Here is a little bit of what the Department of Defense and the Customs and Border Protection were up to in April 2025.
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) explains their HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft, video report via Petty Officer Second Class Alejandro Rivera, 03APR2025:
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The United Kingdom’s Army is upgrading their Challenger-2 battle tanks with new armor and a new gun, the same gun used on the M1A1/2 Abrams; the German designed 120 millimeter (mm) Rheinmetall smoothbore, which launches various types of combustible cased rounds (various projectiles on a combustible plastic case with a metal base/’af-cap’).
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Yes, the Academy kit is the old HobbyCraft/Idea kit.
HobbyCraft kits were also sold under the Idea label, but the company that was actually producing most of the aircraft kits sold by HobbyCraft is a Korean company called Academy. There was some kind of legal dispute in the late 1990s/early 2000s and Academy won the […] Continue Reading…
Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).
This F2H-1 Banshee was ‘written-off’ after a crash landing on 12JUL1951.Production Banshees were powered by two axial flow Westinghouse J34 turbines. The […] Continue Reading…
On 20JAN2025, the President of the United States declared that drug cartels be designated as foreign terrorist organizations. As of 20FEB2025 eight gangs have been declared as terrorists, they are: Cartel del Golfo (aka CDG, Gulf Cartel, and Osiel cardenas-Guillen Organization),
Cartel del Noreste (aka CDN, Northeast Cartel, and Los Zetas),
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Cinco de Mayo honors the 1862 victory of Mexico over the invading French, at the Battle of Puebla.
Calakas’ Cinco de Mayo festival at the Waterfront on the Snake River Landing, Idaho Falls, 04MAY2025.
Initially it doesn’t look like many people showed up, but three hours later it was wall-to-wall, packed with people and vehiculars!
Familia:
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While the City of Pocatello, Idaho, spends tax dollars rebuilding a small park into an elaborate skate park, it rejects private efforts at creating a dedicated motorsports complex. Add to that the fact that the city is sitting on a federal land grant that has as one of its provisions that it could be […] Continue Reading…
Here are more photos and videos from the 20th (Easter) of April’s Idaho Classics And Modern Muscle cars & coffee meeting.
1955 Ford Courier Sedan Delivery:
To see more of this non-pickup Ford Courier click here: (No) Farting Ford Courier SD!
Here’s a fan favorite:
Old Timer:
Star of the show:
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Here are some photos and videos from the 20th (Easter) of April’s Idaho Classics And Modern Muscle cars & coffee meeting:
Squarebody Rat:
Click here to see the red one: Superlative Super Ten!
A Swift Suzuki-yaki:
Old C (for ‘conventional’ 2×4) 10 Chevy:
Motorcycles:
El Camino SS:
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Blind Bat News was having technical difficulties (a never ending nightmare) and it was finally realized that finding a new Webhost was the solution.
Now it’s time to catch up on some of the vehicle related events that took place since April 12th.
The ‘member driven’ Pocatello Car Club Saturday evening cruises continue, despite contending with […] Continue Reading…