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FuturePastNow posted:yakity yak yakity sax do it. you know you want to.
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Is there any footage of emergency services personnel converging on the plane that might look better played back at double speed?
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Is there a tool to use to plan flights that also give equipment they'll be using without jumping through a bunch of hoops? Preferably something with seat previews? I like the Google flight tool, but I can't seem to see equipment/seat previews, just flight #. Expedia gives most of that, but no seating info for several flights. Looks like I'll be flying from either YYC or YVR to Nice/Monte Carlo this fall in business class (and returning from Venice or Rome), and I might want to structure the flights around the equipment. I know Lufthansa still flies 747s out of YVR to FRA. I think I might be able to shoe-horn that in as I want to do a 744/748 flight, I might not have another opportunity.
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Flightaware will do that, but it's not always 100% correct.
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slidebite posted:Is there a tool to use to plan flights that also give equipment they'll be using without jumping through a bunch of hoops? Preferably something with seat previews? I like the Google flight tool, but I can't seem to see equipment/seat previews, just flight #. Expedia gives most of that, but no seating info for several flights. LHA flies the 747 to FRA out of DEN too, which wouldn't be too far out of the way from Vancouver.
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slidebite posted:Is there a tool to use to plan flights that also give equipment they'll be using without jumping through a bunch of hoops? Preferably something with seat previews? I like the Google flight tool, but I can't seem to see equipment/seat previews, just flight #. Expedia gives most of that, but no seating info for several flights. I've seen Lufthansa 744/748s both on final to SEA very recently, so that's another option for you.
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Thanks, yeah, I know a few of them are out there just to find a good tool to find the routes. I'd rather not go through the US if I can avoid it... but not the end of the world. A 747 out and a 380 back might be kind of cool if I can pull it off.
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slidebite posted:Is there a tool to use to plan flights that also give equipment they'll be using without jumping through a bunch of hoops? Preferably something with seat previews? I like the Google flight tool, but I can't seem to see equipment/seat previews, just flight #. Expedia gives most of that, but no seating info for several flights. BA via LHR?
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KLM still has a bunch of 747s. I flew on two this winter. Amsterdam is sufficiently central that you can probably get flights to and from there and then a cheapy hop to whatever European city you're trying to get to.
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There appears to be a collection of Mig-17s formation flying a search patterns over the bay area today. There was 3 of them in ^ formation and one trailing.
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slidebite posted:Is there a tool to use to plan flights that also give equipment they'll be using without jumping through a bunch of hoops? Preferably something with seat previews? I like the Google flight tool, but I can't seem to see equipment/seat previews, just flight #. Expedia gives most of that, but no seating info for several flights. Seatguru.com
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SeaborneClink posted:There appears to be a collection of Mig-17s formation flying a search patterns over the bay area today. There was 3 of them in ^ formation and one trailing. Ack! The Reds!
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Given that pattern and how it would've almost assuredly required a NOTAM to fly it, my guess is that it was 'radar day' for the bugs out of Lemoore, on the off-chance they might have to shoot at *real* MiG-17s eventually.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Given that pattern and how it would've almost assuredly required a NOTAM to fly it, my guess is that it was 'radar day' for the bugs out of Lemoore, on the off-chance they might have to shoot at *real* MiG-17s eventually. Is poo poo about to go down with Guinea-Bissau or Madagascar [1]? 
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Buttcoin purse posted:Is poo poo about to go down with Guinea-Bissau or Madagascar [1]? North Korea flies these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenyang_J-5 They evidently still have questionably-operational MiG-15s around as well.
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The real question is would the actally be capable of getting any of those accross the pacific.
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Doctor Zaius posted:The real question is would the actally be capable of getting any of those accross the pacific. :img-operation-black-buck: But seriously, I assume at Naval Air Station Lemoore they are not training to fight adversaries over the skies of California, they're just practicing stuff they
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Finger Prince posted:Seatguru.com
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Doctor Zaius posted:The real question is would the actally be capable of getting any of those accross the pacific. Easily, in a cargo container.
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tactlessbastard posted:Easily, in a cargo container.
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Bad day for Marine aviation. Harrier down at Djibouti yesterday (pilot ejected) and then a helo down near El Centro today (4 aboard, all presumed dead).
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An F-16 went down at Nellis, too. Haven't seen any details yet.
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Godholio posted:An F-16 went down at Nellis, too. Haven't seen any details yet. It was a thunderbird, pilot didn't punch  
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In AI news, we have a Learjet stall test flight today that calls for 800lbs of ballast in the airplane to get the CG in the right spot. We own 600lbs of sandbags. I weigh 200lbs. I get to be ballast for a test flight today where we are deliberately disabling stall warning and pushing a Learjet into full stall, several times. Commercial pilots will be aware how strange it is to take a transport-category jet aircraft to full stall.
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You can never own too much ballast.
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During the Facebook shooting people pointed out the mig-17 thing as if it was proof of a false flag attack because???
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RandomPauI posted:During the Facebook shooting people pointed out the mig-17 thing as if it was proof of a false flag attack because??? Because there remains not a single unbroken American brain.
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RandomPauI posted:During the Facebook shooting people pointed out the mig-17 thing as if it was proof of a false flag attack because??? lmao what? 1/10 troll, lacks even basic effort. See me after class.
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RandomPauI posted:During the Facebook shooting people pointed out the mig-17 thing as if it was proof of a false flag attack because??? Genius. MiG-17s predate the internet, they are immune to it and cannot be owned online.
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Ola posted:Genius. MiG-17s predate the internet, they are immune to it and cannot be owned online. "Let me explain something to you. Many good men and women lost their lives aboard this ship because someone wanted a faster computer to make life easier. I'm sorry that I'm inconveniencing you or the teachers, but I will not allow a networked computerized system to be placed on this ship while I'm in command. Is that clear?" 
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babyeatingpsychopath posted:In AI news, we have a Learjet stall test flight today that calls for 800lbs of ballast in the airplane to get the CG in the right spot. 200lbs of sandbags cannot possibly cost that much.
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Do you have a drogue chute? That sounds like a good way to get into something unrecoverable.
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Why bother with a chute when your ballast can just run to the front of the airplane to recover the stall!
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So the US Navy just bought a C-130J from Britain for conversion to a new Fat Albert.
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um excuse me posted:So the US Navy just bought a C-130J from Britain for conversion to a new Fat Albert.  "Hey, is your Prince Albert running?" 
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Terrible Robot posted:200lbs of sandbags cannot possibly cost that much. You're clearly not familiar with aviation. Multimillion dollar jet on the ramp, company can't be bothered to buy rags or contact cleaner for the mechanics. It's completely believable. 
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..why would the USAF buy one from the UK? No surplus available in the US?
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TTerrible posted:..why would the USAF buy one from the UK? No surplus available in the US? Probably easier (and hilariously cheaper,) than getting a single-airframe bid from LockMart. Though the USMC flies them, I don't think the Navy does and the Marines probably don't want to give up any of their Js for a demo airplane.
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From what I read from Aerospace and Defense Daily, Britain is actually selling ten of them to the export market and whoever wants them can have them.
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slidebite posted:A 747 out and a 380 back might be kind of cool if I can pull it off. Twice I have been booked on a 380 from Sydney. Twice my flight has been cancelled and then I've been placed on a 747. Qantas has problems, but I think no more problems than other comparable airlines. The 747s were lovely, but I still want to fly on a 380. Someday... babyeatingpsychopath posted:In AI news, we have a Learjet stall test flight today that calls for 800lbs of ballast in the airplane to get the CG in the right spot.
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