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Things that make me choke on my bubble gum and beer shoot out of my nose.
One of the problems with getting old is that so much cool stuff is going on that you can't keep track of it all. These are the things that make me go Hmmmm . . .
On November 17th of last year, a group of four wave-powered autonomous aquatic robots set out from San Francisco, embarking on a planned 37,000-mile (60,000-km) trip across the Pacific ocean.
Recently, the fleet of Wave Gliders completed the first leg of their journey, arriving at Hawaii’s Big Island after traveling over 3,200 nautical miles (5,926 km). By doing so, they have set a new distance record for unmanned wave-powered vehicles – that record previously sat at 2,500 nautical miles (4,630 km).
February 19, 2012, 05:29:50 AM by archie7891 | Views: 177 | Comments: 0
I received an email from his daughter last summer (2011) that Don Schwardt had passed away -- don't remember the exact date. She said he was mowing the lawn when a heart attack occurred. We all should remember him for a variety of technical & administrative positons he held over the years -- Placement Coordinator at TechRep Division HQ in Fort Washington; METU-2 in Norfolk as Tech Advisor/Administrator; and then Financial Analyst/Contracts Administrator at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Deep Sp...
February 10, 2012, 11:11:26 AM by jayc Views: 297 | Comments: 0
New Member- Leonard Schumacher
<span style="font-weight:bold;">New ExRep: Huey Rodeheaver </span>- Page Communications,Philco Ford,ITT Technical Services,RCA Service Co - 1966-1978 Viet Nam, Thailand, Laos, Germany, US Source: New Member- Leonard Schumacher
February 07, 2012, 11:00:22 AM by jayc Views: 490 | Comments: 0
New Member - David Wolfe
[html]<p>Dave Wolfeltusn88@msn.com - Philco Techrep, Philco Ford, Ford Aerospace, PA State Police, LT, USN(RET) </p><p>Background: I was a 2nd Class ET on active duty, when I saw an ad in the local paper for "TechReps". I intended to stay in the navy but I thought I'd take the test just to see how well I could do. Needless to say I was offered employement, and decided to to accept, mostly on the advice of a CPO since...
February 07, 2012, 11:00:22 AM by jayc Views: 289 | Comments: 0
New Member: Tom Kelly
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">New Member:</span> <a href="mailto:tekelly35@comcast.net"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Tom Kelly</span></a> - Philco Techrep, Philco Ford , Loral , Ford Aerospace , Lockheed Martin</p><p>Hi I am tom kelly,Started out as a Philco Tech Rep followed by Loral and retired from Lockheed Martin. Worked on Air Com, Criticom, IWCS , DSN and various other programs</p> Source: New...