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I have access to our library resources from the computer I'm sitting at, but I've never needed to look something like this up so I'm not sure how to go about it. The easy fallback is to just do dates of service for the classes, but it's bugging me to have all the relevant information but the Delta I and IIs. Don't let me hold you back from your own work on my account.
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http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/exclusive-22-raptor-flyers-family-demands-truth-air/story?id=16253815#.T6Kg28XH1D2 Family of dead F-22 pilot demanding answers. Further report on Nightline. http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/family-demands-truth-pilots-death-16267067?tab=9482930§ion=1206872&playlist=12828735 Armyman25 fucked around with this message at 16:44 on May 3, 2012 |
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Armyman25 posted:http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/exclusive-22-raptor-flyers-family-demands-truth-air/story?id=16253815#.T6Kg28XH1D2 This sounds like an onion quote: "Haney was to blame for the crash because he was too distracted by his inability to breathe to fly the plane properly."
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CF-35 poo poo show still in motion http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/03/government-withheld-key-f-35-data-to-shield-full-cost-from-canadians-watchdog/ Another article mentions the RCAF is not looking at alternatives.
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Flanker posted:Another article mentions the RCAF is not looking at alternatives. What a bunch of babies. Given the systematic lying and corruption of the acquisition process thus far, I find it very difficult to believe the government is actually reconsidering things, and not just, well, telling more lies
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Jetrock posted:Here's a link to a virtual tour of Sea Shadow, a relic of the latter part of the Cold War, a Stealth ship: Cold war spergnote: Not only is this a thorough and good tour of the soon to be scrapped Sea Shadow, at the end of the tour there are photos of the Hughes Mining Barge, originally built to work with the Glomar Explorer in 'Project Azorian'. They show it operating fully submerged. Yeah, it's not your typical drydock. I've read a lot of cold war poo poo, and I've never seen those photos. The text says the barge carried the enormous claw that was used to bring the Russian submarine up to the surface, and it also held as much of the sub as they recovered. It operated submerged beneath Glomar Explorer. I'm not sure if that's ever been disclosed anywhere else. One fine day I was driving across the SF Bay Bridge and caught a glimpse of the Sea Shadow underway on the San Francisco Bay. Wish I had a photo, but you can't pull over on that bridge...
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Memo from the DND about why the F-35 is the bee's tits: http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/01402/DND_s_160-word_bri_1402949a.pdf  Holy poo poo it reads like it was written by a 13 year old.The Auditor General, however, is not an idiot: AG posted:Mr. Ferguson, though, wasn’t impressed. In his April 3 report, he noted that calling something “fifth-generation” wasn’t really a useful selling point. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/dnd-makes-case-for-buying-f-35s-in-terse-160-word-letter/article2423797/
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Goddamn, the -22 and -35 are such boondoggles. Like, above and beyond normal DoD fuckups. Hey we have a fighter, and a variant is gonna have VTOL capability with a fan added into the fuselage and room for a laser. No, we're serious. Seriously. What? Well, on paper it works but we haven't actually got it to work yet. Minor detail. Oh the other one? Well that has supercruise! Yeah, yeah I know it makes people pass out, but hell, so do some maneuvers. Just make them fly it low.Why are you laughing? This is the 5th generation air dominance we're talking about. Hello? He hung up on me 
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grover posted:The F-4 and some other aircraft of that era had cable bridles that ran from the catapult shoe to the wings to distribute the load and not snap the front landing gear. It would release from the aircraft when it got to the end of the catapult, but slap the bow of the ship with tremendous force and cause damage to the ship and bridles. Thus, catapult bow extensions were added to catch the bridles. F-4G was the last to use it, but it was taken out of service in the late 90s. No naval aircraft uses these anymore, so they've not installed on new ships and been removed from most older ships to decrease weight/moment. Holy loving poo poo I didn't know this was a thing! Thanks for explaining it! I also wondered what those ramps were for the longest time. 
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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I found a pretty interesting decent called The Wings of Sweden that gives the history of the Swedish military aircraft industry (pre cold war as well), it includes historical film and it's entirely in English for those interested. It even covers the War :insert crying UN smiley: Pimpmust fucked around with this message at 17:21 on May 9, 2012 |
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May 9, 2012 16:57
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Cropssposting from AI: Phanatic posted:Look like Sukhoi's first commercial bird isn't going too well, it went missing during a demo flight with 50 people on board:
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Well, just booked a sort-of spur of the moment week long trip to DC next month. Does it make a difference/are the crowds worse at Udvar-Hazy on the weekend?
