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MonkeyNutZ posted:OT: What do you think of your Saddleback? Derail: if you're looking for a travel bag, check out the Tom Bihn Tri-Star. I flew with one for the better part of two years and it's bulletproof.
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primitive posted:Derail: if you're looking for a travel bag, check out the Tom Bihn Tri-Star. I flew with one for the better part of two years and it's bulletproof. That looks very similar to the Patagonia MLC I use (the green bag.)
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BonzoESC posted:It's loving heavy but amazing; it just feels awesome and durable, and I get tons of compliments on it. I alternate between long strap and backpack on it every other week it seems. Also OT, but what size did you get? I've started saving for one, but didn't know which size would work best to travel with.
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heyou posted:Also OT, but what size did you get? I've started saving for one, but didn't know which size would work best to travel with. Large in Dark Coffee Brown; it's got room to spare with my 13" MacBook packed inside a Zeroshock 3, so a 15" MBP would fit pretty well, but a 17" aircraft carrier probably wouldn't.
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$500 for a travel bag seems steep. What justifies the price? how was the landing on the MD-11. There has been talk about the aircraft being difficult to land smoothly.
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gigButt posted:$500 for a travel bag seems steep. What justifies the price? It's a big durable bag with a century-long warranty and timeless style. $500 for one great bag is a good deal if it replaces a series of eight or ten decent bags at $100 each. The MD-11 landings didn't seem worse or better than any other landing.
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BonzoESC posted:It's a big durable bag with a century-long warranty and timeless style. $500 for one great bag is a good deal if it replaces a series of eight or ten decent bags at $100 each. You have a $500 murse.
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Apr 27, 2011 02:04
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Aeronautical Insanity: Post hot handbags and yap about luggage and stuff
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LobsterboyX posted:anyone know of any operating DC3/C47 in so cal that offers rides? Skydive Arizona in Eloy, AZ has a DC-3 that they fire up for jumping on special occasions. http://www.skydiveaz.com/Skydiving-Facilities/Aircraft.aspx
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e:gently caress that. im not funny.
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VikingSkull posted:Aeronautical Insanity: Post hot handbags and yap about luggage and stuff Still better than arguing about cellphones. 
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 Smokey Yunick had a hard card* for Eastern Airlines that allowed him to fly wherever he wanted to go at any time. It was issued to him personally by Eddie Rickenbacker.*not really a card, more of a handshake followed by many angry phone calls at terminals throughout the country, and dozens of Eastern employees being embarrassed publicly by a crusty old man with a pipe Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 12:46 on Apr 27, 2011 |
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VikingSkull posted:
 "Sir, you appear to have falsified your baggage weight by 250lbs over your permitted allowance, and customs want to know why you're drinking your duty-free through ten feet of garden hose"
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MrChips posted:The entire family, from the original Challenger 600 to the CRJ-1000, share the same fuselage cross-section. Some of it is due to what I mentioned earlier, but it also occurred to me that not only are there none of the dreaded CRJ window seats (where banana-shaped people have their only advantage over the rest of us) in the business jets, but also because there are typically no overhead bins either, which frees up a ton of headroom. Oh great. I've got about 5 hours in a CRJ twice this coming week. In a window seat no less.  Maybe I'll see what a business class upgrade is worth.
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I seem to remember that there was some sort of raised siding like a foot off the floor bordering the wall of the passenger cabin on the last CRJ flight I took. As a 6'4" individual, I relished the opportunity to rest my foot on this instead of trying to cram both my legs right in front of me.
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InitialDave posted:
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BonzoESC posted:$500 for one great bag is a good deal if it replaces a series of eight or ten decent bags at $100 each. Goddamn, 8 or 10 bags? I'd have to include every backpack I owned through childhood to total 10 bags in my lifetime.
