SOLDER & SOLDERING TECHNIQUES : 1958 NASA Instructional Film

If you don’t get anything else out of this – cleanliness is next to Godliness in soldering – everything here applies to plumbing joints as well . . . What is really fun is a young FNG that has no clue about soldering and you draw the solder up into a pipe joint – theirContinue reading “SOLDER & SOLDERING TECHNIQUES : 1958 NASA Instructional Film”

Operation Ranger, Operation Buster/Jangle – Nuclear Test Film

At just over 1 1/4 hours it is a long film – but pretty much keeps your attention – Enjoy! Beats a baby food jar filled with black powder wrapped up in friction tape – from one aspect the weapon(s) development program(s) was just a BIG boys with toys thing – LOL! Have Fun! –Continue reading “Operation Ranger, Operation Buster/Jangle – Nuclear Test Film”

Operation CUE – Hot Time in Old Town Tonight!

There were not a lot of large devices detonated at Nevada Test Site – “stuff” was simply put closer to the device to achieve the desired “effects” – In order to same effect at 2 miles that you got at one mile – the device needs to be approximately eight (8) times the yield .Continue reading “Operation CUE – Hot Time in Old Town Tonight!”

BUFF ( B-52 ) Crosswind Capability

SAC base runways – like most others – were aligned so take offs and landings could be done into the average or normal prevailing winds. The big difference with SAC was the simple fact that regardless how much cross wind is occurring at a given moment – the aircraft ARE launching – the BUFF hadContinue reading “BUFF ( B-52 ) Crosswind Capability”

Vault 7 – Is your belief system YOUR belief system??

A Danger Will Robinson WARNING – If YOU have any paranoid tendencies – don’t read any further . . . ******************************************************* Why Vault 7 matters. It’s not about collection of your information, instead it’s about control of your mind. All the people writing about the intrusive nature of the NSA, and the collection of dataContinue reading “Vault 7 – Is your belief system YOUR belief system??”