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When you enroll in MGM Mirage Players Club, you will have a card that is valid at MGM Grand, The Aria, Bellagio, The Mirage, Treasure Island, New York-New York, Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur, Monte Carlo, MGM Grand Detroit, Gold Strike-Tunica, MS and Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi. The points earned at any location can be used at any of the other locations.
The card has five tiers and visitors are awarded for every dollar spent at the property as well as gambling.
Accounts are terminated after 18 months of inactivity.
Slot Point Accrual
(Accrual Table) | Input/Point | |
Denomination | Slots | Video Poker |
5¢, 25¢, $1 | $3/1 | $10/1 |
Slot Benefits
$1/50 points
Minimum: 500 points
Increments: 50 points
Comps: Players at Vegas casinos receive two cents in Express Comps for every point earned on slot and video poker machines. These can be redeemed for food, merchandise, hotel stays or freeplay.
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Rooms: 1,740 Price Range: $89-$229
Suites: 95 Price Range: $195-$375
Restaurants: 10 (1 open 24 hours)
Buffets: B- $12.99/$21.99 (Saturday/Sunday)
L- $15.99/$21.99 (Saturday/Sunday)
D- $22.99/$25.99 (Thursday)/$29.99 (Friday/Saturday)/$22.99 (Sunday)
Casino Size: 75,744 Square Feet
Games Offered: Slots, Video Poker, Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Three Card Poker, Four Card Poker, Mini-Baccarat, Pai Gow Poker, Poker, Caribbean Stud Poker, Let it Ride, Mississippi Stud
Overnight RV Parking: Free/RV Dump: No
Senior Discount: 50% off buffet Wednesdays if 55 or older.
Special Features: Casino is on a barge. 18-hole golf course. Spa. Beauty salon. 13-store shopping arcade.
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$21.99 (Sat/Sun)
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Poor Customer Servce
Great Comps, friendly staff
Just got back from 2nd visit. What a difference 4 months make. The slots have been tightened almost to Tampa Hard Rock level. The cocktail waitresses are hired for their asses instead of their ability. So disappointed with this trip. Sat at a slot and another persons card was in the machine, she had $2900 in comps, she signed up in Sept.
We dropped over 3 grand and barely received $200, something wrong. We'll try the Nugget next trip, beautiful place and slots looser. As an aside, my son in law asked the front desk where the staircase was and they had no idea?
Enjoy the Beau
We go to the Beau fairly often, even though it's an eleven hour drive. We get comped for room suite, food, and freeplay, so I can't complain about anything. For years I gave my money to Harrahs, but have found MGM takes much better care of us. Our host,. Lysa Tapper, is amazing. Going so often, we do get sick of the food, and despite some reviews to the contrary, the food is at the best-mediocre. Jia is the best of the mediocre. But hey, it's free so we love it! The Beau rewards loyalty, and sometimes when the machines are cold we don't mind so much as everything else is already comped.
Beau Rivage experience
I love this casino. The Beau Rivage has always been my top choice when I visit Biloxi. I especially love the hotel. It's comfortable, has an amazing staff and delicious food. If they got rid of that horrible female Dj they have at the pool they would be better off. I'm hoping thatdirty blonde DJ was just a day thing because my husband and I almost got up and left. The nightclub is fantastic, now those DJs were fantastic. I'm confused as to why they have good talent inside and not so much an ounce of talent outside. The restaurants in the back are to die for. I really enjoy Jia the most.
Beau Rivage visit February 2014
Just returned from a three night trip. Everyone we met was in a down mood indicating they were losing. However, my experience was with proper money management you have a good opportunity to leave with more than you came with or break even. We all have seen someone win a couple of hundred dollars on a $1 machine and feed it right back in and then complain about not winning. I won a Double Diamond Jackpot last December, cashed it out and bought some things I wanted when I got home. On the downside, the Double points don't apply to Video Poker and the pay tables could be better. The Table games need some $5 tables during the morning, that would be nice. The food choices are great, we love the Coast! Roasted Bean is great with free refills. Hotel staff is friendly, overall a very enjoyable visit, we love the Beau Rivage and will return. We stayed for three nights and only left for some things we ran out of and needed a refill.
No More BR
We used to think that the Beau was the best deal anywhere.
We have been to the Beau more than 30 times and all for free from St Pete, FL. A one hour flight, bus service to the hotel where our room key was waiting, it was so easy. We went every month and would get $150.00 in free play, free meals, it was all good. We even used to win on the slots and were experts at finding good machines to keep us playing for 3 days and many, many times went home with more money that we started with.
But last year it all stopped cold! The slots just stopped paying and then we starting spending, $800.00, $1,200.00, $2,000.00 per visits, all with the hope of getting some of it back! Really! We were out of cash after the first day and then had to use the ATM just to keep playing for the rest of our stay.
In the past both my wife and I had won jackpots and many times won over a $1,000.00 but no more! We just could not find any machine to just play for a while without inserting cash. No fun at all. Forget about winning! You are trapped for three day! And we love to play the slots.
Then starting in December 2012 they stopped offering smoking rooms, so December was our last visit. We both smoke and enjoyed doing so in our room! It was great while it lasted and in the end we paid for every free trip we got and all of the food and most likely some new carpeting on a few floors, so we have repaid them for everything!
When it's not fun any longer and we are not welcomed because we smoke, it's time to find another place to donate our money to.
Great place not so great video poker
this is a great casino, it's one of the nicest casinos on the gulf coast if not the nicest as long as you don't care about good gambling because their video poker is sub-par at best.
Beau Rivage
Although I did not play slots, I noticed that the selection was good and they seemed to have the most up to date games.
Table games were plentiful. Seating was available for all limits. Tables were clean and looked brand new. I was up big after playing for only a couple of hours, so I decided to try a new table game. The dealer was friendly and helpful in explaining how to play.
Even on a Thursday night, the atmosphere was great. It was the perfect combination of classy yet laid back.
Beau Rivage's location on the gulf coast is ideal. I certainly want to go back.
What a gorgeous casino, like another reviewer said, it is the Bellagio of Biloxi. Huge gaming area, lots of table games and limits that everyone can enjoy. Poker room was always full, but never a long wait to sit down, we went on 3 different occasions in late March. Didn't get a chance to eat at any of the restaurants there, but from listening to the locals and other gamblers, we should have!!
Times are Changing!
