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# ? May 26, 2020 21:57 |
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# ? May 27, 2024 02:10 |
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The image of the B-1B negligently belly-landed is always a good one. Just straight up didn’t do the checklist, didn’t notice warnings, landed it “safely” to the tune of $8 million in damage and minor injuries.
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# ? May 26, 2020 22:01 |
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Ola posted:I hadn't heard about this raid. So incredibly brave and audacious. Sadly it had no effect on the outcome, but it was well worth a try! It may have had an effect by illuminating the capabilities of the missile’s guidance system. The missiles could not be stopped, but they didn’t have to be taken on the chin. British counterintelligence ran Operation Crossbow to fool the Nazis into misaiming the missiles. They systematically biased the data by disproportionately reporting missile strikes on the far side of London and hushing up impacts on the near side. This was possible in part because every Nazi agent in Britain was dead, turned double, or imprisoned by war’s end. Nazi technicians compensated for the perceived overshoot by adjusting the guidance, with the result being that most missiles then undershot the target.
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# ? May 26, 2020 22:10 |
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mlmp08 posted:The image of the B-1B negligently belly-landed is always a good one. Just straight up didn’t do the checklist, didn’t notice warnings, landed it “safely” to the tune of $8 million in damage and minor injuries. Images, you say? http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/bombers4.html
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# ? May 26, 2020 22:13 |
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eight million bucks seems pretty cheap
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# ? May 26, 2020 23:36 |
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only 4x what a flight to the ME costs
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# ? May 27, 2020 02:27 |
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I feel like 138 got turned into a trainer/tester after that, but I can't remember...it's a really familiar SN, all of the lovely birds went to test at edwards or dyess to get hacked up further with instrumentation
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# ? May 27, 2020 02:44 |
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hmmm, delicious chicken: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry1FbjbNSuE
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# ? May 27, 2020 11:27 |
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I suspect everyone knows by now, but just in case they don't, the first crewed SpaceX mission is launching today @ 4:30 eastern. Nasa Youtube stream https://youtu.be/Aymrnzianf0
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# ? May 27, 2020 15:07 |
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https://twitter.com/jonostrower/status/1265661168397385734?s=21
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# ? May 27, 2020 16:23 |
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There's likely more to come than that, they're supposed to be cutting 20% of their commerical workforce. Still doesn't compare to 66% job loss we've ended up with where I work.
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# ? May 27, 2020 17:28 |
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I have a job as of now. If more cuts are made then I won't. Over 40% of my group is being let go. Crazy times.
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# ? May 27, 2020 20:07 |
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Been throwing on some slow tv to fill the quarantine void and thought you guys might enjoy this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4LXYCfE2sw
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# ? May 27, 2020 23:54 |
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sincx fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Mar 23, 2021 |
# ? May 28, 2020 23:06 |
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/crashed-pakistan-plane-hit-runway-times-approach-200528184334265.html * Extremely The Count Voice * Three! Three runway impacts! AH AH AH! As a pilot I'm very much in favour of not blaming the pilots for a crash until you're good and certain they hosed up, but ooooh boy it sure looks like they hosed up.
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# ? May 29, 2020 00:07 |
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It’s amazing that the engines could generate any thrust after a beating like that. Ironically, if they had lost all thrust, it may have been for the better.
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# ? May 29, 2020 00:14 |
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Though to be fair A320s do have an extremely good record with belly landings.
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# ? May 29, 2020 00:16 |
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sincx posted:Cross posting from the OSHA thread
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# ? May 29, 2020 00:19 |
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Platystemon posted:It’s amazing that the engines could generate any thrust after a beating like that. If Boeing knew this they wouldn't have needed to move the engines on the max higher and MCAS could have been avoided, alas
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# ? May 29, 2020 00:22 |
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Uh https://www.instagram.com/p/CAvZ6h8A7fS/?igshid=10zmyhspkocrr
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# ? May 29, 2020 00:55 |
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TCAS take the wheel
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# ? May 29, 2020 00:57 |
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sincx posted:Cross posting from the OSHA thread "C'mon! Who needs that pain-in-the-rear end net when the boxes literally go to the ceiling?"
