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  1. Photon440

    New member

    Welcome from Canada!
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    Who Likes Aircraft ?

    The original design did have a two speed turbo-supercharger, but when sent for evaluation to NACA, they recommended ditching the turbo to get rid of the side scoops, claiming they caused too much drag. Scoops shown here on the prototype. The Soviets still made good use of the 5,000 examples...
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    Hello everyone

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    Post up facts and things that hardly anyone knows...... (for entertainment purposes only. NO need to fact check)

    Despite having 4,000 missiles fired at it during its career, the SR-71 Blackbird was never shot down.
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    the NASA thread and anything related

    The Liberty Bell space capsule from the Mercury missions that sank after landing, shown on the ocean floor. Post recovery analysis showed that Gus Grissom was right, he hadn't touched the button. The hatch blew on it's own, thought to have been triggered by static electricity.
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    Front End FRIDAY!!!

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    "Please S T O P saying this" thread.

    Rolls Royce and Bentley stopped using left hand wheel nuts after 2003.
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    Random picture thread

    Five is too many? I'm not up on bear anatomy.
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    WCFB carb repair

    Is the shaft worn, or is the problem with worn shaft holes? If it leaks that much, it could also be drawing in air and affecting your idle settings. Throttle shafts and bushings - Mikes Carburetor Parts
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    Random picture thread

    Is that AI? It's from the 'liketomodifycars' facebook page, it looks like it has four doors, and the real 1951 Pontiac Streamliner looked like this:
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    Post up facts and things that hardly anyone knows...... (for entertainment purposes only. NO need to fact check)

    Despite looking smaller on some maps, the second largest continent is Africa, with 11.7 million square miles.
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    Who Likes Aircraft ?

    Way back in the 1950s, Cessna undertook a project to build a business plane to carry eight or ten passengers. It was pressurized and sported four engines. This was the Cessna 620, powered by four 350 hp. Continental flat six engines. The design started in 1953, but the first flight wasn't...
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    Restore OEM Bumpers or Buy New

    I don't recall seeing any number stampings on my original bumpers, just on the brackets.
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