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Work on the ramp can be pretty lame, but I get to see 757s every day. Love seeing them takeoff when they are light.
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:
Fulcrum. :P
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Wow a double post, I am an idiot. Well lets make something fun out of this, what is the best engine noise to your ears? I personally love the howl of the RBs on the 757.
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silversiren posted:Any of you going to Sun n Fun in Lakeland, FL this week? Plenty of pretty planes to gawk at there.. Going on Saturday. Can't wait. Missed Airfest at MacDill this year so I need my airshow fix.
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orange lime posted:We just went over how the F/A-18E/F is basically a completely different aircraft from the A-D. Congress wouldn't approve a new airplane for the Navy, so they made their new plane look like the Hornet and called it an upgrade. The thing is as big as an F-14 (though not as heavy) and really only shares the avionics package with the older F/A-18s. Saw this guy fly a demo yesterday at Sun-n-Fun. I have seen it before but nothing beats watching the Rhino fly. It is extremely loud and music to my ears.
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Apr 19, 2010 06:56
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Anyone ever see an APU give up the ghost? We pushed out a Frontier A319 last year and the APU started to spew flames out all over the grass by the taxiway and caught it all on fire. The ARFF got there pretty quick though.....good thing the station is by that airside.
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May 6, 2010 09:03
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How slow you think the 787 had to fly to stay with the Model 40 and a Bonanza?
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May 20, 2010 07:47
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grover posted:The Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy center at Dulles loving KICKS rear end, btw. Is it easy to get to there from the actual airport? I was thinking of actually taking advantage of my flight benefits and taking a day trip up there to see it.
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Jun 20, 2010 06:14
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Anyone hear anymore info on the C-17 that crashed in Elmendorf? I read it went down like that B-52 did at the airshow.
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http://vimeo.com/14687612 Wing wave!
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Sep 6, 2010 21:04
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Had to go to the local FBO Saturday night for a Rutgers charter when the 787 taxied by me on its way to the runway down here in FLL. What an awesome looking plane. The engines are gigantic. It left on a 6 hour test flight over to Texas and back. Very quiet on takeoff. One of the Continental guys told me it's down here for hot and humid testing.
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Sep 13, 2010 08:48
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Linedance posted:what's the source of this, from the crew or from the passengers, or the airport/emergency services? News, crew, passengers and the airport. You can see in the one picture them spraying foam into the #1 to shut it down.
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Nov 5, 2010 12:04
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The E190 is a great plane to ride in but it's horrible to work on from the underwing side. The bins are tiny, you destroy your head every time on the fire extinguisher cages and all kinds of other things that make you wonder if they even put any thought into any of it. The Airbus on the other hand, is a dream to work on.
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Mar 1, 2011 19:36
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Anyone going to Sun N' Fun this year?
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Mar 4, 2011 06:54
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BonzoESC posted:Haven't seen this one in the wild yet. See it every day down here in FLL. Looks great. It's been around for quite awhile now.
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Mar 8, 2011 23:52
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Probably this one. http://avherald.com/h?article=43b5200d&opt=0
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May 1, 2011 18:04
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Almost looks like they took cues from the failed Commanche and made a Commanch-hawk out of it.
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May 5, 2011 06:35
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BonzoESC posted:Southwest just likes doing stuff quickly; half the time I fly out of FLL (thankfully not often, Ft. Lauderdale is too far North) they've already started throttling up for takeoff while they're still turning on to the runway. They do that on the taxiway before they even begin to make the turn.  They also push fast too, one of them in FLL pushed into a CO bird a couple years ago (they pushed at the same time.)
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May 18, 2011 07:05
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BonzoESC posted:Spent an hour at MIA this afternoon: Too bad the flying forehead landed when they changed runways. How did you get to that spot? I'm hoping to take a drive down Tuesday.
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Jun 26, 2011 06:40
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Does this appeal to anyone? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsY4G-NS0Hc
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Aug 14, 2011 08:21
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Is that man trying to put a fire out..........with a briefcase?
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Sep 7, 2011 08:48
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Epic Fail Guy posted:How do you feel about the new CFMs attached to the 737NGs? Those aren't as bad as compared to the ones on the classics.
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Sep 22, 2011 06:46
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"100...fiftBOOM!" That looks like it smarts. In other news I saw an AF A380 at IAD today. That plane is absolutely enormous. I took some pictures of it but the glass at IAD is terrible for taking shots.
