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evil_bunnY posted:That instructor is a loving madman If you’ve never held it in ground effect and done a zoom climb on takeoff you’re missing out.
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It was a long-running joke back in my AF days that the most dangerous crew were 100% instructor/flight safety guys.
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2 or more chief pilots. Nothing more dangerous in the aviation world. Never go along on a new airplane delivery or the inaugural flight to someplace nice. It’s always chiefs.
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e.pilot posted:If you’ve never held it in ground effect and done a zoom climb on takeoff you’re missing out.
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evil_bunnY posted:I've been in an extra, it didn't need no stinking ground effect. That guy was being way cavalier about the amount of turbulence imo I just want to point out that the instructor asked me if I wanted a gentle takeoff or a wild one. I chose the latter, in for a penny & all that 
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Well, gentlemen, LOOK WHO IS LISTENING TO ME ON AIRSHIPS NOW (As far as I can tell from the posted article, this is just something some graphic designer created...even though as part of its "humanity is obsolete" campaign, Amazon has a patent for this)
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We've all seen countless hours of airplane docs and many have probably seen this as well. But since good ones seem to be far apart these days and I hadn't seen this exact one about sinking the Tirpitz before, I figured I'd link it in our little documentary watching, airplane chatting community. No fake drama or annoying production fluff, amazing first hand accounts, just proper quality through and through. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Exst44CyG0
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Nebakenezzer posted:Well, gentlemen, LOOK WHO IS LISTENING TO ME ON AIRSHIPS NOW I cannot watch that gif without hearing The Imperial March.
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CarForumPoster posted:I cannot watch that gif without hearing The Imperial March. https://twitter.com/DanRobitzski/status/1113107819799236609?s=20
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Kinda goes good with that South Park with swelled brain psychokinetic Jeff Bezos
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The drones make me think of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAhuSDRIDHE
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https://amp.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/04/02/new-low-cost-carrier-xtra-airways Ultra-low-cost airline spearheaded by a former United CFO.  Great name, too. "Oh, you wanted a seat back? That's XTRA."
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BIG HEADLINE posted:https://amp.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/04/02/new-low-cost-carrier-xtra-airways United had too many frills and too few beatings of medical doctors. With XTRA you'll have XTRA people foribly removed to transport Crew. XTRA snobby crew and XTRA rear end in a top hat policies. For real though I'm glad these horrible low priced airlines exist if only to keep the Alaskan/Delta/JetBlues of the world in a reasonable price range. gently caress actually flying on ULCCs.
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XTRA is an airline doctors won’t be caught dead buying a ticket on.
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Platystemon posted:XTRA is an airline doctors won’t be caught dead buying a ticket on. Some doctors can be surprisingly cheap depending on how they got through school and residency.
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hobbesmaster posted:Some doctors can be surprisingly cheap depending on how they got through school and residency. My wife is a M.D. You are very wrong. Have to talk her out of Frontier.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:https://amp.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/04/02/new-low-cost-carrier-xtra-airways Is that better or worse than their callsign, though? (Used to be "Casino Express," not sure if it still is.)
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StandardVC10 posted:"Casino Express," "...where every flight's a gamble!"
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vessbot posted:"...where every flight's a gamble!" Not far off "We'll See": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvfYK0EEhK4
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https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1113367009251790849 Jeeeez eta https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1113367744861343744 https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1113367925094744065 Spaced God fucked around with this message at 10:12 on Apr 3, 2019 |
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Apr 3, 2019 10:32
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CarForumPoster posted:Just need to install pop-down blockers 
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CarForumPoster posted:Just need to install pop-down blockers 
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WSJ has a story claiming they initially went through the checklist: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ethiop...od=hp_lead_pos2 quote:Pilots at the controls of the Boeing Co. 737 MAX that crashed in March in Ethiopia initially followed emergency procedures laid out by the plane maker but still failed to recover control of the jet, according to people briefed on the probe’s preliminary findings. (Quoting from summary(?) at https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ethiopian-airlines-pilots-initially-followed-boeings-emergency-steps-to-disable-737-max-system-2019-04-03 since I don't have a WSJ subscription)
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What a loving tragedy. Between this and Boeing’s proposed fix seeming kinda sketchy, I’ll probably avoid these things for a few years.
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Electric trim will kill us all.
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Future us: "You shouldn't worry about airliner automation killing you. As a matter of fact, the autonomous car driving you to the airport is much more likely to kill you."
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Give me my two place 27 rotor autonomous drone pod now please I swear I’ll check my houses METAR before telling it to take me to Krispy Kreme again.
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Jealous Cow posted:Give me my two place 27 rotor autonomous drone pod now please I swear I’ll check my houses METAR before telling it to take me to Krispy Kreme again. Do you file Dunkin' Donuts as alternate?
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Ola posted:Do you file Dunkin' Donuts as alternate? It’s autonomous why would I need an alternate? 
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StandardVC10 posted:Is that better or worse than their callsign, though? (Used to be "Casino Express," not sure if it still is.) I was going to say, weren't old Xtra the guys who tanked a service from the Midwest to Myrtle Beach somehow
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Joe Baugher posted:Involved in take-off accident at Clark AB, Philippines. Although some reports stated that the aircraft was written off, it was repaired and resumed operations, but with a slightly twisted fuselage, resulting in the plane flying with perpetual yaw. (RC-135M 62-4139) Well that sounds, uh, fun? Same source has it still active to this day, too.
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All our planes fly with perpetual yaw. I tell my students, on the 172s that have rudder trim: "you know how the checklist says 'rudder trim set to takeoff'? Don't do that, the rudder trim is set full right for a good reason."
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vessbot posted:"...where every flight's a gamble!" My favorite failed startup of all time is still Smokers Express, the airline that would give you free cigarettes and REAL STEAK. Or at least it would have if it ever got off the ground  I’m still not sure how they expected to get around the whole “smoking ban on domestic flights” thing
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Ola posted:Do you file Dunkin' Donuts as alternate? Things like this seemingly tiny question make me laugh when the 'flying car' is brought up by media/kickscammers. Humans are loving stupid with two dimensions, add the tiniest big of third dimension (Speedbump, 6foot10, pothole etc) without even leaving the ground we gently caress up.
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Luigi Thirty posted:My favorite failed startup of all time is still Smokers Express, the airline that would give you free cigarettes and REAL STEAK. Or at least it would have if it ever got off the ground Before you took off an annoucement would say "Ok. Smoke 'em if you've got 'em. But everyone be cool about this. This is just us, nobody tells The Man we did this Ok? Ok then. Also, fasten your seatbelts".
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PT6A posted:All our planes fly with perpetual yaw. I tell my students, on the 172s that have rudder trim: "you know how the checklist says 'rudder trim set to takeoff'? Don't do that, the rudder trim is set full right for a good reason." Is this compensating for engine torque?
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stevobob posted:Is this compensating for engine torque? Not exactly engine torque, but about half each of P-factor and spiraling slipsteam. They are yaw forces, countered by rudder and rudder trim. Engine torque is a rolling force, countered by aileron and is too weak to notice in small piston trainers/sport planes. Most of the time you hear about "torque" it's misapplied to the other 2 forces I mentioned. I'm phone posting but they're easy enough to Google.
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