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HardDiskD posted:
It needed to be up for speed, down to see the ground for landing.
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Why couldn't this be a fixed thing? I guess other than to add a cool mil or so to the manufacture price I guess.
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:I got laid off from Central Transport the day after the 82-year old billionaire owner went to prison for ignoring a court order and not fixing the roads leading to the Ambassador Bridge (which he owned) in Dearborn MI. The Omnibus Project did an episode about the bridge and attendant fuckery, if you're interested. https://www.omnibusproject.com/208
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HardDiskD posted:
It could have stayed up the entire time, but some country had a law that required a certain amount of visibility on the ground.
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If it was up the entire time you literally wouldn't be able to see the runway when landing.
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Makes sense, thanks.
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The U2 does not have a drop nose and as a result the pilot can't see the runway at all when landing. Fortunately its airspeed is so low at that point that a second pilot goes out in a chase car and follows you down the runway guiding you in.
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haveblue posted:The U2 does not have a drop nose and as a result the pilot can't see the runway at all when landing. Fortunately its airspeed is so low at that point that a second pilot goes out in a chase car and follows you down the runway guiding you in. The entire U2 wikipedia page is worth a read. That poo poo is OSHA top to bottom. I can also recommend the Gary Powers book about the incident he was involved in. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_U-2
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Cojawfee posted:Is it supposed to do that? It's not very typical
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HardDiskD posted:
hit the books kid, read up on our history
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U-2, sr-71 related, I saw a story about one of the big aeronautics is now in testing phase of a super sonic non-booming aircraft?
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Salt Fish posted:The entire U2 wikipedia page is worth a read. That poo poo is OSHA top to bottom. I can also recommend the Gary Powers book about the incident he was involved in. quote:In 2012, modifications were initiated under the Cockpit Altitude Reduction Effort (CARE), increasing the cabin pressure from 3.88 psi to 7.65 psi, a 15,000-foot (4,600 m) altitude equivalent. The urine collection device also was rebuilt to eliminate leakage.[39][44] 
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haveblue posted:The U2 does not have a drop nose and as a result the pilot can't see the runway at all when landing. Fortunately its airspeed is so low at that point that a second pilot goes out in a chase car and follows you down the runway guiding you in. The glide ratio is also so high the only way to get the drat thing to land is to sit half a meter above the ground then intentionally stall the plane. Any higher and the bicycle wheel configuration collapses.
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God, planes are fuckin stupid looking.
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wesleywillis posted:God, planes are fuckin stupid looking. If they looked normal, no one would believe they could fly.
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wesleywillis posted:God, planes are fuckin stupid looking.
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Cojawfee posted:Is it supposed to do that? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM haveblue posted:The U2 does not have a drop nose and as a result the pilot can't see the runway at all when landing. Fortunately its airspeed is so low at that point that a second pilot goes out in a chase car and follows you down the runway guiding you in. A lot of planes have had that problem. The Bf109 had a long nose and a tail-dragger undercarriage landing it involved pushing the canopy back, standing on the seat and undertaiking the most dangerous flight maneuver while half-outside the cockpit. Taxiing was genreally done as a series of S-bends so that you coudl see where you were going out the side of the aircraft.
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Speaking of planes, Steve Matchett of F1 commentating fame has a book called The Chariot Makers that is probably super in the wheelhouse of most OSHA thread posters. It’s about F1 engineering, but it’s wrapped in a story about a bunch of dudes about to fly on a Concorde because their original flight got delayed, so they end up shooting the poo poo and talking about both race cars and supersonic flight. I mean...let’s face it, you probably need a book to read right about now.
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We need to go deeper... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se59b1ovDcc
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:Speaking of planes, Steve Matchett of F1 commentating fame has a book called The Chariot Makers that is probably super in the wheelhouse of most OSHA thread posters. It’s about F1 engineering, but it’s wrapped in a story about a bunch of dudes about to fly on a Concorde because their original flight got delayed, so they end up shooting the poo poo and talking about both race cars and supersonic flight. Cool, thanks for this. I miss hearing Matchett and Hobbs on F1 coverage 
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I took advantage of the quarantine and got my OSHA 30 certification online. Some of the case studies were pretty awful, but no terrible pictures or anything. I'm a PM so not in the field or anything, but it actually helps a lot when going after certain work to have office staff with OSHA 30 training.
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AFewBricksShy posted:I took advantage of the quarantine and got my OSHA 30 certification online. Some of the case studies were pretty awful, but no terrible pictures or anything. Which one did you use? I did mine through Advance Online and it was brutally boring to actually get through but it did the job well enough.
