Robert Krom 💻🛩🔭

Uit de kluiten gewassen dwerg.

[Robert Krom 💻🛩🔭 @maskedfly]

Yeah, the Gulfstream G6(50) is great and all, but have you seen the G1? #fokker #aviation #aviationhistory #avgeeks #avgeeksassemble #dutch #wwii

(images by @Defensie, @DelpherNL and @BeeldenGeluid)

[Thenewarea51 @thenewarea51]

Every 20 years, a Boeing Lufty jet sacrifices it’s nose gear and bows to the terminal at FRA in a very holy ceremony. It’s a blessing to all the airline travelers of the world that they make their connections. Saint Lufthansa 🙏

[Robert Krom 💻🛩🔭 @maskedfly]

@Tom_Antonov

[Robert Krom 💻🛩🔭 @maskedfly]

@JeroenvanH Sterkte 🥺

[Simon Harley @simonharley]

“Dear Heinrich, you have been selected to attend the People’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Karl Marx Stadt.”

[Robert Krom 💻🛩🔭 @maskedfly]

@klaasm67 @BartFunnekotter Zoals in een duel? Of een veldslag?

[𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕄𝕠𝕤 🇺🇦 @BartMos]

Had ik jullie eigenlijk al verteld dat @welingelicht doodleuk andermans artikelen jat en dat de jattende auteur Dirk Kruin er dan ook nog z’n eigen naam boven zet?

[Stijn de Vreede 🍿 @VrijndeSteede]

Grundhansa

[Robert Krom 💻🛩🔭 @maskedfly]

@klaasm67 Na een inspirerend gesprek met HR zie ik nu zelf ook in dat ik dat niet meer publiekelijk mag delen.

[DepressedBergman @DannyDrinksWine]

British Motor Corp, owners of the Mini, refused to donate any cars for "The Italian Job" (1969). The chief of Fiat Motors offered to donate all of the cars needed, including Fiat 500s in place of the Minis. Peter Collinson, the director of the movie decided that, as it was a very British movie, the cars should be British Minis.

Fiat still donated scores of cars for filming, as well as the factory grounds. The authorities refused to close the roads, but the Italian Mafia stepped in and shut whole sections of Turin down for filming. The traffic jams in this movie are real, as are people's actions during them.

(Source: IMDb)

P.S: On this day, 56 years ago, "The Italian Job" (1969) premiered in London, UK.

[Robert Krom 💻🛩🔭 @maskedfly]

Usenet

[Hubert Thieblot @hthieblot]

Anyone who surfed the early web between 1995-2010.

What’s the one website/app you still think about?

[Robert Krom 💻🛩🔭 @maskedfly]

@exQUIZitely @JessePetrilla *coughs politely*

[Robert Krom 💻🛩🔭 @maskedfly]

@klaasm67 Dan zal je het er wel naar gemaakt hebben.

[Robert Krom 💻🛩🔭 @maskedfly]

@KlaasdeJong74 Even de stoep een meter of twee naar links uitbreiden en het probleem is opgelost 😌

[Pulp Librarian @PulpLibrarian]

Capricorn One is still one of the most entertaining conspiracy thrillers of the 1970s, with a great set up and a really strong hook: the faking of a crewed mission to Mars.

It's sometimes a bit overlooked, maybe because it's a slow build up, but the payoff is worth it with some brilliant action sequences: Telly Savalas and Elliott Gould in a crop sprayer dodging helicopters, Gould driving at breakneck speed without breaks through traffic. It tapped into a lot of existing conspiracy theories and a general post-Watergate mood of distrust in institutions, and writer and director Peter Hyams delivers a strong thriller as a result. The two novelisations, by Ron Goulart and Ken Follett (writing as Bernard L. Ross) are really good reads.

Hyams later sci-fi work also doesn't get all the credit it deserves. Outland (1981) is a solid 'space Western' that feels claustrophobic and tense throughout. 2010: The Year We Make Contact is also really good ("Piece of pie!"). Watching all three movies together makes for a fun (but long) evening!

Capricorn One had its US release delayed until mid-1978 to avoid clashing with Superman. Audiences really liked it and the Jerry Goldsmith score, realistic NASA props and some great set pieces make it really work quite well.

[Robert Krom 💻🛩🔭 @maskedfly]

@Jordisoeters @MvanDusseldorp @MarjanRintel

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Europe's Syphilis blame map shows that Europeans refer to Syphilis with the name of their neighbours. It wasn't us, it was them!

[Robert Krom 💻🛩🔭 @maskedfly]

@FrisTuig @JeroenvanH

[Robert Krom 💻🛩🔭 @maskedfly]

@Tom_Antonov @klaasm67 What is this? An APC for ants?