Expecting the best of the best, until we realized, "Times are Changing!" Went to Beau Rivage, on the ninth of March, for my mother's birthday. In line at the buffet, the first person we meet, is Mariah. Dressed for, casino success, my mother reaches for her ID and Player's Club Card. I asked; It's my mother's 73rd birthday, does she get the birthday comp? I was told;" We don't do that here!" Wooo..
You think you could have phrased that just a wee bit better! (Beau Rivage, will mail special comps, on the promo comp card. I forgot ours at home.) Mariah had no clue! Nothing like having ownership with employees. They can down your day, with sharp clip tones, as this one did. Moving along. The food table host, was nice. Our server was very nice, Asian lady. Unable to catch her name. Outstanding sweets offered with care, featuring many cakes, pastries, jello cones, brownies, cookies, breads. All taking place around noon.
As we entered the carving station, talk about cut down on food cost. Our food tech, served a piece of ham, no bigger than a silver dollar. Waiting for the next slice, she said; Thank You, next. Hum, Salad area had your basic set-up, cold & crisp lettuce. Nothing to jump out at. All items were cold including the famous pizza, I adore. Now this was offered, at the start of lunch. Looks like they took last night's food features and dressed them up just a little. Boiled shrimp was way undercooked, I guess better than overcooked. The place was extra clean, food server along with busser, first class. Sorry, the opening act was so sour. We will return! Stopping at the beautiful ladies room, talking about our experience. This lady engaged in conversation, claiming last night's buffet was terrible, you should have seen that mess. Not sure she will return. Come on Beau, Chop Chop, you can do it! You use to be the best on the coast for lunch @$14.99.~~Cherie Munster, Covington, Louisiana
January 2012
Great hotel, rooms and food options on the property. We went back in November and didn't win at all. However this time, found great VP at the bar in the center of the casino, 1 Royal Flush and ended up way ahead. Many tables however would $5 Blackjack tables during the day would be nice. Staff is friendly and we have received good coupons for this year. We will be back.
Pleasant surprise!
This was our first visit to the Gulf Coast and its casino lineup. We are pretty high level players at Mohegan Sun and the various MGM properties in Las Vegas. I was prepared to be underwhelmed by the Beau, based in part on the reviews I'd found online. What a pleasant surprise I had on our visit in mid October to Beau Rivage. The property itself is not large when compared to the others that we frequent,smaller was not an issue, had everything one could want. The staff was uniformly pleasant and professional, they really seemed to give a darn. I'm a slot player and found the machines here to be quite fair, as noted by another poster, you could play for a long time for your money. We had a Gulf facing room which was very nice and kept immaculate by the staff. The pool area overlooks the Gulf and is very nice. We ate at the lobby Cafe several times for different meals and had almost no food complaints, certainly no service issues, very professional. We ate at the barbecue restaurant twice, both times very good, had the 24 oz. Delmonico on the second visit,one of the best steaks I've had out. Everything was comped for us (room,food,beverage,even spa and massage), so I have to agree with another poster that the comps do seem generous. We are very fussy travelers, used to (and being prepared to pay for) top shelf travel, this place did not disappoint on any level. My only suggestion would be to have more of the restaurants open on a daily basis, they close on a rotating system and this reduces your choices.
I don't like the place
Our last visit in recent months was our last visit for life. Nobody wins, and I mean Nobody! Making small talk on the elevators from hell, Nobody wins! I talk with the locals while at other casinos, and they wont step foot in the joint! After returning home they sent me less free play for my final donation, which was the worst visit ever!
The finest
I have to agree that this is a top rate casino I would say the best in mississippi if not the best east of the Mississippi river. The only bad thing I can say is the buffet, if you sit on the casino side the slots are so loud it is hard to hold a conservation.
We had a great first time...suite was very nice and comped...food and staff were great !! Played the heck out of the slots for three nites...lost a little this time....And of course we had a limo back to the airport.......we will be back soon !!!!
Bellagio of the Southeast
Biloxi has become my alternative to Vegas when I can't find affordable flights. The Beau has become one of my FAVORITE casinos. Their hotel is beautiful- very similar to Bellagio. Their casino floor is... well, about a 1/2 size replica of Bellagio's casino. The atmosphere is great, the staff is pretty friendly, and I love their buffet. Their slots are actually decent with payback- I have won some pretty nice amounts there. More importantly, even if I lose, it's after playing for a VERY long time- you can make your money go very far on their slots. The only thing I noticed that was lacking was video poker- 7/5 paytables primarily, which is very low compared to most other casinos.
The players club seems to be more generous at the Beau than at other MGM properties in Vegas. I have had 3 free flights, a dozen or so free nights in their hotel, and many of my meals comped. I have been to Beau many times, and every time I go to Biloxi I keep saying I want to get out and try the other casinos for a change of scenery/atmosphere.... until I actually sit down and start playing in their casino, visiting their buffet, shopping, hanging out at the pool, etc. You'll never want to leave the property, and honestly you don't need to. It's the best hotel/resort around, and I plan to go back again very soon!
Great place to visit. I have been to the BR three times and have been very happy with the staff and amenities. The only down side is I have never won anything on slots. Servers seem to come around as long as you are tipping good or at the tables.
Food is good, I usually hit the Memphis Q each time, really nice atmosphere for a casual dinning area. I journey over to the Hard Rock same issue with slots, I assume that is the nature of the beast. The buffet is really good, a little pricey if you're paying for it.
The rooms are good enough, I am not real picky on rooms. The pool is awesome and they have little flags to let the pool servers know you're thirsty. The tables are really fun, you have to get out of there before the drunks take over 11pm.
Great place
I love this place. They treat you very special and a fair place. It reminds me of Bellagio in Vegas - has the same look and feel.
It's a little pricyy, but you get what you pay for. The pool area is great. There is nothing bad to say about the hotel/casino.
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Mafia Sinks Ships Containing Toxic Waste 401
Hugh Pickens writes "For years there have been rumors that the mafia was sinking ships with nuclear and other waste on board as part of a money-making racket. Now, BBC reports on a sunken vessel that has been found 30km off the coast of Italy. Murky pictures taken by a robot camera show the vessel intact, and alongside it are a number of yellow barrels with labels indicating the contents are toxic. The ship's location was revealed by Francesco Fonti, an ex-member of Calabria's feared 'Ndrangheta crime group, who confessed to using explosives to sink this vessel and two others as part of an illegal operation to bypass rules on the disposal of toxic waste. Experts are now examining samples taken from the wreck, and an official says that if the samples prove to be radioactive then a search for up to 30 other sunken vessels believed scuttled by the mafia would begin immediately. 'The Mediterranean is 0.7 percent of the world's seas. If in this tiny portion there are more than 30 (toxic waste) shipwrecks, imagine what there could be elsewhere,' says Silvestro Greco, head of Calabria's environment agency."

