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You write some of the no-poo poo most interesting posts I've ever read.
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Nebakenezzer posted:
Your posts are the best loving posts.
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Jul 6, 2015 03:37
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so loving future posted:Shut your whore mouth. Exactly what I was going to say.
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Jul 6, 2015 05:37
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The only thing better than flying boats is rigid airships, that is an undeniable facts.
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Jul 6, 2015 06:12
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The new breed of aerial firefighting tankers! 
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Jul 6, 2015 06:40
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:Goddamn, that's one ugly duckling.  It looks so happy from the front. Honestly I think they aren't that bad looking.
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Jul 6, 2015 07:57
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British aircraft are either gorgeous or ugly as sin. No in-between. For every Hawker Hunter or Avro Vulcan you have a Fairey Gannet or Victor.
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Jul 6, 2015 08:44
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freelop posted:
More like manic, as it strafes the world with its eyeballs
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Jul 6, 2015 09:13
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I enjoyed the airship post, thank you. You can have a good look at a Shack at Newark Air Museum. They even let you get inside. It's like some steampunk version of an E3 inside, all valves and Bakelite.
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Jul 6, 2015 09:33
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I have to concur with my fellow goons, these posts are amazing.
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Jul 6, 2015 11:16
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Previa_fun posted:British aircraft are either gorgeous or ugly as sin. No in-between. But the victor is cool in a retro flash gordon kind of way. I think you meant Sperrin, although the Valiant was kind of ugly when painted (gorgeous in bare metal as it was first shown at Farnborough in '53(?) though)
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Jul 6, 2015 11:20
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Came here to post important questions, got distracted by amazing posts. Thanks heaps airship goon. (Phone posting, can't spellcheck Nebuchadnezzar's name) I figure this is the appropriate thread, it's certainly the one I lurk in most. I'm flying into JFK tomorrow (Tuesday) night (from SYD, via LAX). I'm staying with in Brooklyn (which I have been told is larger than Sydney. I am so boned) on Meserole. What's my best plan for getting from the airport to where I'm staying? I will have been awake for roughly infinity hours at this point cause #nosleeptillbrooklyn Also, later in the trip I have a flight from Nashville to Minneapolis which goes via Dallas Forth Worth.. When I originally booked this I had 2+ hours to change flights but AA has since changed the flight times and I'm down to an hour. Is this enough time to change flights at that airport or shall I look at changing my plans?
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Jul 6, 2015 11:45
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slothrop posted:Came here to post important questions, got distracted by amazing posts. Thanks heaps airship goon. (Phone posting, can't spellcheck Nebuchadnezzar's name) I figure this is the appropriate thread, it's certainly the one I lurk in most. Depends on where in Brooklyn. If you're going to take a taxi go outside the terminal to the yellow taxi stand, don't get duped by the guys in the terminals that drive private taxis, they're looking to rip off people thay don't know better. If you're taking the subway just go to mta.info and use their trip planner. Or google maps, it gives subway directions too.
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Jul 6, 2015 11:52
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SybilVimes posted:But the victor is cool in a retro flash gordon kind of way.  My first thoughts were that someone had stuck the dubstep guns from Saint's Row onto a plane
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Jul 6, 2015 12:13
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freelop posted:
It seems madness that the original design had four engines rated at 27 kN thrust and they were gradually supplanted with 29kN (seems reasonable) and then replaced one at 67kN (seems like serious asymmetry) then two at 89kN. Thats a LOT more thrust than the airframe was originally designed around. Now I know nothing about aircraft design outside of KSP but that seems like a huge amount of extra force. I guess it also shows how much engine design came along during that period
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Jul 6, 2015 12:46
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Romes128 posted:Depends on where in Brooklyn. Thanks, my flight doesn't get in until 10:15pm and I think I'll probably be fairly tired at that point so a cab is looking like the best option. Even if it costs me a shitload more than public transport it's probably worth it just to get to where I am staying and crash out
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Jul 6, 2015 12:52
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Crosspost from the Alberta thread http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/calgary-police-looking-into-balloon-stunt-over-stampede-grounds-1.2455502 quote:Calgary residents were stunned when a person appearing to be seated in a lawn chair suspended by dozens of balloons floated up and over the Stampede grounds.
