Warbird Information Exchange

In honor of my new aviation hero, I have created a special t-shirt design to pay tribute to his flying spirit. A true pioneer, he was the first to go where no bat has gone before...



It's available in my gift shop at http://www.fritzthefox.com, or on cafepress and zazzle.

I've been thinking about making it a two-sided shirt, with "You can fly" on the front, and "if you want to" on the back. On the front I could feature an illustration of spacebat on a little crutch looking longingly at the shuttle and gantry in the distance. The image above could be on the back. (Some naturalist interviewed about the occurrence was of the opinion that space bat had an injured wing, which is why the crutch)

I dunno, though. Maybe that's overkill. What do you guys think? Any thoughts?

(For the perplexed who have no idea what I am going on about, here's an informative link: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts119/launchbat.html )

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What is red, furry and on your six?

That's hilarious / great! Second idea sounds good, too.

Ryan

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Aerial Photographer with Red Wing Aerial Photography currently based at KRBD and tailwheel CFI.
Websites: Texas Tailwheel Flight Training, DoolittleRaid.com and Lbirds.com.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.

Thought it was part of the rabid transit system!

Nice graphic, though isn't the external Fuel tank more of a primer orange/red?
Love teh look on the bat's face

Well I just blew a load of coke all over my keyboard. time to call IT for a new one
Note to self...order shirt!!

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Don't touch my junk!!

Local news reported Bat-stronaut still hanging on when shuttle cleared the tower.
Needless to say shuttle Endeavour has been nicknamed the Batmobile by some already.

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Bill


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Great, what is PETA going to have to say about this.

Fritz,
how about doing one to remember the bat bombers of WWII,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb

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Matt Gunsch, A&P, IA, Warbird maint and restorations
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all ready got that covered

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Matt Gunsch, A&P, IA, Warbird maint and restorations
Jack, You have Debauched my sloth !!!!!!
We tried voting with the Ballot box, When do we start voting from the Ammo box, and am I allowed only one vote ?
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OMG, Matt, I'd never HEARD of the bat bombers before. That was hilarious (or disturbing, if you really like bats). That sounded more like a fiendish plot by the Joker than real history LOL

It must be much easier to get a grant for defense research projects than for art

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What is red, furry and on your six?

Fritz, you might find this interesting
http://www.amazon.com/Bat-Bomb-World-Se ... 509&sr=8-1

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Matt Gunsch, A&P, IA, Warbird maint and restorations
Jack, You have Debauched my sloth !!!!!!
We tried voting with the Ballot box, When do we start voting from the Ammo box, and am I allowed only one vote ?
Check out the Ercoupe Discussion Group on facebook

I doubt I can find the information in the piles of stuff, but I have some engineering sketches of the containers the bats were housed in. It was a pretty elaborate scheme. Here's a nice synopsis, including the accidental bat-torching of some AAF buildings.
: http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Bat_bomb