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Scratch Monkey posted:Pfft.. y'all are scrubs. 1983 with a VIC-20. "Stop pissing, Yuri. Give me a stopwatch and a map and I'll fly the Alps in a plane with no windows." MrYenko posted:Also, expansion pack with the B-24, and then the sequel, with B-29s in the Pacific. B-29s over *Korea*. That would be far more entertaining and challenging. The Japanese had a hell of a time getting up to play with the Superfortresses. B-29s had a 1.1% sortie loss rate in WW2. http://www.econseminars.com/6th_Bombardment_Group_Tinian/Risks.pdf (not necessarily a reliable source) BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 03:37 on Mar 11, 2015 |
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I took a screenshot of the SR-71 interactive gallery on whatever museum has that. Anyway, the giant red RSO EJECTED annunciator makes me laugh really hard for some reason.
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holocaust bloopers posted:Anyway, the giant red RSO EJECTED annunciator makes me laugh really hard for some reason. The RSO's panel was even worse. He had the same three lights -- "poo poo is going down, get ready to unass the airplane," "EJECT EJECT EJECT," and "You're the pilot now, the guy with the actual controls is swinging under silk. Have fun landing it with the autopilot." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj9UwKQKE3A
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Mar 11, 2015 04:41
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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I've spent a lot of time in United 747s over the Pacific. They are terrible and have no avod or power in economy. As much as I love the 747 platform United has let theirs go to waste.
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Mar 11, 2015 05:00
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Geoj posted:My brother deployed to Korea last summer and flew United from SeaTac to Seoul on a 777, he said his economy seat had AVOD and a USB charging port. Adult Video On Demand?
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Mar 11, 2015 10:29
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I don't get the obsession with in-flight entertainment. Is 8 hours in a plane seat really such medieval torture that Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and three episodes of Frasier constitutes blessed relief? Besides, the best in-flight entertainment has been available since the 1930s: sparkling wine and a beautiful view.
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Mar 11, 2015 11:12
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Ola posted:I don't get the obsession with in-flight entertainment. Is 8 hours in a plane seat really such medieval torture that Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and three episodes of Frasier constitutes blessed relief? Besides, the best in-flight entertainment has been available since the 1930s: sparkling wine and a beautiful view. You're clearly not more than 6' tall. Though the wine certainly helps.
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Mar 11, 2015 11:36
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Barnsy posted:You're clearly not more than 6' tall. I'm almost exactly 6 ft. But if legroom is the problem, Four Weddings And A Funeral isn't the optimum solution.
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Mar 11, 2015 11:40
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Ola posted:I'm almost exactly 6 ft. But if legroom is the problem, Four Weddings And A Funeral isn't the optimum solution. Getting sat in a seat with no view or a terrible view makes in flight entertainment a lot more attractive. But I usually read books, listen to podcasts, and sleep anyway.
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Mar 11, 2015 11:53
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I just flew a 787-8 in business on LAN. Easiest 11 hours in a plane I ever did. Our seats were lie-flat but I never even reclined fully because the travel wasn't something I wanted to escape from, unlike other planes I've flown on. In comparison to Lufthansa's terrible not-quite lie-flat last-generation seats in business on the A380, the 787 is like a breath of fresh air, literally I think because the higher pressure makes for such a pleasing experience. What most people also don't mention is that the 787 is almost eerily quiet during cruise, and even during take-off under full throttle my wife and I could chat with each other using our regular (not raised) voices.
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Mar 11, 2015 13:42
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Ola posted:I don't get the obsession with in-flight entertainment. Is 8 hours in a plane seat really such medieval torture that Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and three episodes of Frasier constitutes blessed relief? Besides, the best in-flight entertainment has been available since the 1930s: sparkling wine and a beautiful view. Fine if you've got a window seat, and it's day time, and you aren't sitting over the wing, and there isn't a four year old who's IFE consists of kicking your seat for the entire flight, and you aren't surrounded by passengers who are coughing and sneezing every strain and mutation of rhinovirus and influenza know to science (and some still yet to be discovered) into your airspace, and the attendants actually let you open your blind. Otherwise, give me the sweet release of bad movies I'd never watch on the ground, several decent albums of music and a good moving map. Also a charge point for my phone.
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Mar 11, 2015 14:38
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I love flying but that view of the North Atlantic gets old after about 45 minutes at a stretch. IFE is great. I get to catch up on all the movies I fail to see in the theater.
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Mar 11, 2015 14:49
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I love flying but that view of the North Atlantic gets old after about 45 minutes at a stretch. Yup, and night flights you see even less. I am evidently in a minority here because when I'm flying long haul it's a case of several glasses of champagne in the lounge, then several more on the plane, followed by lots of water and a snooze. Being air miles rich is nice for those flights.
