I see my constant Year in Aviation updates are paying off,
November 15 1960. Scott Crossfield flies the X-15 with the XLR-99 engine for the first time.
Will wrote:wbjones wrote:No.Will wrote:well it WAS originally posted on pager 1958 ......The_Jed wrote:I'm not certain, but based on the inner pair of headlights, I think this is a 58, not a 57.
my bad ... you're right .. I was already thinking I was looking at 1958 (it was the last one on '57) ... where's the embarrassed emoticon when you need it ?
Downtown Jackson, 1960-ish. That's Capital Street you're looking up there. Plenty of business now, but by the end of the decade the death spiral would have begun. Jackson suffered badly during Federally Enforced Integration, and would never recover. I could write tons, but it doesn't matter anymore.
DoctorBlade wrote: Downtown Jackson, 1960-ish. That's Capital Street you're looking up there. Plenty of business now, but by the end of the decade the death spiral would have begun. Jackson suffered badly during Federally Enforced Integration, and would never recover. I could write tons, but it doesn't matter anymore.
If they weren't so segregated to begin with, integration might not have caused so much "suffering"
Aeromoto wrote: If they weren't so segregated to begin with, integration might not have caused so much "suffering"
Blame the democrats, it's all their fault after all. Civil War and everything.
Away from the floundering...
October 25, 1961: NASA announces national rocket test site in Hancock County
It's a great tour, if you're ever there. Home to some of the loudest sounds ever created on planet earth. That's a picture of a shuttle engine test. When I was there, they were testing an aerospike motor. Quite the show.
DoctorBlade wrote:Aeromoto wrote: If they weren't so segregated to begin with, integration might not have caused so much "suffering"Blame the democrats, it's all their fault after all. Civil War and everything. Away from the floundering... October 25, 1961: NASA announces national rocket test site in Hancock County It's a great tour, if you're ever there. Home to some of the loudest sounds ever created on planet earth. That's a picture of a shuttle engine test. When I was there, they were testing an aerospike motor. Quite the show.
At Stennis I've spent some time on that test stand, and at the bottom of the locks, too
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