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Links Archive
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Editor's Note October 2001
Links are always a touchy subject. Some sites link willy-nilly to everyone on the internet. We at CadetStuff believe that this dilutes the quality of your overall message. Plus, we just don't want to have to maintain all those links, crikey! Anyway, the links you'll find here were personally uncovered by the CadetStuff staff and represent either an outstanding resource or an exceptionally interesting site. However, as always in the fast-changing world of the internet, what we linked to may not be what's there now. Cadetstuff makes no guarantees that these sites still exist or that their content is useful or appropriate. As with everything on the internet, be careful and use your own best judgement.
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A Guide To Air Force Heraldry October 2001
 Ever wonder why your squadron patch is a disk and your buddy's squadron patch is a shield and scroll? Look no further than this site to find out everything you ever wanted or needed to know about the history of Air Force symbols and emblems. Included are step-by-step instructions on how to design an emblem for your unit, including all the correct heraldic elements, a glossary of heraldic terms, and links to other heraldic sites, books and publications. If you design a dumb squadron patch after going through this site, well, it sure ain't our fault!
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WRC Music Video November 2001
 You don't have to be a fan of the World Rally Championship to enjoy this video. Heck, you don't have to like car racing at all. Tell you what: even if you've never seen a car before in your entire life - you will completely dig this video. It streams out at 700k per second, so you're best off with a high speed connection. After you're done watching the video, you can go out to the official website of the World Rally Championship. What does this have to do with CadetStuff? Not a darn thing, but it's cool.
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B-58 Hustler Rendezvous December 2001
 We found this site during a discussion of the genealogy of the B-1 Lancer. It turns out that both the B-1A and the B-58 used individual crew escape capsules like the B-70 Valkyrie. Both the B-70 and the B-1 were designed by North American Aircraft, which later became Rockwell International. The B-58 was designed by Convair, which later became General Dynamics. The more things change, the more they stay the same! Anyway, this is an outstandingly constructed site chock-full of information about America's first supersonic bomber. The B-58 was capable of speed in excess of Mach 2 and set many speed and altitude records, yet was retired after only ten years of service!
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The Hock Shop January 2002
 Tom Flanagan has been selling CAP uniform accessories and insignia since before the CAP Bookstore did, but he started more like "Corporal Klinger" than AAFES. Uniforms, accessories, insignia, and even some stuff that the Bookstore doesn't think to sell (Mouse pads with your name, rank and the CAP seal, anybody?) are available here. Online ordering and complete uniform sets are just the start of the incredible things the Hock Shop can deliver. (Did we say "complete?" You betcha! A full, complete BDU uniform: shirt, trousers, belt, boots, cap, insignia, nametags, t-shirt, socks... Everything but your nasty body to make it inspection-ready!) Careful you don't trip over the catalog, though. Need it this week? Tom can probably help you out. If you're local to Massachusetts, you can even get it in a couple days without having to pay exorbitant prices for shipping! Tell Tom CadetStuff.org sent you!
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The Tri-Wing Encampment Site February 2002
 What are you doing, Dave? Check out our link, Dave. Come visit Maryland, Delaware and DC's encampment site and see some truly inspired web design (even if the photo gallery seems to fall off a cliff after Tuesday). The HAL-9000 interface is brilliant, and the content is pretty slick, too! (The main Tri-Wing encampment website is here, if you want to see the previous years or upcoming stuff!) "Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do..."
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Black Hawk Down: An American War Story March 2002
 You've read the book, you've seen the movie, now check out the web site! Mark Bowden's original article for the Philadelphia Inquirer was the basis for the book and the movie. It's also an outstanding example of how to construct a web site and use the features of the internet. There is a lot of extra material here, including Pentagon video of the battle and audio files of interviews with the men who were there. Rangers lead the way!
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The Search for 928 April 2002
 This month's site ain't nothing pretty to look at but the story is simply amazing! Join the adventures of Tom Mahood as he searches the deserts of the west for the long-forgotten crash site of an A-12 reconnaissance plane - a CIA-sponsored cousin to the SR-71 that was so secret it's existence wasn't revealed until 1981! Mahood explains how tough it is to find something that is supposedly out in plain sight. Deduction, reasoning, land navigation, 4x4 savvy, and a little bit of luck are just a few of the things required. Oh, yeah, and probably a lot of money.
