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Godholio posted:I like the lone helicopter playing hide and seek from the others. What's the small twin right next to that helo? The silhouette looks really familiar but I can't place it. Also digging all the Coalers and the An-32 missing part of a wing.
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reddeathdrinker posted:Just back from a job in Angola - this is the small "boneyard" at Luanda International Airport... Click for big. Wanna make a house out of that IL-76. The tail turret is where we'd drink whiskey in the evening.
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^^^Don't you mean, "drink vodka in the evening"? I want to buy all those Coalers and start my own Buffalo Airlines up north; I won't even make a TV show about it I promise! Actually, the Coaler would be almost ideal up there (if you could ever convince Transport Canada to certify them), and a TV show about Buffaloflot would be pretty awesome...
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MrChips posted:^^^Don't you mean, "drink vodka in the evening"? I'll help, everyone knows I want an AN-72 anyway.
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MrChips posted:Actually, the Coaler would be almost ideal up there (if you could ever convince Transport Canada to certify them), and a TV show about Buffaloflot would be pretty awesome... You're 2/3rds to being on discovery - to add on to Buffaloflot, may I suggest getting a bunch of Coalers, then getting a bunch of people with narcissistic personality disorders, and splitting them into teams in competition with each other? That way there would be lots of malfunctions for drama, and you barely surviving a dangerous flight to come back to yell at people, more drama Or maybe once the An-72s are assembled, you travel around north America landing on fields to go antiquing or buying crap in people's basements - some angle where regular smoes get money for selling their personal possessions. Oh, wait! Maybe the Airplane *is a pawn shop*, and it flies around and is a pawn shop to remote areas! Then you could have people haggling *inside an airplane*!
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Powercube posted:I'll help, everyone knows I want an AN-72 anyway. Psh An-22 all the way. NK-12 UBER ALLES
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Nebakenezzer posted:You're 2/3rds to being on discovery - to add on to Buffaloflot, may I suggest getting a bunch of Coalers, then getting a bunch of people with narcissistic personality disorders, and splitting them into teams in competition with each other? That way there would be lots of malfunctions for drama, and you barely surviving a dangerous flight to come back to yell at people, more drama I like the idea, I really do, but I'm trying to run a business here. Best I can do is ten bucks.
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MrChips posted:I like the idea, I really do, but I'm trying to run a business here. *storms down cargo ramp muttering how "it was worth $1000", kicks hydraulic ramp strut, hurts foot:
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MrChips posted:I like the idea, I really do, but I'm trying to run a business here. Look, I don't know that this is a genuine NK-12 engine. I'm going to have to call a guy, and he's out of town. You want to wait until tomorrow?
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Just for the record Mikey is one of the coolest guys I've ever met. Great guy to go drinking with too.
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There are a poo poo load of cheburashkas in that picture wow.
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There was a plane crash in western russia today. http://rt.com/news/passenger-plane-crash-kazan-866/
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mustard_tiger posted:There was a plane crash in western russia today. 737-500 (The smallest 737CL variant, very popular in Russia). According to the article, "a fuel tank exploded" and then "the nose hit the ground on landing". I have no idea what could make the fuel tank explode. lovely wiring and an inoperative nitrogen-generation system, maybe?
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Didn't a 737 explode in Russia a few years ago?
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ctishman posted:737-500 (The smallest 737CL variant, very popular in Russia). According to the article, "a fuel tank exploded" and then "the nose hit the ground on landing". I have no idea what could make the fuel tank explode. lovely wiring and an inoperative nitrogen-generation system, maybe? Don't believe everything (or anything, raelly) that RT publishes. They make Fox News look like paragons of journalistic integrity.
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Godholio posted:Didn't a 737 explode in Russia a few years ago? So far as I know no - at least, not a 737. The only other 737-in-Russia thing I know of was the UTair 737 overrunning the runway in 2010.
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ctishman posted:737-500 (The smallest 737CL variant, very popular in Russia). According to the article, "a fuel tank exploded" and then "the nose hit the ground on landing". I have no idea what could make the fuel tank explode. lovely wiring and an inoperative nitrogen-generation system, maybe? I don't think anything earlier than the 737 MAX has a nitrogen generation system, it's a pretty new thing.
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Psion posted:So far as I know no - at least, not a 737. The only other 737-in-Russia thing I know of was the UTair 737 overrunning the runway in 2010.
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Didn't see this posted here at all, but might be of interest to a few. Westjet to fly trans-atlantic http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/westjet-to-go-transatlantic-with-flights-to-dublin-1.2427850 quote:
How far could Westjet fly in a 737 from, say, YYZ? ETOPS an issue?
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Linedance posted:I don't think anything earlier than the 737 MAX has a nitrogen generation system, it's a pretty new thing. I just checked on it. The classics don't have it, but all of the NGs they're turning out today do. Not sure if that goes all the way back to the first NGs or not Edit: According to this incredibly nerdy site, all NGs from tail number 2620 upwards have NGS installed, and tail 1935+ have provisions for them. ctishman fucked around with this message at 03:44 on Nov 18, 2013 |
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ctishman posted:I just checked on it. The classics don't have it, but all of the NGs they're turning out today do. Not sure if that goes all the way back to the first NGs or not Ngs Retrofit required for all us operated aircraft by an AD I believe.