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The place is so huge I wouldn't worry too much about that. It's also a long drive from downtown so you don't have people wandering around just to enjoy the AC for a while like in the museums on the mall.
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slidebite posted:Well, just booked a sort-of spur of the moment week long trip to DC next month. Does it make a difference/are the crowds worse at Udvar-Hazy on the weekend? Udvar-Hazy's a pretty huge hanger and even with all the stuff it's still only about 75% full, so there's plenty of room to walk around. The Discovery crowds should hopefully be lower as well. If you check out each and every exhibit its a good solid day - the parking is $15 so it's a bit pricy to return the next day. Try to head up into the observation tower around 12:30-12:45 - the Air France A380 flight from Paris comes into Dulles in the early afternoon (a little after 1 pm) and it often flies by the UH tower. Ask the old museum guide who's on duty up there when it's expected to arrive, they tend to know what the schedule is.
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That's good info, thanks! The 380 comes in every day? $15 parking really isn't a big deal for me considering I might not ever be there again.. should it be worth to plan over 2 days?
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You can probably plan on one day, unless you are running late and/or you are the type of person who obsessively reads every placard and display. Also, depending on your specific interests (civil, space, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, modern military, etc.), you can spend more time in certain areas and skim through others. The only place where you're likely to have to do any sort of waiting is for the observation tower elevator, so make sure you get in line for that 15-20 minutes early or so.
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Pimpmust posted:I found a pretty interesting decent called The Wings of Sweden that gives the history of the Swedish military aircraft industry (pre cold war as well), it includes historical film and it's entirely in English for those interested. That part about dive-bombing-black-out was pretty  . That or  .And I can't believe how sleek the J-22 was. Like a miniature P-47.
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slidebite posted:That's good info, thanks! The 380 comes in every day? Normally it does...sometimes it's ~30 minutes early or late though > http://www.metwashairports.com/3943.htm If you get there at 10 am when it opens you should have plenty of time to see everything in one day, even their awesome random set of aircraft engines hidden under one of the wheelchair ramps: http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/objectsondisplay.cfm?type=engine&loc=uhc Seriously look at these sexy beauties:   
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VikingSkull posted:Well that has supercruise! Yeah, yeah I know it makes people pass out, but hell, so do some maneuvers. I saw an Air Force release at work today that was something along the lines of "we have the F-22 asphyxiation issue narrowed down to pilots receiving contaminated oxygen or no oxygen!"  The root cause of asphyxiation is asphyxiation, I had no idea!
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Looks like the Sukhoi Superjet has been found  http://en.rian.ru/world/20120510/173352397.html
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Terrifying Effigies posted:Udvar-Hazy's a pretty huge hanger and even with all the stuff it's still only about 75% full, so there's plenty of room to walk around. The Discovery crowds should hopefully be lower as well. If you check out each and every exhibit its a good solid day I went last summer (shameless plug) and got to see most of what they had in ~4-5 hours (I was catching a plane in the afternoon) Just don't spend a lot of time on sections which are "eh, kinda neat, but not so much" - or at least, prioritize. Hit all the stuff that's cool first and then go back to the stuff that's less of what you're super interested in. It's definitely a one day trip. If you don't leave at 2 like I had to, you're fine. Do get there when it opens, if you can. Go to the popular spots before the crowds swarm it, especially if you want to take pictures of planes, not people in front of planes. Basically, the SR-71 should be first on your list regardless, but here's a second reason to make it first.
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Operating Rod posted:I saw an Air Force release at work today that was something along the lines of "we have the F-22 asphyxiation issue narrowed down to pilots receiving contaminated oxygen or no oxygen!" The wonders of the F-22 never end! quote:Even as the Air Force searches for the reason pilots are getting sick flying the F-22, a new mystery about the troubled stealth fighter jet has come to light: Why are mechanics on the ground getting sick in the plane as well? CNN There's something seriously, seriously wrong with that aircraft if it is giving ground crew hypoxia while the thing is sitting on the tarmac. That's scary as poo poo, and I don't blame the pilots who are refusing to fly it one bit. That's something that really struck me, to be honest. I mean, you work your rear end off to become one of the best pilots in the Air Force, you finally get assigned to the hot as poo poo, tip of the spear fighter, everything you've ever dreamed of. Then you have to give it up, because the thing acts like it's the little troll in Cats Eye trying to steal your breath. The fact that pilots refuse to fly it should be a red flag for everyone involved, but they just keep on keepin' on. The whole fleet should be grounded until they solve this, and don't let them fly at all until it's solved. Jesus.
