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BIG HEADLINE posted:He's got to live in Russia, though. I'd imagine it's sort of like those Eastern European dictators who lived in castles and palaces, but knew they were surrounded by poo poo and squalor. They didn't *care*, but they still knew they were surrounded by poo poo and squalor. The dude annexed a whole peninsula just for his vacation home - it's good to be the
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Well, when you aren't the one being beheaded, dismembered, and/or raped, and you're one of the only people in the country with clean drinking water and air conditioning, I'd imagine the Congo's pretty chill. Have you seen/read about Gbadolite? poo poo was ridiculous.
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Duke Chin posted:The dude annexed a whole peninsula just for his vacation home - it's good to be the How about "show runner"
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Well, when you aren't the one being beheaded, dismembered, and/or raped, and you're one of the only people in the country with clean drinking water and air conditioning, I'd imagine the Congo's pretty chill. Truth, by that standard it is awesome to be Kim Jong Un
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Nebakenezzer posted:Truth, by that standard it is awesome to be Kim Jong Un http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2014/02/23/Kim-John-Un-s-childhood-of-Big-Macs-and-pleasure-girls-revealed.html
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S-97 Raider first flight today. Supposed to top out at 220 knots when they get done with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3njDrUtT8k As ever, it doesn't look near as cool as the pre-production renders.
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Does anyone have experience with powered paragliders? I'd like to know how long they stay fun before spending $$$$
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Slo-Tek posted:S-97 Raider first flight today. Supposed to top out at 220 knots when they get done with it. It is literally impossible to make a coaxial rotor system look cool... Literally impossible. 
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ChewedFood posted:Does anyone have experience with powered paragliders? I'd like to know how long they stay fun before spending $$$$ I'm kind of interested in this as well, as a future hobby
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Duke Chin posted:It is literally impossible to make a coaxial rotor system look cool... idk, I think the rotor is the only good looking part of that thing.
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Duke Chin posted:It is literally impossible to make a coaxial rotor system look cool... I see what you're doing. Using reverse psychology to get people to post pictures of sexy Russian attack helicopters. Well, someone ought to teach you a lesson, pilgrim! But I won't do it. No, I won't do it. Aw, hell I will!   
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Duke Chin posted:The dude annexed a whole peninsula just for his vacation home - it's good to be the http://www.theonion.com/article/vladimir-putin-begins-second-term-as-whatever-he-i-4660
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Speaking of Putin and harassing bombers, B-52s will finally get a chance to bomb Sweden (sort of) as they will be part of a larger exercise there in June. Maybe some Gripens can intercept them?quote:The exercise featuring the B-52s, codenamed Baltops, is set to take place between June 5-20, featuring 4,500 personnel, 50 ships and over 50 combat aircraft. The bombers themselves are set to fly non-stop from the US and back, dropping a payload of simulated mines outside Ravlunda, southern Sweden on June 13. This will be the first time that B-52s will carry out exercises over the country, with the operation aimed at simulating the defense of the coast from a hypothetical Russian naval invasion. http://sptnkne.ws/n5B
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I really like reading about Cold War II. I wonder when the name will finally catch on?
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BIG HEADLINE posted:He's got to live in Russia, though. I'd imagine it's sort of like those Eastern European dictators who lived in castles and palaces, but knew they were surrounded by poo poo and squalor so they spent as much of their time as they could elsewhere. They didn't *care*, but they still knew they were surrounded by poo poo and squalor. I don't think hes sweating it.  
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Duke Chin posted:The dude annexed a whole peninsula just for his vacation home - it's good to be the Tsar Vladimir I of Russia. In which case, the guy better get busy because he needs a legitimate heir. MrChips fucked around with this message at 17:51 on May 23, 2015 |
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So it's Fleet Week here in the greater NYC area. I work at the museum at Teterboro Airport, which is the closest reigonal airport to NYC. It also happens to be the primary parking area for most of the Fleet Week helos. Marine and Navy guys were nice enough to let me hang out pretty loving close to a Sea Knight, three Ospreys, four Blackhawks, and I got to see a Huey and HueyCobra leave in formation. I'll post the photos when I get a chance. Unfortunately they're on my lovely backup phone (kinda dropped my phone out of an OV-1... long story) so the quality isn't the best. However, my coworker had his DSLR on him and he'd give me a copy of the CD on like Tuesday if anyone cares by then.