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Space Cadet! May 2002
 Admit it: you'd love to go into space; sent aloft on that blazing tail of fire, experiencing weightlessness, visiting the planets, hoping your cardboard space capsule won't burn up on re-entry... Cardboard!? Yep, cardboard! Join the adventures of eight year-old Joseph Pillsbury as he slips the surly bonds of earth in a space capsule his brother made out of discarded paper products. Remember: Standard disclaimers regarding eating and drinking while reading this apply. Oh, and as Joe says: "Do Not Try This! The 70s were much less litigious times!"
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Me262 Restoration Project June 2002
 An aircraft was recently rolled out of a secret factory in the Pacific Northwest that represents the culmination of over 8 years of blood, sweat and tears, yet comes nearly 60 years after the first flight of its type. Visit with the Me262 project group and learn about how this incredible project has come about. Their effort is nothing less than Herculean to bring this legend of aviation back to the world's skies.
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SpaceDaily.com July 2002
 Want to know what's going with NASA's ion engine? Want a look at the soldier of the future? Interested in China's space program? How about the significance of dust on Mars? The latest on black hole science or the search for other worlds? Groovy, huh? Baby, that's just a sample! Other news areas include: EARTH OBSERVATION, TERRADAILY, TECH SPACE, SPACEMART, GPS NEWS, UAV NEWS, EARLY EARTH, LIFE SPACE, THE OUTER PLANETS and NANO TECH! We could go on and on. But instead, why don't you visit the site and see for yourself! SpaceDaily.com bills itself as "Your Portal to Space" and does it ever deliver! Crikey, even the advertisements on this one are cool!
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Into Thin Air August 2002
 Jon Krakauer is a climber. Since his childhood he had a dream of climbing Mount Everest - the world's tallest peak, which has claimed the lives of dozens of climbers. By 1996 he was in his forties, settled with a wife and family and making a good living writing articles for outdoor magazines, Krakauer had let his dreams of Everest diminish. Then the business of guiding amateur climbers to the summit of Everest for huge sums of money began to take off and his magazine sent him to Nepal to make the ascent and to report on it. By the time he came off the mountain, eight people had died and one - a surgeon - had lost his right hand to frostbite in the worst single-season loss of life in the moutain's history. This, his article for Outside Online, created considerable controversy and lead to the publishing of the book of the same name, as well as a TV movie. Krakauer's account is gripping and terrifying and worth every word.
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The Centennial of Flight September 2002
 Okay, stop for just a minute. Pay close attention here: for most of you the Vietnam War is Ancient History and World War II took place about five years after Custer lost at Little Big Horn, but that's just your perceptions talking. Most of you have grandparents that are in their seventies or eighties - some of you have a relative or know someone that is more than one hundred years old. Now, think about this: in less than the lifespan of that peson, mankind has gone from sending a clumsy contraption a few hundred feet through the air three feet over the sands of Kitty Hawk to the surface of the moon and the threshold of the stars... WOW! If that isn't worth a celebration, what is? Good Ole Uncle Sam has set up a web site about it. It's in the beginning stages, but it looks like it's going to be pretty cool as the magic 100th anniversary approaches and they add more stuff. "Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings..."
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ieSpell Spell Checker October 2002
 Since it appears that most of our forum users will never successfully compete in a spelling bee, we've decided to help you out. Download "ieSpell", a spellchecker designed for use within Internet Explorer. All you do is download it, install it, and when you're replying in the forums, sending a PM, or even using your web-based e-mail, you can right-click within a text box and then click "Check Spelling" and ieSpell will find all your spelling errors. ieSpell is free for personal or non-profit use and it's a GREAT piece of software. No, nobody here on the CadetStuff staff is related to this guy or anything like that. Really, how could you get a kickback for recommending FREE software? And if you're really impressed, there's a PayPal donate button on the site. So, hopefully we'll see an overall improvement in the spelling in the forums. That will make things easier to read. Now if we can just find something that will check regulations...
