There's an interesting passage in one of the Hornblower books where he takes a canal boat to his next posting. Pretty interesting, actually. This pic...
You should come to Albuquerque in the fall, world's largest hot air balloon fest, by far. Last year they had almost 500 entries. They fly at dawn and...
One of the nice things about living in Newport back in the early 70s before all the touristas discovered it was being able to walk down to the docks...
When one speaks of a 'surge of Russian aircraft', my hunch is that between their legacy Soviet AA systems and the newer stuff coming from the West (...