[Milsurplus] Milsurplus Digest, Vol 235, Issue 20

Sat Nov 11 10:59:14 EST 2023

I quote someone older and wiser than me, who responded previously:

*Re: Happy Birthday Marines. Laying it on a little thick aren't you tough
guy? *

But what do I know, I'm only the proud father of one US Marine.

As well you should be, sir.

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Jeff's "salute" to the Marine Corps (Rob Flory)
   2. Re: Fw: USS Shenandoah at 100 (Gene Smar)

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Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Jeff's "salute" to the Marine Corps
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I quote someone older and wiser than me, who responded previously:

*Re: Happy Birthday Marines. Laying it on a little thick aren't you tough
guy? *

But what do I know, I'm only the proud father of one US Marine.

*The USMC is over 248 years of romping, stomping, hell, death and
destruction. The finest fighting machine the world has ever seen. We were
born in a bomb crater, our Mother an M-16, our Father the Devil himself.
Each moment that I live is an additional threat upon your life for I am a
rough looking, roving soldier of the sea. I am cocky, self-centered,
overbearing, and do not know the meaning of fear, for I am fear itself. I
am a green amphibious monster, made of blood and guts, who arose from the
sea, feasting on anti-Americans throughout the globe. Wherever it may
arise, and when my time comes, I will die a glorious death on the
battlefield, giving my life for Mom, the Corps, and the American Flag. We
stole the eagle from the Air Force, the anchor from the Navy, and the rope
from the Army. On the*

*7th day, while God rested, we over-ran his perimeter and stole the globe,
and we?ve been running the show ever since. We live like soldiers and talk
like sailors and slap the Hell out of both. Warrior by day, lover by night,
drunkard by choice, Marine by the grace of God.*
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2023 04:33:12 +0000 (UTC)
From: Gene Smar <ersmar at verizon.net>
To: Military Radio Collectors Association <mrca at mailman.qth.net>,
	Milsurplus <milsurplus at qth.net>, Gordon Smith <gfsmith at cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Fw: USS Shenandoah at 100
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 Gordon (et al):
???? If you want dirigibles, here are a couple of links that might be of interest.? Enjoy.
73 deGene Smar? AD3F

o? https://www.airspacemag.com/airspacemag/airships-rise-again-180978682/ 

o? https://piasecki.com/fnp-accomplishments/pa-97-multiple-helicopter-heavy-lift-system/2632/ 
This one is of personal interest to me.? When I worked at a local electric utility in PA (early 1980s), my research group was asked by a close-to-retirement VP to see if we could use dirigibles to transport ungodly heavy power transformers across our service territory.? (Quick backgrounder - one of our generating stations had lost a main step-up transformer in a fire, so our transportation department put their emergency restoration plan into motion by scheduling a rail car to transport a spare transformer 80 miles to the location of the fire.? However, Penn Central Railroad, which had placed the spare originally, had since gone bankrupt and the rails to the fire location had been torn up and scrapped.? This transformer had to be re-routed over other tracks from central PA through southern Canada and back, a distance of over 3,000 miles, to replace the failed unit 80 miles away.)? Our group approached Piasecki folks to discuss the feasibility of hoisting 50+ ton transformers w
 ith these things and flying across populated areas in PA, but we ultimately came to our senses and recommended against it.? 

    On Friday, November 10, 2023 at 07:16:53 PM EST, Gordon Smith <gfsmith at cox.net> wrote:  

  Gene, Thank you very much for the link (sorry I'm a bit late to the reply party). I've always been a Dirigible admirer even though I know their history. I have always believed that they have a good niche application in today's aviation field. In related news, the first rigid airship since the Hindenburg just started test flights: https://www.ltaresearch.com/technology .

 73, Gordon KJ6IKT

 On 10/27/2023 9:59 AM, Gene Smar via Milsurplus wrote:

 FYI for all you aviation aficionados out there.? 
  73 de Gene Smar AD3F?

 Sent from my Radio Shack TRS-80 model 100 laptop 

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