inspired by a commentary in an old Model Railroader...
With a POD no earlier than 1820, have Wheeling, West Virginia be the same size and have the same population as the Chicago metropolitian area.
The way I understood it, before Enterprise mucked around with it (and really shouldn't Enterprise be considered an alternate universe from the rest of the Trek canon? ;) ) the POD for the mirror universe was that JFK was not assassinated?
Sports
Unprecedented Winning Streak Ends
After winning twelve Grands Prix in a row, Michael Schumacher finished 15th in the Grand Prix of Grand Fenwick, the first-ever Formula One race held in the duchy, after a first-turn accident with American driver P.J. Jones. This was merely the first...
To ASB or not to ASB?
It depends - if we're discussing, say, the Azores or the Canaries being one large island (a la Iceland), then IMHO it's "real AH"; if we just plop down Atlantis without regard to geographical probabilities, then it's ASB.
In the latter category is Atlantis in the...
'Fantasque' of the Naval Fiction Board was kind enough to give me permission to post a recent chapter of his 'France Stays In The War' narritive here as a teaser.
The rest of the story can be found on the NFB, at least until the older posts get wiped...
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This chapter is the Battle...
XP-58 Chain Lightning
USAF Museum Detail Page
SPECIFICATIONS
Span: 70 ft. 0 in.
Length: 49 ft. 3 in.
Height: 16 ft. 0 in.
Weight: 31,306 lbs. empty/38,874 lbs. gross
Armament: Designed for one 75mm cannon and two .50-cal. machine guns --or-- four 37mm cannons. Two rear-firing power...