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The flyer was barely controllable as is. The Wright brothers were probably just angry about patents because Glenn Curtiss was needed to make airplanes remotely practical.
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PainterofCrap posted:
That video is private and is unavailable.
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Saukkis posted:That video is private and is unavailable. Sorry, it's public now . :/
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Platystemon posted:I wonder if the Flyer would be controllable if it had two engines and lost one of them. All the way to the scene of the crash I’d figure.
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the flyer was barely controllable as it was
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Warbird posted:All the way to the scene of the crash I’d figure. Just like a modern twin!
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I think pointing to the fact that the wrights made it to the end of their flying careers mostly without incident ( selfridge) is honestly one of the best shorthand answers to why they beat anyone else to the air—just ridiculous patience for doing things the slow, methodical, painstakingly repetitious way. They logged more hours in the glider than many less-surviving pioneers did in a whole careerThe wrights really seem like they were constitutionally incapable of loving around, and therefore never had to find out, even in as jank a machine as the model b, is what I’m saying
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I stumbled upon a silent home movie of that insane 1959 World Congress of Flight air show at Nellis: https://youtu.be/H7ypoGPFWHE
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(Cross posted from Cold War AirPower) What is this? Spotted at the Evergreen Space Museum hanging over their SR-71. It’s not on the map and my kids were ready to go so I didn’t have time to ask a docent.
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I think it's a drone that was supposed to be launched from the SR-71. Edit: Nevermind, that was the D-21, a different thing. Cojawfee fucked around with this message at 04:03 on Jul 8, 2023 |
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standard.deviant posted:(Cross posted from Cold War AirPower) That’s a Teledyne-Ryan AQM-34N, OP. They do have a D-21 somewhere as well.  You can also see a glimpse of one of my favorite curation choices in that whole place in this pic; they display their blackbird with the whole half the nacelle and outboard wing hinged open for engine access Did you ride the slide?? HookedOnChthonics fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Jul 8, 2023 |
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HookedOnChthonics posted:Did you ride the slide??
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At least seven aircraft built by the Wright Brothers are known to exist. 1903 Flyer, at the Smithsonian Wright Flyer III, in Dayton Two Wright Model A, one at the Museum of the United States Air Force, one at Smithsonian Two Wright Model B, one at Smithsonian, one in Germany The Vin Fiz Flyer, at Smithsonian Take a guess at how many Wright Bros bicycles are known to exist. Five Dayton is home to three of them. Two are at the Wright Brothers Museum at the building in which they worked from 1894–1897. The Museum of the United States Air Force has the distinction of possessing the only Wright Bicycle for women. The Smithsonian Institution has one on display at the Capitol Mall—it’s on loan from the Henry Ford Museum. The Ford Museum has a bike on display in Dearborn, as well as the relocated buildings of the Wright home and the brick & mortar cycle shop they operated out of in the years 1897–1908. I’ve got to believe that there are a few extant examples mouldering in obscurity in barns, but it’s still crazy to me how few are known. Platystemon fucked around with this message at 07:52 on Jul 8, 2023 |
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So guys, as some of you know, I've been reading through most of Playboy's run I look for the usual stuff Cultural Artifacts:    Tinder Profiles, fashion ideas:      Sexy RV Ads:    Ancient wisdom:     Things that were a joke on Archer and I was surprised to discover were real:  The origins of certain idioms, like 'OG' or 'Karen' as a selfish monster woman:   Fashion (again):  You know, the usual stuff. Anyway, it's also given me some questions I just can't answer. Namely questions about sex. sex and airplanes Like where new aircraft come from. Do aircraft cheat on each other? The video I linked is only seven minutes, but I am shook. What kind of airplane is mom, anyway?
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well you see, when a mommy airplane and a daddy airplane love each other very much they do this and then a little while later this happens  we're not entirely sure where the people in the front come from though, so it's still an active area of scientific research.
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There are too many of these. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=dce797bd-03fa-4e5b-945d-d5bc969afc7b http://avstop.com/news/plantcity.html http://tsaleh.blogspot.com/2006/11/airplane-fornication.html https://www.euroga.org/forums/hangar-talk/9105-2xsr22-landing-on-top-of-each-other
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Phanatic posted:Ban this sick filth. Post/redtext combo 
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Nebakenezzer posted:So guys, as some of you know, I've been reading through most of Playboy's run I look for the usual “I only read it for the ads”
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For the articles about bush operations, surely
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Nebakenezzer posted:So guys, as some of you know, I've been reading through most of Playboy's run I look for the usual stuff Is there a thread for this sort of stuff? Reminds me of the GBS van magazine thread.
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Saw this interesting unmarked 777 at Hamilton today. I’m guessing it’s a passenger 777 that’s being converted to cargo, the planes behind it belong to Cargojet. I regret not getting a photo when CWHM’s Dakota taxied past it.
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Fornax Disaster posted:Saw this interesting unmarked 777 at Hamilton today. I’m guessing it’s a passenger 777 that’s being converted to cargo, the planes behind it belong to Cargojet. It’s an ex Etihad aircraft according to airfleets.
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Warbird posted:Is there a thread for this sort of stuff? Reminds me of the GBS van magazine thread. In one of the obsolete tech threads I was taking requests from goons to give me a month, year and I was uploading all the ads from that issue.
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I appreciate how Colt 45 is going to make you more intellectual. Malt liquor does a bunch of things to me but I wouldn’t put “smarter” on that list.
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Beer: Not Just For Goggles, Anymore
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how hosed does an alcoholic beverage have to be to not meet fuckin american labeling standards for "beer" thats always been insane to me
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OMGVBFLOL posted:how hosed does an alcoholic beverage have to be to not meet fuckin american labeling standards for "beer" Bavarian Purity Law of 1516 has far-reaching effects. Malt beverages have the same regulations in almost all jurisdictions as beer, except for weird places that regulate beer specifically, so "malt beverage" is allowed to do things that "beer" cannot. Like have sugar and caffeine added.
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The 1500 hour rule is nakedly an attempt to prevent new people from becoming pilots and competing with current ones; it is the epitome of gently caress you got mine.
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Mortabis posted:The 1500 hour rule is nakedly an attempt to prevent new people from becoming pilots and competing with current ones; it is the epitome of gently caress you got mine. OTOH the proposals for changes are from regionals that want indentured FO cadet programs.
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Mortabis posted:The 1500 hour rule is nakedly an attempt to prevent new people from becoming pilots and competing with current ones; it is the epitome of gently caress you got mine. to me it always seemed more nakedly a bunch of morons in congress trying to appear to be Doing Something in the wake of the Colgan Air crash, and just being morons about it. the pilots involved in that crash both had over 2200 hours, so the new rules wouldn't have affected them anyway, and the crash occurred because they responded to a stall warning by pulling up and retracting the flaps, something a 5 hour student pilot knows is wrong. but that's politicians for you
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Mortabis posted:The 1500 hour rule is nakedly an attempt to prevent new people from becoming pilots and competing with current ones; it is the epitome of gently caress you got mine. Do you have any idea how much regional pilots got paid before the 1500 hour rule?
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Two Kings posted:Do you have any idea how much regional pilots got paid before the 1500 hour rule? So is it about increasing pay for regional pilots or is it about safety?
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So what i am hearing is that since I live in Europe where there is no 1500 rules I should take a loan and do atpl
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