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Well, air balloons and airships do have the right of way!

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

Awesome! She looks great.

MNJason's airplane thread made me think long and hard about posting this thread. Five years ago to the day is the day that my squadron, HMH-464, lost 8 Marines and 2 Air Force Airmen, in a mid-air collision off the coast Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. I knew 5 of those Marines personally...

Here's a couple pictures that I got from a retired Marine Gunny who served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. These pictures were taken in Okinawa. The first is a squadron photo shot of VFTB-242 (which is now VMA-242). The aircraft is the TBF Avenger. The second photo is a night shot with F4 Corsairs...

I'll add a few pictures to this thread. For everyones information, the main reason behind the Marine/Navy assault on Iwo Jima was the the US wanted/needed to capture this small island so that the US would have an airfield closer to Japan for returning damaged aircraft (most notably the B-29s). I...

I agree! Oh, and I know a few people who could do the latter.:wink

^Looks like Ford came out on top of that encounter too.:biggrin

Wow! Very nice.

BONY was a classy man. I'm glad someone picked up the Valentine's Day routine for him, that was very classy too. I just wish I could have met him BONY in person.

Wow, your garages look great!

Beautiful pictures. I miss the California mountains and it looks like you all had fun. Thanks for sharing.

Nice!!! I thought about asking for pics but thought you wouldn't deliver. I learned my lesson!:biggrin

Wow great post Kelly! Thanks for all the information and I look forward to seeing this winder of yours when you release it. I'm kinda like you, was never really into watches...until I got my B&R. Before that, I thought going from a Timex Ironman to a Casio G-Shock was a huge step. Now that I...

Thanks, I'll check those out!

That last part of your story was pretty funny Chip! I'd love to have seen the look on that guy's face! Yeah, that's a great point about using electric watch winders to keep our self winding watches running. I've always liked Omegas so maybe I'll look into their watches to see if I can find a...

I was going to say this for Gin. It's my favorite. Their website is cool too and I like the Hendricks Martini recipe. I also agree on the Makers Mark comments for whisky. I'm not much of a tequila or vodka guy so really can't comment on those.

Thanks everyone. Yeah, I'll probably still wear the B&R weekly, except for those rare occassions where I may be gone for a few weeks.

Thanks GTDrummer. I had kind of wondered about the oils and the gears sitting for too long with no movement. I haven't bought anything on Ebay in years so I guess I need to get on there and take a look at winders.

Thanks Shelby! Yeah, I love my B&R. I went with the BR01-92 because for me it duplicated the look of the 8 day clock in the aircraft the best. Any watch winders you recommend that won't break the bank?