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My Best Friend
Brian Golden
So the big news in the world of Brian Golden would today read something like this – man's best friend gets engaged while on vacation in the Galapagos Island region.
I first met my best buddy Tozer during my latter years at NHS. We had several mutual friends, yet we never really connected until the topic of music popped up. He was already a good drummer in those days and throughout our nearly 20 year friendship we have pushed and prodded each other down our separate, though in many ways shared, musical paths. Our first jam however, remains firmly imbedded in my mind and is, by far, one of my favorite memories.
I was in my junior year at NHS when I found myself without a band for the first time since attending high school. I had recently departed a short-lived stint with my father, the Carpenter brothers and my dad's cousin Tim. After a frustrating two weeks of contemplation – I had no idea where to go musically at this point – I convinced my father (a long-time bassist) to leave the band and join me for a proposed 3-piece ensemble which, I hoped, would include Tozer.
That following Monday, after a weekend of preparation with Dad as to what kind of music the band would be performing, I approached Tozer with the idea. I can't remember his exact response but we agreed to spend our study hall period jamming in the high school auditorium, just to see if anything "clicked."
After a humorous relocation of the school's drum-set (there was a slight decline from the band room down to the auditorium in the music hallway back then, use your imagination) we were as ready as we could be, not really noticing that, for some reason, the curtains to the stage were closed.
What followed, in all likelihood, changed our two lives forever. With another best friend, Vischi, as witness, Tozer and I proceeded to blaze through a 30 to 45 minute jam inspired by the music of Hendrix, Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan and others of the blues-rock genre. It was all improvised, there were no words spoken, just two young high school musicians throwing caution to the wind and pushed to new limits by the other's performance.
What we didn't realize at the time – the approximately 100 fellow study hall students hanging out in the auditorium itself, forced there by the testing taking place in the cafeteria. We finished our little jam to the sound of this raucous group screaming, clapping and cheering. They had no idea who was behind the curtain making this music and it was obvious they didn't care. We were flabbergasted to say the least and Happiness Hotel was born.
Since that day, Tozer and I have continued to seek perfection in our musical partnership. We've developed our own language in a way – Tozer instinctively knows where I'm going with the guitar, while at the same time, I know that he knows and vice versa. It's the most amazing musical relationship I've ever experienced and we've been best friends ever since that day. It's the most enduring friendship I've ever had.
So to Tozer and Renee, I couldn't be happier about the engagement. The two of you are perfect for each other and I'm so excited for you. I've always known this day would come at some point or another and all I ask – don't forget about your old friend and let's set aside some time to jam. Good luck and I love you both.


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Moderators: jsmcortina, muythaibxr
protomor wrote:It could be AE. could be a dead spot in the TPS or the calibration is off.
billr wrote:Looking a the .msl I have two questions: I see the TP "marker" spike at about 5.5 seconds, but nothing just preceding that which would indicate a misfire. The posted screen-shot looks (to me) like it is the TP and PW right at the time the marker is made, but doesn't really relate to the misfire event. Is there some logged parameter that clearly indicates misfire? I'm guessing only a knock sensor could do that, but don't see how to display that signal. The other question relates to spark advance. I see several points (74,85,101,103,107,110, and 116 seconds) where the advance makes a "step change" when things like rpm, MAP, PW, and TP are all relatively constant. What could make advance do that? I admit, these questions are as much about helping me as the OP, but maybe they will help...
kizzoalfa wrote:As I marked the missfire the AFR became richer after the event means unburnt fuel.
kizzoalfa wrote:Hi,
today I changed the decel fuel amount to 100, same misfire. I also turned off AE later, did not help. I also noticed that around 14.4 - 14.7 AFR while cruising my engine somtimes have a small surge.
Does it possible that what I think misfire is a lean surge caused by that my engine need to run richer ?
(Engine has 7.8:1 CR, 9mm lift 272 deg exhaust and intake cams, IO 22deg BTDC, EO 63 BBDC.)
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Israeli Women: Let Us Pray At Wailing Wall
Ahead of Israel's national memorial days--including Holocaust Memorial Day and a day of remembrance for fallen soldiers--a group of women are protesting a new Israeli directive that prohibits females from reciting the Jewish prayer of mourning at Jerusalem's Wailing Wall.
The group, "Women of the Wall," spoke out about a March 14 letter published in Ha'aretz, in which Jerusalem Police Chief Yossi Pariente prohibited women from saying the Kaddish at the holy site. "The police chief's decision is ... not enforceable," group founder Anat Hoffman told the press. "We will continue and fight for our right to pray as we wish and as we see fit. The police are taking the ultra-Orthodox side because they are afraid of them and their power."
The Women of the Wall have been active since 1988 and have long agitated for the right to pray at the site. In 2003, Israel's Supreme court ruled that women have a legal right to worship at a site near the Wall, a ruling seen as a compromise to accommodate Orthodox beliefs about segregated prayer.


