I saw this on a BBC program last night, thought the history buffs here may be interested.
The Harwich Mayflower Project is building an authentic replica of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to America to a better life in the New World.
The new Mayflower ship will embark on a new and crucial journey that will carry today’s Adventurers as they face up to the environmental dangers and challenges presented by climate change.
This is a project that will inspire and deliver personal transformation, strategic local regeneration, community resilience and global co-operation.
This is a project that will inspire and deliver personal transformation, strategic local regeneration, community resilience and global co-operation.
That's a tall order.
Re: Pilgrimage
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 3:54 pm
by Lord Jim
personal transformation
Re: Pilgrimage
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:11 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
strategic local regeneration
Re: Pilgrimage
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 7:50 pm
by Bicycle Bill
Meade, I recognize the F-105s in that picture, but what exactly is that lead ship? It bears a resemblance to a B-47 but is way too small — not to mention that it is missing the outboard nacelles. -"BB"-
BB. IS THAT JET...
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 8:34 pm
by RayThom
... one of these?
Douglas RB–66C Destroyer:
Re: Pilgrimage
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 8:47 pm
by Gob
oldr_n_wsr wrote:
This is a project that will inspire and deliver personal transformation, strategic local regeneration, community resilience and global co-operation.
That's a tall order.
It's a fine example of the meaningless babblespeak so endemic in any public presentation these days.
Re: BB. IS THAT JET...
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 9:13 pm
by Bicycle Bill
RayThom wrote:... one of these?
Douglas RB–66C Destroyer:
It is. I copy-and-pasted the original picture's URL into a Google image search and found other examples of the same image, including one on a website where it was identified specifically as a B-66 leading the 'Thuds on a radar-bombing mission. -"BB"-
Re: Pilgrimage
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 8:14 am
by Econoline
I think I found that same page, Bill. From Wikipedia (go to the link for more info, specs, variants, etc.):
The Douglas B-66 Destroyer was a U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command light bomber based on the United States Navy's A-3 Skywarrior carrier-based heavy attack aircraft. It was intended to replace the Douglas A-26 Invader. An RB-66 photo-reconnaissance version was ordered simultaneously. The USAF B-66 retained the three-man crew from the US Navy A-3, but incorporated ejection seats that the US Navy variant lacked.
