-unit.

Turbofans don't worry me; the blades are much smaller. Although in a catastrophic failure, the turbine blades may fly around, they are lower mass and have to go through the ducting before hitting the aluminum (or composite for the 787) hull. So I assess a lower probability of penetrating the hull and in the event of penetration, the probable outcome is decompression. The pilot can correct decompression by going down to 12,000 ft. and flying not more than 90 minutes to a landing site.

 

[JJR58]

That’s the TWA Hotel, right? My daughter stays there when she has layovers in New York.

It is!!! I stayed there a few years ago just to see what it was all about, very cool and great for pic taking.

 

[Bent77]

Such a freak accident. Car torn in half by exploding clutch. But those clutches had to be monsters to handle the power (even though that one didn't), and monsters can do a lot of damage. The Surfers were brilliant; if they could have made a better financial go of it and stayed together, I doubt anything like that would have happened to Mike. Wish I could have known them.

I got to meet Jobe and Skinner, they were cool guys

I’ll have to see if I can find it, but at one point they were loosing a fuel driver a week during the 1969 era. A lot of those were clutch explosions. The tire compounds changed and the cars started to hook. The extra stress was too much for those clutches, and most of those cars didn’t have clutch cans

 

[dagrev]

There were finish/colour special orders from the beginning, but most likely for trade shows.

Very true, but like you indicated, very uncommon. Nothing like the custom market we know today. It's odd how that has reversed for cars. It used to be more common to "order" a car as you wanted than today it seems, not that it doesn't happen, just not a common as years ago.

 

[dagrev]

It will only be 'worth' what it is sold for.

Yeah, which will most certainly be no where near the asking price! The value is always determined by what someone (sucker in some cases), is willing to give for it.

 

[dagrev]

I’m late to the party as always.
Someone said car guys, something or another bass guys. Blah blah

this is the car tattooed on my back
Top Fuel winner, Bakersfield 1966
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Does the tat have tire tracks and if so, where do they go? No pics please.

Who was the driver?

 

[dagrev]

this thing just stopped working out of the blue today (not surprised)..
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so……..

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much better now…

I know a guy who can fix it....

I like the looks of that little head. Like the Ampeg Ashdown combo better. Bet that sounds gooooood.

 

[dagrev]

Finally in on Thunderbird Thursday…
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…a bird in Paradise

Aren't there laws about that kind of raw nudity being exposed on the interwebs for people to ogle?

 

[Bent77]

Does the tat have tire tracks and if so, where do they go? No pics please.

Who was the driver?

Tat is from that exact picture, so the hazy smoke covers all that would be tire tracks. The driver’s name was Mike Sorokin

 

[GonePlaid]

My second bass -

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An arrow pointing at "OX"?

 

[Stealth57]

JC Whitney gas turbines?

I’m a Pratt

One of my customers is East Hartford turbine blade manufacturing.

 

[GonePlaid]

For some reason, I've always felt Thunderbirds lend themselves well visually to the noir esthetic

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Is that you telling your 'friend' not to smoke in the house?

 

[MCF]

I visit Ovako (the steel plant in Imatra) for business regularly. You can see the former Finnish mill from the melting shop control room too.

Swedish is generally much easier to understand for foreigners, belonging to the germanic languages. My mother tongue is actually Swedish, as for about 5% of the population over here

I took German in college. Why, I have no idea. But I watch a lot of the Swedish TV shows and actually understand a lot of what they’re saying.
My maternal grandfather was Swedish.

 

[MCF]

Is that the Orville/Epiphone you mentioned earlier? I had an Orville from 1991, but sold it in favour of my Gibson 1990 TB (my current main player). And as it usually turns out, now I regret selling it…

First rule here. Never sell a Thunderbird. Except to one of us. Got to keep them in the family.

 

[GonePlaid]

I took German in college. Why, I have no idea. But I watch a lot of the Swedish TV shows and actually understand a lot of what they’re saying.
My maternal grandfather was Swedish.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Not if the debris takes off your arm or leg or the smaller bits hit you like a shotgun blast...

I'd prefer the decompression induced nap on my way to nonexistence so perhaps I'd not bother with the oxygen source if things look like we're not making it to a runway.

what if the airlines laced some strong narcotic with that oxygen?……just sayin..

 

[GonePlaid]

what if the airlines laced some strong narcotic with that oxygen?……just sayin..

Dentist office 'laughing gas'.

 

[Larry V]

what if the airlines laced some strong narcotic with that oxygen?……just sayin..

Doubt it, they won't even let you fly with your weed or edibles.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I’m late to the party as always.
Someone said car guys, something or another bass guys. Blah blah

this is the car tattooed on my back
Top Fuel winner, Bakersfield 1966
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all kindsa crazy tats out there…

 

[Stealth57]

Doubt it, they won't even let you fly with your weed or edibles.

Depends on how you smuggle those gummy bears Putting them in a bag of kids candy gummies does the trick.