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Nebakenezzer posted:What's Siberia like? I've always pictured it like certain parts of Canada (IE cold, full of trees.) Nothing like that at all - instead, it was full of trees, and cold...  No smoking on the aircraft, but unlike the UK, smoking is still OK in bars, hotels etc.
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Mar 27, 2012 21:51
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Jetblue captain loses his poo poo midflight, is subdued by passengers: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57405282/jetblue-captain-subdued-mid-flight-after-erratic-behavior/ I cannot even imagine how scary it would be to have the loving captain of the aircraft start screaming about bombs and poo poo at 35,000ft.
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Mar 28, 2012 00:36
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I don't understand why all this stupid stuff is happening at the airline I work for. Maybe we need better screening.
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Mar 28, 2012 01:03
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Wow, I sure am glad for the CBS NEWS ANIMATION of an airliner cruising through some clouds. That really helped me understand exactly what those passengers were going through right at the moment! [e] ahahahahaa and the radial blur effect to show the captain "bolting for the door" from his perspective. Someone's been playing a little too much Need For Speed
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Mar 28, 2012 01:14
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Mobius1B7R posted:I don't understand why all this stupid stuff is happening at the airline I work for. Maybe we need better screening. poo poo happens everywhere. The airline I used to work for has its share of crazies too.
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Mar 28, 2012 01:34
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Preoptopus posted:So how long does one get screamed at by superiors while at attention for something like this? Um, if he doesn't end up in the brig, I would be willing to bet a lot on him losing his wings and commission (or position as a warrant-officer).
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Mar 28, 2012 02:47
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Is there like an insurance for military accidents then? Also found this on Gizmodo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3f49oEyk5bw Group makes giant paper airplane that flies across the dessert. http://gizmodo.com/5895876/these-people-flew-a-giant-45+foot-paper-airplane-over-the-arizona-desert?tag=airplanes
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Mar 28, 2012 05:02
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two_beer_bishes posted:poo poo happens everywhere. The airline I used to work for has its share of crazies too. Glad to see the "coffee, tea, or me?" breed of cabin crew is still around... quote:A helicopter with heat-seeking equipment was called in, and Bradford was discovered hiding behind a shed shortly before midnight. 
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Mar 28, 2012 05:56
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Preoptopus posted:Is there like an insurance for military accidents then? Yup, it's called income tax.
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Mar 28, 2012 06:11
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I went to the AF Armament Museum outside Eglin and took a couple pictures: Thud  GBU-15  GBU-28  AIM-7  AIM-120  AGM-88 and HARM Targeting System  P-80  More Thud  Phantom  Last operational B-47  Voodoo  F-89  AGM-109 MRASM (see below)   Name that aircraft  Should be self explanatory  33rd had the most kills during the Gulf War (16), as well as the most MiG-29 kills (5) and the only kill by a USMC pilot (exchange officer.)     Viper  Business end of the Hawg  Run of the mill AC-130  Actually this is 53-3129, affectionately known as the "First Lady," the first C-130 to roll off the production line in 1955. She was converted to gunship configuration in 1968 and served faithfully until retirement in 1995.  40mm Bofors  B-57    Should be obvious  Name that missile    Here's a hint...it was next to this bad boy.  "Big Tail" SR-71  Mace   One of the last Pave Lows in service, took part in rescue operations after the Jonestown Massacre. I've got a bunch more of all the munitions they had on the inside, if people are interested I can post some of those.
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Mar 28, 2012 09:24
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I'm going back next time I'm in Destin, I want to go inside now. Last time we were there we were staying on the beach and there was so much eye candy it was unreal. Helicopters were constantly flying by and military aircraft were zooming by every 1-5 mins or so.
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Mar 28, 2012 19:21
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Great shots! The mystery plane isn't an F-111 is it? The landing gear makes me think so, but then the wings are all wrong looking (not swing wing, clearly...) When I was 10 or so my dad took me out to a National Guard camp to see the airplanes on static display. What stuck with me to this day is how HUGE the F-105 is. I mean, I the Tomcat and Rhino are "pretty big" but the F-105 dwarfs them. Then someone at some point decided this would be a brilliant role for the biggest gently caress off fighter/bomb truck they could find:  It worked about as well as you'd imagine. Edit: Ok my Google-fu has made a liar out of me: The F-105 wasn't that much bigger than the -4 or -14. Previa_fun fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Mar 28, 2012 |
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Mar 28, 2012 19:27
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Um...they clearly ARE swing-wing. It's a Vark.
