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Sagebrush posted:it's cool how the "no, you can't take that container of liquid on the plane, it might be explosives" thing is immediately followed by throwing the "dangerous" item in a trash can next to the security station. One of my favorite stories from a security expert testing TSA procedures (I want to say it was Bruce Schneier but I can't recall exactly) was the fact that you're allowed to bring >3oz bottles of saline solution in your carryon. Which means, in practical terms, that they let you bring large bottles of any liquid you want as long as it's labeled "Saline Solution". They don't actually check what the liquid is.
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 Cirrus advertises the number of USB ports featured in the Vision Jet. Wingnut Ninja posted:One of my favorite stories from a security expert testing TSA procedures (I want to say it was Bruce Schneier but I can't recall exactly) was the fact that you're allowed to bring >3oz bottles of saline solution in your carryon. Which means, in practical terms, that they let you bring large bottles of any liquid you want as long as it's labeled "Saline Solution". They don't actually check what the liquid is. You can bring two bottles, one for each eye. Platystemon fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Mar 24, 2017 |
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Haha, yep. It does seem like forging a boarding pass would be harder now that they all use scanners, for what it's worth.
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Platystemon posted:
If they mean 4 cockpit USB power ports it's for electronic flight bags and probably really handy.
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I still think that thing's going to get a bunch of GA pilots killed. Pilots with more money than experience.
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I was down at the San Carlos (i.e. Silicon Valley) airport the other day, and I swear there were more Cirruses than there were Cessnas. Like ten of them lined up right outside the restaurant, and people kept pulling more out of hangars. They look very sleek and sound powerful, though. But I think I'd still prefer a little aluminum taildragger. Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 04:19 on Mar 24, 2017 |
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Wingnut Ninja posted:One of my favorite stories from a security expert testing TSA procedures (I want to say it was Bruce Schneier but I can't recall exactly) was the fact that you're allowed to bring >3oz bottles of saline solution in your carryon. Which means, in practical terms, that they let you bring large bottles of any liquid you want as long as it's labeled "Saline Solution". They don't actually check what the liquid is.
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Sagebrush posted:I was down at the San Carlos (i.e. Silicon Valley) airport the other day, and I swear there were more Cirruses than there were Cessnas. Like ten of them lined up right outside the restaurant, and people kept pulling more out of hangars. If you spend money on a tricycle with fixed gear then you are literally worse than Hitler. I don't care that the added weight and complexity of RG isn't offset by lower drag at those speeds and FG is actually a better design; FG tricycle is ugly and the only acceptable FG is a tail dragger. edit: I mean, no, I don't actually own a plane at all and yes those people do. But at least I can say that I don't own a fixed gear tricycle plane and that's something they can't say. So I feel slightly smugly superior on that score even if they do have more money than I'll ever know and can go flying whenever they want. vvv It might be the ugliest of the RG's (and I'm pretty sure it is), but it's an RG so it gets a pass Captain Postal fucked around with this message at 08:43 on Mar 24, 2017 |
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Cirruses are very sweet airplanes if you're a rich prick that I probably don't want to know.
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Cirrus should start using a V-tail just to complete the circle of doctor death
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FuturePastNow posted:Cirrus should start using a V-tail just to complete the circle of doctor death They're way ahead of you there: 
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If you've not watched the airplanes land lately, here's some interesting birds that have stopped by at the most grim, frostbitten airport the past few months: A C-17 BUT!!!!!! it's one of the RCAF's A group of A-10s and their KC-135 A charter outfit is still flying DC-9s and Boeing 727s Shorty 747 owned by the Saudi Arabian government An RAF RC-135 'Rivet Joint', which I had to look up to see what it was A white-van Fokker 100 with a gear door failure Obligatory Antonov 124
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The Ferret King posted:They're way ahead of you there: Apparently those will require a type certificate or something? It's also a bit expensive to be an effective doctor killer at 2mil.
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I like Cirrus' first airplane, the VK30 It was a kit and I believe only a half dozen or so ended up flying.
