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cowboy elvis posted:Yes there will be photos lots of photos. I know what you mean. Photos just don’t do justice to its beauty. 
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cowboy elvis posted:Haha whatever my first demand will be POINT ME TO THE DASH 80 Hey, this guy's alright
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The Locator posted:$800 in flight vouchers. I might fly once per decade, that would be useless to me. hobbesmaster posted: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.
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evil_bunnY posted:There's pretty strong consumer protection in place for air travel, even in the US. You can be denied boarding but once seated they're not actually allowed to remove you on non-safety grounds. They're also mandated to compensate you in $ if you ask (you should ask). That guy is going to settle for seven figgies, guaranteed. The CEO is already claiming that being seated on the plane and having stored your luggage doesn't mean you've "boarded" yet. https://twitter.com/RyanRuggiero/status/851577150117425154 ...when we approached one of these passengers to explain apologetically that he was being denied boarding..."
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MisterOblivious posted:The CEO is already claiming that being seated on the plane and having stored your luggage doesn't mean you've "boarded" yet. I would pay several dollars to see the look on the judge's face when the defense team puts that argument forward. 
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xthetenth posted:Also note the thud behind the phantom. How about the Phantom behind the Thud?  I actually realized after my first trip there I did not have any good photos of the Thud and so it was one of the first things I took photos of on my second. A shameful mistake, I know.
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Before I saw the second picture I was wracking my brain to figure out if I knew who the gently caress Blake Bemidji was.
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United passenger threatened with handcuffs to make room for 'higher-priority' traveler United bumped a first class passenger after he was seated and had already been served a drink.
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cowboy elvis posted:There's an F-4 Last summer Hill had an F-4 on the main floor that was in the process of restoration. The work itself was being done right there, if you happened to walk through when the crew had money for it. Knowing their budget situation it's probably still ongoing.
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Syrian Lannister posted:They got a bailout too, right? I think they were still on the ground, it's not really bailing out unless you're airborne.
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Syrian Lannister posted:They got a bailout too, right? They got a bigger bailout than anyone else according to this: http://www.taxpayer.net/library/weekly-wastebasket/article/big-airlines-benefit-from-bailout-bill
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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. *summons pictures*   #MAGA.jpg   If anyone has driven out west on I-80 between Utah and Nevada, you'll get it named after the giant neon cowboy in Wendover  Good view of the innards of a F-101 Voodoo      Don't have any good pics of it, but the SR-71C on display is the only one in existence, and is nicknamed "The Bastard", since it was built using parts from other wrecked and salvaged Blackbirds.
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I found some photos of that blackbird but the low light and relatively small area I didn't take good photos either. Speaking of the blackbird, there are some good videos on YouTube with pilot interviews. Here is a short one from Udvar-Hazy https://youtu.be/F4KD5u-xkik E: just read on wiki the chines on them was actually for reducing rcs, not lift which it also did but that was a side effect not the primary purpose. slidebite fucked around with this message at 06:41 on Apr 12, 2017 |
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A somewhat uncommon visitor at BGR this morning. No president, just the plane.
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Psion posted:How about the Phantom behind the Thud? One of my recurrent airplane-nerd dreams is for the Collings Foundation to hit the lottery, and find an F-105 to restore and fly airshow formations with their F-4. That, and the B-36 thing I've mentioned before. I have a very specific fetish.
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What the gently caress  I love how weird that thing is.
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aphid_licker posted:What the gently caress Edgley Optica. Was marketed as a replacement for the dangerous and expensive to operate police helicopter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgley_Optica The police crashed it.
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MrYenko posted:One of my recurrent airplane-nerd dreams is for the Collings Foundation to hit the lottery, and find an F-105 to restore and fly airshow formations with their F-4. I don't think you'll find many people shaming you for that in this thread, that's for sure. Butt Reactor posted:
This, now, this is new to me and this is awesome. I'd love to see more static displays where they pop open access panels and let you get a view of what's in there.
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Psion posted:I don't think you'll find many people shaming you for that in this thread, that's for sure. 
