Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21. National Museum of Military Vehicles Dubois Wyoming.

 

A Mig-21 at the National Museum of Military Vehicles in Dubois, Wyoming.

The Mig 21 was one of the greatest of the Cold War fighters.

Airport customs office named for Leatham

 

Airport customs office named for Leatham

Delta To Pull Out Of Casper Airport, Last Flight Is Dec. 3

Blog Mirror: Pilot Makes Emergency Landing On I-25, Fixes Plane, Then Takes Off Again

Pilot Makes Emergency Landing On I-25, Fixes Plane, Then Takes Off Again

Lex Anteinternet: Subsidiarity Economics 2024. The times more or les...

Lex Anteinternet: Subsidiarity Economics 2024. The times more or les...: 

September 7, 2024

The Natrona County International Airport had its busiest month in a decade.

Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, September 6, 1924. Putting down in Boston.

Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, September 6, 1924. Putting down in Boston.:   

Saturday, September 6, 1924. Putting down in Boston.

 

And of course, it was Saturday.

Last edition:

Friday September 5, 1924. Back in the US.

Labels: 1920s, 1924, Calvin Coolidge, First Around The World Flight, Maine, U.S. Air Force

Lex Anteinternet: Space National Guard? Spare us.

Lex Anteinternet: Space National Guard? Spare us.: 

Space National Guard? Spare us.

The time has come to create a Space National Guard as the primary combat reserve of the U.S. Space Force.  So as president, I will sign historic legislation creating a space National Guard.

Donald Trump, yesterday, at the National Guard Association Convention.

The Space Force is frankly absurd and ought to be abolished, with its enlisted men folded back into the Air Force and its officers assigned permanent duty at Tasty Freeze drive up windows. 

But a Space Force National Guard?

Please, no.

Of course, if a bill like that passes through Congress, and as goofy as Congress has been in recent years, it probably would, no State Governor is going to turn down the chance to have the Mos Eisley Space Guard station put in their state, so every state will end up with a squadron of "Guardians".

The Space Force is flat out dumb.  It's duties belong in the Air Force.  One of the unfortunate legacies of the Trump administration, however, is this absurd new branch of the service.

Would that sanity would reign and it would go away.

Lex Anteinternet: Wednesday, August 27, 1924. First flight of the USS Los Angeles.

Lex Anteinternet: Wednesday, August 27, 1924. Color photos over the...: 

Wednesday, August 27, 1924. Color photos over the wire.

The German built, due to reparations, USS Los Angeles made its first flight.

The Lost Angeles over Berlin, 1924.

She was the longest serving rigid airship, serving, with interruptions, until 1939.

Last edition:

Monday, August 25, 1924. Ratifying the Dawes Plan and questionable movies.

Labels: 1920s, 1924, 1924 at the Movies, Camping, Dawes Plan, Diplomacy, German Weimar Republic, Movies, Politics

Painted Bricks: Aviator statue. Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Painted Bricks: Aviator statue. Cheyenne, Wyoming.:  

Aviator statue. Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Lex Anteinternet: Friday, August 14, 1914. First bombing raid.

Lex Anteinternet: Friday, August 14, 1914. First bombing raid.: 

Friday, August 14, 1914. First bombing raid.

The French First Army advanced on German forces near Sarrebourg, Lorraine, France.

Albanian rebels attacked Durrës, the capital of Albania, but were driven back by Romanian volunteer forces, showing how confusing the Great War already was.

The first real bomber, the the French Voisin III, made its first combat run. An attack on German airship hangars at Metz-Frescaty Air Base in Germany.

The Austro Hungarian steamer SS Baron Gautsch struck a mine off of Croatia and sank, killing 150 passengers.

Natrona County Passenger Increase

Nearly 30% more passengers flew out of Casper/Natrona County International Airport in July than did a year ago, airport officials reported Monday.

Casper Star Tribune, August 14, 2024.