I dare youA couple shots of the cockpit.
These next two are where you don't wonder if you are being watched, the question is by how many and who may be in cover close by. In the distance you'll see what look like big concrete pipes sticking up vertically just above the ground for observation points.
This is behind Camp David. A Blackhawk came thumping just over the trees inbound as I took the photo.
And this is the front gate.
Unfortunately, all for good reason. I still remember that January day in 1993 when a gunman opened up on commuters waiting to turn into work. I wasn't there, but it was a shock to this whole region and beyond.It would have been the dirt road one showing the dash.
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I know enough to make it a fast shot and scoot, without shooting photos in that direction. Been a few years but one of our MD group did that and suddenly two soldiers drove up to him. They let him go after asking questions about who he was and saying "Don't take photos in that direction" (even though it's not a restricted road).
Old article but still valid showing how much of this underground stuff is in our immediate area. Dirt_Dad used to live extremely close to Mount Weather and I pass the both the (black-site) Olney Federal Support Center twice daily and the NSA HQ a couple times a week. Both of them keep police on the road and immediately go to car that stops.
Bunkers beyond the Beltway | The Center for Land Use Interpretation
THE CENTRALIZATION OF THE FEDERAL government at Washington DC has its obvious drawbacks from a security standpoint. Despite a reportedly extensive underground bunker network in the Capitol region (underground command centers with multiple levels have been built under the East Wing of the White...clui.org
The stock lights have been surprisingly good. Not 100 mph in the desert but 70 around here they are fine. The ambers really light things up.
It's funny. I work with a retired Secret Service Agent who was on the Presidential detail. I'm fascinated talking to him about his old job. He seems equally as interested in learning about us Adventure riders, and the routine things we do on motorcycles. Go figure.
StefanOnHisStelvio - has a good ring to it
These modern marvels ALL need it sometime. Gotta be plugged in to the 'puter once in a while.Guzzi don't need no stinking dealer support network!
Needs a dealer to reset the teeny wrench icon for service.Guzzi don't need no stinking dealer support network!
They had that here until 1975 when the feds pushed out the Magnuson-Moss warranty act. Basically told the manufacturers, owners can work on there own stuff and not void any warranties. You just needed to make sure you have the proof of what you did was in accordance with what the factory said needed to be done. Unfortunately this does not appear to apply to all the computer stuff running modern equipment/engines. At least here, that means we don't inherently have the right to change or clear something in the vehicles computer, only a dealer. Auto manufacturers are locking up the ECM's. Ask any farmer here about working on their modern tractor when it breaks down during harvest or planting.
The issue with a small low volume OEM like MG is that nobody has a profit motive to crack their programming.