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Jul 6, 2015 14:25
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He didn't shut down a major airport. 2/10
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Jul 6, 2015 14:28
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slothrop posted:Also, later in the trip I have a flight from Nashville to Minneapolis which goes via Dallas Forth Worth.. When I originally booked this I had 2+ hours to change flights but AA has since changed the flight times and I'm down to an hour. Is this enough time to change flights at that airport or shall I look at changing my plans? DFW is pretty notorious for gate issues (lots of changes or having to sit around on the ramp until your gate opens up) and it will depend on if you have to change terminals. The sky train between terminals is easy and quick though so an hour should be enough time. I've had 45 minute connections where I had to go from A to B and I made it just fine, but that was with no delays.
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Jul 6, 2015 14:51
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slidebite posted:Crosspost from the Alberta thread Larry Lives!
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Jul 6, 2015 14:59
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slidebite posted:Crosspost from the Alberta thread Yeah, that's a fantastic idea. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7360416.stm
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Jul 6, 2015 14:59
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Zochness posted:DFW is pretty notorious for gate issues (lots of changes or having to sit around on the ramp until your gate opens up) and it will depend on if you have to change terminals. The sky train between terminals is easy and quick though so an hour should be enough time. I've had 45 minute connections where I had to go from A to B and I made it just fine, but that was with no delays. Thanks, I may look at how possible it is to change my flight. I'm sure they will make it hard
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Jul 6, 2015 15:00
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slothrop posted:Thanks, I may look at how possible it is to change my flight. I'm sure they will make it hard If theres a later flight don't worry about it, if you make the connection you make the connection. If the plane is a minute late you'll get put on the next flight. If its not late it'll probably be somewhere between 5-15minutes early which means you'll get to your next flight with time to spare. The airline knows your connection time and its a legacy career not a ryanair wannabe so they will take care of it.
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Jul 6, 2015 15:46
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monkeytennis posted:
Thanks to the Nimrod AEW debacle the Shackleton AEW was still flying in '91, imagine having to go to war in one of those against Flankers & Foxhounds. The high-tone deafness crews ended up with due to lack of soundproofing was an added bonus.
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Jul 6, 2015 15:47
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inkjet_lakes posted:Thanks to the Nimrod AEW debacle the Shackleton AEW was still flying in '91, imagine having to go to war in one of those against Flankers & Foxhounds. The high-tone deafness crews ended up with due to lack of soundproofing was an added bonus. P-3's were still flying in... today. 
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Jul 6, 2015 18:20
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slothrop posted:Thanks, I may look at how possible it is to change my flight. I'm sure they will make it hard I had a plane wait on me at DFW. It was 10 pm local on Christmas Eve and I was the last one coming. I got there 10 minutes late (still sprinted) but the gate was open and the agent closed the door behind me. Im guessing they were probably waiting on clearance or their push back time but still, pretty cool
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Jul 6, 2015 18:45
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Bob A Feet posted:I had a plane wait on me at DFW. It was 10 pm local on Christmas Eve and I was the last one coming. I got there 10 minutes late (still sprinted) but the gate was open and the agent closed the door behind me. Im guessing they were probably waiting on clearance or their push back time but still, pretty cool When I worked at the ramp tower in MSP it was usually my call to hold a flight for people running late. I always held flights on holidays and for reasonable sized groups. It helped that I knew I was going to be laid off when the lovely company declared bankruptcy!
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Jul 6, 2015 19:27
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SybilVimes posted:P-3's were still flying in... today. The Shackleton is a lot more akin to the USN flying turboprop re-engined B-17s in 1991. The Shackleton is derived from the Lincoln, which was derived from the Lancaster.
