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Superconnie Seaplane please?
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May 24, 2019 20:02
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RandomPauI posted:Superconnie Seaplane please?  wait
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May 24, 2019 20:13
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priznat posted:Now do a C5 with pontoons Quiet, you fool! The Marines will hear you. 
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May 24, 2019 20:14
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Inacio posted:what the gently caress There’s video, too. https://youtu.be/pJ6zTZuq5zw
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May 24, 2019 20:26
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Inacio posted:
Bah, an A320 floats better than that!
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May 24, 2019 20:30
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Needs more C-130
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May 24, 2019 20:31
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Inacio posted:
Needs a guy on a dinghy with a paintbrush industriously painting over the Y with an OAT
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May 24, 2019 20:32
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priznat posted:Now do a C5 with pontoons How about a seaplane that would dwarf (2,000,000 lbs max takeoff weight) a C-5?  Why? To sit out in the ocean with 4 MX missiles, until called upon to take flight and air-launch the MXs.
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May 24, 2019 20:34
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joat mon posted:How about a seaplane that would dwarf (2,000,000 lbs max takeoff weight) a C-5? God drat that was a phenomenally bad loving idea. Practically screams out for a Chuck Norris movie after North Korean commandos board one of those fuckers.
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May 24, 2019 20:50
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Getting to ride business class on this five head boi today.  
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May 24, 2019 21:10
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e.pilot posted:Getting to ride business class on this five head boi today. Nice. Doing QF7 & 8 is a bucket list item of mine. I figure after that I'll have had my fill of A380s. Or hell, maybe I'll do IAD>DFW>SYD>AUH/DXB>IAD. 
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May 24, 2019 21:16
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CommieGIR posted:Needs more C-130 Lockheed was way ahead of you. Also yet another bit of evidence that we live in the worst timeline.
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May 24, 2019 21:20
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So, about spending a full day all told in the economy section of Cathay Pacific's 10-wide 777: The flight from YVR to HK was underbooked. There were full four-wide middle rows being taken up by people lying across the seats for a snooze. It was pretty great. Food was surprisingly edible, like, I wouldn't necessarily order it off an a-la-carte menu but I enjoyed what was there. They turn the lights off and close the window shades shortly after takeoff, I'm presuming to encourage sleep to keep passengers quiet and help with jet lag. I slept for what must have been about 5-6 hours, which is what I usually get even when I'm not in a car seat. Jet lag passed quickly. Coming back, it was booked solid. The tightness of the seating becomes apparent. I barely got any sleep, still feeling like I'm off my schedule a week later. Food was still good, at least. Also I learned that people from cold dry places should not go to Hong Kong in May.
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May 24, 2019 21:29
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-nasa/nasa-executive-quits-weeks-after-being-named-to-lead-moon-initiative-idUSKCN1SU0A5quote:His departure came after lawmakers rejected NASA’s proposal to create a separate directorate within the space agency to oversee future lunar missions and ultimately develop human exploration of Mars.
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May 24, 2019 22:40
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Inacio posted:what the gently caress Cruising Speed: yes
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May 24, 2019 22:44
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In LMAO news, the EASA casually took a dump in the FAA’s driveway by refusing to allow the max to fly before completing their own investigation. I’m honestly giddy because it’s about loving time Boeing saw some pushback for the way they went about certifying it in the first place.
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May 24, 2019 23:10
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MrYenko posted:The US-1/US-2 family is fascinating. They're capable of operating off high seas mostly because they use a fifth gas turbine engine to power a compressor for the (imagine for a moment the kind of compressor you could drive with a 1300hp turbine engine) boundary layer control system, which blows air over the ailerons, flaps, elevators, and rudder to enhance slow-speed lift and drastically improve low-speed control authority. This is something that the US repeatedly experimented with; Internally blown flaps (using compressor bleed air) were used on the F-104 and a few other fighters, and externally-blown flaps (using engine exhaust) are used on the C-17. No major US project that I can find ever used a dedicated compressed-air source like the US-1/2. As a consequence, the f-104 had to land at full throttle to maintain control!
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May 24, 2019 23:44
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Inacio posted:what the gently caress I want this, but re-engined with turboprops for maximum awesomeness.
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May 24, 2019 23:45
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PT6A posted:I want this, but re-engined with turboprops for maximum awesomeness. IIRC, they took her off the floats, but they still have them. I think they were for sale at one point in the not-too-distant past. Edo built 30 sets of floats, but they were operationally kinda trash, having not-great water performance, 30mph lower cruise speed, and high tire failure rates when used on land. I’m pretty sure that’s the last surviving set in existence.
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May 24, 2019 23:59
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Speaking of dc3’s anyone else watching plane savers? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvbAjRGHKrqLFYaDWZmK6wxkMugq9EGSb Less then two weeks and an unengined, missing avionics and dilapidated d-day dc3 from 6 months ago flys again. The work has been amazing and daily vlogs! Major respect for the whole crew and ENA students.
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May 25, 2019 00:11
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His videos are a little too meandering for me to watch all of, but super props to them for doing it. I really hope they can get it to Normandy by June.