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Previa_fun posted:Then someone at some point decided this would be a brilliant role for the biggest gently caress off fighter/bomb truck they could find: I like that paint scheme, though. You can really see the thunderbird on the belly. I wonder how long before they transition to F-35s? Or maybe F-22s but I can't see them using something so big and expensive.
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Mar 28, 2012 20:40
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Sagebrush posted:I like that paint scheme, though. You can really see the thunderbird on the belly. Thunderbirds will disband before they task that many already scarce 22's and 35's to permanent air show duty.
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Mar 28, 2012 21:34
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Preoptopus posted:Is there like an insurance for military accidents then? Sure, although it can be kind of hard filling out the paperwork... quote:In December 1942, the University of California agreed, at the insistence of J. Robert Oppenheimer and Ernest O. Lawrence, to become the manager of the secret Los Alamos laboratory. Well, in truth, they agreed to manage some kind of laboratory — they didn’t know it was at Los Alamos. They didn’t even know what state it was in, much less what it was supposed to be doing. As manager, their job was to procure supplies and manage personnel employment. General Groves was finally kind enough to give the poor financial manager a hand:  I can only imagine what their premiums were like though.
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Mar 28, 2012 22:30
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Thunderbirds will disband before they task that many already scarce 22's and 35's to permanent air show duty. My bet is they'll end up flying the replacement for the T-38 (if that project ever gets off the ground).
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Mar 28, 2012 22:44
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Unless there's some type of disaster in the funding, the Thunderbirds F-16 Block 52's will be replaced by the first outcycled F-35A's. But just like the Blue Angles, it's not going to be any time soon. Think 2025. Lockheed made this in a bizarre public marketing attempt: 
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Mar 28, 2012 22:51
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Preoptopus posted:Is there like an insurance for military accidents then?
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Mar 28, 2012 22:55
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Godholio posted:Um...they clearly ARE swing-wing. It's a Vark.  It sure is. That's what I get for browsing on my phone at work.
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Mar 28, 2012 22:59
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Previa_fun posted:Great shots! The mystery plane isn't an F-111 is it? The landing gear makes me think so, but then the wings are all wrong looking (not swing wing, clearly...) I can't look at the gross, oversized gear of the F-111 without imagining it as one of those toys you pull back across the floor to wind up before letting it scoot forward.
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Mar 28, 2012 23:19
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Boomerjinks posted:I can't look at the gross, oversized gear of the F-111 without imagining it as one of those toys you pull back across the floor to wind up before letting it scoot forward. I see your gross, oversized landing gear and raise you more gross oversized landing gear: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics-Grumman_F-111B I love this picture  "I betcha it won't get into the air!"
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Mar 28, 2012 23:21
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Previa_fun posted:I love this picture Totally made me think of this take off scene. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA6pv0Hhl0I (best quality I could find)
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Mar 28, 2012 23:31
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New (and much anticipated) MUOS military communication satellite was launched Feb 25th onboard this Atlas V, the largest payload ever carried by the Atlas: I like this shot, too: 
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Mar 28, 2012 23:45
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grover posted:New (and much anticipated) MUOS military communication satellite was launched Feb 25th onboard this Atlas V, the largest payload ever carried by the Atlas: Awesome pics, now got a new background for the phone
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Mar 29, 2012 00:01
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revmoo posted:I'm going back next time I'm in Destin, I want to go inside now. The Emerald Coast is pretty good for airplane viewing...you've got the test and eval poo poo taking place at Eglin (plus F-35s if you're into that I guess), all of Hurlburt's random AFSOC aircraft, and then the Raptor FTU is just down the road at Tyndall as well as all the WSEP/Combat Archer fun. Previa_fun posted:Then someone at some point decided this would be a brilliant role for the biggest gently caress off fighter/bomb truck they could find: A Thud airshow is number one on my list of airshow things I wish I could've seen (a Phantom show, either Blues or T-Birds, is right behind it.) MrChips posted:My bet is they'll end up flying the replacement for the T-38 (if that project ever gets off the ground). This was going to be my guess but this Cygni posted:Unless there's some type of disaster in the funding, the Thunderbirds F-16 Block 52's will be replaced by the first outcycled F-35A's. But just like the Blue Angles, it's not going to be any time soon. Think 2025. is also a pretty good assessment. I forgot they just got those Block 52's a couple of years back. And that picture...  Previa_fun posted:I see your gross, oversized landing gear and raise you more gross oversized landing gear: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics-Grumman_F-111B "Senator, there isn't enough thrust in all Christendom to make that airplane a fighter." iyaayas01 fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Mar 29, 2012 |
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Mar 29, 2012 02:54
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iyaayas01 posted:A Thud airshow is number one on my list of airshow things I wish I could've seen (a Phantom show, either Blues or T-Birds, is right behind it.) Check out Threshold: The Blue Angels Experience. I believe it recently has come out on DVD. Lots of footage of the Blues in the F-4 and narrated by Leslie Nielsen to boot. Unfortunately that's the closest any of will get today.
