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I remember many years ago (maybe 10-15 years) there was a website called A10.org or similar that had a complete scan of the flight and maintenance manuals for the A10. Reading that via my old lovely Australian dialup internet was probably the reason why I became an A-Tech for the military...because by the time it all downloaded I would have been through basic and tech training hahaha - also I was dumb and didn't know that we didn't have A10s.
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Terrible Robot posted:Whats crazier than skydiving? Skydiving without a parachute Holy poo poo. I'm surprised the net held the weight of his balls of steel.
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Safety Dance posted:If you put gold fringe on your hoverbike, you're governed by international trade laws and thus are not subject to the FAA. Freeman on the air!
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inkjet_lakes posted:There are images of what appears to be the same pass where the aircraft is about ten feet higher, photoshop job? Image Error Analysis:  Not saying it's fake, but interesting analysis.
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simplefish posted:How do I read this? Blue is likely changed? What does it actually base colours and dots on? From what I understand - if there is a huge change in colours on the analysed version - some fuckery is involved. Something to do with different JPG compression etc. It's not a 100% but seeing such a distinct change right along the part of the photo that I would manilupate...it's telling. On the other hand - the rest of the photos in the article might support that flight line. there was one photo in there of the same plane a LOT higher at same spot from another pass so maybe that's what you were thinking of? Fence-sitter here.
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Aug 14, 2016 12:49
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So this happened: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...k&ICID=ref_fark
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Aug 17, 2016 05:04
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A pretty cool video of those insane fire fighting aircraft. I'm not American so you have all probably seen this on your news. Included helipcopters and fixed wing water/retardant bombers. Watching the pilots get close is amazing when you then notice the powerlines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdWUhreksJw
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Aug 18, 2016 16:34
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MrYenko posted:Needs more R4360. Holy poo poo, check the scratch marks on the trailer bed from the props!
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Aug 19, 2016 16:00
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That really is insane. Wow.
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Aug 20, 2016 06:25
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A company is planning on using Starfighters to launch cubesats! http://www.bbc.com/future/story/201...k&ICID=ref_fark
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This weekend I am finally getting a work flight with my mate who is an accomplished bush helicopter pilot. Now we are talking Northern territory pilots here. And this fucker has been all over the media for the past few years on his exploits/antics. I've been in a lot of choppers in my time both inside, and out the door shooting (in one career bullets, and another film), but this one encounter is gonna be terrifying/amazing. I've worked with him on the ground many years ago and its gonna be great! Not him but in the same region: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYmZYdznwMg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWxAbTUk8bw Humphreys fucked around with this message at 15:54 on Sep 2, 2016 |
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Sep 2, 2016 15:45
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Cross-quoting from the OSHA thread:Sanctum posted:Well this is not supposed to happen.
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Tide posted:Tomcat One thing as a kid before being an A-tech that tormented me was which plane I loved most. The F-14 Tomcat or A10 Thunderbolt (who's kidding - its always BRRRRRT or Warthog).     EDIT: Then I joined the Australian Army and had neither and sat working on Blackhawks and Chinooks. Humphreys fucked around with this message at 13:31 on Sep 9, 2016 |
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Godholio posted:10 years ago today, the F-14 was retired. That is a great video. If you haven't seen it and even just kinda like the F-14, watch it. The 'Hornet Eye for a Fighter Guy' segment was funnier than it should have been and the 'Right Now' closing segment is fantastic. EDIT for content: 
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Godholio posted:Next time embed the link in the image tag, that way we don't see you shilling a fark referral. I wasn't shilling it. I just right click and copied it from the fark page.
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Duke Chin posted:Eh, just put that anywhere. I was expecting the SUV to get a haircut.
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I just found out that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in cooperation with Fuji Heavy built the first Japanese jet in 50 years:quote:Mitsubishi Aircraft’s first test model of the MRJ90 regional jet is hopscotching its way from Japan to Moses Lake, where it’s expected to arrive Wednesday afternoon to begin a lengthy flight certification process. http://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/mitsubishi-regional-jet-hopscotching-its-way-to-moses-lake/ And it's making it's way to Moses Lake.  
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Nebakenezzer posted:It could actually be, y'know, a good airplane From my very limited understanding from a conversation with someone at MHI, it was built as a sort of 'tech demo' to show what they can do. I could be very wrong though and be a victim of MHI marketing.
