Light fighter fans would tell you everything about turn-rate, speed, and agility and how heavy fighters are nothing more than failures and death traps. But if you really think about it, heavy fighters are simply advanced machines too ahead of their time, failed by the technological limitations of their era. Being twin-engine do-everything multirole fighters they are literally the precursor to what modern fighters like the F-15 and Su-27 would become! I love heavy fighters, I love heavy fighters, I love heavy fighters, I want a P-38 to [My lawyer has advised me not to finish this paragraph]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/23647066

from #WorldOutlook
December 14, 2024

bluesky source

We needed to take one of our cats to the vet, and while the cat carrier was sitting out, my kitten Mouse Police climbed into it. I frequently put our youngest cats’ food into them so they are not scared of the carriers like the older cats. I actually had to fight with Mouse to get out so we could get the other cat into it.

Edit to add clickable image link https://i.imgur.com/4AiKmRp.jpeg

Fixed the headline just for you, @[email protected]

Hi all, my team Backmarker Racing is looking for new members from around the Americas / Oceania timezones to round out our driver availability in the big endurance events. Check the post in the iRacing forums for more info:

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/71883/join-backmarker-racing-for-the-2025-season-and-beyond

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-12-17, 13:19 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-12-17, 05:19 (PST) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | 1063-22 | | Landing | Of Course I Still Love You | | Payload | NROL-149 | | Customer | US National Reconnaissance Office | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to desired orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbXgzT_hu4 | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwZT6K_ZanM | | NASASpaceflight | none | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CskDj_zaa3g | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1869006526578671981 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsFoptpscX0 |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 44th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 3 days, 11:24:20 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 60th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 115th landing on OCISLY

☑️ 387th Falcon family booster landing, 401st Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 126th Falcon 9 mission this year, 412th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 128th SpaceX mission of 2024, 428th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 132nd SpaceX launch this year, 444th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

• SpaceX mission page
• NextSpaceflight mission page

Sixth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.