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Went flying with some barnstormers awhile back. I was in a Travel Air 6000 flying from FAR to K74 for Bob Odegaard's annual fly-in.  
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slidebite posted:I hoped someone one get it I was about to post about your pfeil-ure to make the connection when the coffee kicked in and my brain started working. post more pics already!
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Sep 21, 2012 17:09
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Sorry for the lovely cell phone picture. Forgot my drat DSLR on the way to work this morning.
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Leviathor posted:Went flying with some barnstormers awhile back. Terrific pictures, I love fly ins, they are just a fun thing to attend. Have you any more?
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Colonel K posted:Terrific pictures, I love fly ins, they are just a fun thing to attend. Have you any more? Thanks. I have more of the ATO since that was the only subject on the way down to Kindred, but the environmental limitations (lighting, background, flight length) make "all" the shots port front quarter. We had a pretty good headwind going south, which meant lots of time with the ATO. The tailwind on the way back shortened shooting time on the Stinson and Fairchild.   
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Plinkey posted:Sorry for the lovely cell phone picture. Forgot my drat DSLR on the way to work this morning. I know people get bent out of shape about Instagram's retro pastiche, but I kind of like the unintentional impressionist pastiche of lovely digital zoomed mobile phone cameras..
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slidebite posted:I hoped someone one get it I don't get it 
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movax posted:I don't get it  The push/pull plane in the background is Pfeil in German means 'arrow.'
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I had no idea the Do.335 was so much larger than the AR234...
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Thanks for another excellent installment Nebakenezzer. Can't wait for the last episode. I'm not so sure the Germans can bounce back from this. 
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Ola posted:Thanks for another excellent installment Nebakenezzer. Can't wait for the last episode. I'm not so sure the Germans can bounce back from this.   At least this time only one crew was horribly killed. Sorry for the delay in writing this one. Events in real life demanded attention, and my laptop's AC adapter was out for two weeks. I also managed to finish another bit of AI I've been working on for the past few months. Sadly, I can deliver a airship sized spergpost about this, too... Just give me a minute, I have pictures... e: after several months and something like 120-150 man hours -  My 1/72 Fw-200 Condor is complete.  A late model C-8, With HS-293 anti-ship missile action!  A power turret emplacement with a hilarious "machine gun under glass" feature. HF cable is painted fishing line, radio hoop is fine gauge steel wire bent to replace the part I lost.  I kept the top panels removable, so you could see inside. Fw-200s had waist machine guns like a B-17.  Photo-etch parts doubled the build time but offered superb detail. The fwd power turret is a rapid fire 20mm cannon the Nazis used in all their fighters.  Managed to do a bit of nice weathering on the engines.  Given that they used aircooled rotary engines, I probably didn't weather enough oil stains.  It took a lot of time and masking tape to do the splinter camo...I think it will be awhile before I build something WW2 and German again.   Asymmetrical gondola probably not a feature to look for on Boeing airliners anytime soon  BRAWWWWWWWWWWVVVVOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM 
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Sep 21, 2012 23:24
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Ridge_Runner_5 posted:I had no idea the Do.335 was so much larger than the AR234... It does look bigger and is indeed a bit bigger, but not that much and in fact surprisingly comparable other than wing area which is pretty significant (2x) although the fusalage certainly looks thicker too. According to wiki code:
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Hey, does anyone know of a windows app that can automatically resize a bunch of jpegs in a given directory in one shot? Edit: Nice model building Nebakenezzer. I've got tons of plastic under the stairs which I need to crack into. Probably when I retire in a few decades.  Pretty much 1:48 everything. Fighters, bombers, space shuttle stack, you name it.
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slidebite posted:Hey, does anyone know of a windows app that can automatically resize a bunch of jpegs in a given directory in one shot? Irfanview is great for this, I use it all the time. File->Batch Conversion/Rename.
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joat mon posted:
The only plane cooler than the Do-335 is the Ju-635
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Crosspostin' some shuttle endeavor porn, for those who may not have seen it in GBS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zgfIMmFLnc  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1kBcNxIH9Y                
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McSpatula posted:Crosspostin' some shuttle endeavor porn, for those who may not have seen it in GBS: Awesome stuff. Way to block the freaking view, A340!
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slidebite posted:Hey, does anyone know of a windows app that can automatically resize a bunch of jpegs in a given directory in one shot? Outlook. Highlight, right click, send to mail recipient, select from a handful of typical sizes.
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^^ Oh hell yeah, that's great. Thanks. Will post some of the udvar-hazy photos today.
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Photoscape will do that for you as well.
