Ninstints

a blog by K R Fulton, of Haida blood, currently serving his country overseas... a descendant of a Haida mother, Margaret Fulton, and grandmother, Nettie Thompson, my Grandfather, Gilbert McLeod was a Scot and an Alaskan seafaring man for the fish packers, the Postal Service and many other companies and vessels My grandmother and grandfather spent many years in southeastern Alaska, They were connected to the land and the sea in many ways, as a fisherman and seafaring man, my grandfather was well known in those parts. My grandmother was also well know and has many relatives, much close family and friends in Craig, Ketchikan, Hydaburg, and the lower 48, Nettie has the distinction of being the first baby born in Hydaburg. She was proud to call herself Haida, as well am I.

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future train system, coming soon to a track near you

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future bus concept

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1958 W.C. Jerome’s “Safety Car”, Sir Vival | Featured at the 1958 Worlds Fair - Via

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the future of automobiles

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Once upon a midnight dreary...

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I've been sketched

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DSC_0065 copy on Flickr.

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The North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie was the prototype version of the proposed B-70 nuclear-armed deep-penetration strategic bomber for the United States Air Force's (USAF) Strategic Air Command. Designed by North American Aviation in the late 1950s, the Valkyrie was a large six-engined aircraft able to fly Mach 3+ at an altitude of 70,000 feet (21,000 m), which would have allowed it to avoidinterceptors, the only effective anti-bomber weapon at the time.

Improved high-altitude surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), the change to low-level penetration bombing, the program's high development costs, and the introduction of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBMs) led to the cancellation of the B-70 program in 1961. Although the proposed fleet of operational B-70 bombers was canceled, two prototype aircraft were built as the XB-70A and used in supersonic test flights from 1964 to 1969. One prototype crashed following a midair collision in 1966; the other is on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Ohio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie

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It happened in early 1990 in the Persian Gulf, while U.S. carriers and B-52s were holding joint exercises. Two B-52s called the carrier (USS Ranger) and asked if they could do a fly-by, and the carrier air controller said yes. When the B-52s reported they were 9 kilometers out, the carrier controller said he didn’t see them. The B-52s told the carrier folks to look down. The paint job on the B-52 made it hard to see from above, but as it got closer, the sailors could make it out, and the water the B-52 jets were causing to spray out. It’s very, very rare for a USAF aircraft to do a fly-by below the flight deck of a carrier. But B-52s had been practicing low level flights for years, to come in under Soviet radar. In this case, the B-52 pilots asked the carrier controller if they would like the bombers come around again. The carrier guys said yes, and a lot more sailors had their cameras out this time. via Tailhook Daily

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20 August 2103

There are too many militarized police forces nowadays, it seems like every town above 30k has a "special squad" nowadays and many are just itching to use the power and force they have been given, in spite the 4th Amendment to the Constitution they want to bust into a house or building using their special equipment and weapons using the element of suprise, that combined with sloppy, haphazard and incomplete investigation, supported by circumstantial evidence along with rumor and innuendo mean nothing but trouble and pain for the citizenry the police are supposed to serve and protect. Where are the peoples rights?

I have to ask: Do the citizens of the United States really believe that the Bill of Rights is no longer important?

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Car advertisements from the 50's and 60's

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1959 Oldsmobile F-88 Mark III, with a 102 inch wheelbase carried a combination fiberglass and steel body, and it stood only forty-six inches high. Inside were bucket seats and aircraft-type instruments featuring rotating disc-type tachometer and speedometer, color-coded according to range. To obtain a very low hood, there was a special carburetor arrangement and an altered-from-stock crossflow aluminum radiator. The muffler / exhaust system was mounted ahead of the engine, exiting forward of the front wheels; an experimental Hydra-matic was mounted in the rear to improve weight distribution. Harley Earl drove the Mark III for a while during his retirement

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The 1960 DiDia 150 was a luxury, custom-designed iconic, handmade car also known as the "Dream Car" forever associated with its second owner, singer Bobby Darin. Built in Detroit, Michigan, clothing designer Andrew 'Andy' Di Dia designed this "unrestrained and unconventional" automobile. Only one example was ever built. The car is powered by a 427 high-performance Ford engine with a 125-inch wheelbase, with a tubular aluminum frame and a hand-fashioned soft aluminum body. The car was built by Detroit native and clothing designer Andy DiDia; the car took seven years, from 1953 to 1960, to finish.

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Looking north at Beachwood Canyon and the Hollywoodland sign, with the San Fernando Valley clearly visible in the background, 1920’s.

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Angels Flight cars Sinai and Olivet cross paths above Clay Street, Los Angeles,1948.

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1955 Ford Mystere

In September of 1955, Ford released photos of a futuristic body design for a car that would be propelled by a gas turbine powerplant. On display during the 1956 Chicago extravagaza, the prototype show car had no engine, although provisions were made to fit one under the rear deck. Cargo and spare tire were housed under the front hood. A large bubble of glass served as roof, windows and windshield. Hinged at the back the canopy could be opened up 70-degrees, front seats would swivel outward and passengers could easily enter and exit through half-doors. The scoop at the top of the windshield supplied fresh air into the 4-passenger cockpit. A radiotelphone was housed in a console between the two rear bucket-type seats, and the aircraft-type steering wheel was a "throw-over," meaning that the car could be driven from either front seat. Other modern features were pushbutton ignition switch, padded dash and a television set behind the front seat.

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from the work of Fernando Decillis, the Fultons in Bogota in 2011.

thank you Fernando, very nice work