{"id":9522,"date":"2022-01-04T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/?p=9522"},"modified":"2022-01-04T10:59:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T18:59:20","slug":"the-need-for-speed-%f0%9f%9b%ab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/2022\/01\/04\/the-need-for-speed-%f0%9f%9b%ab\/","title":{"rendered":"The Need for Speed &#x1f6eb;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One recent pleasure of the boys growing up is that we can get onto the  same wavelength about various nerdy pursuits. For Finn &amp; me it&#8217;s been Kurt Vonnegut, while Hen &amp; I have focused on all things historical\u2014particularly cars &amp; planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the latter in mind, Henry &amp; I headed up to Hiller Aviation Museum to hear a talk by Brian Shul, one of just 90 men ever to fly the Mach 3 SR-71 Blackbird aircraft &amp; an accomplished photographer to boot. We quite enjoyed his presentation, as well as our walk around the museum afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CYRk-87Jhdf\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; 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flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CYRk-87Jhdf\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by John Nack (@jnack)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Touch-sensitive Hen got <em>way<\/em> into exploring all the clicky buttons &amp; knobs in the old 747 cockpit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"747: &quot;A fidgeteer&#039;s dream!&quot;\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JzyzMGpO6p0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our little <a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/DHq9nHjML8JBjXi2A\">gallery<\/a> from the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonus: Here&#8217;s how the lads &amp; I looked in the same cockpit 10+ years ago! In 2014 we returned to see a pumpkin dropped from a helicopter (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EczQnOIFS2M\">video<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jnack\/sets\/72157649097381665\/\">gallery<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/pilots.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One recent pleasure of the boys growing up is that we can get onto the same wavelength about various nerdy pursuits. For Finn &amp; me it&#8217;s been Kurt Vonnegut, while Hen &amp; I have focused on all things historical\u2014particularly cars &amp; planes. 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