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Sep 27, 2011 05:22
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I've seen that one fly around on approach/departure from IAD, in the sky at distance it's noticeably gigantic. (mostly it just looks a lot closer than it is, but you can tell since it has such a fat rear end fuselage) We were positioned behind it waiting to take off. That plane is exceptionally quiet too. The ERJ that took off after it was louder than the 380 was (at least in the cabin of my plane.)
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Sep 27, 2011 16:53
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CO....errr UA is installing DirectTV in all the 737's except for the -500s because they will be leaving the fleet soon. I've also read the 757-300 will be getting DirectTV as well. The 777s, 764s and 752s already have AVOD so those will not get it installed (they fly long haul anyways so it wouldn't work.)
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Nov 29, 2011 23:46
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Epic Fail Guy posted:Ahahaha like 6 days after I buy tickets for St. Maarten AMR files bankruptcy this owns so hard You'll be alright. They aren't going anywhere. Hopefully they come out of this a less shittier airline.
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Nov 30, 2011 01:32
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MrChips posted:Jack Roush (yes, that Jack Roush) crashing another airplane. Was there ever an NTSB report on his accident? lovely pilot (wouldn't surprise me) or problem with the airplane?
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Dec 15, 2011 09:12
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Ola posted:edit: /\/\ Waldo is just below the port horizontal stabilizer. I think it's a A320 or A319. There's no exit door just in front of the wing. The 321 is a bit longer.
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Dec 19, 2011 22:49
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Understeer posted:From inside the aircraft? There's certainly no doubt when an A320 or A330 APU is running while standing on the ground. In that vein, the classic 737's APU is louder than all hell. With the NG's they added a silencer and it quieted down the exhaust a ton.
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Jan 6, 2012 04:44
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What's with the canning of the A-10Cs? How many will be left after? Seems kind of dumb to get rid of aircraft you just paid millions to upgrade...
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:One thing I will say nice for Delta is that all their RJs except the CRJ200s have first class cabins. It doesn't help unless you have a boatload of status with them or are willing to pay, but it goes a long way to making the RJ experience less lovely. The CRJ-700 and -900 are fine. The -200 is terrible though. Who thought it would be a good idea to have the window aligned with your knee?
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Feb 13, 2012 04:56
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Delivery McGee posted:
Saw a Canadian C-130 come into FLL the other day and it's amazing how smokey the plane is even at idle. It's almost as bad (but awesome) as the 737-200. And all this talk about paying for tickets, I can fly for free.  I don't fly often enough though, I really should just go on random daytrips just for the hell of it (I work for an airline).
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movax posted:Ah, that would make more sense. There's a small arguement between Intel or LSI (I think) having the "first microcomputer", with the latter's claim being a processor for the F-14. I think you may be thinking of the Goshawk that ingested a bird. You clearly hear him punch out and watch as the plane plows into the ground.
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Feb 22, 2012 23:47
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Preoptopus posted:
I watched this movie a million times when I was a kid. Part of it was filmed at MacDill AFB, near where I grew up. 
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BonzoESC posted:At MIA a week ago:  )
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Feb 27, 2012 04:19
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Understeer posted:Come on over to TLS, and you could cross all those off the list in an afternoon. Although, Boeing probably won't be sending the Dreamliner Tour through here, no matter how many times I ask on twitter. I've seen most of the stuff just hanging out but never in the process of flying or landing. I have seen the 787 takeoff (and taxi in front of me while I was being escorted across the runway. )
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Went to MIA today. Saw some cool stuff, like this guy...  And this big fellow..   and this MD-11.  Would have gotten better pictures of the other stuff but my camera only took one picture before it died, so I had to use my phone.
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Mar 1, 2012 00:06
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BonzoESC posted:Did you go to the western cargo area? I've never been that close to a plane I wasn't boarding at MIA. Yeah. I have a friend who works in that building. I also went near the furniture store by 9R. Probably going back Friday with a better camera.
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Probably a stupid question, but why aren't those planes scrapped by now? There's no way an A-7 or F-8 would be restored to active service.
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My favorite thing about Top Gun is how much they reused that footage in shows and movies, especially JAG. Every shot with an F-14 in it was from Top Gun.
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