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| 10mm is The Boom of Doom  |
I bet they didn't file a flight plan. The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People again must learn to work, instead of living on public assistance. ~ Cicero 55 BC The Dhimocrats love America like ticks love a hound. | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
I guess they were still accelerating when they hit the "you're basically fucked" mark. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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The joke: I want to die in my sleep like my grandpa and not screaming like my Grandma as he drove off a cliff. | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
My very first thought. I think we have that one in the library. Need to watch it again. Great movie. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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They were test driving the car. It would be interesting to see if either owned it. I mean if you are going to do yourself in via 700hp bucketlist car. Why payfor it. | |||
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Shaman |
Just what are the FAA regulations for an automobile operating on the runway as other than airport operations?  He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. | |||
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They were both in their 70's. Heart attack? | |||
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I bet the salesman is glad he didn't ride along.  | |||
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| Ammoholic |
What's a PJ? Curious... | |||
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Raptorman |
Private Jet ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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Wonder if they were wearing boots when they crashed ? A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master-and deserves one. Ronald Reagan, 1964, quoted from Alexander Hamilton | |||
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I see what you did there!   -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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Official Space Nerd |
Now what kind of an attitude is that, "these things happen"? They only happen because this whole country is just full of people, who when these things happen, they just say "these things happen," and that's why they happen! We gotta have control of what happens to us.  Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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delicately calloused |
Thad: That was the shortest runway I ever seen..... Louis: Yeah, but look how wide it is! You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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One of these??  Or one of these??  ———- Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for thou art crunchy and taste good with catsup. | |||
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| Non-Miscreant |
Bueny airport doesn't give you much room to the south. Had they been going north, they might have had a few hundred yards before the gravel pit and then some homes. I guess the engine is now junk.  Us oldies are still pretty good at mashing the go pedal, not so good at stopping. Unhappy ammo seeker | |||
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Undoubtedly these two fellas in their seventies were enjoying the thrill of speed Pushing the envelope a bit as many of us did in our teens. Just pushed too far. Yes they died but we all will at some point. Sure beats fading out while wearing diapers in a nursing home. | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
My old man has pretty much told me this is how he plans to go out when he feels can't hack it anymore. Last year, he bought a loaded '17 Camaro in candy blue, his favorite color. I don't think he'll go to all the ceremony of renting an airport runway, though.
Technically speaking, I think "launched" works pretty well in this instance. *Edit - Missed the movie reference, that's one I haven't seen in forever. Need to give it another watch. ______________________________________________ Carthago delenda est | |||
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A Grateful American |
Yep. A sortie is a sortie. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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| Non-Miscreant |
They didn't provide us with any action photos. The best I can do is give you a link to their web cams. The one looking north is toward maybe Leadville and Mosquito pass. The one to the South is the direction they were traveling. Salida is only about 25 miles down. Just a little more speed and they'd have made it. http://www.keno.org/colorado_w...buena_vista_cams.htm Unhappy ammo seeker | |||
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