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Tsuru posted:There's no loving way any corporation sends their lowly engineers up in a G6000. These are 50MM a pop and are for board-level execs... even when just visiting one of those they made me wear a pair of those overshoes. Eh, not as true as you'd think. It depends on how big of a poo poo storm an issue is and the impact to revenue. For instance the CEO of a large company sent his biz jet to pick up 7 of us in four different cities. Then deliver us to where we needed to work for the next 48hrs straight so that his company didn't go under. I don't want to know how big our fee was on that, because I'd just be pissed I didn't get a cut.
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Worthleast posted:Went to ogle the F-22s at KBFI. Only one was out. A real, combat coded Raptor! But they had this one for bonus instead!  jesus lord, so worth the trip, had a nice chat with the pilot and his mx crew.  and this thingy. 
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potentiometer posted:But they had this one for bonus instead! Hey cool, a k falls 173rd bird - my old stomping ground
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Looks like the French have a couple of helicopter carriers that they built for Russia which cannot be delivered due to sanctions. Alternative buyers have been identified as that beacon of light in the world, Egypt and Canada, which as far as I know has no real helicopter force let alone the budget for a couple of carriers. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...s_campaign=1490
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slidebite posted:Looks like the French have a couple of helicopter carriers that they built for Russia which cannot be delivered due to sanctions. Yeah Canada needs a forward base for it's Cyclones. And they can put a Sea King on there so it can be brought right next to it's destination on it's annual airworthy day.
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slidebite posted:Looks like the French have a couple of helicopter carriers that they built for Russia which cannot be delivered due to sanctions. Yeah, Canada has been systematically underfunding the military we have now, so for that reason alone I can't imagine they'd be interested in an admittedly useful helicopter carrier. We've found it borderline impossible to get new Navy helicopters : /
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So everyone in AI knows about those occasional finds of amazing old cars in a barn, but this one is interesting in that it actually belongs in this thread: http://barnfinds.com/hangar-find-1944-p-51-mustang-more/ Now, if I only was a multi-millionaire. Edit: The actual auction with more pictures, and bid deposit information. http://www.estatesales.net/estate-sales/CA/Torrance/90505/872457 Online Estate Aircraft Auction By Order of the Probate Court of Los Angeles 1944 North American P-51D Mustang 25NT Serial #44-84896 Additional Packard Rolls Royce V150-9 Engine Ryan PT-22 Military Trainer (Project) 1950 Tempco Swift The Locator fucked around with this message at 18:04 on May 10, 2015 |
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May 10, 2015 18:01
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C.M. Kruger posted:This was in the related videos section, swingin' tunes. Every time I see a video like this I just marvel at how much visibility they have, it's like you're riding a jet powered motorcycle.
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May 10, 2015 20:12
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Eej posted:Every time I see a video like this I just marvel at how much visibility they have, it's like you're riding a jet powered motorcycle. the first thing I thought watching that video? "Man you must have to put like SPF 500,000,000 on any skin not covered in flight suit/helmet/gloves" 
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May 11, 2015 00:13
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The idea is to minimize exposed skin, because fire.
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Nebakenezzer posted:Yeah, Canada has been systematically underfunding the military we have now, so for that reason alone I can't imagine they'd be interested in an admittedly useful helicopter carrier. We've found it borderline impossible to get new Navy helicopters : / If they can manage to purchase it though, they have further leverage to get funding for more helos. It's the kind of argument that usually works in government.
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May 11, 2015 00:42
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 A flying car crashed today. The pilot survived.
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May 11, 2015 00:48
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Looks like an ultralight crashed into a parked car :/
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Barnsy posted:Looks like an ultralight crashed into a parked car :/ That's what they said to the designer
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Godholio posted:The idea is to minimize exposed skin, because fire. I know - I was just amused by the thought of me and my lily white Scot/Irish skin, in an F-16
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Seriously considering building a RC plane. I have no idea where to even start, but I want to someday design and build my own, since I'll never be rich enough to build an actual plane. Any pointers?
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Inacio posted:Seriously considering building a RC plane. I have no idea where to even start, but I want to someday design and build my own, since I'll never be rich enough to build an actual plane. I don't know anything about it, but check this thread out: DIY & Hobbies › RC aerial vehicles - possibly with cameras, possibly for spying on girls
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May 11, 2015 02:05
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Such a pretty plane.  Also, a B-29 being restored out front  Still wondering about the Hornet I saw land at KGEG with the same Jolly Roger tail. 
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May 11, 2015 02:44
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Really spergy video, but if you're anything like me, you'll watch all 22 minutes of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IL3UoU9CbM And already know most of what he's talking about
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May 11, 2015 02:48
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Is that F-22 a permanent museum piece already? Didn't it just have it's first combat flight in September of last year?
