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Finnish fighter jets damaged by volcanic cloud
The Vancouver Sun ^
| 4/18/2010
| AFP
Posted on 04/16/2010 10:04:01 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove
Iceland sits atop the mid-Atlantic ridge, the tectonic spreading center responsible for the creation and continual widening of the Atlantic Ocean.
Iceland is the tiny land mass at the top.
World Distribution of Mid-Oceanic Ridges; USGS
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge in Iceland
The ridge was central in the
breakup of Pangaea that began
some 180 million years ago.
SOURCE: Mid-Atlantic Ridge:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_Ridge
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posted on
04/16/2010 10:07:37 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: sonofstrangelove
Never have liked the 18....it’s just butt ugly.
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posted on
04/16/2010 10:07:41 PM PDT
by
stboz
To: ETL
Iceland sits atop the mid-Atlantic ridge, the tectonic spreading center responsible for the creation and continual widening of the Atlantic Ocean. Hmmm...more space between us and Socialist/Islamist Europe? Doesn't sound too bad!
The joke would be funnier if the socialist pro-Islamists weren't currently in control of our government...
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posted on
04/16/2010 10:11:52 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(No sane man loves war. But all decent men realize there can be no peace with tyrants or terrorists.)
To: sonofstrangelove
Damn I am stunned.
Finland has an air force? Who knew!
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posted on
04/16/2010 10:22:32 PM PDT
by
Koblenz
(The Dem Platform, condensed: 1. Tax and Spend. 2. Cut and Run. 3. Man on Man)
To: EternalVigilance
It’s a great place to invest in real estate! That is, if you’re willing to wait a few thousand years for your property to grow in size, and you buy property directly on the spreading center itself. The plates move apart, on average, about 2 inches per year. :)
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posted on
04/16/2010 10:22:39 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: EternalVigilance
Islamist Europe? At least they do not have a Muslim ru(i)nning their countries.
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posted on
04/16/2010 10:29:38 PM PDT
by
Frantzie
(McCain=Obama's friend. McCain called AMERICANS against amnesty - "racists")
To: sonofstrangelove
I told them (airlines) to keep those Lockheed Connies, and Douglas DC-7’s for backup - but did they listen?
Nope - so what can I say? LOL
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posted on
04/16/2010 10:32:11 PM PDT
by
J Edgar
To: stboz
Really? I thought the F-4 was ugly. Loved it. But we called it a science experiment that with enough trust, even a brick could fly. Compared to it the F-18 is work of art. IMHO.
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posted on
04/16/2010 10:34:57 PM PDT
by
truemiester
((If the U.S. should fail, a veil of darkness will come over the Earth for a thousand years))
To: Frantzie
At least they do not have a Muslim ru(i)nning their countries. Obama is not trying to "Change" America to an Islamic country. He's a communist! He has no religion other than Marxism.
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posted on
04/16/2010 10:35:48 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: Frantzie
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posted on
04/16/2010 10:36:15 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(No sane man loves war. But all decent men realize there can be no peace with tyrants or terrorists.)
To: Koblenz
As a separate branch of the military, the Finnish Air Force is one of the oldest in the world, having existed officially since 6 March 1918.
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posted on
04/16/2010 10:41:29 PM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: EternalVigilance
The commie left is definitely allied with the radical islamists, both wanting to destroy the United States, but Obama and his comrades are not about converting America to Islam.
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posted on
04/16/2010 10:50:31 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: truemiester
I always thought the F4 was a beauty. I used to work at Bergstrom AFB back in the 80’s, and watch them take off 4 at a time. What a sight and sound. To this day I have never heard anything louder than 4 Phantoms taking off 2 at a time.
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posted on
04/16/2010 10:56:52 PM PDT
by
davetex
(All my weapons got melted by a meteor!! No Sh*t)
To: ETL
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posted on
04/16/2010 11:05:24 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(No sane man loves war. But all decent men realize there can be no peace with tyrants or terrorists.)
To: davetex
“To this day I have never heard anything louder than 4 Phantoms taking off 2 at a time.”
Try being between two of them hooks to the Bow Cats of a Carrier. Our Mouse-ear helmets offered very little sound buffer when they were at afterburner.
To: NavyCanDo
Yes, I believe that, I can only imagine. I was just a civi construction worker at the base. I was usually a fair distance from the runway, but we couldn’t hardly talk to each other when the Phantoms were taking off.
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posted on
04/16/2010 11:12:13 PM PDT
by
davetex
(All my weapons got melted by a meteor!! No Sh*t)
To: sonofstrangelove
Sorry for interrupting the thread with a post on the geology of Iceland (and the other unrelated posts that followed). I just find the subject fascinating and thought some others would too. But this obviously wasn’t the place for it.
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posted on
04/16/2010 11:12:15 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: sonofstrangelove
I don’t recall any of this hysteria after Mt. St. Helens. We know there was an ash cloud because people all along the jet stream were getting ash falling on them. But I recalled no stoppage of flights in and out of Seattle or Portland during that time. If ash was so bad for jet engines (and it’s easy to believe why), how come we had no plane crashes or emergencies when Mt. St. Helens erupted?
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posted on
04/16/2010 11:48:11 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Washington, we Texans want a divorce!)
To: davetex
I have a special place in my heart for the F-4
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posted on
04/16/2010 11:48:53 PM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
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