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BIG HEADLINE posted:
The Sprint should just get linked every page on general principles, it really is the best thing. EDIT: talk about timing.
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xthetenth posted:The Sprint should just get linked every page on general principles, it really is the best thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvZGaMt7UgQ The part during the tracking test where the missile goes from dark to white at about 0:23? That's not light reflection, that's the skin of the missile reaching something like 3-4000 degrees.
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Nov 1, 2014 09:40
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Mortabis posted:It's early cold war stuff so I figure this might be a good place to ask: does anybody know of any good books or articles on the Forest Brothers in the Baltics? http://www.amazon.com/War-Woods-Mart-Laar/dp/0929590082/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdt_img_top?ie=UTF8 This is a decent history of the Forest Brothers in Estonia.
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Nov 1, 2014 13:27
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Oh hey, it's 28 North just past 267. I always wondered what was in that weird inverted glass trapezoid building. I think Russia's state media has managed, yet again, to one-up Fox News. Prior to the launch, it's a "Rossiesko-Amerikanskoi" rocket launch. (Pardon my terrible Cyrillic transliteration).  After the failure it's an "Amerikano-Ukrainskaya" rocket launch. 
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Nov 1, 2014 16:07
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StandardVC10 posted:Is there anything that does? My knowledge of chemistry is also basically high school level (though I did enjoy it) but I don't remember any compounds that had them. A cursory google says that some of the transition metals do. My guess as to why they aren't useful in explosive chemistry is that the elements involve more readily form less energetic bonds. Interestingly, Nebakenezzer's question is common enough that MadSci has a written summary of why carbon doesn't from quadruple bonds.
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Nov 1, 2014 18:31
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Waldstein Sonata posted:Oh hey, it's 28 North just past 267. I always wondered what was in that weird inverted glass trapezoid building. Really? I know the Russian propaganda machine is well beyond ridiculous, but who are they trying fool? It's no secret to anyone and even their own people they've been sell rocket motors to us for years.
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Nov 1, 2014 19:40
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Back Hack posted:Really? I know the Russian propaganda machine is well beyond ridiculous, but who are they trying fool? It's no secret to anyone and even their own people they've been sell rocket motors to us for years. It's true though. You can tell it's Ukranian because the Russian bits made it explode.
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Nov 1, 2014 23:53
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BIG HEADLINE posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvZGaMt7UgQ wasn't the skin ablative, too? IIRC it just turned to plasma
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Nov 2, 2014 16:23
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That's not a UFO above the other plane, is it?  
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Nov 2, 2014 23:52
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I would have thought she'd wear a swim cap or something to keep the hair out of her face, or at least use hairclips to keep it out of the way.
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Nov 3, 2014 00:02
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I think the guy in the second Falcon is through the horns. Edit: that right there is professional level photo bombing. Alaan fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Nov 3, 2014 |
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Nov 3, 2014 00:04
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Mortabis posted:I would have thought she'd wear a swim cap or something to keep the hair out of her face, or at least use hairclips to keep it out of the way. that's actually the first thing I thought too. I mean that picture is photo-genic as hell, but yeah. Then again I'm a little surprised they don't wear nomex hoods as part of flight kit.
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Nov 3, 2014 01:28
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Hubis posted:that's actually the first thing I thought too. I mean that picture is photo-genic as hell, but yeah. That poo poo is hot and uncomfortable.
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Nov 3, 2014 02:37
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Alaan posted:I think the guy in the second Falcon is through the horns. Good eye. Pro indeed.
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Nov 3, 2014 03:27
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Hubis posted:that's actually the first thing I thought too. I mean that picture is photo-genic as hell, but yeah. Most people wear some kind of snoopy cap or bandana under their helmet; that thing starts to smell revolting after long enough, so you definitely want some kind of lining.
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Nov 3, 2014 05:14
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Everything about that pic screams "incentive flight" so I'd guess she'd never thought about how to put her hair under a helmet before.
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Nov 3, 2014 06:43
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xthetenth posted:It's true though. You can tell it's Ukranian because the Russian bits made it explode. Needs more love
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Nov 3, 2014 07:09
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Dead Reckoning posted:Everything about that pic screams "incentive flight" so I'd guess she'd never thought about how to put her hair under a helmet before. That's what I figured as well. And if you don't get the best fit with the helmet it'd probably mess things up too.
