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Daily Archives: September 1st, 2018

Day 242

My friend Jim took my old boss Vance and I out to the Air Museum at Malmstrom AFB, MT.  Here is some of what we saw. The top side of an ICBM reentry guidance module. The bottom side. A launch control console.  This is where the two guys sit underground.  Waiting. An ICBM reentry vehicle […]

Day 241

My friend Jim took my old boss Vance and I out to the Air Museum at Malmstrom AFB, MT.  Here is some of what we saw. This is one of the radar consoles Jim sat at watching the skies. Why a train at an Air Force Museum? In 1960 they considered basing some of the […]

Day 240

My friend Jim took my old boss Vance and I out to the Air Museum at Malmstrom AFB, MT.  Here is some of what we saw. A cabinet full of old “consumer goods” as we call them now.  The hangers in the photo in the top of the cabinet was still here when I got […]

Day 239

My friend Jim took my old boss Vance and I out to the Air Museum at Malmstrom AFB, MT.  Here is some of what we saw. The Norden Bomb Sight.  This was so Top Secret the bombardiers had to destroy it before they bailed out…after WWII they were surplus junk that sold for pennies… This […]

Day 238

My friend Jim took my old boss Vance and I out to the Air Museum at Malmstrom AFB, MT.  Here is some of what we saw. This is Jim and Vance.  They are a couple of (nice!) Air Force types.  The painting is of Col. Malmstrom who died on a flight shortly after he arrived […]

Day 237

My friend Jim took my old boss Vance and I out to the Air Museum at Malmstrom AFB, MT.  Here is some of what we saw. ~Curtis in /\/\onTasna! {!-{>

Day 236

Success!  Remember the pineapple upside-down cake from a couple of days back?  Well, I tried it again in the full sized crockpot.  Success! While still cooking… !!! ~Curtis in /\//\ontana! {!-{>