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hobbesmaster posted:the military has a blank check for the parts suppliers.  God no.
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hobbesmaster posted:Even in theater? lol no Just you try and get an important but non-deadlining piece of an important but non-essential truck towards the end of a budget cycle.
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xthetenth posted:I don't think anyone said that, just that the F-22 isn't merely engine wrapped in airframe. That's what I was getting at. It's still better than the Eagle at what the Eagle does, but not 30 years of pure thrust/weight/lift improvements better; they spent some of that money elsewhere, while still getting some significant improvement. I am suddenly sad that we'll probably never see a Streak Raptor, though.
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Seeing the Raptor at an air show taught me that "drifting a fighter jet" is a valid technique
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Luneshot posted:Seeing the Raptor at an air show taught me that "drifting a fighter jet" is a valid technique  Yes, I know energy budgets make this whole thing a nonstarter
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https://twitter.com/APWestRegion/status/883010806681669633 This is the crash that gave us Wi Tu Low, Ho Lee Fuk, and Sum Ting Wong. And one of the passengers killed was alive, until squished by a firetruck. E: The video itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHYg3gleQzA FuturePastNow fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Jul 6, 2017 |
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Man, the Captain Sum Ting Wong hoax is just too good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17GbGmDORwk
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hobbesmaster posted:Even in theater? AFCENT sent one of our jets home about 20% through it's planned deployment because it was such a piece of poo poo. Which is why the wing sent it downrange in the first place.
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mlmp08 posted:Man, the Captain Sum Ting Wong hoax is just too good. It cost someone an NTSB internship for confirming those names when the first news station called to confirm details, but I say it was worth it. "Hey, that's an odd date for an internship to end." "Funny story..." I'd want that person on the team, they'd help keep things light. Just, y'know, don't let them communicate outside the organization.
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mlmp08 posted:Pretty much everything open source on the Internet says the F-22 can climb like a goddamned monster in a standard configuration, though no one wants to put out hard numbers for very obvious reasons. I've seen a couple of F22's that didn't even get an actual unrestricted climb hit FL430 in a really impressive distance from their point of departure. I don't think they ever had to actually stop their climb but they probably slowed down at least twice on the climb before getting their next clearance for higher.
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So barring the end of the world happening next week, I'll be doing a two day trip to the USAF Museum in Dayton. Any advice, and does anyone in here want photographs of something obscure or strange that most people normally don't take pictures of (for modeling or given some in this thread, maybe weird fetish purposes >.>). PM me if so.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:So barring the end of the world happening next week, I'll be doing a two day trip to the USAF Museum in Dayton. Any advice, and does anyone in here want photographs of something obscure or strange that most people normally don't take pictures of (for modeling or given some in this thread, maybe weird fetish purposes >.>). PM me if so. The Edit: the guides are all volunteers and most of them know a ton of stuff. If it's a dead day you can easily pump those guys for a lot of info. The actual guided tour takes like 4 hours. david_a fucked around with this message at 13:16 on Jul 7, 2017 |
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mllaneza posted:It cost someone an NTSB internship for confirming those names when the first news station called to confirm details, but I say it was worth it. "Hey, that's an odd date for an internship to end." "Funny story..." It also got three news producers fired. They earned it.
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hobbesmaster posted:I mean airliners are also run as constantly as possible and the military has a blank check for the parts suppliers. Something like half to two-thirds of the Superhornet fleet is grounded because of being unable to perform critical maintenance since Congress can't pass an actual budget.
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I feel like any war between the US/Russia or China won't be a bunch of Tom Clancy poo poo, it'll be a bunch of stupid slapfighting filled with incompetence and poo poo breaking (thousands of people will still die horribly in novel ways).
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LostCosmonaut posted:I feel like any war between the US/Russia or China won't be a bunch of Tom Clancy poo poo, it'll be a bunch of stupid slapfighting filled with incompetence and poo poo breaking (thousands of people will still die horribly in novel ways).
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LostCosmonaut posted:I feel like any war between the US/Russia or China won't be a bunch of Tom Clancy poo poo, it'll be a bunch of stupid slapfighting filled with incompetence and poo poo breaking (thousands of people will still die horribly in novel ways). Billions. When poo poo's going bad for one side, breaking out the nukes is going to be a hard temptation to resist
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david_a posted:If you're going two days, you might spend the first trying to cram a quick overview of everything in and the next day focusing on details. I still haven't read most of the stuff on the walls after four trips there. Yeah, I plan on getting into the area around noon (I'm driving there from DC and leaving *early*), and spending a few hours there until they close, then hitting it up when they open Friday morning, then if I still feel I haven't seen enough, getting a visit in before hitting the road to come back Saturday afternoon. I figure so long as I'm out of the area by 5pm for a seven hour drive, I'll still have functional daylight until ~9pm for the most unfamiliar roads I'll be driving back on.
