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"While that'd be really unfortunate, it pales in comparison to everything else happening in Ukraine now. It's just an airplane, we can build more. Lives can't be replaced." --https://twitter.com/AirlineFlyer/status/1496868476220329986
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Socially awkward AvGeeks don't care. Some might go straight up Caro if Russia just cost them a "rare spot." God help us if there are any one-of-a-kind locomotives in Ukraine. 
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Feb 24, 2022 18:18
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https://twitter.com/sc23cc/status/1496876111342489612 Lol
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Feb 24, 2022 19:15
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DAMMIT LEROY!!!!!!
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Feb 24, 2022 22:50
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Saved the airline a bunch of fuel so who’s the dummy now 
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Feb 24, 2022 22:51
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Idk if this passes muster but some dude people claim what flies the big plane says that it’s ok. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10216499468877903&id=1793010861
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Feb 25, 2022 00:08
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BIG HEADLINE posted:God help us if there are any one-of-a-kind locomotives in Ukraine.
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Feb 25, 2022 01:15
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If Putin blows up a rare train, he'll be assaulted by millions of neckbeards within a matter of hours.
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Feb 25, 2022 04:11
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I'm a bit surprised the operator didn't evacuate it somewhere else last week. Is the never-completed second one in Ukraine, or is it stored in Russia?
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Feb 25, 2022 05:00
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Midjack posted:Is the never-completed second one in Ukraine, or is it stored in Russia? China bought it.
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Feb 25, 2022 05:03
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I thought it was in Ukraine, but I just checked Wikipedia and it has a source saying Antonov sold it and it was to be completed in China.
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Feb 25, 2022 05:07
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Ah ok. If it was in Ukraine I could see an overexcited journalist thinking it had been blown to (suspiciously neatly arranged) pieces but so much for that theory.
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Feb 25, 2022 05:18
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:How does it disconnect the connector? Some kind of piston? For boats and stuff, there's a that's the same concept, pushes out the plug with a motor. Supposedly popular on emergency vehicles. https://www.bluesea.com/products/category/38/122/Connectors/Sure_Eject BIG HEADLINE posted:China bought it. AFAIK the deal fell through, the second airframe was was still in Ukraine at as of last year: https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/27146-second-an225-potential
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Feb 25, 2022 05:22
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Edit: Never mind, didn't do my due diligence.
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Feb 25, 2022 16:27
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I think that was debunked as being DCS
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Feb 25, 2022 16:28
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I think that was debunked as being DCS Yep, thanks, should have read more replies.
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Feb 25, 2022 16:59
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Not sure if this has been independently confirmed all, but it sounds like the Ukranians are claiming to have downed an il76 full of Russian troops.
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Feb 26, 2022 01:18
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slidebite posted:Not sure if this has been independently confirmed all, but it sounds like the Ukranians are claiming to have downed an il76 full of Russian troops. https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1497392300019920897?s=20&t=D9xI7A_yNm_ANiBonPJx8Q edit: obv not independent, just sharing `Nemesis fucked around with this message at 05:20 on Feb 26, 2022 |
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`Nemesis posted:https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1497392300019920897?s=20&t=D9xI7A_yNm_ANiBonPJx8Q but independent is right in the name!
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Feb 26, 2022 05:47
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Two Il-76s full of troops would be ~250 dead most likely. Not a good choice to fly them within range of people with missiles.
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FuturePastNow posted:Not a good choice to fly them within range of people with missiles. In this case, it was a fantastic choice!
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Feb 26, 2022 09:04
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Can anyone ID this burning pile? It looks like a single vertical tale surface so I have no idea. https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1497598789431013376?s=20&t=O0zX4bm8lEqIXHwb_JTkDQ
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Feb 26, 2022 19:02
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Probably an Su-25.
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Yep, the configuration of the tail and the length of the wings definitely looks like a Su-25 to me.
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Thanks gentlemen.