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Godholio posted:Goddamn, 8 or 10 bags? I'd have to include every backpack I owned through childhood to total 10 bags in my lifetime. I can totally understand buying a $500 murse. The craftsmanship and material selection have got to be out of this world. Some people have the money to spend on stuff like that. This is also the reason progressive taxes exist.
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Off the top of my head I have 5 different backpacks that I currently use and I'm planning on buying another later today or tomorrow. Only one of those was under $100, and even that went over when you consider that I took it to a tailer and had custom work done to it. This is also not counting luggage or duffle bags.
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Skyssx posted:I can totally understand buying a $500 murse. The craftsmanship and material selection have got to be out of this world. Some people have the money to spend on stuff like that. This is also the reason progressive taxes exist. Fair enough...I'm all in favor of people having the freedom to buy whatever ridiculous thing makes them happy (I have my own oddities), but I will continue to mock people with obsessions that baffle me.
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Advent Horizon posted:Off the top of my head I have 5 different backpacks that I currently use and I'm planning on buying another later today or tomorrow. Only one of those was under $100, and even that went over when you consider that I took it to a tailer and had custom work done to it. Who the hell takes a backpack to the tailor?
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Skyssx posted:I can totally understand buying a $500 murse. The craftsmanship and material selection have got to be out of this world. Some people have the money to spend on stuff like that. This is also the reason progressive taxes exist. I don't really drive my car, so that gas money has to go somewhere.
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Mr.Peabody posted:Who the hell takes a backpack to the tailor?
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emf posted:It makes more sense than buying a $500 murse. A good professional tailor will do quality work for less money than most people think, whereas the murse was likely made in the same sweatshop as the cheap knockoff purses sold at swap-meets everywhere. Saddleback Leather is made in the US. I'd rather spend $300 on a Tom Bihn (made in Seattle) or $500 on a Saddleback than buy something $50 and disposable.
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Y'all guys sure gots some strong opinions on a purse.
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The $30 rollaboard I bought 12 years ago still works just great. It's a shame I've had to buy 2 new bags since then due to FAA regulations and airline policies (and incompetence with luggage) that effectively force us to change the way we travel every few years. $23 rolling backpack works just fine, and despite being the same dimensions as my largest rollaboard, is never forced to get weighed, checked or gate-checked. I HATE airlines that weigh carry-ons and force you to check if they're more than 5 lbs or whatever their asinine weight limit is. Functional is the height of fashion IMHO. No bag is worth $500.
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Heel height or shoe size?Mr.Peabody posted:Who the hell takes a backpack to the tailor? I had a pocket modified to be a proper padded laptop pocket. It's very nice and you can't tell it didn't come that way. I've had that backpack for right at 10 years now and there's not a torn bit on it despite my abuse. primitive posted:Saddleback Leather is made in the US. Saddleback stuff is actually made in Mexico.
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slidebite posted:Oh great. I've got about 5 hours in a CRJ twice this coming week. In a window seat no less. Biz class ain't worth it in a CRJ because it's still really uncomfortable.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Biz class ain't worth it in a CRJ because it's still really uncomfortable. even the pilots are cramped in a CRJ
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Biz class ain't worth it in a CRJ because it's still really uncomfortable. Great. Welp, thanks for saving me the dough. FullMetalJacket posted:even the pilots are cramped in a CRJ Look out for my thread in a week or two: Ask me about developing a DVT
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slidebite posted:Great. Welp, thanks for saving me the dough. Take baby aspirin. 
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slidebite posted:Great. Welp, thanks for saving me the dough. yeah, i've sat in the pilots seats of a cf 18 and a crj-300 series and the hornet's cockpit had more room to move in. getting into the pilots seat of a crj is like getting into a lotus.
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2ndclasscitizen posted:Is that the V 777-ER that had to turn back out of LAX? Unless the pictures are flipped, that's the wrong engine. Flight VA02 (which is what I assume you are referring to) had problems with the left engine, and they are still trying to determine what caused it. On the other hand, I think reason for the problem with the pictured aircraft is somewhat self evident.
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