The Dragonflies' Lair~Thread XLVII

The Poets of The Lair | January 31, 2008 | Soaring Feather

[Soaring Feather]

My Dragon Fly and Me

If I could be a Dragon Fly
and wing my way through the sky
I would never be shy
just me and my Dragon Fly!

By moonlight we ride the wind
chase the comets tail for fun
by day we would hide from the sun
our fragile wings would come undone

On darkest nights we would use
fireflies as our guide
we would dip and we would glide
through the heavens open wide
and scatter diamonds in the night sky
my Dragon Fly and me...

And we would wing past our lovers
silent in the night...
to kiss their face in our flight
much to their surprise and delight
my Dragon Fly and me in sight...

Such a view do we share
away up here in the air
of breezes soft through our hair
my Dragon Fly and me a pair...

bentfeather©
2002

[Soaring Feather]

Is the picture there and the first blue background of the frame? It does not show up for me.

[Soaring Feather]

My storage site is screwed up, I bet that is the problem.

[tongue-tied]

No jacket required.

Sounds nice for you. It is a chilly 37 here, so any precip will be wet, darn it. I'm still waiting on my big snow!

[MEG33]

All of it is showing for me.

[Soaring Feather]

Oh good, thanks much Meg. Strange, must be the storage site as I mentioned.

[NY Attitude]

What is your specialty, AD, AM, AE, AT or any other derivative of Group IX Aviation?

[NY Attitude]

What is your specialty, AD, AM, AE, AT or any other derivitive of Group IX Aviation?

[NY Attitude]

Yup, you got fair and square.

[tongue-tied]

I used to be an AQ, but they made me change to AT in the ‘90s. I still party like an ordie. LOL

[NY Attitude]

That is better than being an AB.

[tongue-tied]

Roger that! Fuels would be worse.

[NY Attitude]

If I remember way back when Noah was a deck hand, they had ATR and ATN ratings. Is it still that way? I also remember it changing at E8 or E9.

[NY Attitude]

THere is just something about the arresting cables that I wouldn’t like.

[tongue-tied]

No more ATR/ATN, but now they have ATO and ATI for O and I level. It sure does make an advancement exam more realistic when you turn wrenches and screwdivers but don't have to answer questions like "What will the voltage drop at C1 be if R33 fails?"

Never knew of ATR/ATN. I heard of ADR for recip and ADT for turbojet, but can't remember different tweets.

[NY Attitude]

ATR = Radar Technician and ATN was for communication equipment. ADR as you said was for recips and ADJ was for jets. As for the question, are we discussing a regenerative feedback circuit? Since the company I work for provides equipment to the US and other Navies, the highest maintenance level for the US Navy is O level both for aircraft and for shipboard equipment.

[tongue-tied]

ADJ...that's right. Was before my time.

No, generally they ask about simple meter circuitry.

This past week I learned about the main fuel control, and how different parts of it provide governing and control though mechanical means. Amazing to me, to see how fuel pressure, air pressure, and RPM measurements can be used to give the same control as a feedback circuit on an electronic system.

Self-correcting power and rotor RPM design through a "carburetor". Who knew?!

[NY Attitude]

The one thing that used to drive the nose-pickers crazy was the propeller control on P3 and C130 aircraft.

[Lady Jag]

Lord, how the day passes! It is like a life, so quickly
when we don't watch it, and so slowly if we do.    
John Steinbeck quotes

[NY Attitude]

True words.

[Soaring Feather]

Oh my, Lady gorgeous, picture, lovely quote.