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Nov 3, 2014 07:31
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"Incentive flight" = back seat passenger? Sorta what I thought when I saw the hair too. PO-LEECE THOSE BANGS
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Nov 3, 2014 07:34
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Yeah. It's usually give to someone for winning an award, or saving the wing commander's kid from drowning or whatever. A fam ride (familiarization) is usually academy cadets on a pilot track, or a few career fields that can do it during training. I feel bad for the Air Battle Manager students now that the F-22 is all that's flying out of Tyndall...back in the day an F-15 ride was actually part of the syllabus. I can't remember which type they call it when they bring a celebrity up. Edit: It might be worth noting that these generally aren't special flights in any other way, they just use a 2-seat model on an already-scheduled flight. Generally a normal training mission. Mine was a 4v4 which degraded as everybody ran out of gas. We had extra because my pilot was the Stan/Eval chief, and he had to run a new approach pattern to validate it for something or other. Which was kind of cool because I got to take some good local scenery photos...my apartment, the paper mill, etc. Godholio fucked around with this message at 07:40 on Nov 3, 2014 |
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Nov 3, 2014 07:37
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Most people wear some kind of snoopy cap or bandana under their helmet; that thing starts to smell revolting after long enough, so you definitely want some kind of lining. Smell's not an issue with helmets since AFE cleans them after every flight; It's the poopie suits you need to worry about. Dominoes fucked around with this message at 13:03 on Nov 3, 2014 |
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Nov 3, 2014 12:59
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Dominoes posted:I only know one guy who does it; gives a WW2 bomber vibe at step. I'll bite, tell me about poopie suits.
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Dark Helmut posted:I'll bite, tell me about poopie suits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWKZ11toaXY
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Nov 3, 2014 19:31
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Nov 4, 2014 03:39
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VikingSkull posted:never gets old "I've got a lump in my throat." "I've got a lump in my poopie suit!" When I saw that episode as a kid, I thought they said "coopie suit." Still thought it was hilarious.
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Nov 4, 2014 10:02
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Capn Jobe posted:"I've got a lump in my throat." There's a story about Hoser Satrapa and his RIO getting ready for ops and he supposedly asked him "hey, do farts have lumps?" When he got "no" back, he said "okay, you preflight, I'll be back in fifteen minutes." ...and that wasn't the only story of Hoser making GBS threads himself in that book. -_o
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Nov 4, 2014 10:33
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BIG HEADLINE posted:There's a story about Hoser Satrapa and his RIO getting ready for ops and he supposedly asked him "hey, do farts have lumps?" When he got "no" back, he said "okay, you preflight, I'll be back in fifteen minutes." What book is this?
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Nov 4, 2014 11:59
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BIG HEADLINE posted:There's a story about Hoser Satrapa and his RIO getting ready for ops and he supposedly asked him "hey, do farts have lumps?" When he got "no" back, he said "okay, you preflight, I'll be back in fifteen minutes." loving lol every fighter pilot I've ever met was a self-absorbed douche that somehow overcomes that by also being hilarious, intelligent, and amazingly charming it's awesome
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Nov 4, 2014 13:12
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VikingSkull posted:loving lol 
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hey, I qualified it by pointing out that they overcame that by being totally rad dudes no one's perfect, and I'd imagine being that next level of confidence is how you land the job in the first place
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Nov 4, 2014 16:35
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N4I was a crew chief, I don't think he's offended by you disparaging pilots.
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Mortabis posted:N4I was a crew chief, I don't think he's offended by you disparaging pilots. Correct I was agreeing with it. My most demoralizing day in the Air Force was spending an entire Friday launching and recovering my jet (an F-15D) from high speed taxi rides for pilots' wives. And the last fucker brought it back code 3 (broken) 
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oh ok, haha to be fair then when I worked at Stewart I ran into a bunch of C-5 and C-130 chiefs and you guys are always chill as gently caress, heavy drinkers, and have better stories so there's that e- I'd run into the Air Force jocks occasionally down at the Newburgh waterfront at the nice bar (in uniform of course) if they were in for a stopover or to train the ANG guys or whatever. Mostly cool dudes. I'd run into you guys all the time at Burger King on my lunchbreak, in their work poo poo, and always related much more to that. Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Nov 4, 2014 |
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Nov 4, 2014 16:50
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Shooting Blanks posted:What book is this? Bye, Bye... Baby!
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VikingSkull posted:loving lol I met an ex-F-15 pilot in a bar. He was flying for UPS (as a co-pilot). He was awesome and on the quiet side and modest. His bald Captain on the other hand was a Grade-A wanker, said he should phone his kid and ask how the little league game went (but ordered another beer instead) and then went on a tirade about "Sand Niggers". Score 1 for the fighter pilots.
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Yeah, we had a few retired guys who flew private poo poo like Citation II's come pick them up from our shop and they were like that, too. I think the cockiness only applies to the active jocks.
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VikingSkull posted:Yeah, we had a few retired guys who flew private poo poo like Citation II's come pick them up from our shop and they were like that, too. I think the cockiness only applies to the active jocks. If you went from flying a Ferrari to an 18-wheeler, you'd probably drop a few notches on the cockiness scale too. E: I guess this was more directed at the F-15/cargo pilot, but whatever.
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http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/04/us/f-35-fighter-carrier-landing/index.html F-35 made it's first tailhook landing on the Nimitz today
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Scratch Monkey posted:http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/04/us/f-35-fighter-carrier-landing/index.html How many fatalities?
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