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Just finished watching that and I’m bummed he’s punting the followup video to Nebula. Is there a write up of the air battle he mentions at the end there? I’m not signing up for a service just to watch that.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:it's the first time I've ever seen a picture of the Fairchild-Hiller F-X proposal I love this thing’s looks: https://twitter.com/clemente3000/status/1195153551527489536?s=46&t=APaSoMrxc-b4PmCrsiuwWA
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Dr_Strangelove posted:I love this thing’s looks: That and the F-14 staring at each other: Does your body even lift, bro?
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The 737 max clown show continues.
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babyeatingpsychopath posted:That and the F-14 staring at each other: It has Thunderchief vibes from the front, too.
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Dr_Strangelove posted:I love this thing’s looks: If that thing had won the competition, can you imagine the tangle of fairings, bumps, conformal tanks and hardpoints that would have been shoved between the nacelles by 2023?
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winnydpu posted:If that thing had won the competition, can you imagine the tangle of fairings, bumps, conformal tanks and hardpoints that would have been shoved between the nacelles by 2023? A drop tank the shape of a bathtub
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:The 737 max clown show continues. ..dare I ask what now?
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Boeing paused deliveries because a fitting made by one of their suppliers doesn't fit right in a way that does not cause a safety issue. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-pauses-deliveries-some-737-maxs-amid-new-supplier-problem-2023-04-13/ Edit: here's a good summary: quote:Spirit, which builds the entire MAX fuselage in Wichita, Kansas, notified Boeing on Wednesday that “a non-standard manufacturing process” was used during the installation of two fittings at the vertical tail of certain 737 MAX 7, MAX 8 and MAX 8-200 models, as well as on the 737-based P-8 military plane for the U.S. Navy.
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Dr_Strangelove posted:I love this thing’s looks: First thought was https://macross.fandom.com/wiki/VF-4_Lightning_III
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Safety Dance posted:Boeing paused deliveries because a fitting made by one of their suppliers doesn't fit right in a way that does not cause a safety issue. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-pauses-deliveries-some-737-maxs-amid-new-supplier-problem-2023-04-13/ Sounds like they got some Friday fuselages. Guy at the airport I tow gliders out of has a Stemme S12 and he was grounded waiting for an AD fix for some foam blocks in one of the spars that Hans had tried to install sideways and then sanded them to make them fit. Fix involved drilling some holes through the CF spar straps and injecting epoxy to fill the voids left by the missing foam core. Not the end of the world, but annoying to have to do on your brand new $430k airplane…
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"Nonstandard manufacturing process" evokes such wonderful mental images.
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Just means some guy went “gently caress it” and did it the fast way then got caught by QA / QC.
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The Boeing engineering team finally gets a win: https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/14/world/paper-airplane-boeing-engineers-world-record-scn
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Glad to hear that the Spirit name is synonymous with quality in all sectors of the aviation industry.
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standard.deviant posted:Is “Blue” for what I think it’s for? It came from an accident that occurred IN the hospital, but testicles were not involved. hannibal posted:I just think it’s wild that we are actually finally replacing the E-3. I always assumed it would be one of those platforms that flew forever. They’re pretty beat up right? Is the replacement good? Seems like one of those things that will be made to go right because it’s so important. They're extremely worn out, there are basically no engines left, and almost everything needs to be fabbed from scratch. The replacement is very good, but several years off. Phanatic posted:"Jethro"'s got to be the most obvious and obligatory one ever. That dude was one of the last enlisted AWACS controllers. I considered myself lucky to have that generation of experts with 10+ years experience teach me how to do poo poo, before they were completely replaced by 1Lts who literally couldn't spend more than 3 years doing it unless they'd done something to destroy their career already. Godholio fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Apr 15, 2023 |
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Godholio posted:They're extremely worn out, there are basically no engines left, and almost everything needs to be fabbed from scratch. The replacement is very good, but several years off. I thought the USAF had piles of TF33s. Maybe that's old information and things have changed.
