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Went to class this morning, surprised to see this on the ramp: 
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azflyboy posted:Is that GFK? The hangar in the background looks really similar to one there. That's actually KMDH, Home of the SIUC Flying Salukis.
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Previa_fun posted:When did the Blues start getting C/D models? Fairly recently? I know a few years back it was pretty common for one of their aircraft to be grounded or have a delayed takeoff for a lot of shows. Those As were ancient. fknlo posted:What the hell was it doing there? Not sure, Wikipedia says they've been using the C/D variants since around 2006. The pilot is Lt. Ryan Chamberlain, a 2003 SIU graduate. He brought a mechanic up with him in the second seat. We're leaving class early to watch him do a bad-rear end short-field take off. Beastie fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Sep 14, 2013 |
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Ola posted:I think in addition to sentimentality there is, as mentioned above, a large rich guy look-at-me factor in play. This. Who knows which classics will be left after rich 65 year old boomers auger them all into the dirt.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZQh2s-6ozA I feel like I've seen a lot more of these lately.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:hell at least he didn't have his family with him when he bought it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R26QD-wfU60
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Guys the thread title is literally a joke about Kobe dying. Take a chill pill.
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It's a giant flying gun, and it shoots radiation. AND it has a shark mouth. Rad as gently caress.
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At least he was smart enough to go hard right rudder on that departure. That's a fairly large turn.
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PainterofCrap posted:Just a reminder to properly stow all felines prior to take-off. Wing Adjacent Pussy
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FuturePastNow posted:That's great, thanks. I highly recommend reading this book. It's loving amazing. Stiles had a way with words.
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Warbird posted:apparently death traps so that may be for the best. 
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I appreciated this. Thanks.
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Cojawfee posted:How much speed tape to fix it? Speed tape? It already has a super effective Speed Hole
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I moved to the greater Salt Lake area a few months ago and it is awesome for plane spotting. Hill Airforce Base is nearby and every day I'm seeing C130's, formations of Apaches, Chinooks, and more. There's a regional airport about 5 miles north of me and I've seen an F-35 doing touch and goes. The Apache usually circles my neighborhood at like 1500 AGL at about 7pm every night. It rules. If you look at the reviews for the regional strip it's all people complaining about the military doing night ops out of there and it's like "Yo this airfield has been here since 1950 you jabronis."
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Godholio posted:Go to the Hill Aerospace Museum. Yes! I am planning on it soon. Because.......I need to go to Nevada.....to buy a thing that's not available here in Utah. Edit: I got Hill confused with Wendover in Nevada, just over the border. Doing both!
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Safety Dance posted:Liquor, weed, or prostitutes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdX5UDgQ8x0
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I got on a flight from Miami to Chicago and someone in front of me was wearing entirely too much perfume (any on a flight is too much) and I had a terrible headache within the first hour.
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PhotoKirk posted:Can confirm. 12-14 hour days for a month to film what allegedly happened in 7 days. Plus another week for B-roll footage. I would like to know more. Is it enough create a Ask/Tell or GBS thread?
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Ambihelical Hexnut posted:The worst part is now there's a sim enthusiast with no training who truly believes that this poo poo is easy and everyone is too uptight. I mean, flying is super easy. Flying safely and legally is the tricky bit
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Humphreys posted:My mate caught this here in Australia: Caught what now?
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Dr.Smasher posted:I thought this thread would like a full frontal shot of B-17G 'Yankee Lady', taken while I was waiting for my ride on the B-25 Mitchell 'Berlin Express' during EAA AirVenture 2021 Welp time to go read Serenade to the Big Bird again
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It's not like the video auto plays and I don't think it needs to be explained that people more often than not perish in aviation disasters. Not trying to mod sass and I'm sorry it ruined your evening but I feel in this thread it's more of a caveat emptor situation when viewing crashes.
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Salami Surgeon posted:It's not accurate. The key switch grounds the mags to turn them off. So to run the engine, you would disconnect or cut the wires, not jump them. I distinctly remember my CFI mentioning how trivial it is to steal a 152 by just hand starting via the prop.
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Can't park there, mate
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PhotoKirk posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeetlqlDzvI I dont know why but this video sort of chokes me up and judging from the comments I am not the only one.
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Was visiting my folks and looks like a dude in a homebuilt went missing. Saw it on the news and in checking up on it today they still don't know where or why. https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2023/09/search-continues-for-michigan-pilot-plane-reported-missing-hours-after-takeoff.html
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can't have a funny nickname lest the flight officer laugh while on radio and we accidentally bomb the wrong wedding.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkeJQJxHpQw http://www.swaviator.com/html/issueSO02/Arch91002.html If the multi-verse is true this guy must be dead in every one but ours
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They nailed that YouTuber who bailed on his plane rear end to wall. I feel like this guy is in a perfect grey area or knows someone
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`Nemesis posted:i just realized how easy it is to share iphone shortcuts Hey this is awesome, thanks.
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I went to Sun N Fun at Lakeland, FL yesterday. Been to plenty of air shows but this was my first actual fly-in (I drove). Absolute blast. Got to climb inside a c-47, and the pilot was telling me how they are participating in a charity/documentary called Currahee to Normandy. They took most of the actors from Band of Brothers and spent a week certifying them to jump out of the plane. Now in June they're taking them to Normandy to jump again, and retrace Easy Company's route. They'll meet with survivors, etc. Thunderbirds put on an amazing show as always. My girlfriend was almost literally blown away. I love how playful they are. Distracting you with 4 passing over, then the 5th one makes some noise over at the other end of the field to grab your attention, just in time for the 6th to do an afterburner pass out of nowhere. F-35 was neat but I'd seen them a few times when I lived near Hill AFB in Salt Lake. Also saw Polaris' Ghost Squadron and their MiG-21. I have some photos but mobile doesn't let you just paste photos in anymore. Felt like an Ace Combat game seeing it parked near two Super Hornets and three F-35s.
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