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Can you land a 777 on an aircraft carrier? The US landed a C-130, also a transport plane, on an aircraft carrier over fifty years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM5AI3YSV3M&t=39s China has recently commissioned an aircraft carrier. Makes you think 
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what if it transformed into a space fairing battleship like those animes
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Mar 14, 2014 15:28
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VikingSkull posted:what if it transformed into a space fairing battleship like those animes Don't be silly. Only A380s can turn into battleships, 777s can only turn into space battlecruisers at best.
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Mar 14, 2014 15:29
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Mar 14, 2014 15:32
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SEALBEE hijackers attached pontoons in flight and landed at a forgotten WWII Catalina refueling station
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Mar 14, 2014 15:33
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all of these theories should be explored because they carry the same weight as anything the news has suggested
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Mar 14, 2014 15:35
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For those asking about how black boxes are found in the sea, Mike from mikeselectricstuff did a teardown of an older (read: tape) flight data recorder with the sonar locator a while back. Given the circumstances, the intro is a bit insensitive, but it's interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQehX0rVYuY
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Mar 14, 2014 15:46
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One Eye Open posted:For those asking about how black boxes are found in the sea, Mike from mikeselectricstuff did a teardown of an older (read: tape) flight data recorder with the sonar locator a while back. Given the circumstances, the intro is a bit insensitive, but it's interesting: I just want to point out: The UAB (Underwater Acoustic Beacon) he has DOES HAVE a replaceable battery, there is a special tool you have to have to do it with.
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Mar 14, 2014 16:01
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I noticed that Tibet was in that infographic. I'm betting that the plane was hijacked by the Dalai Lama, who plans to fly it into the next meeting of the Chinese Politburo.
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Mar 14, 2014 16:11
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Obviously it landed on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. That motherfucker flys all over the world and ATC never seems to notice it.
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Mar 14, 2014 16:15
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Apparently there's an app for that. Let's also watch how Inmarsat's statement gets twisted fives ways to Sunday: http://www.inmarsat.com/news/inmarsat-statement-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370/ quote:14 March 2014: Inmarsat has issued the following statement regarding Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. "Yeah, we got signals from the flight at some point." FrozenVent fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Mar 14, 2014 |
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Mar 14, 2014 16:17
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BobHoward posted:The SNORT test track at China Lake. Click for a PDF with a couple more pics of tests and some history. I remember growing up there they used to issue out alerts to parts of the valley when the SNORT tests were going to happen so that people could take their china off the walls and what have you. It would get published in the newspaper. Sonic booms on the ground are like the loudest thing ever.
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Mar 14, 2014 16:42
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Guy at work "I'm just saying, why can't they put a lojack like system on a plane like they do with cars?"
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Mar 14, 2014 16:57
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Handsome Ralph posted:Guy at work "I'm just saying, why can't they put a lojack like system on a plane like they do with cars?" Just say that they do and thats what stopped working. Simplification but whatever.
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Mar 14, 2014 16:59
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hobbesmaster posted:Just say that they do and thats what stopped working. Simplification but whatever. I did. His next response was "Well just use satellites to track it. I mean satellite phones work all the time so..."
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Mar 14, 2014 17:01
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Every time someone asks me what my job is I start with "Well you know what a black box is right?..." I really need to stop doing that.
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Mar 14, 2014 17:24
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THE RED MENACE posted:Every time someone asks me what my job is I start with "Well you know what a black box is right?..." Yeah, these days you should think outside the box.  (What do you do?)
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Mar 14, 2014 17:27
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He makes fluorescent orange paint.
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Mar 14, 2014 17:28
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ACMS software for DFDAUs. I've only been doing it for 6 months so sometimes I don't even know what I'm doing! Unfortunately this means everyone asks me about 370 even though our unit isn't on triple 7s 
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Mar 14, 2014 17:38
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Godholio posted:There were actually E-3s flying that day. Prior to 2010 or so, you could expect at least 5 or 6 training missions per day to fly out of Tinker. Most go to the east coast, because that's where most of the fighters are, thus most of the training. I wasn't in yet, but my squadron had a jet somewhere over there, probably off the Virginia Capes (Giantkiller country), and after the FAA put everything on the ground, they assumed control of much of the eastern seaboard. Ok, thank you. I asked because when I had a brief stint looking into truther stuff they were calling youtube/JPG compression artefacts "UFOs" that were observing the WTC attacks, and citing lens flare on the fuselage of the plane as proof of holographic projectors and so on... I was just wondering what they were going for by saying AWACS were 'seen'. Disappointingly mundane answer.
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Mar 14, 2014 17:43
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For a good amount of time yesterday the Wikipedia article was saying the flight was landed in Pakistan and then flown into the building in Harlem that blew up yesterday.
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Mar 14, 2014 17:47
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Handsome Ralph posted:I did. His next response was "Well just use satellites to track it. I mean satellite phones work all the time so..." People think they know technology. They generally actually DON'T
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Mar 14, 2014 18:02
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zoux posted:For a good amount of time yesterday the Wikipedia article was saying the flight was landed in Pakistan and then flown into the building in Harlem that blew up yesterday. I'm sorry to everyone else but this'll be my truth going forward. It's so crazy that it's awesome.
