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Booblord Zagats
Oct 30, 2011


Pork Pro

gfanikf posted:

Along with someone from Everytown.

Also I thought the FAA has always been massive against allowing guns to be mounted by non leo and mil on civilian aircraft?

They do. That thing is a flying felony

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Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

It was three shots in before I realized what I was looking at. :stare:

krispykremessuck
Jul 22, 2005

unlike most veterans and SA members $10 is not a meaningful expenditure for me

I'm gonna have me a swag Bar-B-Q
The article I read earlier also says that a solenoid activated trigger like that is a big no-no.

Mad Dragon
Feb 29, 2004

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZCH1492CzA

Mike-o
Dec 25, 2004

Now I'm in your room
And I'm in your bed


Grimey Drawer

krispykremessuck posted:

The article I read earlier also says that a solenoid activated trigger like that is a big no-no.

The ATF considers anything that can mechanically/electronically fire a gun to be a machine gun, IIRC.

bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!
An ATF and FAA tag team fist gently caress waiting to happen.

Hunterhr
Jan 4, 2007

And The Beast, Satan said unto the LORD, "You Fucking Suck" and juked him out of his goddamn shoes

holocaust bloopers posted:

An ATF and FAA tag team fist gently caress waiting to happen.

This was my first thought

hostile apostle
Aug 29, 2006
:stadia::stadia::stadia::stadia::stadia:
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I sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter

Mike-o
Dec 25, 2004

Now I'm in your room
And I'm in your bed


Grimey Drawer

Same

Baloogan
Dec 5, 2004
Fun Shoe
If I could get an operation to turn me into a nuclear ballistic missile submarine I would be so happy.

C.M. Kruger
Oct 28, 2013

Baloogan posted:

If I could get an operation to turn me into a nuclear ballistic missile submarine I would be so happy.

I'm pretty sure that's the plot of a anime.






JcDent
May 13, 2013

Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!

C.M. Kruger posted:

I'm pretty sure that's the plot of a anime.








French in vietnam, eh?

Mad Dragon
Feb 29, 2004

Baloogan posted:

If I could get an operation to turn me into a nuclear ballistic missile submarine I would be so happy.

You don't need to be a submarine to be filled with seaman. :downsrim:

Marshal Prolapse
Jun 23, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Baloogan posted:

If I could get an operation to turn me into a nuclear ballistic missile submarine I would be so happy.

Do you identify as an Ohio, Xia, Vanguard, Triumphant, or a Typhoon?

Brute Squad
Dec 20, 2006

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

A buddy who flies hercs out of Arkansas just shared this.

I just like them. They're cool planes.

https://www.facebook.com/avialogs/videos/10150466905734969/?fref=nf

Spacman
Mar 18, 2014

Chinatown posted:

Ok so I assume that step one on landing a chopper in hostile territory is to choose an area that is not a minefield.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x2SHEHCm0o

You are not supposed to put the loving thing on the ground at all unless you know it has been cleared. Generally, you go for a rocky patch and then let the idiots in the back walk down into the flat, grassy area as human mine clearance.

So dumb.

E: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPGFaXqzitc

Unfuckingcanny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjFIB1L3BPU

Spacman fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Jul 18, 2015

Mad Dragon
Feb 29, 2004

Did John Cleese just run a marathon?

Kung Fu Fist Fuck
Aug 9, 2009

:vince:

Spacman
Mar 18, 2014

Mad Dragon posted:

Did John Cleese just run a marathon?


Focus on the important part: That it just cost some sperg like 40 grand just for the engines on that thing. Then it ate dirt and burned.

That fucker is military as without even knowing it.

Larry Parrish
Jul 9, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

quote:

well they only forgot to put some electricwire at the carsh site to recreat some of the details, but maybe the next time they will, its already a very good scale model of the fairchild disaster.

goatsestretchgoals
Jun 4, 2011


I love how even before the crash, the cameraman is taking video of the fire truck.

Kung Fu Fist Fuck
Aug 9, 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0D9SRked5Y

:911:

Der Luftwaffle
Dec 29, 2008

So it was the last flight of one guy who was retiring and his family had come to watch. That is some Hollywood-level bad luck.

BIG HEADLINE
Jun 13, 2006

"Stand back, Ottawan ruffian, or face my lumens!"

Der Luftwaffle posted:

So it was the last flight of one guy who was retiring and his family had come to watch. That is some Hollywood-level bad luck.