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Base79 Announces New Investment from The Chernin Group
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Nov. 13, 2012 06:26 PM
Base79, one of Europe's leading online video companies and the largest YouTube network in the Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) region, today announced that it has received a strategic equity investment from The Chernin Group ("TCG"), alongside continued participation from existing investor MMC Ventures. Proceeds from the round will be used to accelerate Base79's expansion across Europe and into other global territories, to build owned-and-operated brands and channels, and to invest in the Company's products and technology. Founded in 2007, the Company has offices in London, New York and Sydney, and has plans to increase its presence in continental Europe within the next 12 months. Base79 partners with leading video rights holders and producers to build online audiences and brands, claim and protect their intellectual property, sell premium advertising, and generate new revenue streams on YouTube and other OTT platforms. The Company's proprietary technology and processes for increasing YouTube channel subscribers and views, and establishing ad sales leadership, enables its clients to significantly increase their reach and revenues in online video. With more than 300 premium content partners, including BBC Worldwide, Endemol's Tiger Aspect, IMG Media, Simon Cowell's SyCo, Ministry of Sound, Guinness World Records as well as a number of leading YouTube content creators, Base79 generates more than 550 million views per month across nearly 550 channels on YouTube, and is the largest YouTube multi-channel network based in the UK. Base79 recently received four original programming grants from YouTube, more than any other company in Europe. "We're thrilled to receive this additional investment and recognition for our business from The Chernin Group, in addition to ongoing support from MMC Ventures. TCG's industry leading expertise and track record in content, digital media, brand building, international expansion and monetization will be invaluable as we accelerate the Company's international growth and distribution of premium video content across multiple platforms and devices," said Ashley MacKenzie, founder and CEO of Base79. "We have experienced extraordinary growth and believe this partnership will allow a new chapter of even greater opportunity." "Base79 has established itself as one of the clear leaders in online video, an exciting space that we believe is positioned to grow faster than any other area of media," said Peter Chernin, founder & CEO of TCG. "Base79 is one of Europe's fastest-growing young media companies, and we look forward to partnering with the Company and its management team to help build on its vision and capitalize on further opportunities for growth." Alex Carloss, YouTube's Global Head of Entertainment, said: "We view The Chernin Group's investment in a key partner like Base79 as a sign of the growth of the YouTube ecosystem in Europe. Base79's deep expertise in rights management and the YouTube platform will continue to help partners control and grow their content businesses on YouTube." Bruce Macfarlane, Managing Partner, MMC Ventures, said: "MMC Ventures has always believed in Base79 - its concept, technology, and team - and have been excited to invest from an early stage. We are therefore delighted to be continuing our support for Base79, alongside The Chernin Group, and look forward to its further growth and success." In October 2012, after securing four new channel partnerships as a part of YouTube's new original channels initiative, Base79 announced that it had become Europe's largest YouTube original programming partner. The four new channels resulting from the partnership are:
About Base79 Base79 is one of Europe's leading online video companies and the largest YouTube network in the Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) region. The Company has more than 300 content partners and generates more than 550 million video views monthly across over 550 channels. Base79 has a unique rights management technology that optimizes audience reach and revenue generation for its content partners. Founded in 2007, the Company has offices in London, New York and Sydney, and has plans to expand into continental Europe within the next 12 months. About The Chernin Group The Chernin Group LLC (TCG) is a privately held, independent media holding company based in Los Angeles, CA founded by Peter Chernin. TCG has built, managed, operated, and invested in businesses in the media, entertainment, and technology sectors around the world since 2010. TCG's assets include Chernin Entertainment, which produces feature films and television programs; a majority stake in Hong Kong-based CA Media, which builds, manages, and operates media, entertainment, and technology businesses across Asia; and several strategic investments in technology and media companies in the United States. Providence Equity Partners LLC, Qatar Holding LLC, and other shareholders are strategic partners of and investors in TCG. About MMC Ventures Founded in 2000, MMC Ventures is an active investor and award-winning venture fund manager, focused on technology-enabled sectors where the UK is a world leader - particularly financial and business services, business software, digital media and e-commerce. Having raised a total of approx £100 million, MMC invests around £10 million per annum, in a combination of new investments and add-on capital for existing portfolio companies. MMC specialises in fast-growth early-stage UK-based businesses, partnering with entrepreneurs and impressive management teams to achieve substantial scale and profitability. MMC's existing portfolio includes Alex and Alexa, Base79, Interactive Investor, Knowledge Mill, LoveHomeSwap and Reevoo. www.mmcventures.com SOA World Latest Stories
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Eli Whitney: Nemesis Of The South
Having given slavery a new lease on life, he then made Northern triumph inevitable
April 1955 | Volume 6, Issue 3
Here was a man who as early as 1798 could visualize the government's need of a constant supply of firearms, who could devise methods of production that would guarantee such a supply, and who, handicapped by the lack of a machine that would enable workmen to cut metal according to pattern, proceeded to invent one which has remained unchanged in principle for a century and a half.
This milling machine, as it was called, was in itself a major innovation. It was the cornerstone of his new system of interchangeable parts, by means of which he was able to make the same parts of different guns as much like each other as "the successive impressions of a copper-plate engraving." Life in America had produced plenty of mechanics, particularly in New England, but few craftsmen. What Whitney did was to substitute for the skill of the craftsman the uniformity of the machine.
Foreigners have often observed as one of the characteristics of American industry that we build from the top down rather than from the ground up. Eli Whitney did not start with a few workmen and then gradually expand. He "tooled up" first. Before a single workman walked into his factory lie designed and built all the machinery he would need for his method of production. At the same time he proved himself a practical businessman as well as an inventor. He understood how to obtain contracts, finance their execution and provide funds for future expansion.
The importance of what Eli Whitney was doing did not readily penetrate the official mind. His friend Oliver Wolcott had been replaced in the Treasury by Samuel Dexter, a Massachusetts lawyer, who instinctively distrusted theories not sanctioned by experience. Whitney's methods seemed to him unorthodox. As if to justify his suspicions, Whitney was soon running behind on his schedule of deliveries. In the first year only 500 guns were produced instead of the stipulated 4,000. Dexter was not surprised by his request for an advance of $10,000, but he took his time answering the letter and only agreed very grudgingly after insisting on further guarantees.
Fortunately the new President, Thomas Jefferson, was blessed with the receptive, ranging mind of his generation. The idea of interchangeable parts was already familiar to him. In 1785, while minister to France, he had visited the workshop of a certain Monsieur LeBlanc who was engaged in manufacturing muskets on exactly that principle. He had himself put together the parts of fifty locks, "taking pieces at hazard as they came to hand." So impressed was he by this new method of manufacture that he suggested bringing Monsieur LeBlanc over to America, but the government was not interested in newfangled techniques. Nor indeed was the French government, which probably distrusted any invention that might possibly lead to unemployment.
Nothing more is heard of Monsieur LeBlanc. "I do not know what became of him," said Jefferson. He had flashed across the screen of history and disappeared. In England, too, other men had anticipated Whitney in the application of mass production to an article with interchangeable parts. Joseph Bramah, the great machine designer, and Marc Brunei, a young French Royalist officer who had been driven out of his country during the Revolution, had manufactured pulley blocks on this system for the British Navy, but it was left to an American to develop the process and put it to the service of mankind.
