Days That End in 'Y' - editorial 'toons & memes

Saturday, May 30, 2020

Days That End in 'Y' - editorial 'toons & memes

'Almost 100% riot free' edition

Absolutely disgusting watching these looters destroy American businesses when they aren’t even infectious disease experts.
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) May 29, 2020

The First Air Force One
When Dwight Eisenhower was president, he traveled in style. Now a team is restoring his airplane to presidential perfection.

The Lockheed Constellation that transported President Dwight Eisenhower and his wife Mamie flew over a Texas lake in spring 2016, on its way from Arizona to Bridgewater, Virginia, where it is undergoing an exhaustive restoration. (© Tyson V. Rininger)

Columbine II has found a devoted benefactor in Karl Stoltzfus, who is funding the restoration out of a desire to preserve historic aircraft. (Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee / USAF)

Years of sitting in the desert had taken its toll: The cabin had become a bird sanctuary, and the dry air had desiccated the airplane’s tires and hoses. (Ramón C Purcell / Boneyard Safari)

Flanked by military guards, Columbine II waited for Eisenhower to board on February 23, 1953 at what is now known as Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. (Courtesy National Park Service)

On March 23, 2016, Columbine II entered final approach to Dynamic Aviation’s airpark, marking the end of a journey but the beginning of a new life for a former Air Force One. (Courtesy Airman Magazine)

Related: The Airline History Museum located at Kansas City Downtown Airport (MKC) is home to probably the world's finest Lockheed Super Constellation. During the fifties and sixties MKC was home to many Constellations, as it was TWA’s main base and technical facility. This restored Constellation routinely displays her elegant lines before awed and excited audiences at various airshows across the mid and eastern United States.

Restoration of this proud airliner from a desert graveyard in Arizona required an almost Herculean effort. Upon completion of her restoration she was christened ‘Star of America’ but the crew refers to her as ’37 Charlie’ She has recently been repainted in full TWA colors, representing a L-1049G ‘Super G’ model, courtesy of Trans World Airlines.

Since her first airshow debut, she has become a featured attraction capturing the imagination of the public across the USA.

A new trend has taken Polish social media by storm and a neologism has been used to describe it: “rzepiary” - girls have headed to the countryside and have been posing in bright-yellow fields of rapeseed.

The trend has irritated farmers who complain their crops are damaged.

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— Visegrad 24 ???????????????? (@visegrad24) May 27, 2020