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a resurgent Prussia takes the field e- oh gently caress 
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VikingSkull posted:a resurgent Prussia takes the field Godholio posted:Lithuania or Russia? Transylvania will rise again.
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Jul 23, 2014 03:09
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Godholio posted:Lithuania or Russia? Either, but I was thinking more of the Polish-Lithuania Commonwealth than anything.  VikingSkull posted:a resurgent Prussia takes the field And forget about Russia or Ukraine, the Crimean Khanate should re-emerge!
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Jul 23, 2014 03:10
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VikingSkull posted:a resurgent Prussia takes the field Give each of them a (very small) missile and get them into a turn fight! Plus wood is totally stealth, right?
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Jul 23, 2014 03:41
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Fun fact: in the first draft of the Independence Day script, Russel Casse (Randy Quaid's character, the drunk guy) wasn't allowed to fly an F-18, and instead flew his cropdusting biplane into battle with an AMRAAM tied underneath to deliver the killing blow. What I wouldn't give to see that version of the movie.
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Jul 23, 2014 03:45
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Fucknag posted:Fun fact: in the first draft of the Independence Day script, Russel Casse (Randy Quaid's character, the drunk guy) wasn't allowed to fly an F-18, and instead flew his cropdusting biplane into battle with an AMRAAM tied underneath to deliver the killing blow. 12 year old me would've balked so hard at that.
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Jul 23, 2014 03:57
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Jul 23, 2014 04:02
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Looks like an F-16 knocked up a Mig-29.
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Jul 23, 2014 04:05
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Fucknag posted:Fun fact: in the first draft of the Independence Day script, Russel Casse (Randy Quaid's character, the drunk guy) wasn't allowed to fly an F-18, and instead flew his cropdusting biplane into battle with an AMRAAM tied underneath to deliver the killing blow. I've seen that deleted scene several times but can't seem to find it online. It's pretty goofy looking.
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Jul 23, 2014 04:07
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holocaust bloopers posted:Looks like an F-16 knocked up a Mig-29. Looks like an F-16 saddled with 1960's jet tech. How exactly was this class supposed to be affected by the MiG-25 when the F-14/F-15 were already planned?
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Jul 23, 2014 04:09
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Snowdens Secret posted:Looks like an F-16 saddled with 1960's jet tech. Well since that's literally the first draft of the F-16...
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Jul 23, 2014 04:11
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Snowdens Secret posted:Looks like an F-16 saddled with 1960's jet tech. This was your high-numbers, based-everywhere, dash interceptor. With two engines. 
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Jul 23, 2014 04:20
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holocaust bloopers posted:Looks like an F-16 knocked up a Mig-29. ...with the rear end of a -111/AFVG/tornado. 
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Jul 23, 2014 04:35
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Duke Chin posted:...with the rear end of a You take that back you. <  >
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Jul 23, 2014 04:40
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FullMetalJacket fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Jul 23, 2014 |
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Jul 23, 2014 04:47
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Snowdens Secret posted:Looks like an F-16 saddled with 1960's jet tech. You don't say...  From my understanding, the ADF/LWF wasn't affected all that much by the MiG-25; that was always going to be the Mach 3 battlecruiser that the F-15 would address. Rather, the program was influenced by experiences with the F-104 as well as the smaller, simpler Soviet fighters and fighter-bombers of the time, such as the MiG-21 and -23, as well as the Sukhoi Su-7 family. Basically the ADF/LWF boiled down to "let's get as many jets in the sky as possible for the least amount of cash".
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Jul 23, 2014 04:55
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So what you're saying is that the Mig 25/F-15 were the Tie Interceptor to the Mig-21/F-16's Tie Fighter?  charliemonster42 posted:You take that back you. <
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Jul 23, 2014 05:02
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More like TIE Defenders and TIE Fighters. Yeah I know...
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Jul 23, 2014 05:05
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Fucknag posted:Fun fact: in the first draft of the Independence Day script, Russel Casse (Randy Quaid's character, the drunk guy) wasn't allowed to fly an F-18, and instead flew his cropdusting biplane into battle with an AMRAAM tied underneath to deliver the killing blow. Pretty sure it's a deleted scene on most of the DVD releases. It looks really corny, partly because they never finished the CGI all the way.