Whitney himself probably never realized how far his system would reach. The new technique which had been adopted as a defense measure for the manufacture of firearms was soon found to be no less applicable to other industries. The Connecticut clockmakers began making brass clocks instead of wooden clocks, as soon as the advantages of interchangeable manufacture were recognized. Elias Howe and Isaac Singer followed with the sewing machine, and before the outbreak of the Civil War Cyrus McCormick and his rivals were producing the harvesters and reapers that rolled back the frontier and revolutionized farming the world over.
For these inventions and a hundred others Eli Whitney paved the way. The successful application of his theory of interchangeable parts proved a landmark in the over-all growth of American mass production. In Europe, where there was no shortage of skilled labor, the idea of mass production made slow progress. It caught on only in the gun-making industry where the advantages were too obvious to be ignored. By the middle of the century nearly every government in Europe was supplied with American gun-making machinery, all planned to operate on what was known everywhere as the "American System."
In the southern states the rich planters who had profited so enormously from the cotton gin paid no attention to the increasing tempo of industrial activity in the North. One southern state, South Carolina, paid $50,000 to the inventor of the cotton gin as a belated acknowledgment of what society owed him, hut no one in the South seemed to be aware of the new techniques in manufacture evolved by (his same inventor, techniques of which the seceding slates were soon to find themselves desperately in need. The fact was that conditions of labor, soil, and climate had produced a static society in the South which refused to accept the implications of the Nineteenth Century.


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Shy and Mighty
Composer/Pianist Timothy Andres Performs his Music for Piano Duo
Friday, July 16, 2010
Live from (Le) Poisson Rouge on May 17, 2010
Timothy Andres is a driving force in a new generation of composers who embrace the current sounds of popular music groups, including Radiohead, Sigur Rós, Arcade Fire and Boards of Canada. With a firm background in the classical tradition--having studied with Martin Bresnick and Ingram Marshall--Andres' music offers a compelling and thoughtful amalgamation of the best of both the contemporary classical and rock worlds. Shy and Mighty, while comprised of ten smaller pieces, is conceived as an album-length work and is the result of a long-standing collaboration with Yale classmate and Fulbright scholar David Kaplan.
Listen to the entire concert from (Le) Poisson Rouge above, and don't forget to poke around the Q2 Live Concert archive for more exciting live performances at your fingertips. You can access Q2 24/7 through our pop-out audio player or iTunes.
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I installed a windows 7 partition on my hd which overwrote my bootloader. Im trying to boot into OSX but everytime I choose OSX i get to the apple and it just locks up there. No kernel panic... Any ideas?
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How are you choosing to boot OSX right now without a boot loader? Did you reinstall chameleon, or using a boot disk or?
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Don't think that will work in Lion. you can install chameleon from windows, although I've never done it personally http://www.insanelym...howtopic=255052
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Got it. was using the wrong bootloader disc
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Enrile dismisses ouster threat alongside Miriam's Xmas gift and 'friendship'
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MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Sunday brushed aside a new threat to oust him from the third highest position in the land for allegedly delaying the passage of the Reproductive Health bill. He also admitted returning the Christmas gift sent by Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago.
"I'm at the disposal of my fellow senators. I have no Torrens title for the position. Kung may numero sila, ako (naman) ay magpapahinga, walang problema doon (If they have the numbers, I will simply rest, there's no problem there)," Enrile said in a radio interview.
Earlier, Santiago hinted that Enrile will be ousted from the Senate presidency for his un-parliamentary and unethical action of returning her gifts.
"It is not personal, nabasa ko nga ang istorya, totoo iyon, na ipinasoli ko ang regalo (I read the story, it's true, I had the gift returned)," Enrile said.
But said he returned the gift because he wouldn't accept a present from someone who does not consider him a friend and with whom he has a "cold as ice" relationship.
"First, if you remember, she said our relationship is ice cold. She was reminded that I am her godfather, but she said I was only her godfather as a matter of status. Meaning, she does not consider me a friend or someone close to her," he said in Filipino.
"That's why when I got her gift, I did not open it and saw there was a card addressed to me from Miriam. Every year, as senator, our staff does that for us, at least in my experience, so when I thought her staff made a mistake, I had it returned," he said.
Enrile added that if Santiago considered him a close friend, she should have written him a personal note.
"There was no 'Dear Ninong.' If she does not consider us close friends, then I won't force myself on her. I am used to being alone. Why should I get a gift from someone who's not close to me," Enrile said.
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Enrile said Santiago applied to be his assistant when he was justice secretary during Marcos' time. He said that even while her Bar grades were low, he accepted her because he academic records were good.
Later, when she got married, Santiago asked him to be a godfather at her wedding.
"Maybe she got me because I was popular then, and I was close to, and a member, of that slightly notorious administration," he said in Filipino.
However, Enrile denied that he tried to persuade Santiago to be his running mate in the 1992 presidential election, where Fidel Ramos won.
Santiago ran under her own party, People's Reform Party (PRP), while Enrile was supposed to run under the Nacionalista Party (NP) but later withdrew.
"I never convinced anyone to run with me in 1992, no way. Maybe Boy Reyno talked to her. I never talked to anybody to run as my vice president. I withdrew because the Nacionalista Party was fragmented. They did not want to hold a convention. What was the reason for me to look for a vice president when I was not even sure I was going to run for president?" he said.
"It did not happen. I did not even know that she would run for president. How would I know? How can I talk to her to become my vice president when I opposed her confirmation as agrarian reform secretary?" Enrile added.
The Senate president said he opposed Santiago's confirmation then because she refused to return the Toyota sports car owned by Pots Trinidad, former vice president of Philippine National Bank (PNB).
"I talked to Vic Abad Santos to talk to her," he said.
Enrile also said he accepted Santiago's membership in the Senate majority, even when she did not vote for him for the Senate presidency, at the behest of Senator Manny Villar.
He said he tried talking to Santiago many times in 2008, when he was eyeing the Senate presidency, but she had been evasive.
"I called her at her house and they would say she went to church. When I called again, they said she's resting. I asked Jun (Santiago's husband) if I could talk to her, he told me she's resting," Enrile said in Filipino.
Even with all these, Enrile said he does not hold a grudge against Santiago.
"Hindi ko siya hate. Hindi naman ako nagtatanim ng masamang kalooban kahit kanino, pero kung hindi ako gusto ng isang tao, hindi ko pinipilit ang aking sarili (I don't hate her. I do not hold any grudge against anybody, but if the person does not like me, I do not force myself on that person)," he said.
On the gift he returned, he said there's nothing unparliamentary or unethical with his action. He said people have the right to refuse gifts or friendships.
