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Im not going to lie i was suprised some people bothered with the forms for canning at all. At pope in the 23rd Mx we never filled out the forms for canning we just called it night ops. It usually take a month of hard work to get a A-10 from cann status back it flying shape mostly with taking parts from the next cann bird and the cycle of life continues.
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Koesj posted:Outside of lol canada, if its something like a norad mission wouldn't it be sensible to do some burden sharing seeing as how its the country situated between most of the US and Russia? Canada shares the burden by staffing the Alaska AWACS squadron with RCAF personnel and in other pertinent units. They launch their hornets when Russia penetrates the Canadian outer ADIZ as well.
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Jun 28, 2015 23:48
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I know the RAF uses Newfoundland/Labrador for their cold weather training, maybe they use Gander in summer for their biting insects training (Manitoba being too far).
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Jun 29, 2015 00:14
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Jealous Cow posted:I recently changed jobs and United is specifically not one of our "preferred" airlines. That honor is reserved for Delta and American. I fly about 100k miles a year and have 1k status with UA. Flew almost exclusively on Delta for the past two years. They are generally pretty good. With the status you'll hit it'll be even easier. DL business class on international flights are awesome. I actually enjoyed my flight from LHR to MSP, crew was cool as poo poo. Been a long time since I could say that. gently caress LHR security though.
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Jun 29, 2015 00:29
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I just got buzzed by something shiny and chrome, anyone have any ideas based off my lovely picture I managed to snap before the thunder rolled on?
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Jun 29, 2015 01:12
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14 INCH SLIT posted:I just got buzzed by something shiny and chrome, anyone have any ideas based off my lovely picture I managed to snap before the thunder rolled on? North American B-25.
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Jun 29, 2015 01:19
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Koesj posted:Outside of lol canada, if its something like a norad mission wouldn't it be sensible to do some burden sharing seeing as how its the country situated between most of the US and Russia? That's kind of the whole point of NORAD though, we share...not the US handles all intercepts. Like hb pointed out Canada already contributes to manning relevant units and usually the CF-18s are tagged to sit alert in defense of the Canadian ADIZ. Just really odd that there would be USAF F-15s hanging out in Gander potentially sitting alert. Transiting I'd understand, but it sounds like they've been there a while. Nebakenezzer posted:Six of them are bombing poo poo there, but that still leaves something like 73 in operational use according to wikipedia. Maybe six at a operational tempo uses up all the CF-18 flying' money? Yeah...I'd find that hard to believe, because even taking into account lol Canada they should still at least be able to sit alert. It's not like we're talking about flying a shitload of hours per day, if you're cocked on alert most of the time you're sitting on the ground.
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Jun 29, 2015 01:56
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iyaayas01 posted:Yeah...I'd find that hard to believe, because even taking into account lol Canada they should still at least be able to sit alert. It's not like we're talking about flying a shitload of hours per day, if you're cocked on alert most of the time you're sitting on the ground. True. While I don't know if they've been flying, from the looks of things they've been sitting for a few weeks at this point.
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Jun 29, 2015 01:58
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StandardVC10 posted:North American B-25. Thanks! A few minutes later a bigger one flew by but it was further away and I couldn't get even a silhouette. But it sounded like the same engine rumble, but had 4 engines and a single central tail fin that was very reminiscent of the tail of a C130. Wish I knew planes better.
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Jun 29, 2015 02:02
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14 INCH SLIT posted:Thanks! A few minutes later a bigger one flew by but it was further away and I couldn't get even a silhouette. But it sounded like the same engine rumble, but had 4 engines and a single central tail fin that was very reminiscent of the tail of a C130. Wish I knew planes better. B-29 
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Jun 29, 2015 02:09
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Nebakenezzer posted:Six of them are bombing poo poo there, but that still leaves something like 73 in operational use according to wikipedia. Maybe six at a operational tempo uses up all the CF-18 flying' money? I don't think you're far off. It's not cheap to send a detachment to a relatively austere location and have them operate for extended periods of time. Godholio fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Jun 29, 2015 |
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Jun 29, 2015 02:10
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Godholio posted:something from New England. That would be the 104th Fighter Wing (Air National Guard F-15C/D) out of Barnes ANGB just outside of Springfield, Massachusetts (and practically spitting distance from Westover ARB, which hosts the 439th Airlift Wing [Air Force Reserve C-5s]). Maybe also (probably depending on maintenance issues) 158th Fighter Wing out of Burlington, VT (ANG F-16C/D Block 30). Kilonum fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Jun 29, 2015 |
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Jun 29, 2015 02:51
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yep, that was Fifi. 14" it was these guys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collings_Foundation
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Jun 29, 2015 02:56
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found in the 'related videos' on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWg7IpphPc8 "We're fully ready for take-off (but we're still doing checklists)!"