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Psion posted:This, now, this is new to me and this is awesome. I'd love to see more static displays where they pop open access panels and let you get a view of what's in there.
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That big blue thing, 2nd from the right, lower shelf, looks like a piece of music studio equipment. Maybe they're adding some compression, reverb and chorus to the pilot's radio transmission channel, so he can sound like the real deal? Or maybe it's a synthesizer that is programmed to play the pilot's happy place music when he's carrying a nuke on the big day? Or Good Vibrations when he's doing SIGINT?
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Ola posted:That big blue thing, 2nd from the right, lower shelf, looks like a piece of music studio equipment. Maybe they're adding some compression, reverb and chorus to the pilot's radio transmission channel, so he can sound like the real deal? Or maybe it's a synthesizer that is programmed to play the pilot's happy place music when he's carrying a nuke on the big day? Or Good Vibrations when he's doing SIGINT? Moog makes loads of aircraft parts, just sayin'
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slidebite posted:I'm that guy too. When I was at the Smithsonian A&S I was taking tons of pictures of the wright flyer, but I'm zooming in on the chain, sprockets, bearings, controls, etc. Sure I had several of the more macro photos but I love the "how poo poo works" stuff. Please post!
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Finger Prince posted:Moog makes loads of aircraft parts, just sayin' Moog Music was founded by Robert Moog, and makes synthesizers, etc. Moog Inc makes servo valves and other control systems, and was founded by Bill Moog... who was a cousin of Robert Moog, but they didn't work together.
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Holy poo poo, where do you go to see a TSR. 2 in the flesh?
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Jaguars! posted:Holy poo poo, where do you go to see a TSR. 2 in the flesh? Well, there's two options... (and i've been to both of them  )This one's in Cosford (UK).
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motherfuckers act like they forgot about dra as a replacement for the CGI background I offer these:    access panels, you say?  (this is the photo recon variant, you're looking at the camera installations in the nose) the OG eurocanard isn't exactly graceful but two deltas are still better than one   
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meltie posted:Well, there's two options... (and i've been to both of them That's just gone on my bucket list. I thought every remnant had been destroyed in their effort to scrub the whole project from history.
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meltie posted:Well, there's two options... (and i've been to both of them somebody else liked that shot  
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Jaguars! posted:That's just gone on my bucket list. I thought every remnant had been destroyed in their effort to scrub the whole project from history. Cosford is a flippin' amazing place. So many gorgeous british aircraft. Gloster Meteor Prone Position testbed Bristol Type 188 (failed British SR72) TSR.2 SEPECAT Jaguar ACT (FBW demonstrator for tech that went into the...) BAe EAP (eurofighter concept) Nimrod some V-bombers ~handwave Full list of aircraft at Cosford: http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/default.aspx?museum=Cosford&collection=Aircraft They've got an Avro 707 hidden away somewhere behind the scenes too. If you actually want to see one of those though, try the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. If you want a really bonkers place, Doncaster Air Museum is like wandering around a long-lost great uncle's mad shed. Utterly disorganised, smelling of old oil and phenolics. You can get lost for hours there.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfSMkOgTZxoquote:Pyongyang, March 28 (KCNA) -- A Pyongyang-Dandong air service was opened. The plane will depart from Pyongyang at 9:00 Tuesday and Friday every week and arrive in Dandong at 9:50 (9:20 local time). And it will leave Dandong at 10:50 (10:20 local time) and arrive in Pyongyang at 11:40. The first plane with passengers aboard arrived in Pyongyang on Mar. 28. The opening of the air service will provide conveniences to those wishing to tour the DPRK
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Comrade Gorbash posted:Different Moog, though they are connected in a non-business way. Well I can see who got all the engineering talent in that family! (it is the synthesizer one) (not saying Moog actuators are garbage, because technically they go back to the factory for overhaul... frequently)
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I wonder if there's text on the flower bouquets that says "Do Not Eat" in Chinese and Best Korean.
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^^ Do you suppose the An-148 (?) is a rental? Air Koyro with not 60s aircraft is like having steak and kidney pie on the beach in Hawaii - just wrong.    
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