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Slo-Tek posted:Just ran across this on xplanes.tumblr Reminds me of Spotted Lake 
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D C posted:Reminds me of Spotted Lake Wow, apparently that's minerals making the spots and you can actually get it in without dying. Although indians apparently fenced it off.
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Sep 7, 2012 02:12
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Slo-Tek posted:Just ran across this on xplanes.tumblr I found a page that describes it as an infrared detection system, so that's probably germanium glass or some similar IR transmissive glass. So it probably won't give you cancer... It does look cool though.
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Sep 7, 2012 10:49
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Speaking of cool/shiny aviation things: 61-2080 by Powercube, on Flickr Also- I've been debating this with some people; but is this B-36J not wrinkled enough?  52-2827 by Powercube, on Flickr
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Sep 8, 2012 01:18
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Linedance posted:I found a page that describes it as an infrared detection system, so that's probably germanium glass or some similar IR transmissive glass. So it probably won't give you cancer... It does look cool though. Although actual Soviet era fruit bowls will give you cancer.
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Sep 8, 2012 01:27
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Powercube posted:Also- I've been debating this with some people; but is this B-36J not wrinkled enough? e. Holy moly im dumb.
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Sep 8, 2012 03:28
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Linedance posted:I found a page that describes it as an infrared detection system, so that's probably germanium glass or some similar IR transmissive glass. So it probably won't give you cancer... It does look cool though. Why are they all different colors, just age?
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Sep 8, 2012 03:45
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Bob Odegaard died in a crash while practicing for the Valley City air show this evening. https://www.newsdakota.com/2012/09/07/breaking-pilot-dies-in-airplane-crash-at-barnes-county-airport
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Sep 8, 2012 04:18
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Sudo Echo posted:Why are they all different colors, just age? Dunno, could just be that it doesn't really matter what they look like in visible light, just what they look like in IR.
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Sep 8, 2012 04:39
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Sudo Echo posted:Why are they all different colors, just age? I was conjecturing well ahead of my evidence and thinking maybe each lens is tuned to a different exhaust composition/temperture/color. "Oh, I see that the engine exhaust on this missile has X% perc in it, that is a Phoenix, don't worry, they never hit anything" or "This missile is burning a bunch of magnesium, o poo poo sidewinder!" Leviathor posted:Bob Odegaard died in a crash while practicing for the Valley City air show this evening. Sad as hell to see this. I always liked the "57" livery, and there aren't that many F2G-1's still flying. Slo-Tek fucked around with this message at 04:44 on Sep 8, 2012 |
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Sep 8, 2012 04:40
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That looks like Race 74 to me. Edit: Content! http://www.airrace.com/corsair74.htm Advent Horizon fucked around with this message at 05:05 on Sep 8, 2012 |
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Sep 8, 2012 05:02
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Powercube posted:
There's probably a couple of reasons for that. I believe the B-36 at Pima was the last one ever built, so it would have only been in service for about five years before retiring, which would have reduced the number of pressurization cycles the airframe went through. Photos taken during the restoration process do show quite a bit of wrinkling on the fuselage, and although it's still fairly visible in person, I'm guessing the relatively fresh coat of paint makes it look a lot better than the surviving aircraft that haven't been painted recently.
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Sep 8, 2012 05:35
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Leviathor posted:Bob Odegaard died in a crash while practicing for the Valley City air show this evening. Died doing what he loved.
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Leviathor posted:Bob Odegaard died in a crash while practicing for the Valley City air show this evening. This makes me really sad. I just saw that airplane at Oshkosh and have seen him fly for a long time.
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Sep 8, 2012 12:04
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Advent Horizon posted:That looks like Race 74 to me. It was Race 74. I just saw that plane last Saturday for a wedding reception at the Fargo Air Museum, and was really looking forward to seeing it perform this weekend. I was listening to FAR tower when Cripes A' Mighty 3rd was being ferried over to BAC, which built up the excitement even more. Bob was scheduled to do a performance in both 74 and Cripes. When it went up in spring for the first time since its engine rebuild (with Cripes as a fly-along) I heard them leaving and returning to Fargo. The R-4360 was making metal back then, so it had to be reworked again. Initial reports are that it looked like he was trying to leave the cockpit when the plane crashed. Bob was probably one of the most experienced pilots I've ever met, and whatever went wrong was probably incredibly unfortunate timing for him to not recover without better results. Very sad.
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Sep 8, 2012 16:02
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B-1 being trucked up I-5 with a police escort to Boeing Field.
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Sep 8, 2012 20:37
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Philip J Fry posted:B-1 being trucked up I-5 with a police escort to Boeing Field. Are they trucking it up there as a display?
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Sep 8, 2012 23:09
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That's where they do a lot of their "current airframe, future system" testing. AWACS testbed, and E-737 programs are both up there, and the Airborne Laser used to be. But there's probably a bunch of airplanes on sticks, so who knows.
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Sep 9, 2012 00:33
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Godholio posted:That's where they do a lot of their "current airframe, future system" testing. AWACS testbed, and E-737 programs are both up there, and the Airborne Laser used to be. A B-1 would need one hell of a stick...
