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How's this for aeronautical insanity? The Piasecki Helistat  Bonus crash video http://wn.com/Piasecki_PA97_Helistat_Accident_Crash__helicopter_helium-blimp_hybrid_heavy-lift_aircraft
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according to the wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piasecki_Heli-Stat) it actually had completed the flight and was taxiing back to the hanger when a minor movement of the undercarriage caused the whole jungle-gym of aluminum to resonate badly, and the pilot tried to minimize it by taking off. Obviously it didn't work...
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Sep 17, 2010 04:26
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galliumscan posted:I'll take a pursuing swam of flies over this any day: this is by far the scariest thing I have ever loving seen. It hovers perfectly level, too.
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Sep 30, 2010 02:39
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I saw one in person as it flew low over my girl's small BC hometown (they use them for logging up there). I got super excited and giddy like a 12 year old and she didn't think it was very interesting 
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Oct 9, 2010 18:36
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well they had to do something with all those unused FEMA trailers.
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Feb 3, 2011 18:41
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I think many of the remaining DC3s are flying around Africa. Also I wouldn't be surprised if there were some in alaska/canadian territories.
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Apr 9, 2011 22:54
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I seem to remember that there was some sort of raised siding like a foot off the floor bordering the wall of the passenger cabin on the last CRJ flight I took. As a 6'4" individual, I relished the opportunity to rest my foot on this instead of trying to cram both my legs right in front of me.
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Apr 27, 2011 21:20
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Some of those comments are pretty great, especially the one talking in very broken english about his "cousin in kabul" who fuels the choppers ("[he] say they fly sunday.") 
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May 5, 2011 00:56
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Those pilots are pretty ballsy. I've always been partial to the STOL comp outtakes, featuring people who got on the brakes just a little too hard on the landing (see the latter half of this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuE2cW8NMx8)
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May 11, 2011 22:11
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Slo-Tek posted:
Goddamn this is one of the coolest things I have ever watched.
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Aug 1, 2011 16:13
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Sirveaux posted:
What is this? Looks chinese
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Aug 17, 2011 19:50
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Whoa I had never heard of the collins class before but I'm reading the wiki about it now and holy poo poo that's a lot of problems. How does all this poo poo go wrong?
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Sep 28, 2011 16:14
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But this is so much more badass than a parachute. Plus I think part of the rationale behind this is that this way they can control precisely where it lands; they can send it up, and then all the pieces can return themselves (via computer control I would imagine) to the facility where they can be inspected and then sent up again! As was mentioned above, locating a bigass rocket stage in the ocean, then getting a boat to go out and pick it up, then transporting it back to the factory probably costs a fair amount.
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Sep 30, 2011 21:25
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Tsuru posted:LOT 767 makes gear-up landing in Warsaw: that pilot had to lay 'er down
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Goddamn, this would be awesome http://www.space.com/13883-nasa-jupiter-moon-europa-lander-mission.html if they can ever scrounge together funding for it.
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