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PatrickBateman posted:Ngs Retrofit required for all us operated aircraft by an AD I believe. I don't think it has to be nitrogen generation, just a system to prevent center tank explosions. It just happened that ngs became the leading tech for doing that so that's generally what is being installed.
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About NGS, the name doesn't accurately describe the function of some systems: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_generator#Adsorption_concept They pull the Oxygen out, producing a nitrogen rich environment. But who cares. I saw a 787 near Seattle today:  CR7A2131 by BHlavka, on Flickr
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reddeathdrinker posted:Just back from a job in Angola - this is the small "boneyard" at Luanda International Airport... Click for big. I need to get rich so I can adopt an airplane.
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Gullous posted:About NGS, the name doesn't accurately describe the function of some systems: Oh nice. I saw an ANA 787 taxiing on Thursday. I'm looking forward to the day I get to ride on one.
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slidebite posted:Didn't see this posted here at all, but might be of interest to a few. This would have been nice to have as an option. We flew to Dublin with AC on an old rear end 757 with the old school projectors at the bulkheads and no power/charge ports.
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CharlesM posted:Oh nice. I saw an ANA 787 taxiing on Thursday. I'm looking forward to the day I get to ride on one. SJC? I've seen them lining up for takeoff while driving on 880 a couple times now. Very noticeable due to plane's sheer size, most things taking off from SJC aren't clearly visible from the freeway what with the blast fences, but the 787 really stands tall. One time I saw the taxi while on 880N, then turned onto 101N because that's where I was going and saw the climbout as I got near the end of the runway.
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slidebite posted:
And from berlin you could do the UK or Scandinavia easily enough if you're on an American style ultra high speed tour of the old world.
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slidebite posted:
Dublin is RyanAir's main hub, so you can get to the rest of EU super cheap... Just bring your own first aid supplies.
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Aer Lingus also flies to a lot of places cheaply and isn't terrible. It's a pretty good hub if you aren't sure of where you'll end up going in Europe, since you can almost certainly fly back to Dublin. Of course, the key point there is that the flights to Dublin from NYC are already cheap,
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Timmy Cruise posted:This would have been nice to have as an option. We flew to Dublin with AC on an old rear end 757 with the old school projectors at the bulkheads and no power/charge ports. no, you flew on an old rear end 767. We fly those to Ireland because I guess the Irish are used to travelling steerage? It's good preparation for if you're connecting onwards on Ryanair.
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evil_bunnY posted:You shut that whore mouth. Actually, Mrs and I were talking after I posted this, and I would like to visit Ireland 
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Linedance posted:no, you flew on an old rear end 767. We fly those to Ireland because I guess the Irish are used to travelling steerage? It's good preparation for if you're connecting onwards on Ryanair. I could have sworn it was a 757 but I didn't bother checking so I'm quite sure you are right. It was the worst plane I have flown on I think. Slidebite - Ireland is really nice. The roads were fun even in a Micra if you get off the motorways.
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Timmy Cruise posted:I could have sworn it was a 757 but I didn't bother checking so I'm quite sure you are right. It was the worst plane I have flown on I think. it's the worst aircraft in the fleet, save for its sister plane. They're loving embarrassing if I'm completely honest.
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BobHoward posted:SJC? I've seen them lining up for takeoff while driving on 880 a couple times now. Very noticeable due to plane's sheer size, most things taking off from SJC aren't clearly visible from the freeway what with the blast fences, but the 787 really stands tall. One time I saw the taxi while on 880N, then turned onto 101N because that's where I was going and saw the climbout as I got near the end of the runway. No, also in Seattle like Gullous. I was at the airport so I saw it from inside the terminal. My mom actually pointed it out to me. It has 787 written in huge numbers on the side so it's quite easy to identify that way.  The cockpit windows look quite different from any other Boeing jet too. They also have that neat sawtooth nacelle although new 747s do too and I think some others will soon.
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Russians released security camera footage of that captured a few frames of that 737 going down. Talk about a lawndart.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgGHrMJuxRs
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slidebite posted:Russians released security camera footage of that captured a few frames of that 737 going down. It has happened before, on another Russian 737-500 even IIRC. e: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_821 Tsuru fucked around with this message at 21:42 on Nov 18, 2013 |
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Tsuru posted:Interesting to say the least. Disorientation during the third go around because the PF learned to fly on AN-2s where the ADI pitch works the opposite way? I think the guys on youtube have it all figured out: quote:Assassins to kill or possibly take out Snowden were on that plane, certainly spies. Someone brought it down. I'm not naming names, but I know who brought it down. NSA is getting too much pressure from the world. This is an american plane for one, a 737. The Country that brought it down, has kept the light of justice on them, the NSA, spies, etc. They don't want the light of justice on them(selves). Well that's just too bad. Son-of-bitches loving up the world, left-right and-center. Deserve what they got. They flew into Kazan, to infiltrate Russia from there. It was Obvious when I saw the first clip and news story on this. Its so obvious, why didn't I see it before?
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hobbesmaster posted:I think the guys on youtube have it all figured out: The flash right before impact is obviously the muzzle flash from the assassin making sure the job got done.
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