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I had a good laugh at a unit dinner full of apache guys when someone's phone loudly BEETLE BEETLE'd in the middle of a speech and everyone's heads instinctively went slightly down and right to look at an imaginary display panel.
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hobbesmaster posted:"Retard" would be a good ringtone to put on other people's phones. One of my "friends" did this to me. He set it up so every time he sent me a text message my phone would say "retard retard." I chose to think of it as my phone warning me that a retard was sending me a text message so I didn't change it. Until one day when I was shopping at one of those grocery stores that hires downs kids as baggers. According to the manager I'm not welcome at that Safeway anymore. Luneshot posted:That TCAS voice is really muddled and hard to understand. I can imagine that non-native English speakers would have no clue what the thing was saying. It's much much clearer (and louder) than in that video. Besides, all you really need to know is there's a TCAS RA happening and the VSI will tell you the rest.
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Jun 4, 2014 23:26
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http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/04/us/blue-angels-chauvinism/index.html?hpt=hp_t2CNN" posted:At one point during McWherter's stint, an oversized penis painted in the blue and gold colors of the Blue Angels adorned the roof of an airplane hangar. The image was so large that it could be seen by satellites and appeared on Google Maps images. A member of the squadron painted over the graffiti, and the satellite map image has since disappeared. Someone find that sat image. Top men need to be put on the search. Top men.
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Jun 4, 2014 23:40
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Someone else find the squadron member that painted it and give him a drat medal.
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Jun 4, 2014 23:41
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onezero posted:http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/04/us/blue-angels-chauvinism/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 Not on google, sadly 
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Jun 5, 2014 00:09
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Ambihelical Hexnut posted:I had a good laugh at a unit dinner full of apache guys when someone's phone loudly BEETLE BEETLE'd in the middle of a speech and everyone's heads instinctively went slightly down and right to look at an imaginary display panel. That must have been hilarious to watch- it's amazing what training will do for your instincts.
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Jun 5, 2014 02:13
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Bad day for plane crashes: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Military-Plane-Crash-Imperial-Valley-Neighborhood-San-Diego-261909661.html http://www.komonews.com/news/local/1-dead-in-small-plane-crash-near-Enumclaw-261899591.html Apparently the Imperial Valley crash was a Marine Harrier Jump Jet.
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Jun 5, 2014 02:54
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The WWII plane was an T-6 Texan, going off the tail number. Same plane when it was new, at least according to the googles. 
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Jun 5, 2014 03:00
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I've got some family that lives in Bonney Lake  welp.
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Jun 5, 2014 03:22
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Ambihelical Hexnut posted:I had a good laugh at a unit dinner full of apache guys when someone's phone loudly BEETLE BEETLE'd in the middle of a speech and everyone's heads instinctively went slightly down and right to look at an imaginary display panel. What's Beetle Beetle signify? Bing / Google don't seem to be any help.
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Jun 5, 2014 03:35
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edit: nope, super wrong.
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Jun 5, 2014 04:08
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atomicthumbs posted:Apparently MD-80s use some kind of robot to deliver warnings instead of a sensible recording of a person. Shes a real person. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0AK4yxBGnM
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Jun 5, 2014 08:18
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM4G1Toe3h0 I've never seen anything like this before. The firefighter looks utterly hopeless and like he has some sort of deathwish but not the balls to carry it through. e: it apparently removed the time, I mean around 7:30 with the airbus simplefish fucked around with this message at 11:06 on Jun 5, 2014 |
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Jun 5, 2014 08:57
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simplefish posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM4G1Toe3h0 Haha, the Sentry in the end. That could have been a very expensive drink. POTUS survives nuclear strike, killed by KC-10.
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Jun 5, 2014 10:46
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CharlesM posted:What's Beetle Beetle signify? Bing / Google don't seem to be any help. Sorry, it's the general alarm tone for a warning/caution appearing on the text display. Typically accompanies a master caution light. Ambihelical Hexnut fucked around with this message at 11:10 on Jun 5, 2014 |
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Jun 5, 2014 11:04
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A Ryanair 737 rolled back into the fire station at Rome-Ciampiano  I'm sure it'll just buff out.
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Jun 5, 2014 12:38
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:A Ryanair 737 rolled back into the fire station at Rome-Ciampiano O'Leary will just charge extra to fly on planes with the full number of elevators.
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Jun 5, 2014 12:47
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It's probably a weight reduction thing. I bet there's a whole extra row of people in those parts, and if you want the best deal you'll have to work for it by moving the mass of people fore and aft to control the trim.
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Jun 5, 2014 15:40
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Isn't there a guy with glowy stick walking behind the plane when they push back? I don't get how this happened.
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Jun 5, 2014 15:42
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FrozenVent posted:Isn't there a guy with glowy stick walking behind the plane when they push back? I don't get how this happened. They only use one marshal and pass the savings on to you!
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Jun 5, 2014 16:02
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It was in Rome, dude was probably taking a nap.
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Jun 5, 2014 16:10
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Colonial Air Force posted:It was in Rome, dude was probably taking a nap. Alternatively: Marshal was used to going full speed until 6" away from an obstacle.
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Jun 5, 2014 18:03
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Not the first time, won't be the last. I recall when I still worked for Ryanair, some years back, an event in Frankfurt-Hahn. A plane was being towed into the hangar, and, well... was towed into the hangar. Needed half the tail rebuilding. Convenient that it was the left hand elevator again - I know they have that in stock, after a towing incident at Stansted. The tug crews were parking planes at the start of the winter schedule, and managed to tow the second plane they parked... into the first. Left half the winglet of one embedded in the elevator of the other; that was the worst damaged winglet I saw in five years there.