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VistaPrint.com October 2002
 Serious professionals need business cards that reflect their status. Or maybe you just need something to hand out to the hotties at encampment, eh? Well, whatever your need, VistaPrint.com can accomodate. Choose their 'free cards' option and get 250 custom cards and pay just a few bucks for shipping. Or, create a totally unique custom business card and pay less than $10 plus shipping for 500 cards. Customer satisfaction is their goal and the service is outstanding. So get rid of those cheezy laser cards: they ain't getting you anywhere with the hotties!
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Homebuilt F-15 Sim! December 2002
 Here's a guy with waaay too much time on his hands: Gene Buckle has acquired fifteen feet of F-15C and is busily converting it into a working simulator in his garage! His ingenuity, circle of friends and connections and technical skills are amazing. We at CadetStuff only wish he lived near us so we could get him to do an AE presentation and then let us play in his sim! Good luck, Gene!
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Ceremonial Music Online January 2003
 Alright, so we missed the Dining Out/Banquet/Party season. That's okay, encampment season is only a few short months away. And when it's here, you're going to need the tunes! Well, check out the free music downloads available from the USAF Heritage of America Band. It has every march, bugle call, anthem and hymn you've ever heard of - plus a whole lot you didn't even know existed. And did we mention it's free? Even if you're not preparing for a visiting general, this is just great music, plus it's free! So what are you waiting for?
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Boeing Photo Store February 2003
Ah, the Golden Age of aviation, when the ground shook with the thrum of mighty radial engines, records were being broken daily by the likes of Jimmy Doolittle, the Turner Trophy was being handed out annually and huge, beautiful airliners like the Boeng Clippers plied the skies! Boeing has teamed up with an art gallery to provide museum quality photographic prints of those days and those aircraft at the Boeing Photo Store.
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X Marks the Spot March 2003
 The idea of escaping earth's atmosphere is as old as man.. or at least as old as realizing there is an atmosphere up there. For the last 40+ years, manned flights up to and beyond the edge of space have been strictly the province of national aerospace organizations like NASA, Energia, or the ESA. Now, 20 teams are poised at the brink of a $10 Million prize and worldwide fame. No, its not Survivor, Orbital-style. Its the X-Prize!.
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Weekend (Mech) Warrior April 2003
 Here's another one of those cool links that has absolutely nothing to do with anything. Here's a detailed description of the trials and tribulations of building a backyard tree fort for your kids in the shape of a mech! Mechwarrior afficionado Jim brought home two big packing crates with the intent to build his kids a fort. Whoops. Sorry, kids. The fort morphed into a tree house which became a freestanding Mechwarrior about 12 feet tall! Wow! Why couldn't we have had a dad like that?
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SR-71 Online April 2003
 SR-71 Online is more than just a web site: it bills itself as "An Online Aircraft Museum". It hosts hundreds of military aviation images, including over five hundred of the Lockheed Blackbirds. For you serious aviation geeks out there: it also boasts online images of every (available) page of the recently declassified SR-71 Flight Manual. No matter what your favorite flavor of Blackbird - A-12, YF-12, or SR-71 - there's a ton of info about it here!
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Chemtrails Website May 2003
 We'll bet you're the type of person who looks up at a beautiful blue sky with a plane overhead leaving a contrail and thinks: "Air power, baby!" or "I wish I was going somewhere in a plane." or even "Ouch, I guess I shouldn't have been staring at the sun." But did you ever think that those contrails might really be chemtrails and that instead of benign concoctions of water vapor and air disturbance that they might actually be a secret government project to spread experimental chemicals on every citizen of the U.S.? Well wake up and smell the coffee, brother! And check out the Chemtrail Central website for more Black Helicopter-type fun. And, no, we are not making this up!
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The Able Dogs May 2003
 The A1D Skyraider was the last single-engine piston-powered aircraft designed by the venerable Douglas Aircraft Company. It was also the last single-engine piston-powered combat aircraft in the U.S. arsenal. Flown by the Navy, Marines and Air Force (where it was known as the 'Spad'), the Skyraider was one of the finest piston aircraft ever designed and certainly the finest piston-powered attack plane ever produced. Able Dogs is a tribute to the plane and "the men who designed her, flew her, maintained her, and those who otherwise had a hand in her Naval Aviation career".