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Pretty sure that long story needs to be posted, too.
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Yeeeeeaaaaah gonna need that OV-1 bombardment story.
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Thirding the demand for the OV-1 story.
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It's not as interesting as it sounds. Ramp ops with an OV-1. Turns out pants aren't the best when it comes to holding things. Phone fell out as I was getting out and hit the deck. Looked like a drat fool to the people watching Or do you want me to lie and say it fell as I was trying to take a picture from the cockpit and it got sucked out onto some unsuspecting Vietnamese farmers? e: saying "my phone fell out of an airplane" is a lot more fun to say to people than "My phone fell out of an airplane as I was doing ramp ops with people watching." Of all the airplanes I've had to climb into, the Mohawk isn't even the one that would be most likely to make a phone fall out. Flipping into a Fortress somehow didn't shatter my phone 
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I can't tell if I'm enraged or engorged at this.
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Definitely getting a 'kill me' vibe.
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"sooo, we put the prop-plane in line with the pilots, what else can we do to make this less safe?" "Uhh give them en engine right below their feet?"
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StandardVC10 posted:That third engine just seems unnecessary. I'd imagine the speed increase wouldn't really be enough to offset the increased amount of fuel and maintenance. Though apparently now it's been stripped and abandoned.  Apparently the 6th Special Operations Squadron has a single BT-67 conversion, I'd presume mainly training/familiarizing foreign military pilots, or spooky people. 
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ChewedFood posted:Does anyone have experience with powered paragliders? I'd like to know how long they stay fun before spending $$$$ Look around for a local instructor. They have small two stroke engines so they tend to need a bit of tuning and rebuilds can be frequent if you do a ton of flying but are relatively cheap to do. The sails and lines break down in the sun but if you dry and pack them properly they should last a long time. Quite a few go to the ultralight area at Oshkosh so that is a great place to meet people and talk about there experiences.
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StandardVC10 posted:That third engine just seems unnecessary. For the work it did, flying in the polar regions of Canada and to Antarctica, it seems like a decent deal. Having a spare engine might be nice in the middle of nowhere. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conroy_Tri-Turbo-Three
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MrYenko posted:Guys... I need to borrow some money. Is that thing packing CFM56s? Those sure aren't stock P&W.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Is that thing packing CFM56s? Those sure aren't stock P&W. Yup. It's a DC-8-72, which is a CFM re-engine of the DC-8-62.
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helno posted:Look around for a local instructor. Thanks
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Don't know if anyone caught this, but one of the aircraft involved in the 70th anniversary V-day flyover in DC had to make an emergency landing. A hydraulic line had a pinhole that caused vapor in the cockpit. Here cockpit footage of the event. Textbook performance by the pilot.
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CBJamo posted:Don't know if anyone caught this, but one of the aircraft involved in the 70th anniversary V-day flyover in DC had to make an emergency landing. A hydraulic line had a pinhole that caused vapor in the cockpit. Here cockpit footage of the event. Textbook performance by the pilot. That is damned impressive.
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So getting a ride on a Harrier might not be out of the realm of possibility in the near future, it'll just cost a fortune: http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/he-didnt-retire-he-started-his-own-harrier-squadron-1706212868 "...he recently got his hands on another Harrier from the UK, but this one was an ultra-rare two-seat TAV-8, which will allow him to teach other pilots how to fly the Harrier and even possibly take people for rides."
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Must be a Memorial Day parade around, because a C-17 just did a low flyover of our house. Pretty impressive noise.
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Duke Chin posted:Holy poo poo it didn't even kick in that it was a FrankenDC-3 I thought half the point of the DC-3 was to lose the third engine and its associated noise, vibration, and fire hazard compared to Ford Trimotor and the like? Not to say I wouldn't love a turboprop converted DC-3, though a turboprop PBY luxury yacht is much higher on the list despite the utter impossibility of it. I wish we got cool flyovers for stuff, instead all the transplants whine about how terrifyingly loud the Growlers are when they fly within fifty miles. Strange how there were few complaints about Prowlers, until they stopped flying regularly for a few years then all of the sudden it was a loving shock that people bought property near an air base. Not like it's been there for 70 loving years or anything.
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