The squadron CO was flying with the guy in an attempt to reign him in, too. In higher-definition pictures of the plane taken just before impact, you can see that the XO managed to pull his handle, but he did it too late. The co-pilot's hatch visibly blew, the plane just managed to crash before the ejection sequence could complete.

The picture in question (with the blown hatch clearly visible):



Even if the seat had fired, he'd have almost definitely died, probably a lot worse than he did just riding it in.

BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 09:31 on Jul 19, 2015

Spacman
Mar 18, 2014
And the best bit is that it was right outside where they stored all the nukes too... That's what that poo poo behind it is.

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

Der Luftwaffle posted:

So it was the last flight of one guy who was retiring and his family had come to watch. That is some Hollywood-level bad luck.

It wasn't bad luck. It was an rear end in a top hat with a history of flying like an rear end in a top hat who was allowed to fly anyways and it got people killed.

iyaayas01
Feb 19, 2010

Perry'd

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

It wasn't bad luck. It was an rear end in a top hat with a history of flying like an rear end in a top hat who was allowed to fly anyways and it got people killed.

Said rear end in a top hat wasn't the guy who was taking his fini-flight, that was the WG/CV (who was in a jump seat as a safety observer). The WG/CV wasn't really in the loop on any of the decisions that allowed Holland to keep flying, and actually was a last minute add to the sortie in question so he didn't even get briefed on the planned flight profile (which was out of limits, as briefed.)

The real lovely part is that the SQ/CC of the Bomb Squadron (who was the co-pilot) had been actively trying to get Holland grounded but had been stymied by his leadership (mostly the OG/CC, also the Wing King)...so he had put out an edict that no one from his Squadron would fly with Holland unless he was also in the plane (hence why he was on-board). His family also watched the crash from base housing.

Regarding the nukes, Fairchild had been reassigned to AMC as a tanker-only base several months before the incident (the BUFF in question was one of the last ones to leave), so it is likely that the WSA was largely empty at the time of the incident.

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

This is not what I expected. :stare:

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Godholio posted:

This is not what I expected. :stare:

I had to look up the Battle of the Nations because I kept thinking "There's no way that kind of sport could ever count hits."

I was right. You literally just beat each other up until someone else either falls over or the referee stops a fight. They count violations of the rules against you in determining a post-fight victor if everyone is still standing.

chitoryu12 fucked around with this message at 02:32 on Jul 20, 2015

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?
If only they could hold their victims for ransom, this would be pretty legit medieval combat.

Der Luftwaffle
Dec 29, 2008

Godholio posted:

If only they could hold their victims for ransom, this would be pretty legit medieval combat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkfJkyHass8&t=23s

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

chitoryu12 posted:

I had to look up the Battle of the Nations because I kept thinking "There's no way that kind of sport could ever count hits."

I was right. You literally just beat each other up until someone else either falls over or the referee stops a fight. They count violations of the rules against you in determining a post-fight victor if everyone is still standing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbG_ktYFNPE

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyCD3LqfbJ8

Larry Parrish
Jul 9, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
The ren fair melee is cool.

vains
May 26, 2004

A Big Ten institution offering distance education catering to adult learners

Larry Parrish posted:

The ren fair melee is cool.

lol

Kung Fu Fist Fuck
Aug 9, 2009

lmbo these dickheads started a civil war and decided to crib from the confederate flag? way to pick em you dumb slavs

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:

lmbo these dickheads started a civil war and decided to crib from the confederate flag? way to pick em you dumb slavs

It was supposedly originally based on the Russian naval jack, but the "creator" says he just found the flag somewhere online and posted it on Russian Facebook Copy and it got picked up. Nobody's quite sure on where it came from.

Though it does lead to some great poo poo if you just glance at the photos:



Wingnut Ninja
Jan 11, 2003

Mostly Harmless
Oh poo poo, it's really happening. The South is actually rising again.

Also, I love how those tank treads seem specifically designed to ruin the gently caress out of any pavement they drive over. Hope they're saving some of that revolution budget for road repairs.

The Sheriff Jake
May 8, 2006

Those two dudes on the barrel are so loving wasted.

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Duke Chin
Jan 11, 2002

Roger That:
MILK CRATES INBOUND

:siren::siren::siren::siren:
- FUCK THE HABS -
This thread has been lacking in explosions lately - choose your style of link since I can't inline this poo poo:

http://i.imgur.com/NQyqZNs.webm
http://i.imgur.com/NQyqZNs.gifv

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