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Jun 29, 2015 03:03
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Alpine Mustache posted:found in the 'related videos' on youtube: Ah the comments. In the US, turbine powered aircraft are expected to be ready for departure upon reaching the holdshort point at the end of the runway. American Airlines is notorious for taking additional time to run checklists post-takeoff clearance. At my sleepy little airport, it just means that I never try to depart them ahead of traffic if it's even remotely close.
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Jun 29, 2015 04:20
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Psion posted:yep, that was Fifi. 14" it was these guys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collings_Foundation Negative, it's the Commemorative Air Force that has Fifi. Collings Foundation has a pretty legit B-24 though, plus a B-17 (14"'s description matches one of these too) and a B-25.
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Jun 29, 2015 04:28
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The Ferret King posted:Ah the comments. My favorite was always the defeated, dejected tone of voice you hear when a crew has to tell tower that they cant depart due to a passenger in the lav. I always felt really bad for them... While I laughed so hard my chest hurt. (Also, if you're getting up to take a leak during the loving taxi-out, you are everything that is wrong with modern western civilization.)
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Jun 29, 2015 04:31
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StandardVC10 posted:Negative, it's the Commemorative Air Force that has Fifi. Collings Foundation has a pretty legit B-24 though, plus a B-17 (14"'s description matches one of these too) and a B-25. It was likely CAF's B-25 though, since it's painted silver (which would look like bare metal from a distance) whereas Collings' B-25 is olive drab
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Jun 29, 2015 05:16
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The last time I took a poo poo at Mach 0.8, I got this view Thanks SAS for having a window in the business class shitter
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Jun 29, 2015 05:24
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Yeah the shiny and chrome was because it was definitely silver, I thought it was polished like some older aircraft pictures I've seen but far enough away it could have merely been silver paint.
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Jun 29, 2015 05:25
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Fayez Butts posted:Tin Tin owns, you should read it. Plus it has the awesome sequence of landing a (small) trijet on a temporary airstrip. http://i.imgur.com/Ithv2Hb.png
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~Coxy posted:Plus it has the awesome sequence of landing a (small) trijet on a temporary airstrip. Oh wait, that's not Tin-Tin, it's the flight engineer. drat gingers all look alike. 
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Jun 29, 2015 05:43
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~Coxy posted:Plus it has the awesome sequence of landing a (small) trijet on a temporary airstrip. Why does a french aircraft under a french airline with a french pilot have a british G-reg ? And where's the damned intake for engine #3 ? Goddamned Hergé, get your poo poo in gear.
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SybilVimes posted:Why does a french aircraft under a french airline with a french pilot have a british G-reg ? And where's the damned intake for engine #3 ? Intakes are on the sides, and I think they're stealing it.
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Jun 29, 2015 06:15
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Solar Impulse is making it's second attempt to fly from Japan to Hawaii on only solar power http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33244912 BBC posted:"Andre Borschberg has passed the point of no return and must now see this 5 days 5 nights flight through to the end...He will only be allowed to take 20-minute cat-naps," I did some offshore sailing with just my buddy for four days and by day three we were pretty loopy, and we had originally started off with 4 hour "nap shifts" starting around day 2. Which slowly decreased to 3 hour, then 2 hour, then 30 minute shifts, as the person steering the boat could only stay awake that long. I'm honestly a little concerned for this guy. Maybe he's going to wake up for 5 minutes to scan through a checklist and look for red lights, then resume sleeping for 20 more minutes if everything is green? Hadlock fucked around with this message at 07:31 on Jun 29, 2015 |
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SybilVimes posted:Why does a french aircraft under a french airline with a french pilot have a british G-reg ? And where's the damned intake for engine #3 ? I think you mean engine #2. 