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Mar 14, 2014 18:19
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CommieGIR posted:People think they know technology. They generally actually DON'T It's weird, because he's a car guy and he really knows his poo poo there, but with planes/space stuff, he's not nearly as knowledgeable and it can be frustrating as he tries to apply things that might be true to cars to planes and poo poo. Maybe I'll just start just trolling him by telling him baby oil would work as a motor-oil for my car if I really needed it to. Handsome Ralph fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Mar 14, 2014 |
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Mar 14, 2014 18:39
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zoux posted:For a good amount of time yesterday the Wikipedia article was saying the flight was landed in Pakistan and then flown into the building in Harlem that blew up yesterday. Gas leaks just don't blow up buildings that way. Obama stole the plane in Pakistan and made it invisible with secret Government Stealth-, NORAD- and AWACS-technology. Then he blew up Harlem with his invisible plane just like he did with the Pentagon. Actually that's just silly and what Obama want you to believe. Fact is that they can't find the plane, because it never existed. It's all an Illuminati cover-up. All the "people" (lizards) that "disappeared" are safe in an US/alien-operated submarine (USO) heading for the Nazi technology center in Antarctica/Inner Earth. Thanks Obama!
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Mar 14, 2014 18:46
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Sir Cornelius posted:Gas leaks just don't blow up buildings that way. Obama stole the plane in Pakistan and made it invisible with secret Government Stealth-, NORAD- and AWACS-technology. Then he blew up Harlem with his invisible plane just like he did with the Pentagon. somehow fit the timecube in there and I'm sold!
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Mar 14, 2014 19:31
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Here's a witness account from that US Air thing at Philadelphia (or PHL, in case you don't understand city names spelled out):quote:Sitting in the A-West lounge, just watched what I think was a US A319 bounce twice on takeoff from 27L, then have front gear collapse at high speed. Can't see where it stopped but smoke from the west end of 27L. Will update as I see more. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/us-airways-dividend-miles-pre-merger/1560217-just-witnessed-us-accident-phl.html
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Mar 14, 2014 19:33
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Everyone knows brick buildings can't burn or explode!
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Mar 14, 2014 19:39
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Ola posted:Here's a witness account from that US Air thing at Philadelphia (or PHL, in case you don't understand city names spelled out): Dual engine failure should be the only reason to do that, right? If it was a dual bird strike US Air is just cursed.
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Mar 14, 2014 19:40
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slidebite posted:Everyone knows brick buildings can't burn or explode! Why don't they build planes out of bricks, then?
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One Eye Open posted:For those asking about how black boxes are found in the sea, Mike from mikeselectricstuff did a teardown of an older (read: tape) flight data recorder with the sonar locator a while back. Given the circumstances, the intro is a bit insensitive, but it's interesting: Cool video, love these teardowns.
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Godholio posted:... they assumed control of much of the eastern seaboard. I know this is horribly wrong, but I have the greatest mental image of an AWACS breaking into ZNY airspace and hailing down GA and jets on guard, vectoring them around and skywriting "WAGNER <3 8=D" or something while center tries to figure out what the gently caress.
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hobbesmaster posted:Dual engine failure should be the only reason to do that, right? If it was a dual bird strike US Air is just cursed. Pilot Error. Or debris on the runway/hit a deer. Or I suppose there could have been a cargo shift. Actually it was probably the wingtip vortices of the Malasian 777 that nobody saw because of its Pakistani applied stealth coating. Finger Prince fucked around with this message at 20:02 on Mar 14, 2014 |
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hobbesmaster posted:Dual engine failure should be the only reason to do that, right? If it was a dual bird strike US Air is just cursed. Tons of things can cause a bounce. Not doing it right is the most common one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5ZzktAFJK4
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Mar 14, 2014 20:02
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Ola posted:Tons of things can cause a bounce. Not doing it right is the most common one. On landing sure. On take off?
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Mar 14, 2014 20:03
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FrozenVent posted:Let's also watch how Inmarsat's statement gets twisted fives ways to Sunday: Why would they even release a statement if they ignore the elephant in the room, the timing???
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Mar 14, 2014 20:05
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smackfu posted:Why would they even release a statement if they ignore the elephant in the room, the timing??? "Leave us the gently caress alone." As to why they don't want to address the timing issue, assuming they do have accurate records 
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hobbesmaster posted:On landing sure. On take off? Holy poo poo. I was so convinced it was on landing, the word "takeoff" just bounced off my retina when I read it. Googling the news, it blew a tire and it was handling the aborted takeoff which caused the upset. Glad all are alive and not beamed up by aliens to feed NSAs meat powered laser on Mars.
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Ola posted:Holy poo poo. I was so convinced it was on landing, the word "takeoff" just bounced off my retina when I read it. Googling the news, it blew a tire and it was handling the aborted takeoff which caused the upset. Glad all are alive and not beamed up by aliens to feed NSAs meat powered laser on Mars. An abort after V1 will blow tires so that doesn't mean that it was the cause.
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