TRIVIA CONTEST! Win a BladeForums.Com Blue Native!

Oh man missed tonight. That's what I get for reading other threads. Guess I'll have to keep a closer watch.

Dwight
 
Lovin' it already..
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Shawn
"Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless."

 
So I guess tomorrow I'll have to stayed glued to bladeforums.com the whole day! That shouldn't be difficult.
 
Mike,

I think this is neat as all get out! I read your post before anyone had answered and swore softly to myself that because the general forum was really offline and that special show forum we had is gone I couldn't do a search effectively. Sounds like what your saying is that I'm a big dummy
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I'm gonna check to see if that old show forum is accessible. I know it had the booth and Spark's links to BFC ID badges, etc.

If nothing else, the questions you guys are firing off really does bring back good memories!!! Great stuff!!!

CONGRATS to swball!!! Bravo Zulu!!!!

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I did NOT escape from the institution! They gave me a day pass!

BFC member since the very beginning
AKTI membership pending
VHA and NRA member

 
hehe. Just brush up on your REKAT knowledge for tomorrow's contest and of course all the rest of the trivia's.

Folks this site is a information resource and the best way to make sure we are doing a good job is to test your knowledge and to make it fun at the same time. Yes I get a good idea once in a while but in all honesty it would not be possible without the generosity of the manufacturers and dealers who donated products to the cause.

My thanks are to them and to each of you who have made this last year a very special year for me. Thank you all.

I would also like to thank Spark who spends many behind the scenes and unpaid hours to make this site run.

Thank you Spark.

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Mike Turber
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figures... I make a snappy comment and ya get me while Im in IRC... BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! j/k hehe... dont help much that I didnt go either.
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bald1,

Thanks a lot.. I've never heard of "tactical blue" but I'm sure I'll get some use out of it in the field..
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Shawn
"Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless."

 
Ever heard of "Have Blue?"

Answer that Shawn and I will throw in another FREE T-Shirt!

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Mike Turber
BladeForums Site Owner and Administrator
Do it! Do it right! Do it right NOW!
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Funny you mention it Mike..

IIRC, "Have Blue" was a prototype aircraft with the radar-absorbant material, and constructed in strange angles and two rear fins that were made to deflect radar signals away from the plane. It eventually evolved into the F117A.

Oh yea, and it flew like #%$&
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Shawn
"Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless."

 
Cool Shawn. You got it right. This is fun huh?

Now for another shirt... How did Skunk Works get it's name?

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Mike Turber
BladeForums Site Owner and Administrator
Do it! Do it right! Do it right NOW!
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This is probably incorrect but I'm going to try: Skunk Works is an expression referring to teams of people working on projects. Lockheed used this name for their R&D facility in California that developed such planes as the SR-71.

 
It came from Al Capp's "Li'l Abner" comic strip which featured the "Skonk works" where Appalachian hillbillies ground up skunks, old shoes, and other foul-smelling ingredients to brew fearsome drinks and other products. Lockheed engineers identified the secret XP-80 assembly facility as the place where Kelly Johnson was stirring up some kind of potent brew. The nickname stuck, although "skonk" became "skunk" in deference to the non-hillbillies working at the Lockheed facility and because Al Capp objected to anyone else using his unique spelling. Cartoonist Capp and the "Li'l Abner" comic strip departed many years ago, but the Skunk Works -- a registered service mark of Lockheed along with the familiar skunk logo -- lives on as Lockheed Martin Skunk Works continues to "brew" the world's most potent aircraft.


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Pretty darn good. Also as a side note the smell that was created by a local tire manufacturer gave teh area a bad smell. This is part of the story as well.

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Mike Turber
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Do it! Do it right! Do it right NOW!
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Mike,

You're really testing my knowledge tonight, aren't you?
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The name came from the Li'l Abner comic strip of the old days, the 'Skonk Works'. Dealing with the hillbillies of the Appalachians, this strip featured some of the characters involved in an operation to brew all sorts of strange drinks and other stuff out of skunks and various other odd materials. The Lockheed engineers changed the spelling because of the author's objection to anyone else's usage of that particular spelling. Lockheed patented this term for usage of their top-secret designs..

Now, one for you:

Can you name the two common places where WW2 Canadian Airborne and Infantry carried their Fairbairn-Sykes' while in the front lines? (hint: it wasn't on the belt..
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Side note: I got the info from the same site Don G did.. God bless Altavista..
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Shawn
"Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless."



[This message has been edited by swball (edited 03 October 1999).]
 
Yup AltaVista rules!

Now get ready for tonights actions. The only search engine you will need is the one right here.

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Mike Turber
BladeForums Site Owner and Administrator
Do it! Do it right! Do it right NOW!
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85 85 85 85 85!!!!

Am I too late?

Man Am I glad I saved everything from Blade

Sincerely,
Adam

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