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TTerrible posted:wtf is going on here? Hey cut the guy some slack. It's not easy to navigate by landmarks at 2am.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 10:44 |
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meltie posted:
TTerrible posted:wtf is going on here? My reading of it: 3rd picture: Pilot overflew destination. Kept course for 6-7 times the distance (and time) he was supposed to fly. 2nd picture: Oh hey we're over water after keeping course for 1 hour instead of 10 minutes. Let's run a bit around the coast maybe it's a lake and we can fly around it. 1st picture: I think I recognize a street lamp over there. Let's fly around this area (which is 5 times the planed distance away from our destination) and see if we can read a road sign from 10k feet.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 12:29 |
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Udvar-Hazy next week I am super pumped
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 13:05 |
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Blackbird, eh? That one's at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. If you're ever in the area, you should really check out the Air Zoo. It's a very underrated museum. They have a lot of really cool and weird stuff.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 13:11 |
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:Blackbird, eh? Yep, very good poo poo at that little museum. It has an XP-55 rear end-ender An XP-55 that someone deflated
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 13:27 |
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karoshi posted:My reading of it: :Hint: Read the name of the company that is operating it. Combine that with the country it's operating in. It wasn't road signs they were reading Captain Postal fucked around with this message at 14:21 on Apr 11, 2017 |
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:That one's at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. If you're ever in the area, you should really check out the Air Zoo. It's a very underrated museum. They have a lot of really cool and weird stuff.
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Platystemon posted:Now imagine that it’s Sunday and literally everyone has appointments early the next morning (mostly 9–5 jobs). I'd totally miss a day of work for $800. I can see why a doctor wouldn't, but most jobs don't involve saving people's lives.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 15:01 |
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PT6A posted:I'd totally miss a day of work for $800. I can see why a doctor wouldn't, but most jobs don't involve saving people's lives. $800 in flight vouchers. I might fly once per decade, that would be useless to me.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 15:16 |
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Captain Postal posted::Hint: Read the name of the company that is operating it. Combine that with the country it's operating in. Ohhhh, at first I thought it was a lost M.D. looking for his watery grave. Wiki shows one of their Cessnas with a tiny side looking radar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cessna_404_G-EXEX_IMG_7649_(9505481350).jpg). Also LOL at the UK privatizing the Coast Guard.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 15:25 |
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The Locator posted:$800 in flight vouchers. I might fly once per decade, that would be useless to me. One: quit being a shut in, the world is generally cool and good Two: those have monetary value to people you know and love! Three: for involuntary denied boarding, you are due real currency. Vouchers are when you volunteer.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 15:29 |
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The Locator posted:$800 in flight vouchers. I might fly once per decade, that would be useless to me. I suppose. I'm just surprised there were no takers. Doesn't make what ended up happening any less wrong, mind you. Also I'm disappointed this never happens to me. Why can't BA ever overbook the Calgary flight so I could spend a comped night in London and then use my extra voucher on a club world upgrade?
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 15:31 |
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sellouts posted:One: quit being a shut in, the world is generally cool and good Supposedly they only offered vouchers and then deboarded confirmed passengers which is supposedly a violation of their contract of carriage*. Really the best indication that they knew they hosed up is that he got back on the plane. *(read it on the internet it must be true)
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 15:41 |
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Yesterday: "well everyone already hates united so it won't get worse" Today: "holy poo poo they found a way"
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 15:49 |
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Captain Postal posted::Hint: Read the name of the company that is operating it. Combine that with the country it's operating in. I don't get it; was it a search and rescue mission or something?
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hobbesmaster posted:Yesterday: "well everyone already hates united so it won't get worse" I completely missed that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RVL_Aviation quote:The company was formed in 1985 as Atlantic Air Transport and was renamed RVL Aviation in April 2007 when parts of the former Air Atlantique Group became independent businesses.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 15:54 |
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slidebite posted:No pics handy, but If we're going to talk under-rated air museums the one at Hill AFB is surprisingly good. If you're travelling through SLC it's a great stop for a few hours. Seconded.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 15:54 |
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mlmp08 posted:Yep, very good poo poo at that little museum. Speaking of... Also, F8 best 8 And, slidebite posted:No pics handy, but If we're going to talk under-rated air museums the one at Hill AFB is surprisingly good. If you're travelling through SLC it's a great stop for a few hours.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 15:58 |
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Here's a few obscure airplanes that never went past the prototype stage. This is the Arbalète, the first prototype jet-powered fighter aircraft designed in Switzerland. It was powered by four engines, placed in pairs above and below the wings. It flew in 1951. It was only meant to be a proof of concept aircraft, so it never saw production. The Aiguillon was a followup to the Arbalète, the main difference in design being the positioning of the engines inside the wings instead of in pods. It briefly flew in 1952. Despite using four engines, it was severely underpowered and it was eventually killed by lack of engine development. The last iteration of the concept was the Harpon, which was supposed to use two Rolls Royce engines, one in each wing root, but it was canceled before the first prototype was completed. This is the P-16, the last attempt as a Swiss fighter jet. Five prototypes were built, but the Swiss Air Force ended up buying Hawker Hunters before development of the P-16 was finished, and so it was canceled in 1958.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 16:00 |
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aphid_licker posted:What's the aerodynamic or engineering rationale behind making the fuselage shaped sort of tapering into an edge like that instead of more conventionally rounded? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chine_(aeronautics)
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 16:06 |
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meltie posted:
Seems a lot of effort at that hour just to confirm that Grimsby & Skeggy are still shitholes. Edit: There's a weapons range around there somewhere too.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 16:59 |
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Is four hours enough to see a lot of U-V? Also I'm driving there on Friday. Anything I should be aware of?