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Junior Birdmen of the Old School May 2003
 Here's a surprise, extra-tasty link for ya! While Google-ing around for the words words and music to "Junior Birdmen" (See Lt Col Austen's article), we came across Professor Michael J. Loudis recollections of his days as a Cadet in Forest Hills Sq of Queens Group, NY Wing in the early 1970s. Professor Loudis has a bunch of nifty black and white pictures of Cadets in action with keen captions such as "In 1973, Real Men didn't wear protective headgear." and "...Does anyone know what CAP form we are to fill out if a cadet doesn't make it down in one piece???". A special treat is a shot of MIWG Commander Colonel Gary Mayo being promoted to captain! So, let the music play and sing it with the family: Up in the air Junior Birdmen! Up in the air upside down!...
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Its Chock Full of Vitamins and Examples, too! June 2003
 The military really runs on paperwork. Lots and lots of paperwork. Since the advent of e-mail, however, it seems that the level of discourse in military writing has gone right into the proverbial field latrine. For those of you who are not skilled in the martial art of military penmanship, we offer up the US Army's "Guide to Effective Army Writing." Its loaded with example letters and other documents written in everybody's favorite style: military-ese.
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Yatta! August 2003
 So, there's these Japanese guys, right? And they have a sketch comedy show, right? And they've become internationally famous for a video of them singing a song called "Yatta!" wearing only tighty-whities with leaves sewn onto the front, right? And they're in front of a rilly, rilly big audience, right? Okay! Well, this is one of those things that defies description, but is oddly appealing. Trust us on this one and click that link!
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Black Hawk Down: Ten Years Later October 2003
It's been ten years since the events that inspired Black Hawk Down, Mark Bowden's series of articles for the Philadelphia Inquirer. These were the basis for the book and the movie. It's also an outstanding example of how to construct a web site and use the features of the internet. There is a lot of extra material here, including Pentagon video of the battle and audio files of interviews with the men who were there. Rangers lead the way!
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Military.com "Shock and Awe" November 2003
 Military.com's "Shock and Awe" is a collection of short and amazing videos about the military. They go from just a few seconds to nearly a minute and the subjects range from a jumpmaster falling from the ramp of his aircraft to a guy having the helmet sucked off his head and into the intake of an A6. There's a lot more, like audio of a American pilot being chased by MiGs over North Vietnam and footage of a Chinook crashing at sea. Check it peeps!
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The Greatest Airplane Ever Made... December 2003
 Sixty years ago, the Douglas Aircraft Company turned out their third commercial design - the DC-3. It has seen service in every imaginable job that a twin-engine transport could and has even been updated with turboprops. Hundreds of them are still flying, including those used by Canada's Buffalo Airlines out of the Nortwest Territories, which offers daily passenger service aboard what has been called "The Greatest Airplane Every Made"...
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Operation Enduring Freedom: The Opening Chapter December 2003
 Here is a short video about the Navy-Marine Corps team in Operation Enduring Freedom. Don't mind the uniforms; this video is for everyone serving everywhere in the world. If this doesn't bring a tear to your eye and make you want to stand up and be counted, then you need to check your pulse, because you might as well be dead. Hooah!
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Science Toys for Science Boys (and Girls, too!) January 2004
 You know, occasionally a website comes along and you sit back in your chair, stare at your monitor, and go "Whoa. Cool." This month's link, Science Toys, is just that kind of site. Read all about Gauss rifles ("You'll shoot your eye out, kid!"), magnetorheological fluids (gesundheit!), plastic hydrogen bombs (eek! No, not that kind of hydrogen bomb), a practical application of Bernoulli's Principle and any number of other scientific slight of hand involving optics, magnets, chemicals, exothemric reactions and yes, for your hardcore science geeks out there, the whys and wherefores of Themodynamic's Second Law.
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Everybody's Marching To Mars February 2004
 Or at least, that's the way Sammy Hagar sings it. Every 26 months (give or take a nanosecond here or there), the Earth & Mars approach close enough that a spacecraft journeying between the two planets can do so with a minimal amount of fuel and time. This year happened to be one of those times, and now we're bombarding the Red Planet with all sorts of scientific instruments.
