A performance of the opening section of the classical masterpiece "Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565" by the great composer Johann Sebastian Bach on the Wanamaker Organ—one of the world's largest and most magnificent operational pipe organs.
Why did the SR-71 crew members not worry about being shot down? Among other reasons the United States fighter pilots couldn’t even find them do you think the Russians could?
The "Eagle Bait" missions were training exercises where the SR-71 Blackbird acted as a high-altitude, high-speed target for U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles and Navy F-14 Tomcats. [1, 2]
According to SR-71 pilot Dave Peters, these simulation runs over the Nellis Air Force Base training area led to a hilarious realization about why the fighters kept missing them: [1, 2]
•The Missing Jet: Fighter pilots grew frustrated and huffy on the radio, accusing the SR-71 crew of being "no-shows" when they couldn't find them on radar—even when everything was shut down and the Blackbird crew radioed their exact coordinates.
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•The Speed Gate Limit: The mystery was solved when pilots realized the F-15's APG-63 radar had a speed gate (a filter designed to screen out ground clutter and invalid returns) capped at 1,500 knots.
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•Warping Past Unseen: While the F-15 radar filtered out anything traveling faster than 1,500 knots, the SR-71 was casually cruising along at 1,850 to 2,000 knots, rendering the Blackbird completely invisible and nonexistent to the Eagle's systems.
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•Pre-Planned Setups Required: While the F-14 Tomcats could track them better, neither fighter could successfully engage the Blackbird unless the SR-71 crew gave them explicit advance details on their route, speed, time, and altitude to set up a pre-arranged intercept
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Who was the best RB back in the day for you all.
We had many choices.
Barry was an absolute BEAST! But, Emmitt, Thurman Thomas, Marshall Faulk, Jerome Bettis were all animals too.
We personally were Bills fans during the 0-4 straight Super Bowl run and losses...
Thurman and Bruce were my favs!
This was before all the drama...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted with its pilot ‘Encounter At Farpoint’ and has what is still one of my favorite scenes in all of Star Trek history.
His live performance was pure effortless style ✨🔥 That runway-level outfit, the confidence, the whole look… he really knows how to serve a high-fashion moment.
Put the ice down. Richard Paterson, Whyte & Mackay's legendary master blender, is about to teach you how to drink whisky like a sir.
Behind a bar lined with Whyte & Mackay bottles, the man with the magnificent mustache pours a dram, swirls it, and throws it out, "because you want to get rid of any odours that are perhaps on the lip of the glass." Then he pours again, swirls it around, and brings it up to "say hello." He even checks in on it: "How are you?... Quite well. Thank you very much."
Rule one: "Don't knock it back like a cowboy."
Rule two: add water, but test it with your finger first, "because many barmen unfortunately stick their jug under a hot tap by mistake." He says that's happened to his whisky six times, from America to France to Stockholm to England. The target is "35% alcohol," which he calls "the ideal strength for really bringing out the whisky in the palate." A sip, a long, thoughtful swish, "And then let it go down. Absolutely fantastic."
Skip the water? "This is what would happen." Down goes a sip, and his face crumples into pure agony.
Then comes the grand finale. Winding down at the bar after a presentation, he says, there's "nothing more wonderful than the sound of whisky being poured by the barman into a glass"... until he hears "not just one or two bits of ice, but many bits." He rattles a glass packed with ice right at the camera. "This is now Scotch on the rocks. This is taking my whisky, ruining it with all this ice."
He even has an origin story: in the olden days, the Scots went to the river beds and took cold rocks "chilled by the mountain snows" to put in their whisky. "And that's why we call it Scotch on the rocks." His advice if a barman ever hands you one: "Chuck it away. You don't need it." And with a big theatrical fling, he does.
Pure theater from a true whisky legend. So be honest: neat, a splash of water, or on the rocks? Tell me how you drink yours.
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