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May 25, 2019 00:20
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lordofthefishes posted:As a consequence, the f-104 had to land at full throttle to maintain control! It wasn't quite full throttle. IIRC, the minimum RPM for the BLC to work was well within the normal range for an approach, but if the pilot chopped power once the flaps were down, the airplane would respond by rapidly rolling towards whichever wing lost the airflow first. You could actually land the F-104 power off if the engine failed, but since it had the glide performance of a lawn dart, the "high key" position (directly over the airport, where the 360 degree descending turn to the runway would start) was something like 14,000ft AGL.
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May 25, 2019 00:35
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Fat Albert has been retired. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28186/blue-angels-have-retired-their-beloved-c-130-fat-albert-transport-without-replacement
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May 25, 2019 00:41
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evil_bunnY posted:In LMAO news, the EASA casually took a dump in the FAA’s driveway by refusing to allow the max to fly before completing their own investigation. I’m honestly giddy because it’s about loving time Boeing saw some pushback for the way they went about certifying it in the first place. I think Transport Canada was saying something like that too but I totally expect them to expedite the decision though because of Westjets and Air Canada's fleet.
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May 25, 2019 01:30
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Previa_fun posted:Fat Albert has been retired. I hope they get a C-17 just to see the air force have a meltdown over it
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May 25, 2019 03:13
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Nice. Doing QF7 & 8 is a bucket list item of mine. Wait until they finish refurbing the A380s. The fam and I flew First on QF7 and Biz on QF8 over this past Christmas, and it was very obvious it had been over 10 years since a redesign. Don't get me wrong, its still miles above cattle class, and being able to sit two people at a table in first makes for a pretty cool dinner experience, but it's nowhere near something like Emirates. The newer Qantas domestic A330 biz class is far better than biz on the A380. Out of all the legs we did on that trip back the US, the final leg from SYD back to PER in A330 biz was our favourite.
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May 25, 2019 03:36
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shame on an IGA posted:I hope they get a C-17 just to see the air force have a meltdown over it The Blue Angels livery is gorgeous IMO and a C-17 would look dope as hell. I approve.
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May 25, 2019 03:44
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shame on an IGA posted:I hope they get a C-17 just to see the air force have a meltdown over it Nah, keep it Navy equipment, use a C-2. The CMV-22 transition should free up a lot of C-2 airframes, many of which have dozens of hours of life left in them.
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May 25, 2019 04:58
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Honestly they probably should be transitioning to T45s with a C2 support aircraft but that's not America gently caress yeah enough so supposedly they're getting super hornets instead.
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May 25, 2019 05:10
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azflyboy posted:It wasn't quite full throttle. You are technically correct, I just find the "don't throttle back or you'll die" aspect of the aircraft morbidly amusing. I believe a diagram of the power-off approach is posted somewhere in the airpower thread, actually.
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May 25, 2019 05:28
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May 25, 2019 05:31
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Someone (me half the time) posts that every what 50ish pages? The summary is that I’m pretty sure an F-104 pilot must’ve signed off on the Space Shuttle’s circling approach.
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May 25, 2019 05:32
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Nah, keep it Navy equipment, use a C-2. The CMV-22 transition should free up a lot of C-2 airframes, many of which have dozens of hours of life left in them. I refuse to let this go unacknowledged.
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May 25, 2019 05:33
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Godholio posted:I refuse to let this go unacknowledged. Agreed. Can we also agree that it'd basically need to be half a wing of C-2s, since the point of the support bird is to have spare parts and equipment for the main jets, but the first two C-2s would just be packed full of C-2 parts so THOSE don't get stranded somewhere. Then you could have a couple more C-2s for the maintainers and F-35B parts.
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May 25, 2019 05:47
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e.pilot posted:Getting to ride business class on this five head boi today. Anything like their 748 I was on upstairs last fall, it was a great flight. Service, attention, food, drinks, entertainment, the seat in general was great. Still could not sleep on that layflat though, and killed me that I couldnt.
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May 25, 2019 06:56
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slidebite posted:Anything like their 748 I was on upstairs last fall, it was a great flight. Service, attention, food, drinks, entertainment, the seat in general was great. It’s been great, just finished breakfast and starting the descent into Frankfurt right now. Managed to get an hour nap in.
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May 25, 2019 07:01
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JBark posted:Wait until they finish refurbing the A380s. The fam and I flew First on QF7 and Biz on QF8 over this past Christmas, and it was very obvious it had been over 10 years since a redesign. As a counter though I flew Melbourne-LA on the A380 premium economy then LA-NY on the Dreamliner, then the reverse on the way back in October. Despite being 10 years older the A380 shits all over the Dreamliner in terms of space and comfort in Premium. If the redesign of the 380 includes the the Dreamliner seating then run very far from Qantas cause that poo poo is cramped.
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May 25, 2019 12:11
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e.pilot posted:It’s been great, just finished breakfast and starting the descent into Frankfurt right now. Managed to get an hour nap in.
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May 25, 2019 15:17
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bja4cZM333s
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May 25, 2019 21:49
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Previa_fun posted:Fat Albert has been retired. Godspeed, bulbous one. 
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