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Helen Highwater posted:A lot of planes have had that problem. The Bf109 had a long nose and a tail-dragger undercarriage landing it involved pushing the canopy back, standing on the seat and undertaiking the most dangerous flight maneuver while half-outside the cockpit. Taxiing was genreally done as a series of S-bends so that you coudl see where you were going out the side of the aircraft. Do you have any evidence of this? That doesn't make any sense. Nearly every fighter then had a long nose and was a tail dragger. I've never heard of any other plane requiring standing on the seat to land. Especially because landing would require yaw control and standing on the seat would mean the pilot couldn't operate the rudder pedals, nor could they operate the brakes. I did some cursory research, and it seems like a lot of planes were lost due to the configuration of the front landing gear being angled or something.
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Cojawfee posted:Do you have any evidence of this? That doesn't make any sense. Nearly every fighter then had a long nose and was a tail dragger. I've never heard of any other plane requiring standing on the seat to land. Especially because landing would require yaw control and standing on the seat would mean the pilot couldn't operate the rudder pedals, nor could they operate the brakes. I did some cursory research, and it seems like a lot of planes were lost due to the configuration of the front landing gear being angled or something. It is absolutely not true. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcmShZDx6z4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVsruQyCc8A While the nose is long, it's not appreciably longer than any of the other standard fighters of the era. Standing on the seat would also make it impossible to use the rudder and really any controls except the flight stick, which would guarantee a crash. Taking off and landing is done just like in all other planes of the time: careful monitoring of your speed and altitude and feeling when you've left the ground or made contact. Edit: This definitely wins for the most bizarre claim I've seen about planes. chitoryu12 fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Mar 24, 2020 |
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Humphreys posted:We need to go deeper...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9ol06FmDBA CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Mar 24, 2020 |
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    “Please Don’t Kiss Me!” – Moms asking people not to kiss their babies to avoid catching the flu in the 1930s.
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Oh, don't mind me, I'm just picking up random babies for a smooch.
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SelenicMartian posted:Look up autogyros. I've seen them before. I remember Mr Burns tried to send a letter to the Prussian consulate in Siam, via the 4:30 auto-gyro.
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McGavin posted:Oh, don't mind me, I'm just picking up random babies for a smooch. Have you met old people?
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ekuNNN posted:
I love how Stephen Fry there is smokin a dart all concerned about her baby's health
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My niece works at the Mutter Museam (The Museum of the College of Physicians in Philadelphia) and spent most of the last year organizing their exhibit for the 1918 Flu Pandemic. There are a lot of parallels. http://muttermuseum.org/exhibitions/going-viral-behind-the-scenes-at-a-medical-museum/ They're closed for the duration.
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KoRMaK posted:U-2, sr-71 related, I saw a story about one of the big aeronautics is now in testing phase of a super sonic non-booming aircraft? NASA is doing the testing with the X-59.
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wesleywillis posted:I've seen them before. I saw one for real down below as I was flying around Salinas. Super weird to hear that call -- "Salinas tower, N1234Z autogyro experimental, turning left base 13"
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Salt Fish posted:The entire U2 wikipedia page is worth a read. That poo poo is OSHA top to bottom. I can also recommend the Gary Powers book about the incident he was involved in. The aircraft cruises in a flight regime known as the "coffin corner"
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PainterofCrap posted:My niece works at the Mutter Museam (The Museum of the College of Physicians in Philadelphia) and spent most of the last year organizing their exhibit for the 1918 Flu Pandemic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH2Laha7llI They published this video with Caitlin Doughty (Ask A Mortician) about the 1918 flu three months ago. Come for the chilling parallels, stay for the OSHA of dealing with way too many bodies at once.
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SeaborneClink posted:I'm not sure you've ever interacted with Canada Post or the Royal Mail if you think this. Do you think USPS is the company doing same-day Amazon Prime delivery? There are private courier companies in the UK and I’m sure Canada too.
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Salt Fish posted:The entire U2 wikipedia page is worth a read. That poo poo is OSHA top to bottom. I can also recommend the Gary Powers book about the incident he was involved in. Cellmate Zigurd was a cool bro
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PainterofCrap posted:My niece works at the Mutter Museam (The Museum of the College of Physicians in Philadelphia) and spent most of the last year organizing their exhibit for the 1918 Flu Pandemic. That reminds me of a piece of interactive fiction where you play as a doctor in Philadelphia during the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. background
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