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Comment: Are Britain’s roads ready for autonomous vehicles?
By Steve Birdsall, CEO of geospatial technology and roadscape intelligence company Gaist Steve Birdsall, CEO, Gais The future of travel has arrived, or so we are told. Driverless taxis are reported to begin operating on UK roads before the year is out. You may have even seen one of them on the road today. British startup Wayve Technologies has begun test runs ahead of government-backed robotaxi trials launching this year, with London set to become the UK’s test ground for autonomous vehicles (AVs).
Log of The Leper
A Douglas AC-47 gunship dubbed "The Leper" supports North American F-100s bombing Viet Cong positions near Bien Hoa Air Base in January 1967, in an illustration by Jack Fellows. Steve Birdsall The awesome firepower of an AC-47’s miniguns was on full display when an Australian journalist bummed a ride with a “Spooky” crew. In 1967 a blackened, burned-out wreck lay near the minefield on the perimeter at Bien Hoa Air Base in South Vietnam.
Gene Roddenberry’s near-death experiences in the Pacific War
2nd Lt. Eugene Wesley Roddenberry was just 21 years old when he reported for duty in September 1942 as a copilot with the 394th Bombardment Squadron at Bellows Field on Oahu. Since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the 394th had been patrolling the ocean around Hawaii and training crews. Now it was preparing to go into action in the South Pacific under its new commander, West Pointer and Midway veteran Maj. Orin H. Rigley. Gene Roddenberry was assigned to the crew of Lt. William Ripley.
Roddenberry’s War
By Steve Birdsall 7/18/2019 • Aviation History The future creator of Star Trek served in the South Pacific as a B-17 pilot, surviving tropical storms, flak and a fatal crash. Second Lieutenant Eugene Wesley Roddenberry was just 21 years old when he reported for duty in September 1942 as a copilot with the 394th Bombardment Squadron at Bellows Field on Oahu. Since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the 394th had been patrolling the ocean around Hawaii and training crews.
Old Soldiers: Pacific B-17 Armed Transports
After dropping supplies to U.S. troops on Los Negros Island, the B-17E "Yankee Diddler" strafes the Japanese airstrip at Momote on March 2, 1944. A dozen battered B-17s served as armed transports in the Pacific, dropping supplies and strafing Japanese positions. In 1943, when hundreds of B-17s routinely sortied over Europe, a B-17 mission in the Southwest Pacific theater never amounted to more than 30 Flying Fortresses. Fifth Air Force commander Lt. Gen. George C.
Pacific Tramps | HistoryNet
The story of the B-17s that arrived over Hawaii during the Japanese attack has been told many times, but what happened to them? On December 7, 1941, 12 unarmed B-17s on their way to reinforce the Philippines arrived over Oahu to find Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field under attack. Six, led by Major Truman Landon, were from the 19th Bomb Group’s 38th Reconnaissance Squadron.
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