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The Ranger Digest March 2004
 You see, years of CAP indoctrination had made the field fun for me, and when we went to the boonies, even with our "double-headed Winnabago" Chinooks, I went in comfort and style. While my comrades were constantly complaining and making do with their stock GI issue gear, I had all kinds of tricks and gear to make my stay in the field enjoyable.
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You like SpaceDog? You're gonna love these! July 2004
 Military cartoons are a great way for the troops to let off a little steam and poke fun at their situation. Remember Willie & Joe? Classic stuff from the Last Great War! Read on for this month's collection of links (that's plural, gang) to military cartoonists on the Web, keeping it light and fluffy for our troops around the world.
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Happy Birthday, Herc! August 2004
 It's hard to believe it, but the mighty Lockheed C-130 Hercules is fifty years old! It rolled out on August 23, 1954 and it looks like it will be hauling trash for another fifty to come. Originally a tactical airlifter, the Herc has also seen duties as a special operations gunship, reconnaissance platform, refueler, medevac, psyops, even a bomber. Lockheed has built over 2,200 Hercules in Marrietta Georgia and today over sixty nations around the globe use her in seventy different variations. You can get to know the Herky Bird by starting with this Air Force Factsheet, but don't stop there! There are literally thousands of web pages and dozens of books in print about this venerable workhorse, easily one of the greatest aircraft ever made!
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The Doolittle Raiders December 2004
 A scant five months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Army Air Corps put together the first attack on the Japanese homeland. Striking from the carrier Hornet from hundreds of miles off the coast, a squadron of specially-prepared B-25 Mitchell bombers and their well-trained crews under the command of Jimmy Doolittle put the smack down in a one-way raid that let our enemies know that they were not out of our reach. Here is the official site of these brave men, their daring deed and the proud aircraft that carried them! (And you thought Harrison Ford was cool! - Ed.)
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The Solar Death Ray March 2005
 Who said science can't be fun? Not us! And who said James Bond wasn't possible? Again: not us! So, if you've got aspirations toward ruling the world, perhaps you should take a gander at the Solar Death Ray website. After all, something that can heat things up into the neighborhood of 1100 degrees Fahrenheit - yes ELEVEN HUNDRED - and be built with things you can probably find around your home is bound to give your career as World Dictator a major boost! So, check it out and have fun while we head to Q Branch to get the keys to our new wheels...
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I've Got A Bad Feeling About This: CivilAirman.com June 2005
 We're not giving Civil Airman's site, www.CivilAirman.com, a reciprocal link just because he's a forum lizard and because his site links to CadetStuff. No, we're linking to his site because, due to an unusual comm foul-up, CA's been getting a blog feed from a galaxy far, far away that chronicles a young cadet's trip to Imperial Encampment with the INA (Imperial Naval Auxiliary, that is) This set of entries is just too danged funny to risk you Bozos not finding it for yourselves, including Cadet Antillies' favorite website, easily found at the bottom of Day 5. Get there and enjoy, and don't make us use our Jedi Mind Tricks on your butts. (Standard disclaimers regarding drinking or eating while surfing apply. We are not responsible for the soda bath you may give your computer. - Ed.)
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Rocket Team Who? June 2005
 So we're poking around the this Interweb thingy the other day, looking for a scale-model kit of Burt Rutan's SpaceShip One ($80 for a 1/72 scale model? Hello? Who are they kidding?) when we came across this interesting site documenting the efforts of Rocket Team Vatsaas and their arsenal of flyable scale models of fantastic proportion!
Whoa, these guys either a) don't have enough time on their hands; b) aren't married (or are married to a Stepford Wife of some sort); c) have an unlimited amount of funds available for their trickery. Anybody check the cash reserves at Fort Knox recently?
Anyhow, check out what led us to their site in the first place: A Rutan-esqe journey to powered, winged flight. Maybe not beyond the edge of the atmosphere, but hey, we can dream, right?
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All I want for Christmas... July 2005
 If you were a kid in the mid-1970s (I realize this doesn't include ANY of you little weasels, but pay attention anyway because this is cool! - Ed.), you either had one of these, or a kid on your block did: Peter Hirschberg has written an excellent simulator of the venerable Mattel VertiBird. What's a VertiBird? Only the very cool and now very rare helicopter toy that actually flew using true rotary-wing flight dynamics. Heck, it was the VertiBird that got our Managing Editor geeked on those ugly things in the first place. And Pete nailed it with this simulator: right down to the cheesy styrofoam Coast Guard "ship" and all the nifty things you could pick up with the hook. And best of all, since it's virtual you won't try to land it on your cousin's hair, entangling him severely in the rotor drive mechanism...
