It seems we’ve been crewing our Saab Grippens and German F-4 Phantom 2s with the wrong pilots! PJ Production has set things right by releasing his latest 1/72 scale resin pilot figures.
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Use cyanoacrylate glue (super/krazy type glue) to put these guys together, and in your Grippen or Luftwaffe F-4.
2011: PJ PRODUCTION HAS NEW PILOT FIGURES; 1/32 SOVIET, 1/48 MODERN U.S./NATO & 1/72 SAR
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BEECHCRAFT MODEL 18 USN C-45 POCATELLO AIRPORT, 2012
“We’re ready to go. We’ve gotten the clearance from the governor. We’ve got the state disaster emergency declaration done. Now, it’s just a matter of getting a mission assignment from the Bureau of Homeland Security.”-Colonel Tim Marsano, Idaho National Guard
Can you believe that? Even Homeland Security is calling the shots for firefighters!
16 August 2012, in eastern Idaho the new human caused Fox Hill Fire, close to Wyoming, has burned at least 250 acres (101 hectares). Fire officials say buildings are threatened, but they don’t expect to have any containment until 18:00 hours on 17 August.
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Click here to see pics of the last time MAFFS C-130s were at the Pocatello Airport.
On 15 August, the human caused Gun Range Fire, near Idaho Falls, burned about 588 acres (237.9 hectares) before being contained.
Fires are so numerous in Idaho that the Idaho National Guard is being called into battle. According to the Boise based National Interagency Fire Center, there are at least 12 fires in Idaho (NBC news says 9, but they’re wrong), and only one is contained (yesterday’s Gun Range Fire)!
The only other state with as many wildfires is California. Altogether, at least 60 wildfires are currently burning in the United States.
It looks like this year will beat last year’s number of wildfires, already the acreage burned this year is 1.5 million more than last year (currently 6.3 million acres or 2 million hectares have burned)!
I have been amazed by the number of people here in southeastern Idaho, who are just now noticing the smoke. Some don’t notice it until I point it out to them, like “Hey, didn’t you notice you can’t see the mountains anymore?”. The response was “Well now that you mention it…”
While coming out of the Fred Meyer yesterday I overheard two people commenting about how smokey the sky was. Hello! It’s been that way for more than a week now! Oh well, just reminded me of the days when I lived in southern California and was amazed how many people there couldn’t seem to tell the difference between a smoggy day and a clear day!
Besides Idaho and California, the other states dealing with wildfires are: Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
TWO NEW WILDFIRES IN EASTERN IDAHO
11 August 2012 wasn’t just the annual Chubbuck Days festival, at Cotant park, it was also the 4th annual Eastern Idaho Scottish Games Heavy Athletic Event!
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There were many more vehicles on display.
2010 CHUBBUCK DAYS CAR SHOW IN IDAHO
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6TH ANNUAL CAR SHOW, 2012 CHUBBUCK DAYS (PART 2)
I’ve been attending Chubbuck Days since 1998 (I live right next to Cotant Park where they’re held every year), and this year’s events were the busiest ever!
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Busiest Chubbuck Days ever, August 2012: 
6TH ANNUAL CAR SHOW (PART 2)
4TH ANNUAL EASTERN IDAHO SCOTTISH GAMES
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EAST IDAHO WILDFIRES 2012: MAINTENANCE DAY FOR SKYCRANE FIRE FIGHTER @ POCATELLO AIRPORT
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AIR MOBILITY COMMAND LEARJET POCATELLO AIRPORT
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VEHICLE I-D: USAF C-21 LEARJET, YEAR OF THE LEAR
