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@OnDisasters I walked thru that plane in June 1993 at the Paris Air Show.

OTD in 1969, the very first British-built Concorde prototype —Concorde 002— took to the skies for its maiden flight. Flown by chief test pilot Brian Trubshaw, the quick 22-minute trip was a huge milestone for the joint UK-France supersonic project. A massive crowd of reporters showed up at the Filton airfield to catch a glimpse of the action. Even Trubshaw, who usually shied away from the press, was thrilled, calling the smooth flight "wizard—a cool, calm, and collected operation." After taking off from Filton, the plane actually had to touch down about 50 miles away at RAF Fairford. As it turned out, the runway at the factory simply wasn't long enough to safely test-fly the massive new supersonic jet! 📹British Pathé ℹ️Concorde Legacy

I've been waiting MONTHS for @MercedesBenzUSA to send a new window switch to a nearby dealership. I've owned three Merc-Benz over the past 40 years. Replacement parts should be plentiful and/or accessible!

“You will never find justice in a world where criminals make the laws". - Thomas Jefferson.

"We were in Chicago and I was taking batting practice before a game and I hit one into the upper deck. The ball was hit high, a man with a bald head jumped up to catch it and - SMACK - it hit him right on his bald head. I felt concerned, but I laughed about it, and in batting practice the stands aren't full so I had a clear view of what happened. I asked someone to see if he was all right and I got prepared to take my next swing. On the next pitch, I hit another upper deck shot, - WHAM - it hit the same guy, on the other side of his head. I sent the clubhouse guy to go get him; I had to talk to him. He was brought down to me and he had two huge knots on his head; I could see Lee MacPhail's signature printed on the left side of his skull. I asked him if he was OK and he said: 'Yeah, except that after the balls hit me they bounced away and I lost them both.' I got him two baseballs and signed them, 'To Jack, your head is harder than this ball.'" Boog Powell, 1970.

@HistoryWJacob Taft was Chief Justice of SCOTUS after his presidency. This was his legacy!

On this day in 1895, the Supreme Court ruled income tax to be unconstitutional. The ruling was tragically superceded in 1913 by the passage of the 16th Amendment Could you imagine your life without income tax?

@MusgroveMillGC Great video! I can't believe I haven't seen this before.

The Mill under a minute.

We’re proud to announce that Musgrove Mill Golf Club has earned the No. 22 spot on the 2026 SC Golf Panel Modern Courses list! ⛳ bit.ly/SCGolfPanelRan…

@TrevorImmelman Signature on top left and initials on top right.

Amazing night as always…..and I got to hold one of Ben Hogan’s drivers…..🔥

Empty trailers full of SHREDDED Trump mail-in ballot applications that were never sent out from the 2020 election. Notice how nobody ever finds any shredded Biden ballots or mail-in ballot applications, or ballots dumped in the woods, or shoved down storm drains.

"I walked back dejectedly to the compound. Because I had uttered the line, when Jack knocked in his birdie putt, that 'The Bear has come out of hibernation.'" – Jim Nantz explains one of his most famous Masters calls

🚨KASH PATEL JUST FAST-TRACKED A ONE-MAN DEEP STATE DESTROYER INTO THE FBI — CITIZEN INVESTIGATOR NICK SHIRLEY IS GETTING THE ULTIMATE PROMOTION AFTER EXPOSING MASSIVE MEDICAID FRAUD AND TAKING DOWN A CONGRESSWOMAN, A U.S. SENATOR, AND A GOVERNOR! FBI Director Kash Patel called it straight: “This young man has exceptional instincts. The FBI would be lucky to have him.” The swamp is in absolute PANIC as this fearless patriot who single-handedly dragged three high-level Democrats into the light is now heading straight inside the Bureau to help rip the corruption apart from within! This is what real accountability looks like. SHARE THIS IF YOU CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THE DEEP STATE GET HUNTED BY THEIR OWN NEW RECRUIT! Follow @UnmaskTheSys for more drops.

🚨 NASA astronaut & chem. engineer Don Pettit: "I'd go to the Moon in a nanosecond. Problem is we don't have the tech to do that anymore. We used to, but we destroyed that tech & it's a painful process to build it back." 🎉 Guy finds lost Apollo 🚀tech in a dump 😱 reassembles it, and it works fine.

The fact Jordan is this petty is also why he's the greatest

@OnDisasters Years ago, I had a C5A Galaxy fly below me down the coastline near Paris Island.

"Cessna, you got a heavy on your 3 O´Clock" "How Heavy?" "Heavy!"

@ClemsonUniv has a lot to be proud of, with the upcoming launch. islandpacket.com/news/state/sou…

Colt’s Last Tommy Gun Ever Discovered in the Colt factory decades later, this is the final Colt 1921 Thompson to leave the factory — an untouched legend with unmatched provenance..

Warren Buffet: "I can end the deficit in five minutes. You juts pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for reelection."

@MagnumKeith I also read that @goodyear built a number of F4U Corsairs, b/c aluminum was used on the air frames.

During the wars, when Colt couldn’t keep up with demand for 1911s, they licensed Singer Sewing Machine Co., and other companies, to help get more guns to our boys. “Sixguns” (1961)