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Do the ground crews close and seal the cockpit while they're doing the ground run? I'd have thought they'd keep it open.
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From a time when developing aircraft was both easy and fun! The ultimate Sabre in its VA (L) form: 
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Sadly this whole debacle will ultimately just serve to bring the era of manned combat aircraft to an end that much faster, and that makes me sad.
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Scratch Monkey posted:Sadly this whole debacle will ultimately just serve to bring the era of manned combat aircraft to an end that much faster, and that makes me sad. Until such time as unmanned aircraft can't be hacked and diverted to Iran, I think pilots are safe.
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I found a wonderful marketing video from the 50ies for the Draken. It's the accents that make it 
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Nebakenezzer posted:What a bunch of babies. At this point, I have to ask: does *any* government have a military procurement process that isn't an utter Mongolian cluster gently caress?
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Phanatic posted:At this point, I have to ask: does *any* government have a military procurement process that isn't an utter Mongolian cluster gently caress? The Rebel Alliance used to do OK 
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movax posted:The Rebel Alliance used to do OK Incom kickbacks 
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Phanatic posted:At this point, I have to ask: does *any* government have a military procurement process that isn't an utter Mongolian cluster gently caress? Sweden. I mean, relatively speaking.
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Phanatic posted:At this point, I have to ask: does *any* government have a military procurement process that isn't an utter Mongolian cluster gently caress? I'm guessing countries which are only buying basic transportation, rifles, and some lovely body armor do OK, since they aren't trying to outdo the entire universe.
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mlmp08 posted:I'm guessing countries which are only buying basic transportation, rifles, and some lovely body armor do OK, since they aren't trying to outdo the entire universe. On the other hand, remember when that S&W executive got caught in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act sting? Small countries that are only looking to buy trucks, rifles, and maybe some body armor are also often the ones where the minister of defense is the president's brother-in-law or whatever.
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Space Gopher posted:On the other hand, remember when that S&W executive got caught in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act sting? Small countries that are only looking to buy trucks, rifles, and maybe some body armor are also often the ones where the minister of defense is the president's brother-in-law or whatever. Still small fry compared to JSF.
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Space Gopher posted:On the other hand, remember when that S&W executive got caught in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act sting? Small countries that are only looking to buy trucks, rifles, and maybe some body armor are also often the ones where the minister of defense is the president's brother-in-law or whatever. FWIW that case was dismissed a couple months ago. http://fcpa.shearman.com/?s=matter&mode=form&id=297 I'll bet the defendants who took a plea deal are feeling a bit stupid right now.
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Have a cool video of James May on a Nasa U-2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJoMDq4AyLc&feature=related Here's a Go-Pro promo with some pretty good Blue Angels cam and bonus Growler cam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_owZzIAfQAE
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Phanatic posted:At this point, I have to ask: does *any* government have a military procurement process that isn't an utter Mongolian cluster gently caress? Good question. South Africa? Israel? OK, here's a rumor that I picked up from Wikipeida: somewhere on it there's a really in-depth discussion of nuclear weapons, and who tried to get them, and who has the capacity to make them. (The list of countries that have had nuclear weapon programs at one time or another just to say "gently caress it, it's too expensive" is amazing. Australia, Brazil, and Switzerland are the names that stick out to me.) Anyway, the article also ranked nations in their ability to produce nuclear weapons in the future, if they didn't already have them. There were only three nations that could produce weapons in a short period of time (one to two years) as only they had plenty of experience with atomic technology and the resources to do it. Those were Germany, Canada, and Japan. I'm going to discount the first two, and ask about Japan. According to the article, Japan has a large stockpile of weapons grade plutonium, and a space launch vehicle that is a copy of an American ICBM. So, if they decided to go nuclear, they could do it in very short order. My question is: is this true, or is this some weird leftover yellow peril talk?
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