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Safety Dance posted:Boeing paused deliveries because a fitting made by one of their suppliers doesn't fit right in a way that does not cause a safety issue. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-pauses-deliveries-some-737-maxs-amid-new-supplier-problem-2023-04-13/ That’s the technical reason but this is the real reason: https://twitter.com/jimcramer/status/1646630829433421825?s=46&t=TBi_iSImUmzjTxXAKsMEHw
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"Incredible" is one of those fun words where you can interpret it literally and drastically change the meaning of the sentence. In this case, "not having credibility". Like, I was taught not to use the word in personnel evaluation reports, because if you say "Sailor Timmy is an incredible worker", it basically means "I do not believe that Sailor Timmy actually works this hard".
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Boeing is the FCA of airplanes prove me wrong
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Arson Daily posted:Boeing is the FCA of airplanes prove me wrong Does that make the 737 a jeep compass?
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Wingnut Ninja posted:"Incredible" is one of those fun words where you can interpret it literally and drastically change the meaning of the sentence. In this case, "not having credibility". That is exactly why you should use that word though.
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hobbesmaster posted:Does that make the 737 a jeep compass? More like a volare with fuel injection and a Bluetooth radio
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Godholio posted:It came from an accident that occurred IN the hospital, but testicles were not involved.
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Previa_fun posted:I thought the USAF had piles of TF33s. Maybe that's old information and things have changed. They have lots of them (spares from 100s of decommissioned B-52s), but PW is charging and arm and a leg for maintenance and refurb. Engine maintainence costs was one the main drivers cited in re-engining the B-52Hs away from TF33.
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It wouldn’t surprise me if all the old TF-33s have been sitting around for such a long time that getting one ready to be used is akin to hand building a new engine each time.
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Ya, it’s nuts what a proper engine shop can do to make an airworthy engine now, but that kind of overhaul isn’t cheap.
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Xenoborg posted:They have lots of them (spares from 100s of decommissioned B-52s), but PW is charging and arm and a leg for maintenance and refurb. Engine maintainence costs was one the main drivers cited in re-engining the B-52Hs away from TF33. Old BUFFs, old KC-135s, the other C-135 variants, the C-141s, and a fuckton of airlines that the USAF purchased used engines from. The stockpile is basically burned through, I guess. The overhaul facility is across the runway from the AWACS parking ramp, in the second-largest building in the DOD (behind the Pentagon). Bldg 3001 is a mile long. Edit: Obviously it's not dedicated to that task, it's also the depot for several heavy aircraft types.
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"Man I miss the screech of straight turbo jets and low bypass turbo fans" said no one ever.
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If you flew or worked near them, you might be blessed enough to hear it nearly all the time!
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Arson Daily posted:"Man I miss the screech of straight turbo jets and low bypass turbo fans" said no one ever. Maybe somebody at Delta since they retired the DC-9-50 in 2014
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Godholio posted:If you flew or worked near them, you might be blessed enough to hear it nearly all the time! WHAT?
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A Saudia A330 came under artillery fire with passengers aboard at Khartoum airport. Note the burning airplane with slides deployed - https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1647185120313372673?s=20
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Arson Daily posted:"Man I miss the screech of straight turbo jets and low bypass turbo fans" said no one ever. My man have you not witnessed the glory of the 737-200? May they fly forever.
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Arson Daily posted:"Man I miss the screech of straight turbo jets and low bypass turbo fans" said no one ever. Learjet 25 people are a WEIRD bunch, and say this ALL the time.
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FrozenVent posted:My man have you not witnessed the glory of the 737-200? May they fly forever. The 727 used *three* JT8Ds and I flew on many of those in my youth since they were popular regional airport jets. The 737-200 at least had the decency to put them under the wings.
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Arson Daily posted:"Man I miss the screech of straight turbo jets and low bypass turbo fans" said no one ever. I occasionally get 76 and 77 fly overs at about 5000 ft. Notably loud compared to the usual gaggle of regionals, but not terribly so. A few days ago something really loud flew over so me — thinking it was a helicopter or maybe something military — looked it up and no: it was a mad dog at 5000 
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