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# ? May 29, 2020 01:03 |
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Just fill it all up with expansion foam e: quote:"All sorts of things can happen to an engine if you bounce it down the runway," a person familiar with its design said. *all sorts of things taken from the general category of poo poo no longer working aphid_licker fucked around with this message at 14:45 on May 29, 2020 |
# ? May 29, 2020 14:42 |
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This has to be a joke LinkedIn account with the name Chad Protifz. Also LinkedIn influencers are objectively terrible people.
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# ? May 29, 2020 14:48 |
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bloops posted:This has to be a joke LinkedIn account with the name Chad Protifz. "Had to close my old account as part of divorce pr..."
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# ? May 29, 2020 14:56 |
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aphid_licker posted:Just fill it all up with expansion foam quote:Yeah, smashing an engine into a runway might gently caress some poo poo up fam.
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# ? May 29, 2020 15:47 |
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hobbesmaster posted:TCAS take the wheel I believe we have a new title
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# ? May 29, 2020 17:29 |
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Wasn't that the thread title at one point?
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# ? May 29, 2020 17:38 |
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According to this PIA 8303 was at an altitude of 10,000ft only 4 minutes out from landing, and descending at a rate of over 7000ft per minutes at one stage to intercept the glidescope. https://youtube.com/UEYiiZdvNh4?t=242
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# ? May 29, 2020 20:26 |
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The Real Amethyst posted:According to this PIA 8303 was at an altitude of 10,000ft only 4 minutes out from landing, and descending at a rate of over 7000ft per minutes at one stage to intercept the glidescope.
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# ? May 29, 2020 21:21 |
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52849560?fbclid=IwAR0QYPMm1iP9SETB0gP-pTUJRo04i625XzYrp4biSiCNfIP7GiZhyGZjNj8 Guy decides to fly to the beach. Lands at RAF Valley.
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# ? May 29, 2020 21:28 |
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of course an rear end in a top hat like that is the guy who can afford a private PC-12
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# ? May 29, 2020 21:37 |
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oldmachinepress did an in-depth article on the J7W1 Shinden I had no idea the Smithsonian had a complete disassembled one
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# ? May 29, 2020 22:18 |
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Sagebrush posted:of course an rear end in a top hat like that is the guy who can afford a private PC-12 Please do not shame my lottery-winning fantasies, sir.
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# ? May 29, 2020 22:37 |
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Sorry, private PC-12 is an rear end in a top hat plane. I saw Jerry flying one in a video and that's that. I, being a very magnanimous and kind genius, would spend my $10M-$100M lottery winnings on a private TBM-910.
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# ? May 29, 2020 22:46 |
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i knew a dude with a tbm, that was a cool plane
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# ? May 29, 2020 22:55 |
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Since we're talking personal aircraft can I just say Knarr, matey! Not sure about all the engineering* but it does look neat or have their promotional youtube *not an engineer
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# ? May 29, 2020 23:14 |
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Sagebrush posted:Sorry, private PC-12 is an rear end in a top hat plane. I saw Jerry flying one in a video and that's that. Also a great choice! When considering winning the lotto, I go back and forth between those two. The PC-12 seems more generous because I could carry more people and do more things with it, but I must confess the extra speed and lower operating cost of the TBM would likely push me in that direction when all is said and done
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# ? May 29, 2020 23:55 |
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The only acceptable lottery plane answer is a Catalina tricked out to be an air yacht thank you very much
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# ? May 30, 2020 00:05 |
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# ? May 27, 2024 02:10 |
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Spaced God posted:The only acceptable lottery plane answer is a Catalina tricked out to be an air yacht thank you very much Yes, all the cost of a boat combined with all the cost of a plane. Why isn't everyone doing this?!?
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