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drgitlin posted:The people working the security lines at Heathrow manage to make TSA employees seem like model workers providing exemplar customer service. The only experience I've had with TSA was in Honolulu. I had a delay in my flight by 8 hours. One agent in particular took interest as I was always in and out of security to have a smoke. We got chatting about vintage motorcycles and other stuff each time I went through. Top bloke. Even offered to keep an eye on my grandmother. I was searched as per protocol each time of course. But it was memorable in that he wasn't bad at his job, and seemed to enjoy it. Aussie security on the other hand is either overly rude or loving stupid. When I was discharged from the army, I had forgotten that I had my knife and an F88 rifle magazine in my carry on. I didn't realise until a week later when I got around to digging through it. Fast forward a decade and my tripod bag got more attention as they thought I had a rifle or something in there.
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Captain Apollo posted:NO. YOURE UNSAFE. PEOPLE LIKE YOU SHOULDNT BE .... Jay, I got something to say...
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I can now imagine an aircraft carrier with a bunch of hatches in the hull where swarms of self defense fighters zero launch. In my imagination the boosters can land on the water and be reused.
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Sagebrush posted:If you go ask in the RC thread, people will get you set up with a good molded-foam park-flyer and all the electronics for about $200 from HobbyKing. That's plenty if you just want to buzz around and have fun. I got into RC planes from a random Flite Test video a nubmer of years ago. Saw a guide on building a $200 kit and thought thats fine, I can afford that. That thing turned into a $2000+ machine with all the cameras, autonomy and poo poo. It was a Predator clone though so was fun to see peoples reaction when it was loitering autonomously with no apparent controller in sight.
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PT6A posted:All aviation and related pursuits are, fundamentally, methods to part humans and their money. Same thing for boats. I owned a Catamaran - it capsized. It was one of those little Hobie Cats which I had named Cap Sized as a joke on how small it was so I was walking right into that one. Then I got the bug again when I found a cheap Tinny and I wanted it for fishing in the rivers. The motor poo poo itself a week after buying it. Boat = Bring on another thousand ($). The tinny had a somewhat funny little story to it. I saw it in a classified and my partner overheard me say to myself "Oh a cheap boat, that'll fit in the back yard" She squealed and approved immediately. I thought it was a trap. She thought I had said 'goat'.
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drunkill posted:New qantarse livery and logo, looks like poo poo. Burn it all. Doens't even look like a kangaroo anymore. I have a personal family-based hatred for that new logo. It's loving terrible. I have no say, but dinner this weekend is gonna be interesting.
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I have a planespotter buddy that has been from what I gather, camping at the fenceline of his local airport taking photos and video all day every day of the Singaporean and Aussie aircraft during a recent training exercise. I'll ask him for his permission to post a bunch of the cool stuff.
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Cat Mattress posted:Depends on what you want out of training: is it to become better at your job, or to have your colleagues and superiors think you became better at your job? If you just want a positive evaluation, it's simpler to get it by cheating than by actually improving your skill -- that's the entire point of cheating after all. Imagine the respect/hatred if you hosed with that stuff without prior crypto knowledge of the 'opponent'? Like being a dude in an AWACS fudging handshakes for your team or bruteforcing with an offsite EC2 server full of GPGPU banks. I'm sure that career would be short but bright. Then a trip down NSA lane.
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Jonny Nox posted:STARS Calgary had a Ukrainian visitor today Meanwhile on the otherside of the world at around the same time: Sped up front opening: https://www.facebook.com/photographybyjasonm/videos/1093494410729085/        Edit: Not my photos, but given permission to post. Humphreys fucked around with this message at 09:06 on Nov 10, 2016 |
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Cat Mattress posted:"Jetman" formation flights I kept egging him on to fly over and sit on one of the planes to go for a ride.
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Ola posted:You know when surfers wipe out in a tube wave? I wonder what it looks like when Jetman hits an A380 wingtip vortex. That was also something I kinda wanted to see in a morbid way.
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coldpudding posted:I want to see this guy take off, fly up the arse of a C-17, refuel then takeoff again knight rider style. Holy poo poo. That's perfect.
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Finger Prince posted:Also, Knew that was newfie before I finished reading it. I also worked on a few construction developments years ago and there were a lot of newfies. My boss was an old Price Edward Islander - funniest guy ever when he got angry. A fun thing to start him rambling was "what's your favorite potato?" Humphreys fucked around with this message at 09:06 on Dec 15, 2016 |
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Delivery McGee posted:The dream: Now if that project was someone wanting to build themselves a cool house overlooking some interesting countryside, I would give it a pass. But it's Burning Man.
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Platystemon posted:What’s the Star Wars counterpart of the Fairey Swordfish? I kinda want to say an Aggressive ReConnaissance-170 starfighter
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Ola posted:Looks like R2-D2s skull is attached to the front to spread fear in the enemy's hearts. And the drawing style looks like the pilot about to board it is Tin Tin. I made a thing: 
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I'm sure the thread will enjoy this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Zebpu2nS4
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