Solar Impulse flight across America …

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“Solar Impulse is an innovative project leveraging technological prowess and the spirit of adventure by means of an airplane. Launched in 2003, it completed the world’s first solar 26-hour day and night flight in 2010. In 2011 Solar Impulse flew to Brussels (Belgium) and Paris (France) and in 2012, the HB-SIA prototype completed the first intercontinental flight connecting Europe to Africa.

This year Solar Impulse will be attempting the celebrated coast-to-coast flight of the United States, West to East, thanks to the support of its partners Solvay, Schindler, Bayer MaterialScience, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, SunPower, and the Swiss Confederation. Originally unplanned, the perfect opportunity for this new adventure emerged after the decision to rebuild Solar Impulse’s second generation aircraft’s wing spar.

The project’s ultimate goal is to fly around the world, scheduled for 2015 and with the second generation aircraft currently under construction, HB-SIB.” SolarImpulse

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Amazing I am following avidly.

Please visit their site SolarImpulse.

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Heaven …

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Mike and Yvonne were 85 years old and had been married for sixty years. Though they were far from rich, they managed to get by because they carefully watched their pennies.

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Though not young, they were both in very good health, largely due to Yvonne’s insistence on healthy foods and exercise for the last decade.

One day, their good health didn’t help when they went on a vacation and their plane crashed, sending them off to Heaven.

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They reached the pearly gates, and St. Peter escorted them inside. He took them to a beautiful mansion, furnished in gold and fine silks, with a fully stocked kitchen and a waterfall in the master bath. A maid could be seen hanging their favorite clothes in the closet. They gasped in astonishment when he said, ‘Welcome to Heaven. This will be your home now.’

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Mike asked Peter how much all this was going to cost. ‘Why, nothing,’ Peter replied, ‘remember, this is your reward in Heaven.’
Mike looked out the window and right there he saw a championship golf course, finer and more beautiful than any ever built on Earth..
‘What are the greens fees?,’ grumbled Mike..
‘This is heaven,’ St. Peter replied. ‘You can play for free, every day.’

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Next they went to the clubhouse and saw the lavish buffet lunch.
‘Don’t even ask,’ said St. Peter to Mike. This is Heaven, it is all free for you to enjoy.’
Mike looked around and nervously asked Yvonne ‘Well, where are the low fat and low cholesterol foods and the decaffeinated tea?’
‘That’s the best part,’ St. Peter replied. ‘You can eat and drink as much as you like and you will never get fat or sick. This is Heaven!’
‘No gym to work out at?’ said Mike
‘Not unless you want to,’ was the answer.
‘No testing my sugar or blood pressure or…’
‘Never again’

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Mike glared at Yvonne and said, ‘You and your f***ing  Bran Flakes. We could have been here ten years ago!’

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Have a happy life and give someone a smile.

Source: Email chain.

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Bet you laughed

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Cyclist straps a rocket to a bike, beats world record …

French cyclist François Gissy reached a top speed of 263 kilometres per hour on a bicycle — after strapping a rocket to the frame.

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At a disused runway in Munchhouse, Haut-Rhin department, Alsace, France, Gissy reached a top speed of 263 kilometres per hour — beating the 2002 rocket-powered bicycle world record of 242.6 kilometres per hour.

This guy would have to be nuts watch the video …


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Timber speed boats …

I started water skiing when I was eleven which is fifty years ago now. Of course boats were timber then with very few fibreglass yet in Australia. I have always maintained an affection for the beautiful timber boats of the time.

Have been collecting photos that I can find on my Pinterest Board “Wooden Boats“. This is a sample gallery of some collected so far …

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To view all of my pins this is the link to my Pinterest Board “Wooden Boats“.

I hope you enjoy them and return regularly for the new pins.

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Sir Thomas Herbert’s House, Pavement, York …

I really love old architecture and would like to explore this great old house …

“Across the road at the southern end of the Shambles lies this rather magnificent timber framed house, for which the earliest documentary evidence dates back to 1557, and which now carries the name of Sir Thomas Herbert, who was born in the house in 1606, and who went on to become a significant political figure at the time of the English Civil War.”

The property is in the care of the York Conservation Trust, and is currently in use as a shoe shop.

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View the the conservation trust details of the building at Sir Thomas Herbert’s House, Pavement.

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