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Hadlock posted:Is that F-22 a permanent museum piece already? Didn't it just have it's first combat flight in September of last year? Being phased out for the F-35 
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Good one  . No, seriously, is this a rebuilt airframe from one of the two that crashed due to the computer glitch or something? Google-pedia says these things run about $336 million a pop after you factor in program costs.
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There were also some very early tails that are functionally worthless. I think one was scheduled for destructive testing (shoot it and see what happens!) but was diverted to a museum a couple of years ago.
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pkells posted:Really spergy video, but if you're anything like me, you'll watch all 22 minutes of it: I love how he explains calibrated airspeed by "less air molecules going over the speed checker thing." e: ahahaha he's just loving with fishing boats and airliners Spaced God fucked around with this message at 03:18 on May 11, 2015 |
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Worthleast posted:Still wondering about the Hornet I saw land at KGEG with the same Jolly Roger tail. They're based at Oceana, no idea why they'd be on the opposite coast. 
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Well the 552d Air Control Wing (AWACS) just celebrated its 60th anniversary, and the results are in: the EC-121 across the street from wing HQ is still leaking oil and hydraulic fluid.
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Why are fluids still in it?
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holocaust bloopers posted:Why are fluids still in it? It's like getting the last little bit of water out of a tire when it has been sitting outside for a while.
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holocaust bloopers posted:Why are fluids still in it? Well, when they parked it after it flew to Tinker under it's own power in 1985, they apparently forgot. But they supposedly drained everything a couple of years ago when they refreshed it after getting called out (I assume by the AEWA) for violating the AFI that requires maintenance of static displays. That was the big story at the time, they pulled a bunch of fuel and oil out of it. So yeah, seeing new pictures of it puddling up was kind of surprising.
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holocaust bloopers posted:Why are fluids still in it? Godholio posted:Well, when they parked it after it flew to Tinker under it's own power in 1985, they apparently forgot. But they supposedly drained everything a couple of years ago when they refreshed it after getting called out (I assume by the AEWA) for violating the AFI that requires maintenance of static displays. That was the big story at the time, they pulled a bunch of fuel and oil out of it. So yeah, seeing new pictures of it puddling up was kind of surprising. Often they keep fluids in display aircraft that have in-service relatives in case they have to salvage parts. They used to do this for display C-130s all the time. Against AFI, but it happens a lot.
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That flight was three years after the last Connie was retired from the Navy (this was actually a Navy EC-121K), and the AF parked them even earlier. But that still makes more sense than anything else I can come up with.
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pkells posted:Really spergy video, but if you're anything like me, you'll watch all 22 minutes of it: That was a really cool watch  "...aaaaaaaand it's an airliner, we don't wanna go to close to him..."
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pkells posted:Really spergy video, but if you're anything like me, you'll watch all 22 minutes of it: I love it. As an air traffic controller with the FAA, I'm surprised at how little of the lingo I understand being spoken between the pilot and their military ATC.
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Cutting that a little close, eh? http://i.imgur.com/ssodf5w.webm
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Duke Chin posted:Cutting that a little close, eh? Ground effect is wonderful 
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Godholio posted:There were also some very early tails that are functionally worthless. I think one was scheduled for destructive testing (shoot it and see what happens!) but was diverted to a museum a couple of years ago. Not these. The Iyayas-looking Airforce dude mentioned that they were the last 2 off the line. 191 and 192.
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Worthleast posted:Not these. The Iyayas-looking Airforce dude mentioned that they were the last 2 off the line. 191 and 192. The ones in the picture were just at the Boeing Museum for a show 'n' tell just over the weekend. They're flying back to Elmo, I assume today.
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So yesterday i was sitting outside in the sun. There are a lot of small planes in the air because there's a small airfield nearby, its a sunday and the weathers really nice. Suddenly i hear like a sliding sound, a bang and a thud...wait a minute...couldn't i just hear two plane engines a minute ago? Now there's only one... So yeah, someone crashed his plane into a garden less than a kilometer away...i just heard two people die 
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I have a demo flight scheduled at a local school this Saturday, don't post things like that. Am clinging to the belief that plane crashes make for great news stories and general aviation is actually no more dangerous than riding a motorcycle.
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A bit of amusement thanks to Lufthansa and AVHerald:AVHerald posted:A Lufthansa Airbus A321-200, registration D-AISU performing flight LH-1305 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), was climbing out of Istanbul's Ataturk Airport when the crew stopped the climb at FL240 due to unusual noises of barking dogs on board without any indication of a hydraulic problem. The crew decided to return to Istanbul for a safe landing about 55 minutes after departure.
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