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Mar 11, 2015 15:13
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drgitlin posted:Yup, and night flights you see even less. If you fly over oceans a couple times a year you'll greatly outpace your miles upgrade ability and won't have enough status with the airline for global upgrades (or whatever the gently caress delta calls them, idk how United's plan works). Yes yes laugh at my work for paying $1.5k-2k for a transpacific ticket instead of $8k-10k
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Mar 11, 2015 15:20
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I'm an aisle seat guy. Having unrestricted access to the lavatory and extra space to stretch out my feet are worth it.
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Mar 11, 2015 15:22
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I have decently broad shoulders, a long torso, and am torn on aisle seats: on one hand, I can lean out a bit and make the trip a little more bearable for the person next to me (sorry my arm is all up in your face), on the other, getting bumped by every person going down the aisle, including the drink cart, loving blows.
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Mar 11, 2015 16:23
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Being broad shouldered has its definite downsides. I've been weight lifting for nearly 15 years now and being a 195 lb 5'7" guy on a cramped airline seat is miserable.
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Mar 11, 2015 16:26
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holocaust bloopers posted:I'm an aisle seat guy. Having unrestricted access to the lavatory and extra space to stretch out my feet are worth it. Amen. I am also that guy that always tries to find the release for the aisle armrest. Makes getting in and out so much easier and it's surprising how many people say "I didn't know you could do that". Also, what do all you assholes do that allow you to travel so much???
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hobbesmaster posted:If you fly over oceans a couple times a year you'll greatly outpace your miles upgrade ability and won't have enough status with the airline for global upgrades (or whatever the gently caress delta calls them, idk how United's plan works).
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SyHopeful posted:Amen. I am also that guy that always tries to find the release for the aisle armrest. Makes getting in and out so much easier and it's surprising how many people say "I didn't know you could do that". Consulting.
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Mar 11, 2015 18:50
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I'm 5'6" 135 lbs and airline seats are never uncomfortable  If you want extra legroom, just pull your bag out under your knees and stretch your legs under the seat in front of you.
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Mar 11, 2015 18:53
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Mortabis posted:I'm 5'6" 135 lbs and airline seats are never uncomfortable You're right the real problem is knee room not leg room.
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Mar 11, 2015 18:55
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Mortabis posted:I'm 5'6" 135 lbs and airline seats are never uncomfortable I got upgraded to business class (not sure why it wasn't called first class, it was like row 3) on a SAS flight to Sweden last year that had those seats where the shell doesn't move but the padding can sort of fold out to a flat bed. Only I couldn't use that because it was too short for me. Honestly I was a bit underwhelmed and would have been pretty annoyed if I had paid the $6000 or whatever that the ticket would have cost.
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hobbesmaster posted:You're right the real problem is knee room not leg room. Yeah, I've been in 737 configs where the distance from my seat to the seatback in front is shorter than the distance from my hip to my knee. I don't have any other choice than to sit sideways. Also have broad shoulders. I don't fly often so I love to get a window seat, but if I don't choose properly and I have someone big sitting next to me, I can be miserable (as my most recent flight from Phoenix to Pittsburgh where I thought I was going to have a panic attack because of the lack of room.)
