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Thursday, May 12, 2016

We had Lightning and Thunderbolt …

Japan had Ayanami – “Waves whose beauty suggests figures woven in silk.”

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Swindelle/8140.htm

The U.S. called the seaplane “Mavis.”

Maybe it’s my American mind, but the clunky seaplane does not suggest figures woven in silk.