Sierra Hotel Blog
July 16th, 1994; We witnessed the largest collision/explosion ever witnessed by mankind. and no, it was not due to the alluvium Q-36 explosive space modulator, but instead, a rock, the size of Mt Everest moving at 60 kilometres per second(Yes you...
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As a former SR-71 pilot, and a professional keynote speaker, the question I'm most often asked is "How fast would that SR-71 fly?" I can be assured of hearing that question several times at any event I attend. It's an...
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“What packages we were allowed to receive from our families often contained handkerchiefs, scarves, and other clothing items. For some time, Mike had been taking little scraps of red and white cloth, and with a needle he had fashioned from...
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June 25th, 1946, Jack Northrop's Flying Wing took to the skies for the first time.The B-35 was the brainchild of Jack Northrop, who made the flying wing the focus of his work during the 1930s. During World War II, Northrop...
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June 13th, 1944: At approximately 0430, the first V-1 flying bomb struck London. The “buzz bomb” detonated on a railway bridge crossing over Grove Street, between Devonshire Street and Osborne Road in Bethnal Green. Six persons were killed by the...
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