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Jun 5, 2014 20:17
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Posting from seat 7A of a Saab 340. Sucks. All the NVH (and landing speeds) of a 727. WTF, Seaborne. buttcrackmenace fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Jun 5, 2014 |
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Jun 5, 2014 23:53
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Frankly I love engine noise. Hopefully it's a short flight at least.
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Jun 6, 2014 00:09
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Dat vortex generation on the LERX. 
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buttcrackmenace posted:Posting from seat 7A of a Saab 340. I probably installed the GPS/FMS in that airplane. Did you land in the right place? 
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Jun 6, 2014 02:02
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Bondematt posted:Dat vortex generation on the LERX. Hornets have the best vapor. Also neat vapor forming behind/beneath the wing's trailing edge. Low speed/high-AOA flight? You can also see the vortices being deflected by the strakes on the LERX. These were fitted after early Hornets developed cracks on the bases of the vertical stabilizers.
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Jun 6, 2014 02:29
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buttcrackmenace posted:Posting from seat 7A of a Saab 340. Note to self don't ever Wikipedia the plane model I'm on while I'm on it "The Saab 340 is a discontinued Swedish two-engine turboprop aircraft..."
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revmoo posted:Note to self don't ever Wikipedia the plane model I'm on while I'm on it I did this with a Fokker 100 I was on a few years back. "It was the largest jet airliner built by Fokker before its bankruptcy in 1997." e: in fairness, it was a fine plane for getting from A to B Psion fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Jun 6, 2014 |
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Jun 6, 2014 03:54
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340s are cool as poo poo. Who cares if the manufacturer is out of business?
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buttcrackmenace posted:Posting from seat 7A of a Saab 340. Do not besmirch the 727.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:340s are cool as poo poo. Who cares if the manufacturer is out of business? You shouldn't care one bit - tons of airplanes were really good technically only to be commercial failures. One could argue that neither the Fokker 100 nor the Saab 340 were financial failures either. They both failed under almost identical circumstances; both aircraft were good technically, but their larger, better-funded competition simply out-innovated them, leaving their previously good aircraft uncompetitive and with little hope of an upgrade...not that Saab and Fokker didn't try either. The Saab 2000 failed commercially (even though it was a Q400 ten years before the airlines knew they wanted a Q400), and the F100NG program never got much traction even though Rekkof (  ) pops up every once in a while and says "oh we're totes gonna build that (just give us five billion dollars)".
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Mike-o posted:I've got some family that lives in Bonney Lake I live 5 minutes from Bonney Lake This was a few miles from me. There's a private grass strip just up from me that has a few antique planes putt around on the sunny days. Wonder if they were coming out of there. A lot of student training goes on in the area so I frequently hear engines cut to idle or power back up after stalls. I do remember hearing something power up and down, but I've no idea if that was it. I heard sirens that day which may have been related, too. Crazy.
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Previa_fun posted:Hornets have the best vapor. Also neat vapor forming behind/beneath the wing's trailing edge. Low speed/high-AOA flight? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Alpha_Research_Vehicle
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The Ferret King posted:Frankly I love engine noise. Hopefully it's a short flight at least. Sure the Saabs are more comfortable than the Twin Otters which were previously used on this route. Pressurized, functional A/C, bigger seats, etc. BUT I like Otters. 7-second takeoff runs - even with a full load of pax - will never not be an awesome thing. One of their pilots is a buddy of mine. I lost a bet with him over whether he could set us down before the runway #10 marker. He set us down on the piano keys. At STT. I take this flight a least once a week. Going to miss my pilot buddy asking me about my "piano lessons" after giving the safety briefing. 
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To continued on the discontinued aircraft tangent, why did the Bae 146 seem to fall out of favor so quickly? I used to see them quite often up here in Canada but haven't seen a flying example in years. I loved the idea of a little 4 jet turbofan 
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The Saab 340 pays my bills, for the most part. I work on the odd CRJ, Dash-8, or (insert lovely Beech product here), but by and large I do most of my daily work on the Saab. There are still over 400 of them either in active service or in short-ish-term storage waiting to be leased. I'm a fan. I like having my bills paid.
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MrChips posted:You shouldn't care one bit - tons of airplanes were really good technically only to be commercial failures. One could argue that neither the Fokker 100 nor the Saab 340 were financial failures either. They both failed under almost identical circumstances; both aircraft were good technically, but their larger, better-funded competition simply out-innovated them, leaving their previously good aircraft uncompetitive and with little hope of an upgrade...not that Saab and Fokker didn't try either. The Saab 2000 failed commercially (even though it was a Q400 ten years before the airlines knew they wanted a Q400), and the F100NG program never got much traction even though Rekkof ( Most people who were working for these companies either retired, formed/joined spinoffs which act as suppliers to present-day EADS/Airbus or other big companies, the military, ESA, government or other industries. Just a few weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking to an elderly gentleman who in a former life was one of the test pilots for the Saab 2000, but is now an EASA CS-FSTD inspector, and was with us to evaluate our latest new toy. I have indeed met a lot of former test pilots, engineers and instructors that used to belong to these companies over the years... and listening to their stories and anecdotes it's reassuring to hear how these guys always seem to land on their feet  You're right about Fokker/Rekkof though... as far as I'm concerned (even though I am the  'est Dutchman when it comes to industry) it's just a scheme to get free pocketmoney from the government. Even an XF120 or whatever the hell they are calling it these days with GTFs will still be miles behind a C-series or Embraer E2.
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