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Wingnut Ninja posted:F-18 flies over Berkeley; Berkeley residents lose their poo poo JG is an idiot. Obama doesn't use F-18s to kill Americans, he uses drones. Now, if a Predator flew overhead, I wouldn't blame him for making GBS threads his pants.
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Godholio posted:It doesn't count unless it's caught on the gun camera. 
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MrYenko posted:The cockpit of every single soviet aircraft ever, and most Russian ones, after that. I've meant to ask, why is that? Just convention?
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Inacio posted:I've meant to ask, why is that? Just convention? Its supposedly to reduce eye strain by reducing the contrast between looking outside and inside.
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When I build a race-car, you better believe the interior will be in Soviet Cockpit Blue.
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See also: DC-9 cockpit. Very Soviet. 
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"Caution Wake Turbulence" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8EwvDTJeNs quote:The pilot in this video was not hurt critically; he had some scrapes and bruises, was shook up, but basically came out of it in good condition. I spoke with him yesterday and he was happy to share his experience for the good of safety. This event took place at a non-controlled airport. The Ferret King fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Feb 1, 2015 |
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I <3 you too, helicopter. I <3 you too.
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Canadian politicians gently caress up a promising Canadian Built Airplane. No, not the Arrow...
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What a shame, that could have been the catalyst for a booming Canadian aircraft industry. I mean, instead of niche stuff like the TwOtter and Dash 8.
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What the hell is it with this country and A.V.Roe aircraft being ordered torched when cancelled?
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A Melted Tarp posted:What a shame, that could have been the catalyst for a booming Canadian aircraft industry. I mean, instead of niche stuff like the TwOtter and Dash 8. By niche you mean approximately 50% of worldwide regional aircraft sales.
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slidebite posted:What the hell is it with this country and A.V.Roe aircraft being ordered torched when cancelled? Because the people in charge don't want people seeing the prototypes down the road and telling them "Oy, you made a bad decision?"
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Wingnut Ninja posted:F-18 flies over Berkeley; Berkeley residents lose their poo poo I worked at Boeing for a year doing software for the Super Hornets, and you could hear them take off from well inside the building (especially the F-15s). Some people just don't realize just how loud fighter aircraft can be.
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xergm posted:I worked at Boeing for a year doing software for the Super Hornets, and you could hear them take off from well inside the building (especially the F-15s). Some people just don't realize just how loud fighter aircraft can be. I like to imagine that at some point during development, in every program office, some mid-level manager gets a memo on his desk that talks about possibly meeting FAA stage III/IV noise standards, and he has the pleasure of crumpling it into a ball, bouncing it off the backboard into his college-team-themed trash can, and then doing an end-zone dance.
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Apparently the changeover from EA-6Bs to EA-18s on Whidbey island in WA causes some different low frequency rumble to be transmitted across 50km of open water to Vancouver Island just across the border which led to the predicable whining about it. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/roar-of-u-s-naval-jets-flies-into-controversy-over-b-c-1.2895785 I'd be interested to check out what it actually sounds like. The affected area of Oak Bay is a pretty swanky area with some huge multi million dollar homes on the waterfront so folks most likely to raise a stink I guess.
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Going through my bookmarks and I found a 400 page PDF on Project OXCART and the U2. I can't remember if I got it from here or not so pardon the repost, but I know some of you guys might be interested in that.
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priznat posted:Apparently the changeover from EA-6Bs to EA-18s on Whidbey island in WA causes some different low frequency rumble to be transmitted across 50km of open water to Vancouver Island just across the border which led to the predicable whining about it. Haha "The navy has held open houses and carried out public consultation about its proposal on Whidbey Island. But the process may not have been advertised north of the border, Brown said. Canadians can comment on the proposal through a website but there isn't much time left. " In other words: Canadians can pound sand.
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I thought I saw two L-1011s at Boeing Field. They were white and orange and had some charter name on the side. No pictures What did I actually see? Edit: I'm a moron. 727s. Haven't seen one in ages.
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Between the stationing of NATO AWACS in Geilenkirchen, literally on the border with the Netherlands, and the roughly one trillion laws, consultations, and policy adjustments wrt noise pollution in this country that have come out ever since, there have been zero measures taken for people living under the TF33 menace. It's not even legal for E3s to land in this country without dispensation AFAIK, but here they are glidesloping their way over suffering children and geriatrics. Disband NATO etc.
