#buzz bomb

[jenfoundabug]

Carpenter bees are so cute 🥰

Valley carpenter bee female (Xylocopa sonorina)

Northern California, US

[bigglesworld]

Hawker Typhoon. Chasing down a V-1 flying bomb, Fieseler Fi 103

[militarymodeller]

Nr.123 The German V1 flying bomb aka Buzz bomb or doodlebug.

The V-1 flying bomb (German: Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1" was an early cruise missile and the only production aircraft to use a pulsejet for power.

Its official RLM aircraft designation was Fi 103. It was also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb or doodlebug and in Germany as Kirschkern (cherry stone)[c] or Maikäfer (maybug).[d]

The V-1 was the first of the so-called "Vengeance weapons" series (V-weapons or Vergeltungswaffen) deployed for the terror bombing of London. It was developed at Peenemünde Army Research Center in 1939 by the Nazi German Luftwaffe at the beginning of the Second World War, and during initial development was known by the codename "Cherry Stone". Because of its limited range, the thousands of V-1 missiles launched into England were fired from launch facilities along the French (Pas-de-Calais) and Dutch coasts.

The Wehrmacht first launched the V-1s against London on 13 June 1944, one week after (and prompted by) the successful Allied landings in France. At peak, more than one hundred V-1s a day were fired at southeast England, 9,521 in total, decreasing in number as sites were overrun until October 1944, when the last V-1 site in range of Britain was overrun by Allied forces. After this, the Germans directed V-1s at the port of Antwerp and at other targets in Belgium, launching a further 2,448 V-1s. The attacks stopped only a month before the war in Europe ended, when the last launch site in the Low Countries was overrun on 29 March 1945.

[fullmetaldevil-blog]

Had a special treat today. As of this month my grandmother would have been celebrating her 100th birthday. Sadly she is no longer and we decided to have a special celebration in her memory. During World War 2 she was one of many of the W.A.S.P's aka Women's Airforce Service Pilots. She flew a number of planes including a brief flight with a B-17 "Flying Fortress" Bomber. The air museum was hosting rides aboard their B-17 Bomber and my father and I couldn't resist getting a ride. We proudly thought of my grandma and his mother as we flew through the area. It gave us just a small peek into the world she lived in and all the things she had done in her life. She passed away when I was very young so I have no memory of her. However, today's flight gave me a bit more of an understanding and appreciation for her. She may be gone but is still with us, and for a moment we were just a bit closer.

[drugusersbible]

I have to admit that I found N2O (nitrous oxide) to be rather disappointing. It was like a ‘wham bam thank you man’ type of experience, with little fulfilment or satisfaction. Perhaps this was because of my past experience with more accomplished psychoactives, or perhaps it is just over-hyped. Whatever the reason, it was incredibly short: a bit of a head zap followed by a period of calm.

I may be being too harsh here: from a different perspective the brief dissociation could almost be viewed as a mental re-boot and the after effects a sort of psychological sedation, enabling mental calm and clarity. I am certainly open to third party opinions on these issues.

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[jenfoundabug]

Valley carpenter bee (Xylocopa sonorina) I came across in Arizona. This one's a lady, because she's pure black. Here's what a male looks like:

Pretty boy

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