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Wikipedia: The Free Encylopedia August 2005
 Dude, if you haven't been out to Wikipedia yet, then you don't have a true handle on what the term "kicks ten kinds of butt" means. With over half a million entries, Wikipedia is not only the freshest encyclopedia on the web, it's also the largest. Entries are updated by everyday ordinary people who know something about something or are willing to do a little research and pass their knowledge along. Every day the Main Page presents a new discovery as another article is given the'feature article' treatment. Thanks in no small part to CadetStuff users, Wikipedia's Civil Air Patrol entry was a feature article as well as being a prime (if unfinished) example of the power of cooperative creativity. What are you waiting for? Go Wiki!
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CAP Goes Into Space ... THREE TIMES! February 2006
 Holy carp! Check out the The CAP Near-Space Project, run by the Charles R. Long Squadron of CAP's Missouri Wing. These folks are lofting a helium-filled balloon and an instrument package (camera, telemetry, GPS, etc.) to the edge of space! The photo to the right was taken on a mission in July from around 98,000 ft. Y'know, a little astronaut bling might be just the thing for those goofy balloon wings!
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Bad Astronomy February 2006
 In the Bad Astronomy introduction, Phil Plait says, "As an astronomer, teacher, lecturer and all-around science junkie, I am exposed to all sorts of people and their ideas about what goes on in the sky around them. I have been delighted to find that most people are very curious about the night (and day!) sky, but unfortunately a lot of misinformation is spread about astronomy. Sometimes this information is just plain silly, but many times it makes just enough sense that people believe it." And boy, what some people believe! But, Phil takes time to poke holes in a lot of fallacy balloons: the face on Mars? Check! The faked moon landings? Yepper! Bad science in 'science' fiction movies? Got it! He also spends a lot of time talking about real astronomy in his blog. If you have any interest in what's going on over your head or the crazy stuff that people think is going on over your head, you need to make Bad Astronomy a regular stop.
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"The Flying Sub..!" March 2006
Dah daah dah, dah dah dahdah dah, dah dah dum... Ring a bell? Prolly not, huh. Well, if you were a sci-fi geek kid thirty years ago like we were, you'd have recognized the opening tones from Irwin Allen's subsurface opus: Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea! Every episode was chock full of impossible technology, improbable plots and ridiculous monsters. And one of the coolest pieces of impossible technology was the 'Flying Sub', a nuclear-powered, manta-ray looking thing that could fly like a bird and swim like a fish! As geeked out kids watching Voyage, we couldn't get enough of the Flying Sub! And, as we came to find out, we're not the only ones. The FS-1 was so cool that folks out there are building working scale versions, like Dave Merriman's FS-1 (So far, submarine functionality only. Darn!). But as we found out, sci-fi is sometimes more science than fiction, because back in the 50's both the Navy and an inventor from New Jersey worked on actual vehicles combining submarines and airplanes. As you might expect, they did neither well, but talk about ambitous! But the saga isn't over yet, kids: the Navy is actually trying it again and it looks cooler than ever!
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CadetStuff for the RealMilitary May 2006
 If you haven't been over to Military.com yet, you're missing out. This site features forums, articles, blogs, commentary, swag, newsletters, unit pages, the whole nine yards. Basically, if its about the US military, its found on Military.com. These folks are to the military what CadetStuff is to cadetting. Except they have better resources. And a paid staff. Well, you get my drift! Why go anyplace else?
Bottom line: if you're looking for the straight dope on the military, Military.com is the place to find it.
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Fiddler's Green Card Models June 2006
 What are 'card models', you ask? Well, for want of a better description: they're scale models printed on card stock (thick, stiff paper) and assembled using just scissors, glue and maybe the odd toothpick or piece of string. Don't just dismiss these as 'that NHQ paper airplane thingie'! No sirree! These are serious little works of art! Fiddler's Green has been in the card model business for almost twenty years. Their site contains dozens of aerospace card models from the earliest aircraft to the latest jet fighters. All are available on CD-ROM with card stock for your laser-jet printer. And just to whet your appetite, there's a free Piper Cub! Check'em out!
