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SyHopeful posted:Ahem, people, anybody REALLY interested in seeing an EE Lightning return to flight status? gently caress yes. But I reckon 75 grand is pocket change against what that sexy bitch will cost to get in the air.
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Apr 3, 2016 21:51
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MrYenko posted:I used to sit in the truck on the ramp at MIA and watch the traffic jams at three AM. It's usually not bad eastbound at 11am or westbound at 11pm on Mondays.
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Apr 3, 2016 22:46
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monkeytennis posted:gently caress yes. But I reckon 75 grand is pocket change against what that sexy bitch will cost to get in the air. I'm sure they meant to write 750,000. That should cover most of the first season's fuel costs.
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Apr 4, 2016 05:44
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Cocoa Crispies posted:It's because they look cool. 1988 French ad for a car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqAhdJXyWRk
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Apr 4, 2016 11:23
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Cat Mattress posted:1988 French ad for a car: If it's gonna be that kind of morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XLyCDsKhGo
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Apr 4, 2016 12:31
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Cat Mattress posted:1988 French ad for a car: lmao with the hella old Rétard IV's even.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:14
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https://youtu.be/cxddi8m_mzk Guys, I'm tripping here.
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Apr 4, 2016 17:42
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CommieGIR posted:https://youtu.be/cxddi8m_mzk from the osha thread: haveblue posted:Helicopter pilots are magicians (also gently caress the cloud i had to refresh like 3 times between that thread and this one to make this post)
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Apr 4, 2016 17:46
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Was looking for a picture of the Dornier X, and I found this tumbler: http://xplanes.tumblr.com/ Dornier X's flight engineer:  It has may interesting images, including this one:  Dude also seems to have a sharp eye for nerdy airplane books. He also had a link to this guy: http://christophe.gibelin.free.fr/indexhibit/index.php?/illustrationavi/2011-2015/ Who's a p. good aerospace illustrator  PS> have a Handley-Page 42.  
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Apr 4, 2016 18:35
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Nebakenezzer posted:Was looking for a picture of the Dornier X, and I found this tumbler: http://xplanes.tumblr.com/ "Engine 6 is overheating sir!" "Which side?"
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Apr 4, 2016 18:49
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Where's the seat with belts? How the hell are you supposed to do your work if you hit some turbulence?
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Apr 4, 2016 22:22
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw0GL4KsvlY
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Apr 4, 2016 23:00
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They added new helicopters to DCS?
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Apr 4, 2016 23:05
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Apparently Pima restored their EC-121T to flying condition in 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx-t8SFLifQ I'm curious why the -T modification removed the height finder from the D and H models.
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Apr 4, 2016 23:37
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Nebakenezzer posted:Was looking for a picture of the Dornier X, and I found this tumbler: http://xplanes.tumblr.com/  10 year old me is SUING!!!
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Apr 5, 2016 00:08
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http://xplanes.tumblr.com/search/XP-79 This plane gets dumber every time I learn something new about it, like how the cockpit is laid out
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Apr 5, 2016 00:15
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Control Volume posted:http://xplanes.tumblr.com/search/XP-79 Has there ever been a airplane that went into production that had the forward prone position for the pilot? Seems like you'd get a killer neck cramp immediately
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Nebakenezzer posted:Has there ever been a airplane that went into production that had the forward prone position for the pilot? Define production, there are a lot of replica Wright Flyers. Also powered hang gliders. Ardeem fucked around with this message at 01:24 on Apr 5, 2016 |
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Apr 5, 2016 01:17
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Nebakenezzer posted:Has there ever been a airplane that went into production that had the forward prone position for the pilot? KC-135 boom operators have a prone backward position...but they don't spend any more time back there than necessary for obvious reasons.
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Apr 5, 2016 01:39
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Cat Mattress posted:1988 French ad for a car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxPcdZm6Dfw See now I was expecting this would be one of those "drunk man steals a Piper Cub at a airshow" style acts.
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Apr 5, 2016 01:44
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Apr 5, 2016 03:21
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Godholio posted:KC-135 boom operators have a prone backward position...but they don't spend any more time back there than necessary for obvious reasons. Because it exposes their delicate hindquarters to the rest of the crew?
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Apr 5, 2016 03:45
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Wow, there is just so much going wrong here, it's making my head hurt.