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slidebite posted:Not sure if this has been independently confirmed all, but it sounds like the Ukranians are claiming to have downed an il76 full of Russian troops. From what I've heard, USAF confirmed that yesterday Ukrainian SAMs bagged two Il-76s filled with paratroops. Nobody knows the death toll, the Russians have those little paradrop tankettes they like to yeet after their paratroops. So, three days in, the most obvious failure is the Red Air Force, who pretty much everybody assumed would have air superiority in 24/48 hours. The fact that the Ukrainian AF is still operational, let alone having all sorts of air defense artillery in operation is a delightful surprise. Having NATO/USAF units feeding Ukraine intel is obviously a big advantage, but the weird thing is that I sorta figured Russia would be doing the same thing over Russia, and apparently they are not? Didn't Beriev make an AWACS out of an IL-76?
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Nebakenezzer posted:Didn't Beriev make an AWACS out of an IL-76? Yes, the A-50 Mainstay and the A-100 Premier.
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Sagebrush posted:Yep, the configuration of the tail and the length of the wings definitely looks like a Su-25 to me. On one hand, I hate to see a dedicated CAS plane go down in this “lol the F/A-18 do it all” world, but on the other gently caress Russia.
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Feb 26, 2022 21:49
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Humphreys posted:In this case, it was a fantastic choice! Cheering for mass death is really good and makes you look like a cool and rational person.
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Feb 26, 2022 22:03
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Loucks posted:Cheering for mass death is really good and makes you look like a cool and rational person. Are you assuming they would have killed a smaller number of people if allowed to reach their destination?
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Feb 26, 2022 22:56
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Firing up my SU-25 simulator
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Loucks posted:Cheering for mass death is really good and makes you look like a cool and rational person. it's really good to be neutral during wars of aggression, don't want to offend anyone
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I am obviously on the side of Ukraine here, but I still feel sad for the 250 Russian kids in the plane who got blown up because their insane megalomaniac of a dictator wishes he had a bigger penis. There are stories coming out that the Russian troops were lied to, not told where they were going, told that they weren't going to invade, or told that they would be greeted as liberators. As is usual in war, the people suffering the consequences had no say in the matter. The entire thing is an enormous and tragic waste of life, and the only death I'm actually rooting for is Putin's.
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Sagebrush posted:I am obviously on the side of Ukraine here, but I still feel sad for the 250 Russian kids in the plane who got blown up because their insane megalomaniac of a dictator wishes he had a bigger penis. There are stories coming out that the Russian troops were lied to, not told where they were going, told that they weren't going to invade, or told that they would be greeted as liberators. As is usual in war, the people suffering the consequences had no say in the matter. Agreed, i don't want death, but i want Ukraine to win this and sadly because of Putin's bullshit, people are going to die. If i want Ukraine to win... well....
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Sagebrush posted:I am obviously on the side of Ukraine here, but I still feel sad for the 250 Russian kids in the plane
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Previously: everything about the NOTAM system is ridiculously archaic and insufficient. https://twitter.com/AstroKatie/status/1497716088473333762 Now: almost everything about the NOTAM system is ridiculously archaic and insufficient.
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I feel like that was a good update to the acronym.
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It’s important that my mission to go do pattern laps in the middle of nowhere in a 60-year-old sky Corolla is getting the respect it deserves
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evil_bunnY posted:I don't think those position are at odds at all. War is unbelievably awful. Some of those Russians are running over seniors in their armoured vehicles, others are like this poor kid https://twitter.com/davenewworld_2/status/1497564474752094213?s=20&t=JeEbK5NyBhaX9vnK61KhTw e: Not so much the aero thread, but I thought it was appropriate for the comment.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Yes, the A-50 Mainstay and the A-100 Premier. Ha: The A-100 is being delayed due to sanctions https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44145/western-sanctions-are-driving-delays-to-russias-new-a-100-radar-plane-report Also I feel this may trigger some people here: the A-50 is from the 1980s. I mean goddamn how old is that thing
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