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[Marijn]

Clifford Stump took part in the liberation of The Netherlands and now returns again at the age of 98.

78 years later, the memories are still vivid. The group is shrinking, but this year too, British and American veterans are touring the Netherlands to meet, commemorate and remember.

Clifford Stump (98) bevrijdde Nederland en keert nu nog een keer terug

Als 20-jarige jongen hielp hij mee Nijmegen te veroveren. 78 jaar later zijn de herinneringen nog levendig. De groep slinkt maar ook dit jaar maken Britse en Amerikaanse veteranen een tour door Nederland om te ontmoeten, te herdenken en te herinneren.

nos.nl

Born in Adel (Iowa) in 1924, he is one of the youngest surviving veterans still alive. As a 20 year old paratrooper of the 82nd Airborne, he was dropped behind enemy lines and fought in several historic battles, including D-Day in Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium, operation Market Garden in The Netherlands and the final campaign in Germany.

 

[Midnightsrhythm]

Just be yourself

 

[Notebook]

Two RAF Boeing Poseidon MRA1, GURNY02, GURNY03 doing approaches to Newcastle Airport NE England on Flightradar24.

Not uncommon for NATO aircraft to do this, I have never seen two together before?

 

[Matias Saibene]

I'm back with Orbiter+Blender tests (in Linux). I managed to export a mesh of a single seater spaceship in the shape of a swallow bird and so far it works fine. Fingers crossed with UV mapping...

 

[MaxBuzz]

I had an idea to make a seagull on a ship for gameplay (the seagull could be controlled)
pterosaur migration paths passed through the entire planet (trip around the world)

 

[Urwumpe]

I had an idea to make a seagull on a ship for gameplay (the seagull could be controlled)
pterosaur migration paths passed through the entire planet (trip around the world)
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So they picked the same niche as the albatros?

 

[MaxBuzz]

So they picked the same niche as the albatros?

Yes Albatross often make circumpolar trips around the world

Arctic tern migration map

 

[Urwumpe]

I am torn.

Is "Susie" the most stupid or the greatest name possible for a reusable manned capsule (Which Arianespace presented today as payload for the Ariane 6)?

 

[Thunder Chicken]

I am torn.

Is "Susie" the most stupid or the greatest name possible for a reusable manned capsule (Which Arianespace presented today as payload for the Ariane 6)?

We shouldn't anthropomorphize spacecraft. They hate it when we do that.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

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I'm back with Orbiter+Blender tests (in Linux). I managed to export a mesh of a single seater spaceship in the shape of a swallow bird and so far it works fine. Fingers crossed with UV mapping...

You should make Hawk's ship Warhawk from Buck Rogers:

Warhawk

Hawk's starfighter. First appearance:Time of the Hawk

buckrogers.fandom.com

 

[Matias Saibene]

You should make Hawk's ship Warhawk from Buck Rogers:

Warhawk

Hawk's starfighter. First appearance:Time of the Hawk

buckrogers.fandom.com

Thanks for the idea. I like ships shaped like birds.
Unfortunately I am still unable to apply textures to my meshes. As far as I know the UV map of my Blender models is not being exported to MSH. When I investigate more and have more information I will open a thread dedicated to solving this problem.

 

[Matias Saibene]

This is the short-wave.info transmitter map. It can be clearly seen that since we are in the days close to the equinox, the day and night last the same in both hemispheres.

 

[jedidia]

I was too tired to do anything, so I started watching "a tale dark and grim" on Netflix, not expecting much of anything. I generally don't like modern "fairy tale reinterpretation mashup parodies", which is exactly what this appeared to be. And it is, in a way, but in an unexpected twist it actually seems to understand its source material. And while it does cook it all up into a stew of its own making, it throws in all the spice that made the originals successful.
In other words, the show might look cute, but the brutality and absurdity, and general mechanical tropes, of a Grim fairy tale are still in there in spades. Not visually explicit, the show switches to more abstract lineart when things get gory, but I'm not at all sure if that actually helps on an emotional level. I'm not sure how old your kid has to be to stomach this, to be honest. Depends a lot on the kid I guess.
Me personally, I'm having a blast with this weird mix of kids adventure and dark absurdist comedy. I might be weird, but I just love a horse called Jehorseaphat, and a devil that keeps coming up with malaproprisms and uses "Statistics!" as a swearword...

 

[Marijn]

Our new flagship under construction at Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau in Germany. We did choose for the proven concept of a
combustion engine (which folds out of the fuselage). We may sell it in the future when FES (Front Electric Sustainer) become available for this type.

Front electric sustainer - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Urwumpe]

The police videos of the 2021 Ahrtal flooding had been published today (after censoring them for protecting the privacy of inhabitants). Sure no hurricane, but thats a one in 100 years event of flooding with torrents of rainfall over a large region becoming concentrated inside a narrow valley. The videos all show the state at the time between 22:14 and 22:42

Polizei-Videos aus der Flutnacht im Ahrtal erstmals veröffentlicht

Videos eines Polizeihubschraubers von der Flutnacht zeigen das Ausmaß des Hochwassers im Ahrtal erschreckend deutlich. Das Innenministerium hat die Aufnahmen erstmals Medienvertretern vorgeführt und anschließend veröffentlicht.

www.swr.de

 

[Notebook]

National Badger Day

National Badger Day, celebrated every October 6, raises awareness for these vital, often misunderstood creatures. Learn about their role in ecosystems and how to support conservation efforts.

nationaltoday.com

Support your local badger! Or not.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

National Badger Day

National Badger Day, celebrated every October 6, raises awareness for these vital, often misunderstood creatures. Learn about their role in ecosystems and how to support conservation efforts.

nationaltoday.com

Support your local badger! Or not.

Do honey badgers need support?

 

[Notebook]

No, they are ok. They keep bees.

 

[TheShuttleExperience]

Mhh... got the ususal symptoms of a slight cold earlier this week. Only a slightly rough throat. Usually when this happens I always get a cough or bronchitis within the next few days. Didn't happen this time. I did a Covid test on wednesday. It was negative. Yesterday I woke up with slight fever., headache and a strange feeling of pressure in my eyes. I had difficulties reding text on my tablet. Took antipyretic pills and spent the day in my bed. Today I"m actually fine, but the pressure in my head and eyes still exists, plus a slight dizzines/vertigo. I actually don"t feel too bad but it just feels strange/unusual somehow. So I did another Covid test... this time it was positive. Did another one to make sure it's positive.

I would attribute this mild course to the vaccination. The slightest and quickest "cold" I ever had. And wow, no cough this time (my bronchia feel veey fine). But it definately feels different than just the ususal cold. I really don't want to know how this would be without the vaccination... (that pressure in the eyes and vertigo is very strange)...

 

[Notebook]

Nasty I hope you are recovering.
I got clobbered in March this year. A persisitent cough that got worse when I tried to lie down. I ended up sleeping in a chair. Eventually I had to call the ambulance.
Spent the next night in AE in a cubicle, sitting up with an oxygen mask being monitored. Before they threw me out( joke ) Doctor didn't quite call me an idiot, but any problem with breathing is very dangerous and I should have called earlier. I've had three vacinations, waiting for a fourth.
Its left me with a deep sense of how unpleasant this virus is and I'm still not back to my regular activities. Perhaps never will?