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Jul 6, 2015 20:26
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MrYenko posted:the USN flying turboprop re-engined B-17s in 1991
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Jul 6, 2015 20:46
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MrYenko posted:The Shackleton is a lot more akin to the USN flying turboprop re-engined B-17s in 1991. The Shackleton is derived from the Lincoln, which was derived from the Lancaster. Or maybe a re-engined B-50. 
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Jul 6, 2015 21:06
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joat mon posted:Or maybe a re-engined B-50. This actually works too.
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Jul 6, 2015 21:31
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A turboprop engined B-17: Later restored, and flown as Liberty Belle until 2011. To one-up the Lancaster, B-29 derivatives are still flying, turboprops and all. 
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Jul 6, 2015 21:49
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slothrop posted:Also, later in the trip I have a flight from Nashville to Minneapolis which goes via Dallas Forth Worth.. When I originally booked this I had 2+ hours to change flights but AA has since changed the flight times and I'm down to an hour. Is this enough time to change flights at that airport or shall I look at changing my plans? I think you'll be fine. Generally airlines won't rebook you into a connection that they don't think you can make. An hour to get to the next gate should be ok. http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2015/03/22/what-is-minimum-connection-time/ is a decent article on the subject, BUT it doesn't give you a non-paid way of looking up what American calls the official minimum connection time. Side note: start reading travel blogs such as the one above if you are planing on any amount of air travel. They are a great way to keep your ear to the ground when it comes to getting free things or finding cool promotional offers...
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Jul 6, 2015 22:57
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Nebakenezzer, your posts make my day.Nebakenezzer posted:3. -you will also need to construct a hydrogen plant. This is another area the British would have been better off simply consulting with the Germans - for the Germans had an advanced chemical industry, and that know-how was useful when dealing with Zeppelins. Their hydrogen plants were very simple - they took water and ran it over a 700 degree (I'm not sure if that is in C or F) hot iron, which I'm guessing separated the H20 into its constituent elements. The British hydrogen method was much more labor-intensive and I imagine expensive - train cars of (something) were hauled to the hydrogen plant, where the something was processed into hydrogen and toxic sludge, when then had to be hauled away. (I'm sorry, my chemistry knowledge is especially bad.) An already commercially available ferrosilicon (a silicon/iron alloy) called Silicol, containing 90% silicon with some iron, aluminum and 1% other. was mixed with sodium hydroxide (lye) and water in a reaction chamber. The resulting hydrogen was 99% pure. The leftovers were sodium silicate (StopLeak) and some iron, aluminum, etc. compounds. (Si + 2NaOH + H2O = Na2SiO3 (sodium silicate) + 2H2) The truck sized generator could create 2000-2500 cubic feet of hydrogen an hour. Filling R100 took 432 tons of reactants and produced 929 tons of sludge. Another downside was that generation had to be done in batches, as the reaction vessel had to be cleaned before the leftovers solidified.
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Jul 7, 2015 00:02
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Had some visitors at YVR this weekend.
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Jul 7, 2015 00:03
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joat mon posted:Nebakenezzer, your posts make my day. Cool! Thanks! The description of this process came to me from a book old enough to have a 45 rpm record in the back, and it was a long time ago. Were the results toxic? Also, do you know how the heck the Germans were processing hydrogen? The only account I've heard of it was lacking in detail. (Once again, my numbness to chemistry might be an issue here.) e: wow, that's a lot of sludge.
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Jul 7, 2015 00:11
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Also, via the BBC, from the Libyan AF's facebook page, a low pass in a MiG-23. http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/must_see/33416471
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Jul 7, 2015 00:43
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D C posted:Had some visitors at YVR this weekend. I'm the only person here that hates C-17's, because they took my glorious C-5's away
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Jul 7, 2015 00:49
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Aren't C-5s unreliable screaming shitboxes driven by the grads who couldn't land a proper post?
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Jonny Nox posted:Aren't C-5s unreliable screaming shitboxes driven by the grads who couldn't land a proper post? From what I've heard, unreliability has a high correlation with the quality of weather / locale the jet happens to be in.
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