HW: Calvert reference?

[mike coleman]

why those are the _sonic boom killers_

On 1/2/09, Edmund Clout <e_clout at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Mike, nice photos of Tomcats. Not sure how that follows directly though,
> or is it just tangental? Here's a link for the model magazine
>
> http://www.sampublications.com/sampubs.htm
>
> It's volume 15 issue 1, the current issue at the moment.
>
> Aha, just looked on the second page of google stuff re.'starfighter and the
> right stuff', and it's all over the film and all the astronauts did train in
> it so it's not really a HW reference, except in my head! see this page:
> http://www.vmaxmarketing.com/starfighters_foundation.htm
>
> The first paragraph in the 'about Starfighters' section.
>
> Any rumblings about a Hawkfest this year?
>
> Mundo
> !!!Hooray for spring tour!!!
> > Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:28:31 -0600> From: insect.brain at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: HW: Calvert reference?> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET> >
> <*>: http://www.brentkeener.com/Stuff/boom.jpg> <*>:
> http://z.about.com/d/urbanlegends/1/0/-/F/sound_barrier7sm.jpg> <*>:>
> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/images/050808_soundbarrier.jpg>
> > On 1/1/09, Edmund Clout <e_clout at hotmail.com> wrote:> >> > Browsing in
> WHSmith yesterday looking at (not reading for free, honest!)> > cycling
> magazines, I noticed the current issue of Scale Aviation Modeller> > has an
> article on the TF-104 Starfighter titled 'The Right Stuff'. I scanned> > it
> for Calvert/HW references, but it was all about obsure variations and> >
> custom decal sheets. Did wonder if the assoiciation of the 'The Right
> Stuff'> > phrase with the Starfighter comes from Tom Wolfe, which I guess is
> possible> > if the Mercury astronauts trqained in them or some thing. I've
> not read the> > book or watched the film. If not then there's a secret
> HW/Calvert Fan at> > SAM! And it did make me exclaim 'That's Hawkwind' out
> loud in public to no> > one in particular!> > On the subject Rochdale
> library has a Bryan Talbot graphic novel thingy> > called 'Brainstorm',
> although I think he knew exactly what he was doing so> > it's not so
> obscure.> >> > Mundo> >
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