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hobbesmaster posted:You're right the real problem is knee room not leg room. Most of the ceiling space in a 747 is wasted empty space; is there any reason why they couldn't make the chairs 3" taller? It's like they designed the chairs to be comfortable for a person of 5'4" despite the average American being 5'10, and I think it's even taller in western Europe. I forget the study but it basically said every vertical inch of seat height you add, gives the occupant an effective additional 3" of leg room. I think Ryan Air took this to it's logical extreme in a study; personally I would prefer this, so long as I can fit a small laptop between me and the seat in front of me on that fold down tray  edit: apparently this doesn't work so well when your passenger is a fat american 
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Mar 11, 2015 19:06
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Hadlock posted:Most of the ceiling space in a 747 is wasted empty space; is there any reason why they couldn't make the chairs 3" taller? It's like they designed the chairs to be comfortable for a person of 5'4" despite the average American being 5'10 The average male American is david_a posted:LOL that angle isn't happening when you're 6'7'' You are more than three standard deviations taller than the average male. Expecting airline seats to fit you is not reasonable. e: for the non-mathematically inclined, 6'7" is taller than 99.9% of males. Mortabis fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Mar 11, 2015 |
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Mar 11, 2015 19:21
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Loving the look on this guy's face. I wonder if they forced him to sit like this for 2-3 hours. Why don't they just give you a pill and put all of the pax in a big pile in the middle of the aircraft. Or even better: shoot you in the back of the head during boarding and throw you out of the aircraft when they are overhead of the destination. It'd be less painful that way. I swear to god, loving cattle transport regulations have more generous space requirements than modern-day economy seating. Flying is such a loving joke when you're 6' or over. Tsuru fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Mar 11, 2015 |
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Mar 11, 2015 19:23
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Tsuru posted:Loving the look on this guy's face. I wonder if they forced him to sit like this for 2-3 hours. 6'3" and exit row and any seats with a pitch closer to 34" than 30" is fine for me. (Thats economy comfort on delta or economy plus for united) One thing to keep in mind about ryanair - their longest flight is under 3 hours. In the US you can get stuck on an ancient 757 with 30" broken seats for a 5 hour transcontinental flight. hobbesmaster fucked around with this message at 19:34 on Mar 11, 2015 |
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Mar 11, 2015 19:26
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It'd be happy when they start selling tickets by the pound or kg., and weigh everybody in during boarding. I mean, there's already some rear end in a top hat peeping my wife's tits in a darkened room somewhere to see if she isn't hiding some terrorists in there, so why not do something which actually makes sense? I saw the pics of that guy boarding a BAe-146 as a kid and looking in the cockpit and I just went  remember when flying used to be exciting and fun?e: I'd rather drive than spend a single second queing up to sit in one of those bright yellow abominations Ryanair calls cabins. As you say, we have it relatively easy distance-wise. Tsuru fucked around with this message at 19:47 on Mar 11, 2015 |
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Mar 11, 2015 19:37
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Mortabis posted:The average male American is 5'10. The average American is just about my height. Then apparently I'm deformed. Depending on the AC my knees are nearly hitting the seat in front of me in cattle class. I'm a whopping 5'11". Thank god for free upgrades.
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Mar 11, 2015 19:42
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Question about Alaska 261. Part of the CVR talks about "unloading" the plane as part of their troubleshooting. What does this mean? Context: quote:1618:26 CAM-1 OK... bring bring the flaps and slats back up for me.
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hobbesmaster posted:6'3" and exit row and any seats with a pitch closer to 34" than 30" is fine for me. (Thats economy comfort on delta or economy plus for united) 5 hour? I routinely sit in 757s for 7-8 hours for transatlantic flights with United.
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I posted this in the Military Videos thread in GiP, but hadn't seen it posted yet here. Here's the teaser for VFA-27's new Cruise Video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWqexq4td28 There's some really cool parts in this, notably a nighttime strafing run, some sort of FLIR view of the delivery of a JSOW (Joint Stand-Off Weapon), which is kind of like a bomb with stubby wings. VFA-27 is based off the USS George Washington, ported in Atsugi, Japan. Jealous Cow posted:5 hour? I routinely sit in 757s for 7-8 hours for transatlantic flights with United. Transcontinental. Not intercontinental. He's emphasizing that without even leaving the US, you can have flights nearly twice as long as Ryan's longest.
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Gibfender posted:Question about Alaska 261. Part of the CVR talks about "unloading" the plane as part of their troubleshooting. What does this mean? The "load" is the lift force produced by the wing or stabilizer (downward lift), which corresponds to the amount of force exerted by the air on the wing/stabilizer, along with any control surfaces on them. The idea was that by reducing this force, it would free up the internal mechanism to move easier. It's just like when you're trying to move a sliding widow but it's jammed. No matter how hard you push you can't overcome the jam, but if you back it up just a tad it's then free for you to jiggle it just a bit, and then it moves easy.
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Jealous Cow posted:5 hour? I routinely sit in 757s for 7-8 hours for transatlantic flights with United. Thats this plane not this one.
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Gibfender posted:Question about Alaska 261. Part of the CVR talks about "unloading" the plane as part of their troubleshooting. What does this mean? Hmm, I'm going to take a guess and say that they were talking about the wing loading, and waiting until they wern't flying anymore to sort out their problems and apply more flap.
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Gibfender posted:Question about Alaska 261. Part of the CVR talks about "unloading" the plane as part of their troubleshooting. What does this mean? While it's possible to unload the stab and make the jacksrew's job easier by releasing your input on the elevators (negative or positive), this does not apply to what they were doing judging from the transcript. Tsuru fucked around with this message at 00:34 on Mar 12, 2015 |
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Mar 11, 2015 21:28
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Well, "this" is a demonstrative noun, but that's not important right now I picked the wrong week to quit smoking
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Godholio posted:F-22 Raptor II (RIP NovaLogic)
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I haven't seen anyone mention F-15 Strike Eagle II. I spent so many hours playing that.
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