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The Blue Angels started practicing this morning for Seafair weekend! This is, like, one of most exciting moments of the entire year for me. I'm not even kidding. The contradictions are not lost on me but that does not change the fact that the Blue Angels are AWESOME. August in Seattle is the best.
(Note, I know this crummy iPhone video doesn't do the Blue Angels justice but I'm kind of proud of the accidental composition.)
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Boom & Bust
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Forty years ago today Congress cancelled government funding for the Boeing 2707 (aka the SST – Supersonic Transport).
The company almost immediately laid off more than 50% of its workforce, temporarily crippling the economy of the Pacific Northwest (though I know it didn't feel temporary). Real estate agents Bob McDonald and Jim Youngren erected this sign near the aiport on Highway 99 and it became a Seattle icon:
KUOW aired an interesting show on the Boeing Bust this morning – click here to listen – and click here to watch a Braniff promotional video promoting supersonic travel: "You don't have to carry a passport, because a friendly computer already knows more about you than you do."
Forty years ago today Congress cancelled government funding for the Boeing 2707 (aka the SST – Supersonic Transport).
The company almost immediately laid off more than 50% of its workforce, temporarily crippling the economy of the Pacific Northwest (though I know it didn't feel temporary). Real estate agents Bob McDonald and Jim Youngren erected this sign near the aiport on Highway 99 and it became a Seattle icon:
KUOW aired an interesting show on the Boeing Bust this morning – click here to listen – and click here to watch a Braniff promotional video promoting supersonic travel: "You don't have to carry a passport, because a friendly computer already knows more about you than you do."
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