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Blistex posted:Really hoping this guy doesn't get in a heap of poo poo. That was a legit awesome pre-flight. I like it because he talks exactly like one of the Trailer Park Boys.
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AceRimmer posted:Chinese rap recruitment video: How is the PLA so far behind even K-Pop rap? poo poo is getting embarrassing.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:From everything I've heard, Ekranoplans are noisy as gently caress, so I'm thinking all Taiwan would have to do is drop modified sonobouys with microphones on them in the international waters parts of the Strait of Taiwan during heightened states of alert and they'd have plenty of early warning - to say nothing of the fact that it'd be impossible to secretly launch them from the Chinese mainland in the first place, unless they'd base them at their new islands. Maybe this acquisition is because of those new islands?
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Kesper North posted:Maybe this acquisition is because of those new islands? This was my thought, but I don't know enough about them to decide if they'd be efficient enough to keep the islands supplied.
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Godholio posted:This was my thought, but I don't know enough about them to decide if they'd be efficient enough to keep the islands supplied. I think the problem is that they only work in very calm waters, i.e. the Black sea or the Great lakes. Hence no Soviet Ekranoplane assault across the Baltic in the near future.
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 AIRPLANES!! [xposted from the Aeronautical Insanity thread]  Visited Museum of Flight in Seattle for the first time! Sorry for the mediocre quality, I haven't got a very good camera, but I thought I could share at least.  I literally got off the bus, took two steps forward, pulled out my phone, and took this picture. It was an exciting way to get things started!  Hangar photography problems - During the daytime, it's really tough to get a legible shot when your only fine tuning is limited to changing focus and exposure by sliding an icon around on your screen. Nevertheless, I like this one, because it sorta looks like they're flying in an endless void instead of sitting in a museum   That's a little better... This was taken about 10 minutes before closing time on one of their "free" evenings, so it's about as dark a shot of the hangar as I could get!  And here we can see the little-known variant of the F-5 equipped with tiny, spatted landing gear.  I really underestimated the size of this place, and I arrived late thanks to public transit delays, so there are entire wings of exhibits I didn't get to see. Looking forward to going back next month!
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It's a pretty amazing place, randomly went there while visiting a friend last summer and got to see the Blue Angels practice for Seafair, had no idea they were performing that day. 
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The blue Angels will forever be those jerks that ruined nap time for me all six months I was trapped in Pensacola.
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Doctor Grape Ape posted:I like it because he talks exactly like one of the Trailer Park Boys. Fort McMurray, the Canadian forces and the cast of Trailer Park Boys are approx 110% east coasters. Hence them all sounding the same.
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Throatwarbler posted:I think the problem is that they only work in very calm waters, i.e. the Black sea or the Great lakes. Hence no Soviet Ekranoplane assault across the Baltic in the near future. Hell, even in the Great Lakes it isn't unheard of to get 35 foot waves. Is there some huge advantage of an Ekranoplane vs a similarly sized cargo plane with full wings to offset the lack of ground effect? You know, in case you wanted the option of flying higher than just above the water.
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I agree that this thing sounds useless, unless there has been some massive improvement in "wavetop" terrain following radar thanks to advances in computing or whatever handwavery you wish to apply. That said, every self-respecting billionaire should own one, because they are awesome.
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Flipswitch posted:This is a fascinating read. Though makes me wonder if people were suspicious of me when I was living in Russia. I used to work with a guy who had been stationed at the US Embassy in Moscow in the early 80's. Man that guy had some good stories.
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Seattle Museum of Flight is awesome and well worth the visit. Lots of nice spaceflight stuff there too. There's a very nicely filled out WW2 and WW1 era wings in addition to the main area photographed above. Lots of more current stuff on static display outside also. I managed to go one day and a Super Guppy was landing on the neighboring airstrip so got to watch that as well which was very good luck.
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Who's been to Udvar-Hazy? Been thinking about taking the kids one of these days. I've been to the regular Air and Space Museum countless times, but I've heard this is much bigger. Is this an all day affair?
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Dark Helmut posted:Who's been to Udvar-Hazy? Been thinking about taking the kids one of these days. I've been to the regular Air and Space Museum countless times, but I've heard this is much bigger. Is this an all day affair? I would set aside a whole day for it. The main hangar alone is about as big as Air & Space. Then there's a whole rocketry and spaceflight wing which is nearly the same size, plus the control tower. I think there may have been a simulator or two for the kids, as well.
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Dark Helmut posted:Who's been to Udvar-Hazy? Been thinking about taking the kids one of these days. I've been to the regular Air and Space Museum countless times, but I've heard this is much bigger. Is this an all day affair? There's a lot to see - plan a day! One of the most disturbing things I saw was all the Japanese tourists taking selfies with the Enola Gay.
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Nothing wrong with wanting a pic with one of the founding fathers of your democracy
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Cyrano4747 posted:Nothing wrong with wanting a pic with one of the founding fathers of your democracy holy gently caress
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Cyrano4747 posted:Nothing wrong with wanting a pic with one of the founding fathers of your democracy 
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Cyrano4747 posted:Nothing wrong with wanting a pic with one of the founding fathers of your democracy 
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Cyrano4747 posted:Nothing wrong with wanting a pic with one of the founding fathers of your democracy 
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Cyrano4747 posted:Nothing wrong with wanting a pic with one of the founding fathers of your democracy
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Cyrano4747 posted:Nothing wrong with wanting a pic with one of the founding fathers of your democracy 
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Cyrano4747 posted:Nothing wrong with wanting a pic with one of the founding fathers of your democracy post of the year 2016 candidate
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Cyrano4747 posted:Nothing wrong with wanting a pic with one of the founding fathers of your democracy 
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Cyrano4747 posted:Nothing wrong with wanting a pic with one of the founding fathers of your democracy Close the thread, it's all downhill from here. 
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Cyrano4747 posted:Nothing wrong with wanting a pic with one of the founding fathers of your democracy 
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Cyrano4747 posted:Nothing wrong with wanting a pic with one of the founding fathers of your democracy Goldmine
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Cyrano4747 posted:Nothing wrong with wanting a pic with one of the founding fathers of your democracy 
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Cyrano4747 posted:Nothing wrong with wanting a pic with one of the founding fathers of your democracy 
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Cyrano4747 posted:Nothing wrong with wanting a pic with one of the founding fathers of your democracy 
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Cyrano4747 posted:Nothing wrong with wanting a pic with one of the founding fathers of your democracy Founding mother. 
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Cyrano4747 posted:Nothing wrong with wanting a pic with one of the founding fathers of your democracy  
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Sperglord Actual posted:Founding mother. Yeah, every democracy needs a mommy and a daddy Bockscar would be the daddy of course
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