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Battlestar Galactica! September 2006
 Okay, we admit it: we're geeks. But the reimagined version of that staple of 70s cheese, 'Battlestar Galactica', isn't just for geeks. Nope, the pilots are way too hot, the subplots are way too subversive and the relationships are way too twisted for this to be just geek-fare. Not that the spaceships aren't cool and the special effects aren't state-of-the-CGI-art; the are. But if you come for the space battlesand eye candy, you'll definitely stay for the intrigue. The third season of one of television's best shows, Sci-Fi's Battlestar Galactica, starts in a few of weeks. That gives you time to get the first couple seasons on DVD and camp out in your room catching up. Dude: What are you waiting for!
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Google Earth October 2006
 Folks, we simply can't say enough about the incredible awesomeness that is Google Earth. So, we're just going to throw in the blurb on the Google Earth page and hope you have the good sense to start clickin': Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. Fly from space to your neighborhood. Type in an address and zoom right in. Search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels. Get driving directions. Tilt and rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings. Save and share your searches and favorites. Even add your own annotations.
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Man vs. Wild November 2006
 Okay, kids: the Discovery Channel is rerunning a series they snagged from BBC 4 called Man vs. Wild and starring former SAS Soldier Bear Grylls. Now, we love Les Stroud and his survival adventures, but there's something about watching Bear actually do stuff to himself - like jumping into a frozen lake in the Alps and then stripping naked and rubbing himself with snow to dry off - that Les just can't match. It doesn't hurt that Bear is a hunk with a cool name and a posh accent, either! Anyway, check out his site and check out his show.
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ACA Cadet Survey November 2006
 The American Cadet Alliance is conducting a survey to gather data from Cadets and Cadet Program adults. Please click here to complete the survey. This survey will gather data from members of the American Cadet Alliance, Naval Sea Cadet Corps, Civil Air Patrol, Young Marines, Junior ROTC and Military Exploring Programs. The primary focus on this survey is on Community-Based Cadeting, rather than School-Based Cadetting. While the survey and the metrics are designed to show the Army the value of Cadetting, the data will be shared across all programs and published at the DoD level. The staff of CadetStuff.org thanks you in advance for your participation!
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ZerechakFilms.com March 2007
 Filmmaker Jeremy Zerechak went to Iraq with his Pennsylvania Army National Guard unit in 2004 and was assigned to the Iraq Survey Group looking for weapons of mass destruction. On his site (ZerechakFilms.com) is teaser for his upcoming film about his unit's deployment: "Land of Confusion". (Warning: there is some PG-13 rated language in the clip.) After seeing that one, check out his contributions to YouTube for a laugh. Oh, and look for CadetStuff staffer Shawn Stanford in two of the clips! (We'll leave you to figure out which two.)
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NASASpaceFlight.com June 2007
 Ever want to feel like you have a clue when the shuttle goes up? Want the latest and greatest concerning the next shuttle flight so you can plan your trip to Florida for the "middle of the window?" Some of us space geeks are like that, and until a couple years ago, getting good, accurate information out of NASA was like waiting for your dog to poop out that dime he ate yesterday. But now, with NASASpaceFlight.com, it's more like reaching up inside your dog and yanking that dime out yourself. Check it!
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Citizen Soldier September 2007
 Scott Matthews - who has been featured here on CadetStuff a time or two - has been hard at work reminding us all that the National Guard is there for us and part of us. If you haven't caught his latest work in your local theater, check it out here: 'Citizen Soldier', and we challenge you to hold back the hooah!
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Dyslexic Knotheads Untie February 2008
 You got it: animated knot tying instructions for literally a zillion knots! Explanations, photos, instructions, variations and of course the ANIMATED depictions of the knot creations. All divvied up into categories we can all associate with like Rescue, Boating, Climbing, etc.
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You In To Gear? Yeah, So Are We! April 2008
From tactical nylon pouches, load carrying equipment, body armor and plate carriers to various and sundry forms of clothing, equipment, flashlights and even, yes, Virginia, things that go "Bang!" this site gives you everything.
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