"Hayaan mo na lamang iyon. At kung inaakala niya na nainsulto siya o iniinsulto ko siya, problema na nya iyon. Alam nya ang gagawin nya, puwede nya akong idemanda sa ethics (Let it be, and if she thinks she's insulted or I insulted her, that's her problem. She knows what she can do, she can bring me before the ethics committee)."
"Walang dishonor doon eh. Kung ayaw kong tumanggap ng regalo ninuman, o ayaw kong maging kaibigan sinuman, eh bakit ipipilit nila na tatanggapin ko sila na kaibigan (There's no dishonor there. If I don't want to accept someone's gift or be someone's friend, why would they force me to become their friend)," he said.


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J Thyroid Res 2012:438037. 2012..This, in turn, could help overcome some of the limitations arising from its isolated statistical use and offer new prospects towards a more personalised interpretation of thyroid test results... - Is pituitary TSH an adequate measure of thyroid hormone-controlled homoeostasis during thyroxine treatment?Rudolf Hoermann
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Eur J Endocrinol 168:271-80. 2013..This study examines the value of TSH as a measure of thyroid hormone homoeostasis under thyroxine (T(4)) therapy... - Measuring thyroid peroxidase antibodies on the day nulliparous women present for management of miscarriage: a descriptive cohort studyMathis Grossmann
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Reprod Biol Endocrinol 11:40. 2013..Given its potential role in immunomodulation, we also measured Vitamin D levels... - Complex relationship between free thyroxine and TSH in the regulation of thyroid functionRudolf Hoermann
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Haleth (son of Helm)
Haleth | |
Rohir | |
Biographical Information | |
Location | Rohan |
Language | Rohirric and Westron |
Death | T.A. 2758 Meduseld, Edoras |
Family | |
House | House of Eorl |
Parentage | Helm Hammerhand |
Siblings | Háma and unnamed sister |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Haleth was the oldest child of Helm Hammerhand and brother of Háma.
Haleth tried to defend Edoras from the Dunlendings who had invaded in T.A. 2758, but he was killed at the doors of Meduseld, the last of its defenders. Wulf son of Freca usurped the throne while Helm and Háma fled to Helm's Deep.[1]
Haleth in Old English means "warrior". Not to be confused with Mannish Haleth.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The House of Eorl"


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First known as the LRIX (long-range interceptor, experimental), development of the XF-108 followed USAF GOR 114, dated 6 October 1955. The North American letter contract of 6 June 1957 called for an all-weather, two-man, two-engine, long-range interceptor, with a combat speed of at least Mach 3 and swift maneuver at 70,000 feet. The aircraft would carry two or more air-to-air missiles with nuclear or conventional warheads. The armament bay was to house a number of weapon combinations.
The Air Force expected a lot from the complex new plane. Many subcontractors were involved. Hughes Aircraft Corporation would provide the aircraft's fire-control system and GAR-9 missiles; Convair, the wing, Marquardt, the air induction control system; Hamilton Standard, the air conditioning and pressurization; Federal Division of the International Telephone & Telegraph Co., the mission and traffic control system; and Electronic Specialty Co., the antenna system. The Air Force would take care of the engine, the General Electric J-93 turbojet (first developed as the X-279E). It wanted an early 1963 operational date, 1,000-nm cruise speed with 5 minutes of combat at Mach 3, and a cruise speed of Mach 3 for 350-nm and 10 minutes of combat time (also at Mach 3). Finally, the F-108 should be able to fly to a specified point at supersonic speed, loiter for about an hour, and speed on to the target.
A mockup inspection on 26 January 1959 disclosed few needed changes. Nonetheless, the XF-108 (nicknamed the Rapier on 15 May 1959) never flew. The Air Force in 1957 had programmed for more than 480 F-108s, but the pinch in funds wiped out the whole project on 23 September 1959. The Air Force believed the F-108 would have been a good mobile missile launcher to intercept enemy aircraft far away from their intended targets. This was a role the B-70 bomber (being also built by North American and later consigned to the XF-108's fate) could not perform. Total RDT&E expenditures then stood at $141.9 million.
North American F-108A "Rapier" |
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The North American F-108 was designed as a very high speed (mach 3) interceptor and escort fighter for the B-70 "Valkyrie" bomber under development at the same time. The delta wing Rapier, in its pre-mockup phase, was to have a canard (forward-mounted pitch-control surface), and three vertical stabilizers: one on the fuselage centerline a a pair at the halfway point on the wing trailing edge for high speed stabilization at speeds above mach 2.
The aircraft design was changed during the mockup phase. The canard was removed and the upper portions of the wing-mounted vertical stabilizers were removed. The wing was changed from a standard delta to a double-delta; the winglet incorporated a droop and 45 degree sweep (the main wing had about a 65 degree sweep).
The F-108 program was canceled on 23 September, 1959 never getting past the mockup phase.
TYPE Number built/Converted Remarks F-108A 0 Reached mock-up stage only
SPECIFICATIONS (Mockup configuration)
Span: 57.4 ft.
Length: 89.2 ft. (not including nose boom)
Height: 22.1 ft.
Tread: 11 ft.
Weight: 102,000 lbs. maximum design gross weight
Armament: Four 20mm cannons, 108 2.75 in. rockets and up to 4,000 lbs. of bombs
Engines: Two General Electric J93-GE-3 turbojets of 30,000 lbs. thrust each with afterburner.
Crew: TwoPERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: approximately Mach 3
Range: 1,150 milesCOURTESY OF THE AIR FORCE MUSEUM
The General Electric J93-GE-3 turbojet
The 1950s and 1960s saw the J93, the first engine to operate at Mach 3, power the experimental XB-70 bomber; a nuclear-powered turbojet; and the addition of a fan to the rear of the CJ805 to create the first turbofan engine for commercial service for the Convair 990. In August 1965, the Air Force picked GE's TF39 to power its C-5 Galaxy cargo plane. This was the world's first high bypass turbofan to enter service. Another success of the period was the J85 turbojet engine that powered the Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter, which was used by more than 30 nations.
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General Electric J93-GE-3 turbojet The General Electric J93 turbojet engine was designed as the powerplant for both the North American XB-70A Valkyrie bomber and the North American XF-108 Rapier interceptor. The J93 was a single-shaft axial-flow turbojet with a variable-stator compressor and a fully-variable convergent/divergent exhaust nozzle. The maximum sea-level thrust was 31,500 pounds.