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No pictures, but I saw something odd today. A pair of grey F-4's flying over my house. I live about 30 miles from Scott AFB in southern Illinois. One of my airplane friends reckons they were Turkish F-4's coming back from Green Flag. Anybody know anything? Slo-Tek fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Sep 24, 2012 |
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Slo-Tek posted:No pictures, but I saw something odd today. A pair of grey F-4's flying over my house. I live about 30 miles from Scott AFB in southern Illinois. If they had no orange highlights, that's a pretty good guess. They'd be hopping from base to base to refuel. Nellis to Scott is right about their max ferry range if they're carrying tanks. If they had orange, they're American QF-4s, probably en route to Tyndall. I'm not sure if they're still converting F-4s or not, since the QF-16 program is getting on its feet.
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Godholio posted:If they had orange, they're American QF-4s, probably en route to Tyndall. I'm not sure if they're still converting F-4s or not, since the QF-16 program is getting on its feet. What I heard from the AMARG people is that the remainder of the F-4s that are not needed as spares for friendly air forces are getting shredded as the QF-4 program is done. This would also explain the distinct lack of F-4s I saw around the airfield. I suppose if anyone wants an F-4 for their local air museum, they have to act fast.
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Mitt Romney doesn't know much about : airplanes. “I appreciate the fact that she is on the ground, safe and sound. And I don’t think she knows just how worried some of us were,” Romney said. “When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly, there’s no — and you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem. So it’s very dangerous. And she was choking and rubbing her eyes. Fortunately, there was enough oxygen for the pilot and copilot to make a safe landing in Denver. But she’s safe and sound.”
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Nebakenezzer posted:Mitt Romney doesn't know much about : airplanes. InitialDave fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Sep 24, 2012 |
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Sep 24, 2012 18:58
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Nebakenezzer posted:Mitt Romney doesn't know much about : airplanes. Not just airplanes, that's science in general. If there was oxygen outside the plane, and there was a fire, why would you want to open the window?
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PS I guess Mitt's campaign plane is an old MD-83...
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InitialDave posted:I would happily grant the Romneys a pure oxygen environment in an aircraft that was experiencing electrical problems. I wonder what he thinks his Jet engines breathe?
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Nebakenezzer posted:Mitt Romney doesn't know much about : airplanes. 47% of passengers demand pressurized cabins 
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Cygni posted:PS I guess Mitt's campaign plane is an old MD-83... Dated just like his ideas.
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Where'd the 'report' button go, anyhow? 
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Slo-Tek posted:No pictures, but I saw something odd today. A pair of grey F-4's flying over my house. I live about 30 miles from Scott AFB in southern Illinois. You live in my airspace! I didn't work the low sectors much today, but didn't see them. I did see a few foreign military flights throughout the weekend though
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Here is something a little different. My mom flew a Wright 1902 Glider today. About an 8 second flight. Apparently towed to speed by 3 people running with ropes then released. I'd be interested in knowing how it would act if you towed it behind a four wheeler or something.
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It would probably move too fast to control.
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Cygni posted:PS I guess Mitt's campaign plane is an old MD-83... Some other campaign planes:  Bourget 757-200 N755NA Obama by ThreeForty, on Flickr Obama's 2008 campaign 757.  Air Force One by LikeOnATree, on Flickr Obama's 2012 campaign plane. The Obama for America campaign is billed for the equivalent of a 737 since the president isn't allowed to fly on a non-Air Force plane.  N802TJ by Shooter918, on Flickr McCain's 2008 campaign 737.  N239JB by PHLAIRLINE.COM, on Flickr Sarah Palin's 2008 campaign ERJ-195. This particular ERJ set a distance record for the model by flying 3100 miles from Anchorage to Buffalo after dumping the loser off in Alaska on the way to be repainted and put back into normal JetBlue service.
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Our favourite backyard RB211 jet man also has a land rover... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH5rahj_dns& and it works, in a fashion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0-i2ZTjgeo&
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vQOY3d89JE This old girl will be making her first flight after an 8 year long rebuild this Saturday. I believe she will be the only flying Mosquito in the world. http://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured-article/warbird-ready-to-fly-new-zealand-mosquito-to-fly-on-saturday-september-29-2012.html https://www.facebook.com/Avspecs Any kiwi goons who want to check it out it's happening at Ardmore airfield, first flight at 10:30am.
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I expect pictures and video!
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Well, I've uploaded my Udvar-Hazy photos to imgur but it's still 90.. and that's after thinning them out somewhat! I'm going to take some more off and then post them.
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