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ehnus posted:I like Cirrus' first airplane, the VK30 Looks like in its last life it could have been a flying boat
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The Ferret King posted:Cirruses are very sweet airplanes if you're a rich prick that I probably don't want to know. Once they figured out how to train people in them the safety record has been impressive, I'd take one before any piston twin for example. The owner of the place I rent from has talked about buying an earlier SR20 a few times, I understand they're a bit underpowered but it'd still be a nice airplane to tool around in.
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sanchez posted:Once they figured out how to train people in them the safety record has been impressive What was the change in training?
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Ola posted:What was the change in training?
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Ola posted:What was the change in training? Finally enough instructors survived to figure out the quirks.
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Nebakenezzer posted:If you've not watched the airplanes land lately, here's some interesting birds that have stopped by at the most grim, frostbitten airport the past few months: Oh heck yes...you got have my all time favorites in that list, I'm definitely watching those later when I get home. Looking forward to hanging out by the beach and doing the same near KBOS once it warms up a bit since I finally upgraded my phone and can now able to use a tracker app and listen to ATC while snapping and filming. Unfortunately nothing nearly as interesting as what you posted tends to fly in and out of here. Also, looking forward to sleeping with the windows wide open once again and having the early morning parade of red-eye domestic arrivals be my only alarm clock.
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Going to watch a Blue Angels practice from the Pensacola lighthouse this summer. gently caress yeah. From what I've seen on videos of early practices from this season it looks like they've really nerfed a couple of the solo maneuvers though. They're obviously trying really hard to not break their old rear end Hornets. Supposedly they're getting Super Hornets in the next year or so though.
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Nebakenezzer posted:If you've not watched the airplanes land lately, here's some interesting birds that have stopped by at the most grim, frostbitten airport the past few months: Is landing on one set of wheels here intentional, or did the pilot just gently caress up? It seemed like he was perfectly wings-level until the last two seconds, then made a pretty confident-looking roll to the left. e: also watching the A-10s with the huge fuel tank on the centerline, my first thought was -- because they're A-10s -- "what kind of amazing gigantic bomb is that??" 
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Ola posted:What was the change in training? “Pull the chute.”
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Platystemon posted:“Pull the chute.” I think that's what first training said, which was part of the problem. Maybe now it says: Pull the chute.* *you might not have time to pull chute if you stall/spin on the base turn. Still, feel free to gently caress off into IMC at any point, just pull the chute.
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Sagebrush posted:Is landing on one set of wheels here intentional, or did the pilot just gently caress up? It seemed like he was perfectly wings-level until the last two seconds, then made a pretty confident-looking roll to the left. Could be crosswind correction. Looked a little firm regardless so it's possible they were just a bit out of whack. Nothing too drastic though.
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hobbesmaster posted:If you stall/spin on base turn you're hosed unless you have an ejection seat or something though.
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Ola posted:What was the change in training? They made a change to the training to encourage people to pull the chute in situations where it's useful (and emphasizing the envelope of when the parachute actually works), which cut the number of fatal accidents from 16 in 2011, to only 3 in 2014, despite there being more Cirrus airplanes flying more hours in 2014.
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Sagebrush posted:Is landing on one set of wheels here intentional, or did the pilot just gently caress up? It seemed like he was perfectly wings-level until the last two seconds, then made a pretty confident-looking roll to the left. While actual pilots can comment better, it looks like he had a fair crosswind.
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slidebite posted:Disappointing lack of sparks  If you feel like watching a half hour BBC documentry from the early 90s (?) on the Avro Shackleton, here you go. The Avro Shackleton: ugly as a box of frogs
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Sagebrush posted:Is landing on one set of wheels here intentional, or did the pilot just gently caress up? It seemed like he was perfectly wings-level until the last two seconds, then made a pretty confident-looking roll to the left. Not sure if the C-17 is the same, but on the DC-9 family, the spoilers auto-deploy when weight is sensed on both mains. The added drag makes for a pretty sudden lurch, so some pilots intentionally land on one main first, let it slow up, then drop it down onto the other main. Of course, if that guy was trying to do that, he didn't succeed.
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Nebakenezzer posted:The Avro Shackleton: ugly as a box of frogs
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Nebakenezzer posted:
But it's so happy! 
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