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Tyndall still busts out their camo F-4 for airshows, or at least they did a few years ago. Most of them are in drone gray/orange, but they keep one looking good. One of the coolest things I saw there was in early 2005. Two F-22s took off, followed by four F-15Cs, followed by the camo F-4. Almost fifty years of air superiority, all in the span of one red light (the light faces the flightline, so it was all less than 1/4 mile directly in front of me). The light turned green, and I drove home with a boner. Edit: This sent me on a random google search which turned up a pretty cool article: http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/Where-Have-All-the-Phantoms-Gone.html The ending is awesome: Brackin and I walked back to the van and got in. Brackin was staring straight ahead. Then he turned to me. “So now you know,” he said, grinning. “It takes four Raptors to kill an F-4.” Edit2: V Part of it is, yeah...wtf. Godholio fucked around with this message at 04:00 on Mar 29, 2012 |
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Cygni posted:Lockheed made this in a bizarre public marketing attempt: That Photoshop is upside-down.
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Godholio posted:Tyndall still busts out their camo F-4 for airshows, or at least they did a few years ago. Most of them are in drone gray/orange, but they keep one looking good. One of the coolest things I saw there was in early 2005. Two F-22s took off, followed by four F-15Cs, followed by the camo F-4. Almost fifty years of air superiority, all in the span of one red light (the light faces the flightline, so it was all less than 1/4 mile directly in front of me). The light turned green, and I drove home with a boner. Regarding the 82nd ATRS...  (From the Armament Museum outside Eglin...they had an exhibit about WSEP/Combat Archer.) I actually know an Ammo officer that is assigned to that squadron, he seems to think it is pretty cool. They also operate the "Air Force's Navy":  e: I thought this was a pretty cool bit from that piece as well: quote:One Phantom was saved by its former pilot. On April 16, 1972, Dan Cherry, flying an F-4D, had scored a victory over a North Vietnamese Mig-21. Thirty-two years later, during a trip with friends to the National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, Cherry encountered the aircraft he had flown that day. It was on display in the little town of Enon, outside Dayton. It's amazing how much personality a hunk of metal and plastic can seem to have if you spend enough time around it. iyaayas01 fucked around with this message at 05:55 on Mar 29, 2012 |
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I've got one of their coins. One of my favorites. 
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Godholio posted:I've got one of their coins. One of my favorites. Remind me to post a picture of our most recent RF-A coin...it's a bottle opener that has a bottle of Alaskan Amber and a silhouette of two moose mating on the backside. Yes, we have two moose loving on our official unit coin.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Is that Marine's Dream? That's the prettiest Corsair.
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Not strictly aviation but the Navy has posted their unclass program guide for 2012. It's usually interesting if not sparse on detail: http://www.navy.mil/navydata/policy/seapower/npg12/top-npg12.pdf
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I haven't posted in here ever, so go easy on me. These two have probably been posted already, but to me they are the beautiful looking aircraft ever designed and produced. The German Messerschmitt Me262a and the American P-51 Mustang. Both are equally stunning in completely different ways    
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Sadly no photos, but today whilst sitting out in the sun eating lunch at work, our factory got buzzed by a Spitfire and 3 Extra 300's in formation. Today has been a good day.
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I found out about these guys recently and now I'm bummed I didn't try and go see them when I was living in Europe: 
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The Dutch have the coolest paint schemes on their demo birds. Click for big 
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