The J93 engine was ready before either the XB-70A or the XF-108 were, so the Air Force concluded that the engine should be initially flight tested in an existing aircraft. B-58A serial number 55-662 was selected for the project, and on July 1, 1959, Convair began the modification of the aircraft so that it could accept the installation of a J93 engine in a specially-modified underfuselage pod. Following the completion of the Convair modifications, the aircraft was delivered to General Electric's Edwards AFB operation as a NB-58A. While there, a J93-GE-3 engine was installed in a special underfuselage pod.
Unfortunately, the F-108 interceptor was cancelled outright and the B-70 project was reoriented to a research project only. A few NB-58A ground runs were made with the J93 engine in place, but the day before the first flight was scheduled to take place, the funding for the NB-58A project was cancelled. Consequently, the NB-58A/J93 combination never took to the air. The special pod was removed from the NB-58 testbed, and the NB-58A itself was converted to a TB-58A and later flew chase missions for the XB-70A at Edwards AFB. It was consigned to storage at MASDC in 1970, and eventually scrapped in 1977.
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- American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition, Ray Wagner, Doubleday, 1982.
- Post World War II Bombers, Marcelle Size Knaack, Office of Air Force History, 1988.
- United States Military Aircraft Since 1909, Gordon Swanborough and Peter M. Bowers, Smithsonian, 1989.
- Convair B-58 Hustler: The World's First Supersonic Bomber, Jay Miller, Aerofax, 1997.
- E-mail from Jennifer Raabe, with information and confirmation that NB-58A flight tests with J93 engine never actually took place.
An Interceptor ahead of its time
By Erik Simonsen
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During the early 1950s, as strategic planners at North American Aviation were surveying requirements for the next decade, two significant advanced concepts began to emerge.
One was a Mach 3+ intercontinental bomber, later designated the XB-70 Valkyrie, the other a long-range Mach 3+ interceptor that could protect the entire North American continent from intruders carrying nuclear arms.
In November 1955, the U.S. Air Force awarded study contracts to NAA, Lockheed and Northrop after the completion of a Phase I advanced interceptor competition initiated during September of that year.
NAA was awarded the development contract on June 1, 1957, for what was officially known as Weapons System 202A. Designated the F-108, a full-scale mockup was completed and on January 20, 1959, presented to the Air Force. Named Rapier in May 1959, and slightly preceding the development of the XB-70, the Department of Defense and NAA considered the F-108 a significant technological leap.
Ambitious as the project was, NAA felt the development of the advanced interceptor was well within its capabilities. With unmatched mass production credentials, NAA had developed the first operational supersonic fighter, the F-100, and was concurrently developing the Mach 2 A-3J Vigilante (later RA-5C) for the Navy.
As a cost-saving measure while developing the F-108, NAA instituted a program of shared technologies with the proposed XB-70. The interceptor would incorporate the same basic 30,000-pound-thrust YJ-93 engine, honeycomb stainless steel materials and clamshell escape systems as the XB-70. The F-108 also could be utilized as an escort for the B-70.
Operating at Mach 3 at 75,000 feet (and zoom climbing to 100,000 feet), the Rapier would have provided U.S. air defenses an effective look-down-shoot-down capability, intercepting potential adversaries with nuclear arms well away from U.S. borders.
While air defense was considered top priority within some circles, U.S. defense budgets began to flow in favor of intercontinental ballistic missile development.
As a result, NAA's fighter legacy would come to an end on September 23, 1959, with a statement from the Air Force announcing that the F-108 program was being canceled. This decision resulted in a domino effect by immediately negating the shared technology program and dramatically increasing the cost of the embryonic XB-70—a factor leading to its eventual cancellation.
No Rapiers would be built, and its advanced AN/ASG-18 radar system and funding soon would be transferred to the classified Lockheed YF-12A/F-12B. Yet, surprisingly, in 1968 the promised F-12B Mach 3+ interceptor also was canceled, twice leaving the United States without a high-technology air defense fighter.
The U.S. strategy of nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile parity with the Soviet Union was reflected in the eventual selection of the F-106 Delta Dart as the nation's top air defense fighter. Though it was an excellent aircraft, its Mach 2.3 supersonic performance in afterburner was limited to about 12 minutes. The rationale for a Mach 3+ interceptor had been to meet threatening nuclear-armed bombers quickly, keeping any fallout from jettisoned ordnance or premature detonations far from the United States. The F-108 would have intercepted targets a thousand miles from its base.
Fortunately, during the Cold War the Soviet bomber force did not evolve into an overwhelming threat—and the delayed supersonic Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack achieved limited production.
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The F-108A Rapier
By Greg Goebel / Public Domain
One of the interesting footnotes to the XB-70 program was that technology developed for the XB-70 was to also be applied to a huge long-range interceptor / escort fighter named the "F-108A Rapier". The F-108 had the sole distinction of being the last fighter project worked on by North American.
The Rapier project was initiated by the USAF in October 1955, originally under the designation of "Long Range Interceptor / Experimental (LIRX)", leading to the award of a contract to North American in June 1957 for two F-108A prototypes. The F-108A would have Mach 3 performance and range adequate to intercept Soviet bombers flying over the North Pole to attack North America, and was also considered as an escort for the B-70. The Air Force hoped to have the F-108A in service by 1963, and contemplated buying hundreds of them.
The F-108A was to be a two-seat aircraft, powered by twin J93 engines and armed with advanced Falcon missiles. It evolved through a number of configurations, converging on a design implemented in a mock-up unveiled in January 1959. The type received the name "Rapier" in May of that year.
As the F-108A was conceived at that time, it looked something like the fuselage of the North American "Vigilante" carrier-based bomber, then in flight test, mated to a high-mounted delta wing with drooping wingtip panels, featuring a single tall vertical tailplane on the end of the fuselage and a smaller vertical tailplane under the middle of each wing.
The crew were to set in tandem seats fitted with ejection capsules for high-speed escape. The Rapier was to be armed with three GAR-9 advanced Falcon long-range air-to-air missiles, directed by the aircraft's powerful AN/ASG-18 radar.
