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AzureSkys posted:That gave me a vague memory of a story where something was going on and a fighter pilot just did a high speed low pass over the crowd and settled it down. Granted it may shatter windows for miles, I wonder how effective something like that might be towards big mobs. I was in Mogadishu Somalia in '92 and there was one big riot (based on a rumor we were going to stop providing fresh water which was not true) where it looked like things were going to become FUBAR really quick. A series of Harriers did low altitude passes over the crowd disbursing them in a few minutes. I was about 20' off the ground in a tower, I don't think the aircraft were much higher.
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Maybe this explains the Jet Pack Guy ? https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/38802/airliner-pilot-says-jet-pack-guy-over-los-angeles-looked-just-like-this-crazy-drone
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Man I said way back when it first happened that it was probably just a styrofoam Superman drone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgACwfl6FBI
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HawkHill posted:Maybe this explains the Jet Pack Guy ? I'll be back later honey, I'm going to go fly my RC Stig Drone at 3000 feet in congested airspace. Should I pick up some milk on the way home?
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ManifunkDestiny posted:Speaking of GA accidents, Air Safety Institute has a new Accident Case Study. If you haven't watched them all, I strongly recommend them. They're grim, but very well produced. “He was in a Cirrus. Guy should have pulled the chute.”  “Hmm yeah I can see the problem with that.”
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Platystemon posted:“He was in a Cirrus. Guy should have pulled the chute.” No treadmill?
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Platystemon posted:“He was in a Cirrus. Guy should have pulled the chute.” “Remove before flight” is really a suggestion.
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hobbesmaster posted:“Remove before flight” is really a suggestion. I'm hoping my policy of "I don't give a poo poo how comfortable you feel, pull out the checklist" during training and flight reviews has saved or will save people from a fate like this. EDIT: To be clear, I do it all the time, not just during training or flight reviews, but I insist on my students/review candidates doing it too. I hope they keep the habit for when they're flying by themselves. PT6A fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Jan 22, 2021 |
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PainterofCrap posted:Kinda surprised that the handles aren't bent back somewhat. Probably didn't touch it at all.
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Ola posted:Probably didn't touch it at all. Yeah it seems he flew straight into the ground not realizing it.
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Winglets? I’ll show you winglets. https://www.controller.com/listing/for-sale/190626137/1996-lancair-iv-p-experimental-slash-homebuilt-aircraft
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Sagebrush posted:I remember reading somewhere that according to aerodynamic theory, a wing would be most efficient if its tips continued up and over the top of the plane and connected back to each other, and winglets are the first stage of that. https://parsifalproject.eu Also one of the worst acronyms I’ve ever seen. Just name it “Parsifal” if you want to call it that.
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Midjack posted:https://parsifalproject.eu Hope they’re better at planes than websites 
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Bobby Digital posted:Hope they’re better at planes than websites They bought their mobile layout the same place SA did. 
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Our glorious Russia has invented the wing completely free of wing tip vorticies! - But what about the oth... IT IS FORBIDDEN TO MENTION THE OTHER WING
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Sam Chui flies on obscure Antonovs in Siberia
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EvenWorseOpinions posted:Why would anyone need checklists? More like check wings. 
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Someone saw a “remove before flight” tag on it and did the needful.
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Welp, time for these again: my son at Geneseo in 1996 (age 4) 
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ekranoAn-2 best An-2 or the hybrid flavor: 
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I found this at the Chinese airforce museum- they found a way to make the AN-2 even slower: 
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ASN Wikibase posted:While tied down for several days, the aircraft was attacked and partially eaten by an Alaskan brown bear. Damage was reported to the fusalage, horizontal stablizer, landing gear, and windows of the aircraft. No human casualties were reported. The bear escaped but presumably suffered some gastrointestinal difficulties as it defecated several times in the area. Extensive field maintainence and temporary repairs were carried out on the aircraft and it was flown to Anchorage for repairs. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/72316 And this is not the only time this has happened to a Super Cub, either. A Marineflieger example was "attacked" by a cow back in the 1960s.
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winnydpu posted:I found this at the Chinese airforce museum- they found a way to make the AN-2 even slower: This is like those AI generated images where you know you recognize something in the picture but you can't figure out what anything in the picture is
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/72316 Better than being "attacked" by a bull IMO.
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winnydpu posted:I found this at the Chinese airforce museum- they found a way to make the AN-2 even slower: Username/post. GG.
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