Ava, below, provided a link to a better quality image.

I really have no idea. I stumbled across it on a weekly collection of wallpapers, with no explanation. A reverse GIS might turn something up.

De rien!

Cheers!

And if you like that wallpaper, here it is in color.

John Cornelius Stennis was a U.S. Senator from the state of Mississippi. He was a Democrat who served in the Senate for over 41 years, becoming its most senior member for his last eight years. He retired from the Senate in 1989. Wikipedia

Sure, but the ‘85 is soooooo much better looking.

The tree always wins.

Actually, I was riffing on this post he made on Oppo recently.

If it were up to me, it would be all F-86s and B-47s. Most beautiful planes....EVAR! I rather like the X-32, honestly.

Yeah, like you know anything at all about scissor wings. Ever designed one yourself? Huh?

I have always wondered if aircraft get chosen by AF brass more on their looks than on their capabilities. YF-23? Ugly. Let’s go with the F-22. It looks more like a plane should. X-32? Ugly. Let’s go with the F-35. It looks more like a normal plane. YB-49? Really? Where’s the rest of the plane? Let’s go with the B-36.

Yes, they do. And they're certainly not going to build anything that will compete with the 747. Airbus is having enough trouble selling enough 380s to break even as it is.

Good choice. I have a book I bought as a youngster back in the late ‘70s titled U.S. Fighters. It ends with the YF-16 and YF-17. It always gives me pause when I remember that the F-16 first flew in 1974, and is approaching 40 years of service (2018). It makes me wonder if the F-22 or F-35 will have that sort of…

Boeing didn’t gobble up MD until 1997. This concept was begun in 1991. First flight was projected for 1995, with delivery in 1997.

According to our friends at Wikipedia:

AFAIK, the reactor was never used to actually power the plane. They just flew around with it spewing radiation (conceivably) to show that it could be done. Looking back, the idea seems pretty preposterous, but that was the Nuclear Age, when anything seemed possible, no matter how dangerous.

My wife doesn’t need an iWatch for that.

So American that the first Zamboni was built on a WWII surplus Jeep. (This picture shows one of the later models, not the first.) But since we’re allies and all, I’ll allow it. It would be interesting to do a little research and see if the wheelbase on the modern Zamboni is the same as the original Willys. Also, Go…