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StandardVC10 posted:"There aren't any barns out over the ocean, it's fine." - the Marineflieger, probably I was going to say residual Kriegsmarine-Luftwaffe rivalry Also this is one competition where I think we all win https://io9.gizmodo.com/lego-batman-superman-and-emmet-star-in-the-best-airpl-1828025161
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Duke Chin posted:The plane's too heavy! We're going to have to jettison some weight!!! Can Gulfstreams dump fuel?
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Platystemon posted:Can Gulfstreams dump fuel? Pretty sure no GIV or G5 or any of the sub-models can. They have pretty advanced over-G/rough landing detection, though.
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Duke Chin posted:The plane's too heavy! We're going to have to jettison some weight!!! Start dumping fuel. Jettison Post Malone tied to a string of lit matches.
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StandardVC10 posted:"There aren't any barns out over the ocean, it's fine." - the Marineflieger, probably The danger with trademarking "The missile with a man in it" is that sometimes tone is lost when documents are translated
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Platystemon posted:Can Gulfstreams dump fuel? No. Pretty much any aircraft up to the B757, you just land overweight. It's not a huge deal. When your payload is only 30% of your max T/O weight, then you have to be able to dump fuel to land safely.
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Even then, there are emergencies that would necessitate not dumping fuel and landing overweight regardless of aircraft type, such as fire. Just remember that Swissair 111 wasted a bunch of time dumping fuel instead of proceeding direct to a suitable airport.
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If they're worried about an emergency landing and have excess fuel they can't dump, they usually just fly in circles for a while
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My dad's RV-4 parked next to a P-51. They're uhh, big.
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P-51s are relatively bantamweight, if not quite Yak-9/Bf-109/Spitfire class--P-47s are big   F-4s, F-4s are also big
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HookedOnChthonics posted:P-51s are relatively bantamweight, if not quite Yak-9/Bf-109/Spitfire class--P-47s are big No no no, you're supposed to do the barrel roll immediately after takeoff, not landing!
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Looks like Iran is now making a home brewed Mig 28 https://ca.yahoo.com/news/iran-unveils-fighter-jet-tasnim-news-agency-045634088.html
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Something something Top Gun 2.
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shame on an IGA posted:A gulfstream carrying 16 people including Post Malone is headed for an emergency landing at Westfield-Barnes Regional in CT after blowing two tires on takeoff I had no idea who this was, so I googled is and now  
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Megillah Gorilla posted:I had no idea who this was, so I googled is and now 
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gently caress
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HookedOnChthonics posted:P-51s are relatively bantamweight, if not quite Yak-9/Bf-109/Spitfire class--P-47s are big Well did they stop the barrel before it went off the side? We have to know!
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Megillah Gorilla posted:I had no idea who this was, so I googled is and now My brain said "some sort of goon shitposter"
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slidebite posted:Looks like Iran is now making a home brewed Mig 28 To be fair, this is the third time they've "debuted" a warmed-over F-5. One time they even tried something new and added two tails! I'm on my phone so I can't post photos, but when I was googling about this story I also found images of what looked like an Iranian-built MiG-AT, anyone know anything about that? Phanatic posted:Ah, yes. Your pilot's flying at low altitude, in an F-104, and you give him a missile that requires him to visually observe both the missile and his target, control the missile with a little joystick, and fly his plane all at the same time. Old former WW2 Luftwaffe who thought the X-4 missile would work on a single-seat fighter?
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:To be fair, this is the third time they've "debuted" a warmed-over F-5. One time they even tried something new and added two tails! To be, uh, fairer, if you're going to keep rehashing a design you could do a lot worse than the F-5. The thing is like the platonic ideal of a sleek fighter jet.