NORTH AMERICAN F-108A RAPIER (ESTIMATED SPECIFICATIONS): _____________________ _________________ _______________________ spec metric english _____________________ _________________ _______________________ wingspan 17.5 meters 57 feet 5 inches length 27.2 meters 89 feet 2 inches height 6.73 meters 22 feet 1 inch empty weight 23,000 kilograms 51,000 pounds max loaded weight 46,700 kilograms 103,000 pounds maximum speed 3,200 KPH 2,000 MPH / 1,740 KT service ceiling 23,000 meters 75,000 feet ferry range 4,000 kilometers 2,500 MI / 2,175 NMI _____________________ _________________ _______________________Initial flight of the first prototype was scheduled for the spring of 1961, but the USAF was already having second thoughts. The Soviet nuclear force was moving towards ICBMs, and an expensive dedicated long-range interceptor didn't seem like it was worth the money any more.
The Rapier program was cancelled in September 1959. The GAR-9 (later AIM-47A) missile and the AN/ASG-18 were later used with the Lockheed YF-12A, which was essentially an experimental interceptor version of the famed Lockheed "SR-71 Blackbird" reconnaissance aircraft. The YF-12A never got out of the prototype stage.
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The F-108A Rapier was destined to be the last fighter project carried out by North American Aviation, builders of such immortals as the P-51 Mustang and the F-86 Sabre.
The F-108 project was originally known as the LRIX (Long-Range Interceptor, Experimental) and was initiated by the Air Force on October 6, 1955. On June 6, 1957, North American was issued a letter contract for two prototypes of a long-range, high-performance interceptor to be designated F-108A. The company designation for the aircraft was NA-257. It was to be capable of Mach 3 performance and was intended to serve as a long-range interceptor that could destroy attacking Soviet bombers over the poles before they could get near US territory. It was also to serve as the escort fighter for the XB-70 Valkyrie Mach-3 strategic bomber, also to be built by North American. The Air Force expected that the first F-108A would be ready for service by early 1963. An order for no less than 480 F-108s was anticipated.
The F-108A design that North American ultimately produced called for a large delta-winged aircraft powered by a pair of afterburning General Electric J93-GE-3AR turbojets fed by variable inlets mounted underneath the wing roots. The F-108 aircraft was designed for a maximum speed of 1980 mph at 75,550 feet and for a 1020-mile combat radius. The pilot and radar operator sat in tandem individual ejector capsules in the forward cockpit. The aircraft was to be equipped with an extremely sophisticated avionics system, directed by the Hughes AN/ASG-18 search and tracking radar which was to have a range of over 100 miles.
The F-108A was to be armed with three advanced Hughes GAR-9 Falcon missiles housed in an internal weapons bay. The GAR-9 missile was powered by a Lockheed storable liquid-propellant rocket motor which was capable of driving the missile to hypersonic speeds of up to Mach 6 and achieving ranges of up to 115 miles. The GAR-9 missile used semi-active radar homing for midcourse guidance, with passive infrared homing being used for the final run-in to the target.
A mockup was inspected in January 1959, with the initial flight being planned for March 1961. The popular name *Rapier* was assigned on May 15, 1959.
However, by mid 1959, the Air Force was already beginning to experience some doubts about the high cost of the Rapier program. The primary strategic threat from the Soviet Union was now perceived to be its battery of intercontinental ballistic missiles instead of its force of long-range bombers. Against intercontinental ballistic missiles, the F-108A interceptor would be completely useless. In addition, the Air Force was increasingly of the opinion that unmanned intercontinental ballistic missiles could accomplish the mission of the B-70 Valkyrie/F-108 Rapier combination much more effectively and at far lower cost. Consequently, the F-108A project was cancelled in its entirety on September 23, 1959, before any prototypes could be built. The XB-70 project was also halted, and on December 3, 1959 was cut back to only one prototype.
The work on the Rapier did not entirely go to waste. The work that Hughes did on the AN/ASG-18 radar was later transferred over to the Lockheed YF-12A interceptor project, and the GAR-9 Falcon (redesignated AIM-47A in 1962) missile originally developed for the F-108A was used to arm the YF-12A.
Specification of F-108A Rapier (estimated):
Two General Electric J93-GE-3AR turbojets, 20,900 lb.s.t. dry, 30,000 lb.s.t. with afterburner. Maximum speed: 1980 mph at 76,550 feet. Service ceiling 80,100 feet, combat ceiling 76,550 feet. Initial climb rate 18,000 feet per minute. Climb to 50,000 feet in 5.4 minutes. Combat radius 1020 miles with three missiles. 2488 miles ferry range. Dimensions: wingspan 57 feet 5 inches, length 89 feet 2 inches, height 22 feet 1 inches, wing area 1865 square feet. Weights: 50,907 pounds empty, 76,118 pounds combat, 102,533 pounds gross. Armed with three Hughes GAR-9 Falcon air-to-air missiles.
- The American Fighter, Enzo Angelucci and Peter Bowers, Orion, 1987.
- Fighters of the United States Air Force, Robert F. Dorr and David Donald, Temple Press Aerospace, 1990.
- American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition, Ray Wagner, Doubleday, 1982.
- Post-World War II Fighters, 1945-1973, Marcelle Size Knaack, Office of Air Force History, 1986.
By Joe Bauger
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The F-108 Rapier was North American Aviation's
answer to DOD cutting edge interceptor criteria issued in the mid-Fifties and
envisaged as countering all airborne threats in the post 1962 world. A complete
weapons system, as were other members of the "Century Series", the F-108 was to
eventually supplant the F-106 by operating independently, well beyond the limits
of the then standard SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) air intercept
system. The Rapier was designed to "run with the big dogs," at Mach 3 and to
zoom climb altitudes in excess of 100,000 feet. Manned by two aircrew members in
a tandem cockpit, powered by two brutish J93 General Electric engines (six of
which powered the XB-70), the cranked delta-winged Rapier was some fifteen feet
longer and slightly heavier than the F-111. Missiles only were the order of the
day, and the F-108 carried three AIM 47 Falcons on a rotary launcher in the
weapons bay.
The project moved along smartly, with a full scale mockup finished, the first
flight scheduled for 1961 and Initial Operating Capability (IOC) estimated in
1963. Although the project was on schedule with few, if any, developmental
glitches, the USAF suddenly announced in September 1959 that the F-108 was
canceled "because of a shortage of funds and priorities....." "Priorities" seems
to be the operative word, since an apparently unknowing North American design
team was running against a parallel "Black World" ultra project which was to
become the YF-12. Interestingly, the Hughes radar and AIM 47s appeared on the
Lockheed Blackbird!
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