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Koesj posted:Between the stationing of NATO AWACS in Geilenkirchen, literally on the border with the Netherlands, and the roughly one trillion laws, consultations, and policy adjustments wrt noise pollution in this country that have come out ever since, there have been zero measures taken for people living under the TF33 menace. It's not even legal for E3s to land in this country without dispensation AFAIK, but here they are glidesloping their way over suffering children and geriatrics. Disband NATO etc. It gets even better when you realize that several nations don't actually recognize Luxembourg, where the tails are registered. Which means no overflight. This may or may not have been a significant issue in recent years.  Edit: VVV Quite right, old chap. Wrong invisible L country. Godholio fucked around with this message at 07:14 on Feb 3, 2015 |
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Godholio posted:It gets even better when you realize that several nations don't actually recognize Lichtenstein, where the tails are registered. Which means no overflight. This may or may not have been a significant issue in recent years. I thought the tails were registered in Luxembourg? e: Same principle probably applies though
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iyaayas01 posted:I thought the tails were registered in Luxembourg?
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Spaced God posted:Going through my bookmarks and I found a 400 page PDF on Project OXCART and the U2. I can't remember if I got it from here or not so pardon the repost, but I know some of you guys might be interested in that. That book rules, pro as gently caress click.
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xergm posted:I worked at Boeing for a year doing software for the Super Hornets, and you could hear them take off from well inside the building (especially the F-15s). Some people just don't realize just how loud fighter aircraft can be. Oh, absolutely, they can be really loving loud, especially on takeoff. But there's a world of difference between "wow, that's a really loud plane" and "OH GOD THE END IS NIGH". It really speaks to the level of dissociation that most Americans have to the military these days.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Oh, absolutely, they can be really loving loud, especially on takeoff. But there's a world of difference between "wow, that's a really loud plane" and "OH GOD THE END IS NIGH". It really speaks to the level of dissociation that most Americans have to the military these days. Speaking to several posts here, but the EA-6B is much louder than the F/A-18. It would set off car alarms all over base. The -18s would only do that if they did burner takeoffs. F-16s are practically quiet in comparison until they get real close.
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iyaayas01 posted:I thought the tails were registered in Luxembourg? They're registered LX-N***** which is Luxembourg, but if you were to tape over the LX you'd have a United States reg. Not quite sure how it works.
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I like the guy standing next to it, proudly. "Yeah. This is mine. I drew this."
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Ryanair are cocks, we know.
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Aviation news reporting is always bad. But this really sets a new standard for me: http://tinyurl.com/qexyyxc "Deborah 94 maintain distance" (Actual: "JetBlue 94 maintain visual") *long beep* "Ok what you heard there, that long beep? That was the alarm from the collision warning system" (Actual: It was two or more people trying to broadcast at the same time on the frequency) They proceed to then trump up the drama with some self proclaimed "expert" to talk about how someone's 5 year old nearly died on this flight. This is what TCAS actually sounds like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrYqIU0NxHQ Also note the relatively benign climb and return to assigned altitude. Expeditious compliance is necessary, but it's not like they haul back on the yoke and point the fucker straight up. The Ferret King fucked around with this message at 19:23 on Feb 3, 2015 |
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Major Kong Post: Not Quite Right Stuff: F-104-Starfighter. Reading this can I say: holy poo poo those dynamic shortcomings and Canada had 235 F-104s and lost half of them to accidents?! The SR-71 Blackbird The Convair 880, or Why Convair got out of the Airliner Business
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I just finished help restore the front section of a TWA 880 at the museum I volunteer at. Beautiful airplane, at least the first class section 
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I read that as TWA 800. 
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Godholio posted:I read that as TWA 800. After posting, I read that too and got worried. We're right by NYC so who knows...
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Nebakenezzer posted:Major Kong Post: When I spent a summer in Wilhelmshaven, I remember visiting a Coffin Nail crash site in the woods not far from my host family's home. They called them "Starfires" or "Shooting Stars" IIRC - they killed a lot of German pilots. Absolutely loving gorgeous aircraft though. e: dat intake resonance tho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GcfZXqPJf4 HandlingByJebus fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Feb 3, 2015 |
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Huh wonder what those two RBF pins the guy has to remove on each plane out by the tip tanks are for? Neat resonance tho.
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At the rate that orders are pouring in, the A380 program might be heading to the big airfield in the sky by the end of this year or early next. Oh, and those RBF pins you're asking about apparently lock the jettison mechanism for the tip tanks. One of the quirks of the Starfighter was that the stows jettison button was close to the throttle, and an errant finger could jettison your pylons and tip tanks unceremoniously on the ramp. MrChips fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Feb 4, 2015 |
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