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FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

https://twitter.com/kwilli1046/status/880859231808872448

This has been on Twitter all day, I'm not very plugged in to the aviation scene, any idea how the pilot managed to do this? In a twin, no less.

Last I read both occupants survived.

# ¿ Jul 1, 2017 00:15

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 21:51

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Nebakenezzer posted:

when the Me 163 just isn't insane enough

e: I must have been 10 or so when I read about how the fuel leaks would dissolve pilots in their seats

# ¿ Oct 29, 2017 04:13

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

https://twitter.com/Aviationdailyy/status/954640924939882496

# ¿ Jan 21, 2018 03:39

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/972999850521489408?s=19

Five dead, everybody but the pilot. It looked so benign :/

# ¿ Mar 12, 2018 07:18

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

mlmp08 posted:

As usual, comms traffic for the whole event is very calm:

https://www.liveatc.net/recordings.php

"Is your airplane physically on fire?"
"No, it's not on fire, but part of it's missing."

# ¿ Apr 17, 2018 20:30

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Enourmo posted:

Now here's some proper weapons-grade Aeronautical Insanity:

Which anime is this from?

# ¿ Aug 6, 2018 03:46

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1029118323508891648

what the hell :psyduck:

# ¿ Aug 14, 2018 01:54

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

The crash site is bizarre, it's like the plane hit the front of the house and then all momentum disappeared. GTA physics, almost.

It looks more like it caught fire and burned to the ground while parked on the front lawn than a deliberate collision

# ¿ Aug 14, 2018 03:09

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

This happened at 2:30 am so honestly it's just impressive that he managed to hit the right house in the dark.

# ¿ Aug 14, 2018 03:13

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Is that better or worse than how they tested the first ever ejection seats? I'm kind of afraid to look it up

# ¿ Nov 15, 2018 01:09

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Terrible Robot posted:

Yours isn't working for me, but:

https://twitter.com/Aviationdailyy/status/1076031695386828801

the front fell off

# ¿ Dec 22, 2018 02:49

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Baby connie, doo doo doo doo doo doo

# ¿ Jan 16, 2019 00:58

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Dannywilson posted:

Yup! That's a full custom job right there. You need a 2 seater for training when there's nothing else really out there with the same performance envelope anymore.

I lived next to Sheppard AFB for like fifteen years so all I see in the F-5 is a T-38 with camo, what am I missing? :confused:

# ¿ Jan 18, 2019 03:58

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Nebakenezzer posted:

An unpleasant 16 hour delay

This is the one thing about flying that truly terrifies me.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2019 03:14

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

On the subject of hard landings, I saw this for the first time tonight which feels like a personal failure on my part:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eamnTyfkUBY

# ¿ Jan 27, 2019 05:35

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Kilonum posted:

There's been a Skycrane hull loss

https://www.9news.com.au/2019/01/28/22/05/victoria-news-water-bombing-plane-crash-jericho-mount-gregory-thomson-dam-bushfires

The good news:

# ¿ Jan 29, 2019 06:14

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Cat Mattress posted:

The oil sheik originally wanted a pool, but no amount of bribes could convince the Airbus engineers it'd be a remotely acceptable idea on an aircraft.)

I'm wondering, how much water could an A380 have sloshing around the floor of the cabin before it becomes a problem?

# ¿ Feb 8, 2019 02:10

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

My dad works for Southwest, I wouldn't say I'm genuinely afraid for his life in the upcoming months but I'm watching this Max 8 stuff with concern.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2019 03:25

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Dr_Strangelove posted:

BREAKING: EU just grounded the MAX

Is there an up to date list somewhere of who's grounded them?

# ¿ Mar 12, 2019 18:50

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

American Exceptionalism :911:

# ¿ Mar 12, 2019 19:29

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

I guess we were starting to look bad

https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1105899004154515456

# ¿ Mar 13, 2019 19:40

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

I can't read French but that clip set off my "why were they filming?" staged video alarm.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2019 01:40

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Elviscat posted:

~~Bullet~~ Missile with ~~Butterfly~~ Wooden wings.

what the hell is that?