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Jun 29, 2015 11:43
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14 INCH SLIT posted:Thanks! A few minutes later a bigger one flew by but it was further away and I couldn't get even a silhouette. But it sounded like the same engine rumble, but had 4 engines and a single central tail fin that was very reminiscent of the tail of a C130. Wish I knew planes better. Where do you live? Yesterday The AZ CAF's B-25 and B-17 took off from Fargo to go to Winnipeg.
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MrYenko posted:My favorite was always the defeated, dejected tone of voice you hear when a crew has to tell tower that they cant depart due to a passenger in the lav. I always felt really bad for them... While I laughed so hard my chest hurt. Lavatory needs a seatbelt/seatbelt light. Also disable the flush mechanism during takeoff. 
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Jun 29, 2015 15:27
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I didn't think you were allowed to even get up during the taxi out. Is this airline specific?
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Jun 29, 2015 15:35
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EightBit posted:I didn't think you were allowed to even get up during the taxi out. Is this airline specific? "Not allowed" does not mean "physically impossible"
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Leviathor posted:Where do you live? Yesterday The AZ CAF's B-25 and B-17 took off from Fargo to go to Winnipeg. Seattle, both were heading north to south down the relative centerline of the city but I don't know if that means anything other than having to fly at certain altitudes in certain directions
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StandardVC10 posted:Negative, it's the Commemorative Air Force that has Fifi. Collings Foundation has a pretty legit B-24 though, plus a B-17 (14"'s description matches one of these too) and a B-25. yeah, whoops, got that mixed up. Maybe both of them were in town? I definitely saw the Collings B-24 though. (http://www.collingsfoundation.org/event/seattle-wa/) but I didn't see a B-29. I don't think Fifi's in Seattle this week anyway. Psion fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Jun 29, 2015 |
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SybilVimes posted:Why does a french aircraft under a french airline with a french pilot have a british G-reg ? And where's the damned intake for engine #3 ? It's a billionaire's private aircraft, which has been hijacked. I forgot most of the plot; but their aim was to kidnap said billionaire in order to attempt to extort money from him. The billionaire was Hergé's interpretation of Marcel Dassault, by the way, so that's why his private jet was a fancy variable-sweep wing supersonic bizjet, designed and drawn by one of Hergé's assistants, Roger Leloup, who is mostly famous for a comic series full of aircraft, futuristic gizmos, and bona fide alien space ships.
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Aerodynamics of the 37 Viggen aircraft. Part 1: general - characteristics at low speed Some of you nerds might just be far enough gone that you'll read 145 pages of aerodynamical theory discussing the relative merits of a canard delta wing configuration when applied to the conflicting requirements of a supersonic fighter that is also supposed to have STOL characteristics, so I'll leave this link here. Saab rejected the swing-wing configuration as being too expensive and complicated and designed the first production canard jet (XB-70 predated it by a few years) instead and this explains how it works.
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Psion posted:yep, that was Fifi. 14" it was these guys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collings_Foundation I think it was their B-17 I saw yesterday. I was driving so taking a pic wasn't feasible. Had the tail painted like the one in that pic.
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Solar impulse crossed the point of no return leaving Japan about 6 hours ago, so he's either on his way to Hawaii, or will crash land somewhere in the Pacific, unless he's able to divert North to Midway Island! Four more days left on his solo flight attempt.
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Midway's pretty close to his flight path (and it looks to be actually a little south) but there isn't much there and I don't know how much runway he needs for that thing. Still, any port in a storm! And hopefully it won't matter anyway.
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Prop Wash posted:Midway's pretty close to his flight path (and it looks to be actually a little south) but there isn't much there and I don't know how much runway he needs for that thing. Still, any port in a storm! And hopefully it won't matter anyway. It lands at running pace, so probably not a whole lot. It's more he needs a wide-rear end runway, that thing is as wide as a 747 and a hell of a lot flimsier.
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hobbesmaster posted:"Not allowed" does not mean "physically impossible" Indeed, I've been on a Ryanair flight where the seatbelt lights had been on for a long while due to turbulence, someone got up and went to the toilet, flight attendents did nothing. Soon there was a queue. Flight attendents still did nothing. Thought about complaining but it's Ryanair so I imagine their reply would have simply been an image of Michael O'Leary's raised middle finger.
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