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Sep 9, 2012 01:07
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Plinkey posted:Are they trucking it up there as a display? As far as I remember, it has something to do with researching how to extend the service life of airframes that do not presently look like:  84-0056 by Powercube, on Flickr
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Sep 9, 2012 03:04
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MrYenko posted:A B-1 would need one hell of a stick... Yeah they're usually on the wheels at that size. 
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Sep 9, 2012 04:36
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While I was out in my garden doing some work, I caught a glimpse (and, of course, the sound) of the XH558 Vulcan having a play, pulling the usual low-and-slow turns they use for a display a few miles away. Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU1VSCph-G8 It's such an awesome bit of kit. Every now and then you'll get a bit where the resonance causes the famous "Vulcan howl", and it briefly sounds like a forty-ton TIE fighter.
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Sep 9, 2012 19:24
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Philip J Fry posted:B-1 being trucked up I-5 with a police escort to Boeing Field. Heard about this on OPB, why is it getting trucked from Portland to Seattle? Did it get shipped by rail to here, and then trucked to Boeing, or what? Why not rail it all the way? QUESTIONS
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Sep 9, 2012 19:40
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Boeing owns it, no idea what they're going to do with it. I think it started off in Arizona earlier in the year, Portland to Seattle was its last leg. It's a big son of a bitch (135' long x 29' wide and 15' high,) I don't think there's enough clearance in some of the rail tunnels around here. They've only been moving it late at night since Friday as the convoy plugs along at 45 MPH on the interstate. Should have arrived this morning. Someone got some good close ups of it at a rest stop. http://www.flickr.com/photos/truckexposure/
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Sep 9, 2012 20:09
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Have a large field you need to spray? Piston engines too low tech? Have I got a plane for you! 1S006-01 by Powercube, on Flickr Some assembly required.
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Philip J Fry posted:Boeing owns it, no idea what they're going to do with it. I think it started off in Arizona earlier in the year, Portland to Seattle was its last leg. It's a big son of a bitch (135' long x 29' wide and 15' high,) I don't think there's enough clearance in some of the rail tunnels around here. They've only been moving it late at night since Friday as the convoy plugs along at 45 MPH on the interstate. Should have arrived this morning. http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2398 Gonna put it in an iron bird and test it a little longer to extend service life.
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Sep 10, 2012 03:56
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Powercube posted:Have a large field you need to spray? Piston engines too low tech? Have I got a plane for you! Ah, the cold war "crop-duster" that carried paratroopers. Scuttle-butt is that it was designed to spray chemical weapons on NATO troops.
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Sep 10, 2012 04:06
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Airboyd has uploaded the NTSB hearing on last year's crash at Reno. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMmhOkXQB0s Skip ahead to 10 minutes or so to get past the introductions.
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PhotoKirk posted:Ah, the cold war "crop-duster" that carried paratroopers. Scuttle-butt is that it was designed to spray chemical weapons on NATO troops. It could only carry 2 'technicians' as passengers. It was actually used in Russia, but (shock!) was not economical as a crop duster, and the order of 3000 was cancelled and only 175 were built. Given it's slow speed (slowest mass produced jet in the world), I doubt it would do very well in a combat environment trying to deliver chemical weapons.
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The Locator posted:It could only carry 2 'technicians' as passengers. Also, it was nicknamed Belphagor (a demon renown for noise) by the design bureau due to it being just that loving loud.
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Sep 10, 2012 05:34
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Delivery McGee posted:Airboyd has uploaded the NTSB hearing on last year's crash at Reno. Jesus that seems pretty damning of the maintenance and modifications of the Ghost. Locknuts not replaced in 26 years!
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pbpancho posted:Jesus that seems pretty damning of the maintenance and modifications of the Ghost. Locknuts not replaced in 26 years! Yeah, I'm only an hour in, but it seems like they didn't bother actually tightening things since 1948.
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http://www.natodays.cz/on-display.htm Going to NATO DAYS in Ostrava, CZE in two weeks Quite nice list of participants, especially B52's are pretty rare over here, and there is gonna be two of them. Can't wait  Also hope 24GB worth of memory cards will be enough. Will post full report when I get back 
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Kerrow posted:http://www.natodays.cz/on-display.htm Please do, I'll bet half of AI is drooling over the list of sexy Euro models that we don't get to see much of in the US.
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Sep 10, 2012 12:04
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spNF69Lf7Sg This is bizarre, and incredibly lucky to get away with.
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Sep 10, 2012 15:27
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I saw nothing but stupidity in that video. They're lucky as gently caress.
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Sep 10, 2012 15:43
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Manny posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spNF69Lf7Sg To flesh this out a little, there are two banner towing aircraft, the Husky and the Super Cub. Both hired by seperate political parties. The cessna camera ship was hired to film the Super Cub and apparently just didn't see the Husky at all. The Husky managed to get a hole burned in his wing from the exhaust, as well as managing to land on the beach with one flap fully down and one retracted. Extremely good work on his part.
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Thanks, I've been struggling to find more information - I did find a picture of the aftermath though: 
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That's a good picture, I hadn't seen it. It's an earlier Husky with the old style wing and aileron spades. He also got pretty close to the fuel tanks in the wings.
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OK, so the purchase of F-35s is going poorly for Canada. So some people have been proposing to the government that what they should do instead is build the Avro Arrow. Really.
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