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Amerika Bombers 1945: Look Busy and Hope the Americans Capture You The death of the Luftwaffe as a effective force is dated by historians to Operation 'Baseplate', which happened on January 1st, 1945. This was the last large coordinated action by the Luftwaffe, and not coincidentally, also its single greatest day of losses. Hitler was among other things a gambler, and the 'Watch on the Rhine' winter offensive, later known as the Battle of the Bulge, of ‘44 and early ‘45 was his last “all in” bet, taking his last reserves of men and material to try and make a comeback. While the Luftwaffe was being ground down by constant losses in the fall of ‘44, General Adolf Galland, the Inspector-General of Fighters, was husbanding what fuel he could for “the big sweep”, a moment when the Allies would send a 1000 bomber raid at Germany, and every Luftwaffe fighter extant would take off to intercept the bomber stream, hopefully overwhelming escorts and doing heavy damage to the strategic bombing force. Hitler noticed these reserves and assigned them into the last roll of the dice. While understandable, this move caused consternation among Galland and the Luftwaffe Generals. The reserves Galland had been saving were fighters, ones made in the production emergency of the summer of `44, and most of the pilots were trained as fighter pilots. Hitler mashed all these reserves into ground support with literally no training in ground support. “Baseplate” was a planned operation to support “Watch on the Rhine”. On the first day of the offensive, 1000 fighters would simultaneously attack the ten nearest Allied air bases, hopefully surprising aircraft on the ground and crippling the marauding fighter-bomber wings that had been such a drag on Army maneuvering. The plan also was timed to take place in the worst of the winter weather, that would hopefully ground the Allied air forces entirely. The Germans, through strict operational security managed total surprise on the opening day of the offensive, December 16th, 1944. But the signal for “Baseplate” was never given. All day on December 16th, a heavy fog hid the ground, and “Baseplate” was put on hold. None the less, the Luftwaffe, flying extra-low to fox Allied radar managed some 600 sorties to support troops on the ground, and flew around 300 sorties that night, using even night fighters to attack Allied columns. The Luftwaffe also attempted to land paratroops that evening, and this was a fiasco, unless you like the phrase “literally scattered by the wind.” [footnote 1] Then the weather closed in completely.
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FYI it's "Horten" with an "e".
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Craptacular posted:FYI it's "Horten" with an "e". :weeps like a small, broken child:
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Craptacular posted:FYI it's "Horten" with an "e". Horten hears a Whe?
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Not to pile on, but I noticed this also;quote:On the 25th of December 1945, Allied Ground forces went on the offensive. I will always unironically love posts about flying wings, that post is cool as poo poo.
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An American tradition, crossing frozen rivers on Christmas to kill Germans. But yeah, ‘44.
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Love the write up as usual but I think you need another editing pass; there were some awkward sentences in places. Also the font size alternated a few times on iOS. Looking forward to the next part 
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I went to read Achtung Zeppelin from the beginning and the pics are broken 
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Wingnut Ninja posted:To be, uh, fairer, if you're going to keep rehashing a design you could do a lot worse than the F-5. The thing is like the platonic ideal of a sleek fighter jet. And it was obsolete in the mid 1970s. All of Iran's potential adversaries have vastly superior aircraft in superior numbers. Most of them have superior training (which is generally ignored or immediately brain-dumped upon graduation).
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Fortunately for Iran, their main regional adversaries are busy slamming their dicks in Yemen
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Godholio posted:And it was obsolete in the mid 1970s. All of Iran's potential adversaries have vastly superior aircraft in superior numbers. Most of them have superior training (which is generally ignored or immediately brain-dumped upon graduation). Oh yeah, absolutely. I was just talking about looks.
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But like, to be fair, if you were absolute dictator of a reasonably technical medium sized nation with a withered air force and you were seeking to remedy that using entirely indigenous capacity, wouldn't addressing the training shortfall before the strike capability be the best path forwards? INTJ Mastermind posted:Well did they stop the barrel before it went off the side? We have to know! https://youtu.be/cALccuPShQc?t=951 barrel makes it out ok!!!
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HookedOnChthonics posted:But like, to be fair, if you were absolute dictator of a reasonably technical medium sized nation with a withered air force and you were seeking to remedy that using entirely indigenous capacity, wouldn't addressing the training shortfall before the strike capability be the best path forwards? A very competent military is a threat to you and your power base.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Oh yeah, absolutely. I was just talking about looks. In that case I completely agree, and F-5s are one of the few things I miss about Fallon. Especially the black/red ones. 
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MRC48B posted:A very competent military is a threat to you and your power base. This is why you have two militaries.
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Love this stuff man 
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https://twitter.com/HRD_AOML_NOAA/status/1032322750998704128
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Has anyone seen more details about what happened there? Since you can see the pilot side door open during the video, I have to wonder if someone didn't accidentally raise the collective to start that whole mess, since it looks like simply dumping the collective throughout most of that sequence would have done nothing more serious than cause a hard landing.
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azflyboy posted:Has anyone seen more details about what happened there? Since you can see the pilot side door open during the video, I have to wonder if someone didn't accidentally raise the collective to start that whole mess, since it looks like simply dumping the collective throughout most of that sequence would have done nothing more serious than cause a hard landing. Also looks like the engine cowling on the left side isn't latched, you can briefly see it fly open. Maintenance run-up gone bad?
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