# ¿ Mar 25, 2019 23:32

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

If the 737 MAX needs a new type rating is that a big deal-breaker for most of their customers? Southwest in particular would have a problem with it but what about the other airlines?

# ¿ Apr 15, 2019 01:58

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Nebakenezzer posted:

Actually, that sparks a question in me: given magic to give a viable starting point, what airplane would be hardest/most expensive to keep in flying condition?

My uneducated ten-seconds-of-thought vote goes to the X-15, because "flying condition" includes, among other things, a B-52 :v:

# ¿ Apr 24, 2019 02:14

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

BIG HEADLINE posted:

"Stop pissing, Yuri. Give me a stopwatch and a map and I'll fly through the Alps in a plane with no windows."

"Captain, we're out of position by so much as a boatlength!"

# ¿ Apr 24, 2019 16:50

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Ola posted:

Maybe it belongs best in a different thread, but flying military history goes well here and I think you will enjoy this animated map video of the battle of Midway from the japanese perspective.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd8_vO5zrjo

The Algorithm has been pimping this hard for the past few days, glad to hear it's actually worthwhile.

# ¿ May 3, 2019 02:15

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

https://twitter.com/JSOPIO/status/1124506148256743424

https://twitter.com/ethanklapper/status/1124506965852475392

# ¿ May 4, 2019 04:03

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

slidebite posted:

CBC is now reporting 40+ dead. Quite a change from the initial reports.

https://twitter.com/KFM936/status/1125121672212828162
:nms:

# ¿ May 5, 2019 22:48

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

The photos from that F-16 crash are pretty nuts:

https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1129174782715584513

https://twitter.com/NewsBreaking/status/1129173046126768128

# ¿ May 17, 2019 02:17

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

holocaust bloopers posted:

Any word about the pilot?

Ejected cleanly is what I heard.

# ¿ May 17, 2019 02:49

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

https://twitter.com/mckinneytxfire/status/1131693974853492736

d'oh

# ¿ May 24, 2019 01:50

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Syrian Lannister posted:

Plane crashed into a hanger outside of Dallas. 10 dead.

Plane invoked is a King Air 350.

I live a mile or two from Addison Airport and just this month my dad and I were flying out of there for a weekend trip.

Reporting on this was kinda weird, for a long time today it was just "hangar fire" and then "plane crashed into hangar starting fire" and then eventually late this afternoon there was ten dead. RIP

# ¿ Jul 1, 2019 01:40

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Jealous Cow posted:

https://youtu.be/7fOKnQWZR3g

Found in the recommendations.

Dude is melting. Not melting down, just melting.

Craig Ferguson sometimes talks about learning to fly thanks in part to Kurt Russel. The full anecdote starts at 1:05:08 but the good bit is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsFs4LJ8cx8&t=4106s

# ¿ Sep 15, 2019 02:27

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Surely even the gooniest goon can't outweigh whatever wartime payload rating they had?

# ¿ Oct 5, 2019 04:57

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

FuturePastNow posted:

Has audio:

https://i.imgur.com/xKOgTj5.mp4

Welcome to Chicago!

I'd love some additional context on this one

# ¿ Nov 12, 2019 01:35

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

What the gently caress, man? It's 2019, not cool.

# ¿ Nov 21, 2019 03:44

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Beccara posted:

Oh Boeing:

Snipe:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/business/boeing-737-messages.html

The headline is literally: "Boeing Employees Mocked F.A.A. in Internal Messages"

# ¿ Jan 10, 2020 04:43

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

https://twitter.com/ShorealoneFilms/status/1217171015966449666

https://twitter.com/LACoFDPIO/status/1217181087773802496

Not a good look tbh

# ¿ Jan 14, 2020 22:01

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 21:51

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

priznat posted:

Dune movie tie in!!

Poor Kwizatch Haderach, tried to escape into a sandstorm but his ornithopter thought of angle of attack and died.

# ¿ Jan 26, 2020 03:51

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