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Enourmo posted:That's what I was getting at. It's still better than the Eagle at what the Eagle does, but not 30 years of pure thrust/weight/lift improvements better; they spent some of that money elsewhere, while still getting some significant improvement. Isn't the F-22 also a really good ground attack aircraft? So better than the eagle and better than the strike eagle in one package? Seems like they did a good job to me.
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Murgos posted:Isn't the F-22 also a really good ground attack aircraft? Too bad they kept chopping the buy down.
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Flikken posted:Too bad they kept chopping the buy down. Hindsight is 20/20 and all but yeah, going for the full buy order on the F-22 would have been genius.
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Murgos posted:Isn't the F-22 also a really good ground attack aircraft? That's.... a bit of a stretch. Do you want a fast, stealthy airplane to penetrate hostile airspace and hit a target or two? F-22 likely surpasses the F-15. Do you want a plane on station for a long time dropping multiple bombs in support of ground troops without really having to worry about SAMs or enemy air power? F-15E, please.
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Yeah, the F-22 can do limited first day doorkicking precision strikes, but it's not a strike aircraft by any means, especially since it's restricted to first-gen GBU-39s (pretty sure it can't fit and/or isn't able to drop SDB-IIs) and 2-4 JDAMs without having to go with external stores. If they'd gone through with the full buy order and then funded the FB-22, then that's another story.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Yeah, I plan on getting into the area around noon (I'm driving there from DC and leaving *early*), and spending a few hours there until they close, then hitting it up when they open Friday morning, then if I still feel I haven't seen enough, getting a visit in before hitting the road to come back Saturday afternoon. I figure so long as I'm out of the area by 5pm for a seven hour drive, I'll still have functional daylight until ~9pm for the most unfamiliar roads I'll be driving back on. Oh, and wear good shoes. You'll be doing a lot of walking and the floor is concrete 
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david_a posted:Edit: the guides are all volunteers and most of them know a ton of stuff. If it's a dead day you can easily pump those guys for a lot of info. The actual guided tour takes like 4 hours. Absolutely chat up a docent and get yourself a personal tour. A buddy and I did the Hornet in Alameda that way. We got a guide to ourselves and the whole two hours was "what do you want to see next ?"
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mllaneza posted:Absolutely chat up a docent and get yourself a personal tour. A buddy and I did the Hornet in Alameda that way. We got a guide to ourselves and the whole two hours was "what do you want to see next ?" Yeah, I'll definitely do that on Friday - Thursday's going to be killing time there until they close and then going to dinner before sacking out.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Yeah, I plan on getting into the area around noon (I'm driving there from DC and leaving *early*), and spending a few hours there until they close, then hitting it up when they open Friday morning, then if I still feel I haven't seen enough, getting a visit in before hitting the road to come back Saturday afternoon. I figure so long as I'm out of the area by 5pm for a seven hour drive, I'll still have functional daylight until ~9pm for the most unfamiliar roads I'll be driving back on. DC to Dayton is almost certainly going to take you closer to 8 hours than 7. I've done DC>Columbus and back a couple of times and even at ~80mph most of the way and only a single stop it still took ~7 hrs. Dayton is at least another hour further west, maybe longer since you have to deal with Cincy.
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Any fears I had about AA Business compared to BA Club World were very unfounded. The seats aren't quite as comfy but there's actually in-flight wifi across the Atlantic (which BA still can't seem to offer), and they have ice cream sundaes (and I just had one even though I'm lactose intolerant). The wood paneling in the cabin looks pretty dated on this A330 though.
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The FAA is taking applications for Air Traffic Controllers until the 14th. Air Traffic Control Specialist - Trainee Additional information in the A/T ATC thread, including clarifications on the pay. A/T ATC Thread
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mllaneza posted:It cost someone an NTSB internship for confirming those names when the first news station called to confirm details, but I say it was worth it. "Hey, that's an odd date for an internship to end." "Funny story..." The intern was a rookie. They should have given the caller the impression that the names are legit while maintaining deniability. Like, act upset and ask “Where did you get those names?”
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Nebakenezzer posted:
Yep, when freighters load up in the Engine Test Bay here (EGCN), they're said to be hauling something sketchy. Also, that same An-12 droned right over me twice this week between Birmingham and Gothenburg. Small world!
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Sketchy? Like "a pallet of lithium batteries" sketchy or "a rack of atomic bombs" sketchy?
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Sagebrush posted:Sketchy? Like "a pallet of lithium batteries" sketchy or "a rack of atomic bombs" sketchy? Like a "crate of contraband they don't want customs poking around" sketchy, probably.
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The Ferret King posted:The FAA is taking applications for Air Traffic Controllers until the 14th. I'd rather have a double barrel 12 gauge shoved up my backside and receive 2 game loads, because my health outlook afterward would be better than any ATC employee in 5 years.
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R-Type posted:I'd rather have a double barrel 12 gauge shoved up my backside and receive 2 game loads, because my health outlook afterward would be better than any ATC employee in 5 years. Uh, why?
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