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I HATE CARS posted:
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What are those tubes on the top for? Missiles of some kind I presume. God bless the Soviets' infinite amount of imagination.
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Mar 8, 2010 22:14
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Phy posted:It's like they picked up building Weird poo poo right where the Nazis left off. Someone had to do it. It makes me wonder what cybernetic/zombie Kim Jong-il has cooked up.
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Mar 8, 2010 23:07
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MonkeyNutZ posted:I'm pretty sure that this is the coolest photo ever taken. Better res? Bigger?
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Mar 11, 2010 04:24
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durabrand107 posted:Burner runs (engine runs where you accelerate up to the fully open augmentor position) were pretty neat too. Nothing like strapping a jet down with it's tail hook and watching as it tries to get loose. Being about 20ft from a jet in full burner (outside) is cool as you really don't hear anything anymore it's just your whole skeleton kinda vibrates. This is rad as gently caress.
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Mar 12, 2010 18:59
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Honestly, unless it is featured in this game, any jet built should be immediately scraped as a failure. 
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Mar 13, 2010 01:04
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blambert posted:More James May stuff. This one makes him officially the luckiest man on earth. Un-loving-real.
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Mar 14, 2010 22:36
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Godholio posted:Fake dogfights (BFM) is pretty standard training. It's a loving BLAST, too. There's also a lot of BVR (beyond visual range...ie, radar & missile work) too. I'm surprised it's low enough for you to actually see it. It's usually way too high. That's just the way it is out here in Arizona I guess. Hell, I even get low altitude flybys with F-16's in lower Chandler, AZ (outside of Phoenix). On the flip side of technology I get to regularly see some vintage biplanes painted up in Blue Angels garb have fun right over my house. 
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Mar 15, 2010 05:11
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silversiren posted:Oh Jesus.  No force on Earth could have kept me from running over and dry humping the poo poo out of those 2.
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Mar 16, 2010 00:13
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azflyboy posted:The problems with the engine on the Thunderscreech mostly came from the fact that it was too complex. So it's an FD with wings.
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Mar 16, 2010 20:06
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Schindler's Fist posted:Re: A-10 lifetime, iirc there is a fair quantity of A-10's still in storage in the big 'boneyard' next to Davis-Monthan. (I took the AMARC bus tour out of the Pima air museum, and I saw them) They are kept in such condition that they can be ready for flight in a couple of days - if Congress approves the money. Godholio posted:The airframes at AMARC are the least-airworthy of the fleet, that's why they're there. These are the jets that have hit or are already close to the hours limit, have structural damage, etc. Pulling anything out of AMARC for service would require the most dire of circumstances. For anyone not familiar with AMARC here's a satalite shot of the "bone yard". It's unreal. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...067549&t=h&z=14 Zoom in and take a look around.
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Mar 21, 2010 23:41
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orange lime posted:If they're being that anal about the legality of it all, I would think that they'd find some kind of abandoned-property law to allow them to be reclaimed. Or they're justifying the exorbitant government budget for shrink wrap.
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Mar 22, 2010 07:20
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I'd give anything to just walk that yard for a few days with a camera. So much history.
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Mar 22, 2010 16:17
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2ndclasscitizen posted:Have some of those B-52s had their noses removed? Or are they something else? Removed. Everything in that yard is slowly getting cannibalized and hacked apart.
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Mar 22, 2010 17:23
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ApathyGifted posted:They did. Balls. Of. Steel.
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Mar 23, 2010 03:13
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ozziegt posted:I don't know why OptimusMatrix didn't post the link to that Gizmodo article: His boner got in the way. We're lucky we got that much.
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Apr 7, 2010 19:38
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:I have the full-sized file and its been my wallpaper ever since. Would you mind posting it? It's a drat good photo.
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Apr 9, 2010 03:18
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Yeah, the original is here, its too big for waffleimage Awesome and thanks! It's now in my rotation. 
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Apr 9, 2010 03:22
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Used Sunlight sales posted:An F-14D Upgrade at zone five burner sitting on the waist cats of a carrier, full war load of fuel and ammo getting shot off. My crotch would have literally exploded.
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Apr 9, 2010 22:55
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Sterndotstern posted:I saw a slide rule one once. They appear to be a weird relic from some ancient alien civilization, covered with cryptic writing and ratios. I quickly shielded my eyes with my TI-83 and continued playing Dope Wars.  I stole this for a FB status.
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Apr 21, 2010 04:25
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:My best friend from my last base got an incentive ride in my old jet. I'm happy so happy for him. He also got some amazing photos. Hi res perchance? Those are some great shots.
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May 2, 2010 21:53
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Enter crappy cell phone pics... Tooling around outside on Tuesday and I heard a bird that didn't sound like all the other ones (I live next to a small private air park). I was mostly just gawking wide eyed before I realized I wanted to take a picture and only managed to snap one non blurry one.  ENHANCE!  All silver plus the blue markings. After some light Googling I think I spotted Sentimental Journey, 1 of 11 operational B-17's. I could be wrong but the silver and blue were pretty distinct. My God she was beautiful.
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Mar 18, 2011 17:26
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The Locator posted:If you are only flying SouthWest or US Air it isn't bad, since you will be in Terminal 4. But if you get stuck in T2 or T3, or worse, need to transfer between terminals, ugh. The designers made no provision for transfer between terminals at all (not even a sidewalk for the intrepid that want to brave the heat), so you have to catch a shuttle bus. This. Terminal 4 isn't half bad and it's basically the most used one IIRC. If I have to pick up someone from SH I basically tell them to get to 4 or find a taxi because 1 (lol) 2 & 3 are crapshoots even externally. I'm not well traveled like some of you but for worst airports I'd say it's a toss up between ATL and LAX. Both unique in how awful they were for me.
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May 26, 2012 21:05
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Bugsmasher posted:So this came to Calgary for the weekend: Calgary? drat, she gets around. She's stationed somewhat near my house and have had her fly over a few times. 
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Aug 27, 2012 22:23
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So loving mad about this shot I got. The first thing I notice was the noise, oh the noise. I look up and see a B-25 (Maid in the Shade) flying loose formation with Sentimental Journey coming right at me. I scramble for my camera bag but fumble the loving hood, the cap, the strap flies everywhere, etc. By the time I got situated the 25 had banked out of sight and I managed a single rear end shot of the 17. DSC_3091 by jankyangles, on Flickr Click through for hugeness. Maker Of Shoes fucked around with this message at 05:43 on Apr 7, 2013 |
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Apr 7, 2013 05:13
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This was a pleasant surprise at PHX. Always liked the old livery.
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Wombot posted:Chopper 4 has gone down. First on the scene, Chopper 4! Oh man, I haven't heard that bit in forever. 
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