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 17:03 |
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cowboy elvis posted:Is four hours enough to see a lot of U-V? You mean U-H? Yeah, four should be plenty.
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Mortabis posted:You mean U-H? Yeah, four should be plenty. Yea. Cool. I hope it's not terribly crowded on a week day.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 17:18 |
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4 hours is better than nothing but you will be blowing through it. It's big and the exhibits are freaking amazing. I took a full day and could have gone back again the next day. We were there on a weekday and the biggest crowds by far were formal groups, like school tours and the like. Not like it was a problem though, you just avoid the exhibits they are at and go back to them after they move on.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 17:33 |
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NEARLY 3 whole dollars?! WHOAAAAAAAAA.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 19:19 |
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cowboy elvis posted:Yea. Cool. I hope it's not terribly crowded on a week day. My experience with a weekday was empty at opening (about when I got there) so I had the entire shuttle hangar to myself, with two people showing up like 30 minutes later, and then gradually filling up as the day went on - what you'd expect. It wasn't bad at all and was nowhere near as bad as my previous weekend trip. Mind you those two were separated by 4 years so If you care about clean photography (well, as clean as it gets in there) get your photos of the big ground-displayed stuff early; anything that immediately attracts your attention is gonna do the same for everyone else, so you'll know what to prioritize when you walk in. I know your taste in planes, so when you get in make sure to walk forward to the SR-71 and then ignore that to turn left and walk all the way to the end of the hangar where the Super Connie is
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 19:34 |
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Preoptopus posted:NEARLY 3 whole dollars?! WHOAAAAAAAAA.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 19:41 |
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You know what else is awesome? Gawky, first-gen jet fighters.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 19:43 |
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:You know what else is awesome? Gawky, first-gen jet fighters. I don't know if I would call the P-80 gawky...anachronistic sure, but it's too swoopy and sleek to be gawky. Now the F-89 sure, that's an awkward-looking airplane if there ever was one.
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:You know what else is awesome? Gawky, first-gen jet fighters. Want a pretty, streamlined first-generation jet? Dassault to the rescue!
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Psion posted:My experience with a weekday was empty at opening (about when I got there) so I had the entire shuttle hangar to myself, with two people showing up like 30 minutes later, and then gradually filling up as the day went on - what you'd expect. It wasn't bad at all and was nowhere near as bad as my previous weekend trip. Mind you those two were separated by 4 years so Haha whatever my first demand will be POINT ME TO THE DASH 80
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 21:01 |
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cowboy elvis posted:Haha whatever my first demand will be POINT ME TO THE DASH 80 I'm pretty fond of the MiG-21 and F-4 pair honestly.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 21:05 |
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There's an F-4
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 21:12 |
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 21:30 |
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So majestic.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 21:56 |
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cowboy elvis posted:Haha whatever my first demand will be POINT ME TO THE DASH 80 Thankfully the dash 80's paint makes it hard to miss. You'll walk right by it on your way to the super connie! Also in all seriousness please take a photo of the restoration hangar in the back, I'm curious what they're working on / current progress
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 21:56 |
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cowboy elvis posted:Haha whatever my first demand will be POINT ME TO THE DASH 80 Thankfully the dash 80's paint makes it hard to miss. You'll walk right by it on your way to the super connie! Walk in, turn left. If you walk into a Concorde, turn around. Also in all seriousness please take a photo of the restoration hangar in the back, I'm curious what they're working on / current progress. cowboy elvis posted:There's an F-4 sure is. make sure to look for the smiley face on the back tip of the tail assembly. McDonnell-Douglas F-4S Phantom II Psion fucked around with this message at 22:00 on Apr 11, 2017 |
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Yes there will be photos lots of photos. None of the connie
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