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Apr 5, 2016 04:49
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Isn't the standard procedure in a situation like that is "you both turn right as fast as loving possible"?
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Plinkey posted:Isn't the standard procedure in a situation like that is "you both turn right as fast as loving possible"? Yes. Also, the rules don't say "go jackrabbiting off in the other direction once you've realised your mistake", and I guarantee that at least one of the participants here isn't making proper radio calls here (assuming this is an uncontrolled airport). The landing Piper didn't check to make sure that the runway was clear - I mean the Cessna taxiing probably didn't magically appear in the middle of the runway taxiing after all - so fault them for that as well. Additionally, I would question the intelligence of posting a video of you busting that many regs on the internet in the first place, whether you've filed a NASA report (assuming this is in the US) or not.
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Plinkey posted:Isn't the standard procedure in a situation like that is "you both turn right as fast as loving possible"? "your right or my right YOUR RIGHT OR MY RIGHT?!?!?!?!?!?"
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MrChips posted:Yes. Found via this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4B-OxnxwaA ...and they don't really talk about the clip in question until 04:57 and yeah you pretty much nailed it. Sun in eyes and didn't see back taxi, maybe coms gently caress ups, they wanted to stay anonymous cause uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah.
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Apr 5, 2016 05:23
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Nebakenezzer posted:Has there ever been a airplane that went into production that had the forward prone position for the pilot? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prone-pilot_aircraft One of them I think was allegedly to see if pilots could tolerate higher g-forces or some horsehonkey. Seems like a terrible idea unless the pilot's head was suspended with cushions or straps? In the KC-135, us boom operators had a chinrest that crew chiefs would delicately place their balls on. Lots of people had chinrest cushion covers or entire cushions custom made because they were paranoid about those balls. Personally, I think enough time passed between any possible crew chief ball contamination and when I put my chin on there. Worst case scenario, I'd have nut residue on my chin, and now that I think about it, I don't know to feel about that.
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Apr 5, 2016 05:23
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Man, find me a part of a military aircraft that hasn't had nuts rubbed on it at some point.
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Apr 5, 2016 05:43
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Man, find me a part of a military aircraft that hasn't had nuts rubbed on it at some point. Crew Chiefs and their balls....
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Apr 5, 2016 05:53
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There's nothing quite like having a Lt walk up behind you while you're on scope and pulls a Captain Morgan with a leg up on your console with the bottom zipper pulled up.
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Apr 5, 2016 05:53
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CommieGIR posted:Crew Chiefs and their balls.... There's no way they don't try to incorporate some form of testicular tag into their day.
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Apr 5, 2016 06:07
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CommieGIR posted:Crew Chiefs and their balls.... I have to imagine this is what it's like all day:  That wouldn't be a terrible avatar for someone.
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Apr 5, 2016 06:32
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CommieGIR posted:Crew Chiefs and their balls.... Now I'm half tempted to ask my dad (retired helicopter crew chief) if he ever put his balls on anything, but I'm also afraid of what the answer would be.
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YF19pilot posted:Now I'm half tempted to ask my dad (retired helicopter crew chief) if he ever put his balls on anything, but I'm also afraid of what the answer would be. "Just your mom! *self high five*"
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There were these black beetles at KAF. They would do this instinct thing where if you stomped your foot next to them they'd freeze up for like 30 seconds and not move no matter what you did. So one day we're down for weather, a crew chief gets bored and decides to have a little fun with the beetles. He gets a white paint pen from support and runs around the ramp looking for the beetles. Whenever he finds one he stomps his foot down next to it, takes the paint pen, and draws a little dick on its back. So by the end of the day there were over a hundred of the beetles all over the ramp, all with little dicks drawn on them. I guess what I'm saying is that crew chiefs will draw dicks on literally anything.
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Apr 5, 2016 07:44
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Our professional armed forces. 
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So Alaska is buying Virgin America... I guess a ton of used A320s are going to hit the market in the next year or so?
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D C posted:So Alaska is buying Virgin America... I guess a ton of used A320s are going to hit the market in the next year or so? Not just that, but VA also put in an order for 30 A320neo (and 10 A321neo) which Airbus won't get the money for now. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 09:28 on Apr 5, 2016 |
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