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Jul 23, 2014 05:32
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YF19pilot posted:Russia will always be that unbearable Eastern European power. If not them, then who? Lithuania? Much preferable, in the least because it is a lot smaller and less capable of doing stupid poo poo. Anyway, I like this cartoon: 
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Jul 23, 2014 14:55
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It looks for all the world like they're feeding it.
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Jul 23, 2014 15:04
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I'd love to see that thing pop a rear hatch, in-flight, and just poo poo out the entire fleet of biplanes.
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Jul 23, 2014 15:14
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A transasia ATR-72 in Taiwan went down into some houses during a Typhoon. TV here in China reporting 54 dead. 
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Jul 23, 2014 15:16
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F-16 is a sunny day fighter. ATR is a sunny day puddle jumper.
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Jul 23, 2014 16:04
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Aero737 posted:A transasia ATR-72 in Taiwan went down into some houses during a Typhoon. TV here in China reporting 54 dead. drat. Landing during a typhoon though...?
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Jul 23, 2014 19:32
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CharlesM posted:drat. Landing during a typhoon though...? Report I heard this AM (BBC reporting on NPR) was that it was an attempted emergency landing.
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Jul 23, 2014 21:21
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:Report I heard this AM (BBC reporting on NPR) was that it was an attempted emergency landing. Yeah, heard on the radio it was during the second landing attempt.
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Jul 23, 2014 21:32
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A Melted Tarp posted:F-16 is a sunny day fighter. ATR is a sunny day puddle jumper. First Air uses ATRs up in the high Arctic with no problems...
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Jul 23, 2014 21:47
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Ran into this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lip8lPWFLo I remember seeing that a while back. Is there a reason designs haven't come back to that? I'm guessing safety and the profusion of under-wing designs plays a part? Are those designs still more efficient (if they used current tech)?
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Jul 24, 2014 02:00
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Barnsy posted:Ran into this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lip8lPWFLo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propfan
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Jul 24, 2014 02:02
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MrChips posted:First Air uses ATRs up in the high Arctic with no problems... co-worker flying up to the Yukon said that the flight wasn't so bad, but he was surprised by the duct tape. edit: come to think of it, that may have been a jetstream... edit2: nope HS 748 Turns out crappy Euro twin props are pretty popular up north. Jonny Nox fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Jul 24, 2014 |
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Jul 24, 2014 02:47
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The summary is they're loud and quiet planes are more important than modest fuel economy gains.
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Jul 24, 2014 02:52
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hobbesmaster posted:The summary is they're loud and quiet planes are more important than modest fuel economy gains. Propfans sound awesome though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d4oeWLq1to
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Jul 24, 2014 03:03
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Previa_fun posted:Propfans sound awesome though: Jesus the stab on that thing looks so awkwardly huge and  - sounds badass though - reminds me of beefy river boats around here.
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Jul 24, 2014 03:10
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Previa_fun posted:Propfans sound awesome though: That sounds so much better than turbofans. I wouldn't mind having that flying overhead all day 
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Jul 24, 2014 03:14
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Jonny Nox posted:co-worker flying up to the Yukon said that the flight wasn't so bad, but he was surprised by the duct tape. Those HS748s are about the most massively over-engineered aircraft I've ever seen; apart from a couple things they are seriously built tough. Air North and First Air loved the hell out of them for their performance. It's younger sibling, the ATP, is another story though (I recall reading that one of the regulars ITT flew one for a while and hated it; can't remember who it is though). The Jetstream, on the other hand, is an aircraft that you will typically see in service because you couldn't find any other 19-seater or you didn't want to blow a pile of cash leasing a Beech 1900.
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Jul 24, 2014 03:26
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Small plane crash, took off from an airfield about 5 minutes from my house.  http://goo.gl/153STZ
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Jul 24, 2014 04:09
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VikingSkull posted:a resurgent Prussia takes the field Man, that color scheme was so much cooler than today's.
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Jul 24, 2014 04:16
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:Man, that color scheme was so much cooler than today's. They should just go back to it and be done with it. After all, if your transports are being shot at because they aren't camouflaged or wearing ~*low visibility markings~~, you done hosed up big time already.
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Eclipse of the sun as seen by one of the lunar rover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyZoD7BRTtg
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