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Cross-posting this from TFR's planes thread... I got a ride on the EAA's B17, "Aluminum Overcast" this morning. I don't have many photos of the interior because I didn't want to spend time looking through a viewfinder instead of actually enjoying the flight, and I forgot to take some once we landed, but here's some of the exterior.           
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Why would they go through all the trouble of making an extra little winglet and a fifth engine instead of replacing one of the four original engines with the new engine?
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Schindler's Fist posted:
Now you know! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_injection_%28engines%29#Use_in_aircraft
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Nebakenezzer posted:Haha, yeah, I guess that's not a real A380 isn't it? It's a 1/3 scale model: http://www.emirates.com/english/flying/our_fleet/emirates_a380/news_and_events/emirates_unveils_london_newest_landmark.aspx
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Phanatic posted:I can't even imagine what the FAA restrictions are on armed civilian aircraft. Would they ever in a million years be allowed to take that thing into the air with loaded Brownings on board? FWIW Mike Dillon of Dillon Aero owns a couple T34 Mentors. Apparently in the recent past he's mounted a couple of his company's miniguns to them and strafed targets on his Arizona ranch.
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Nebakenezzer posted:Dumb question: What's FNJ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunan_International_Airport
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The Ferret King posted:And yet it still gets mixed up. It's even less excusable when they're on the localizer approach (still happens). But if you have enough operations, eventually someone is going to mess something up. Just gotta keep our heads up and look out for one another. I haven't heard of anyone landing at Cabaniss by mistake recently, but a Continental 737 actually landed there on May 11, 1997. Craptacular fucked around with this message at 06:15 on Feb 23, 2013 |
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Feb 23, 2013 01:57
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holocaust bloopers posted:Dunno if it's bullshit or not, there's a thing out there that if the B-2 were constructed out of gold in an equal weight, it would cost less than an actual B-2. Maybe back around 2000 when gold was a lot cheaper, but not now. http://wolfr.am/18gI08I
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KTVU (San Francisco area TV station) fails at journalism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sat3m3cj-u8
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StandardVC10 posted:A long time ago on airliners.net I read someone's story of a Southwest flight to Tuscon landing at Davis-Monthan AFB. Somehow. No idea how true it all was. It's not in this list, but it wouldn't surprise me at all.
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The Ferret King posted:This one happened, and continues to almost happen, where I work. The airfield isn't abandoned though, it's an outlying field for naval trainers. Yeah, I remember when that happened, I was going to TAMUCC at the time. Don't they still do touch-and-goes at Cabaniss?
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mlmp08 posted:I might be crazy, but I distinctly remember as a kid seeing a dogfight reenactment where a Zero and an American fighter (can't recall what) shot blanks at each other. I saw fire spitting out of their muzzles as they "shot" at each other. This must have been at least 20 years ago. Probably the CAF Tora! Tora! Tora! demo?
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buttcrackmenace posted:Especially Black Buck One. Would've been a lot easier just to nuke Buenos Aires.
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Naturally Selected posted:...........Anyone got more? After searching around some I found this page which says it's Azeri for "We Are Building a Fleet of Airships in the Name of Lenin." I also posted in the Russian thread in the A/T science subforum and someone there thought it was Talysh, which is also spoken in Azerbaijan. Craptacular fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Feb 1, 2014 |
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Feb 1, 2014 05:06
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PhotoKirk posted:I sailed on Oasis of the Seas last year and we had to return to port 4+ hours after departure for a medical emergency. We made up the time the next day at (drat near) full throttle. 225,000 tons at 25+ knots is FREAKIN AWESOME. You'd think it would be cheaper just to send out a chopper to pick them up. Quicker treatment for the patient too. Or do big cruise ships not have helipads?
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What are you hiding, Richard?
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Eej posted:I thought the story was that the pilot was only pretending to not understand and was razzing the instructor because he had a reputation for being a dick? Then again he was boiling alive and almost popped the canopy off so maybe it wasn't a prank. Why can't each person in the cockpit control their own heat settings? It seems sort of a dick move by the McDonnell Douglas engineers to only give that ability to one person, but also make them separate controls for the front and rear cockpit. I assume that they're separate controls, otherwise the Japanese pilot would have been simultaneously turning up the heat on himself too.
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SybilVimes posted:I think you mean Northrop... in which case it probably was a dick move Whoops it'd been awhile since I'd seen that video and I thought it was an F-15 for some reason.
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Jealous Cow posted:Also, what the gently caress is up with this? Seen one pull up to United gates at both ATL and LAX. It looks like a couple airlines have programs where they shuttle people to their connecting flights in reserved luxury vehicles. http://thepointsguy.com/2013/07/united-adds-mercedes-benz-car-service-for-select-global-services-and-first-class-passengers/ http://www.ajc.com/news/business/more-delta-passengers-getting-porsche-lifts/nZzyF/
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B52's fly into NAS Corpus? I lived in Corpus for over 10 years and never saw one.
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They didn't like when the pilot dipped the wing, they said it came too close to the ground.
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Jul 19, 2014 07:07
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Simulated SAM site. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=35.262516,-94.08415
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That doesn't seem like nearly enough chemtrail to poison all the people in those houses down there.
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Nebakenezzer posted:OK, I'm looking for a paper out of "Aerospace Historian" - a journal that has had a lot of name-changes over the years. The particular article is called "World War II German Distance Flights: Fraud or Record?" by a Dr. Kenneth Werrel. It's in the June or possibly summer edition, 1988. ThisIsJohnWayne posted:the only reference I found of it was of the god damned wiki on the Ju390 It's a long shot, but maybe try contacting the user on Wikipedia who made that edit, and ask where he got a copy of the article.
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holocaust bloopers posted:A good friend of mine got the chance to fly recently. He suffers from a fairly substantial vision impairment. A mutual friend of ours works at Buzzfeed and arranged for him to test out some high-tech goggles that makes it easier for him to see. This was the result. If they don't license the design for Geordi La Forge's visor and make some in that form factor, I will be highly disappointed.
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Mar 23, 2015 04:45
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I didn't know Hurricanes had fake canopies painted on their undersides.
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hobbesmaster posted:That's clearly ridiculous. I said sea plane, not float plane!    http://atomictoasters.com/2013/02/hercules-goes-for-a-swim/
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Spaced God posted:Privated already. Any mirrors? I think this news story has a copy. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3227162/British-Airways-plane-bursts-flames-Las-Vegas-McCarran-Airport-off.html
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Also the P3 has a much better loiter time than an A10 or something. Plus it's nice to be able to go get a coffee or take a poo poo.
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Wingsuits are old hat, we need new and exciting ways for adrenaline junkies to kill themselves while flying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgXwdz9yZxY
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7of7 posted:How are the first two letters of this person's name F? Welsh is a really weird language. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ffowcs_Williams
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inkjet_lakes posted:Simply use the British solution of drinking as much as humanly possible right up to boarding time. Many of our airport bars start serving at 5am. They've got that covered too. quote:121.575 Alcoholic beverages.
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I was visiting the USS Hornet musuem this afternoon, and when I left I saw a crane moving this....something, about a 1/4 mile away. Anyone know what it is? e: larger version of the picture here http://i.imgur.com/oS2XzTt.jpg It's hard to make out in the smaller picture, but there's 8 engines and 8 props. Craptacular fucked around with this message at 06:55 on Jul 13, 2016 |
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Slo-Tek posted:Well poo poo. Martin Mars got a bit rekt by an underwater object during an emergency landing. No wonder, it was grossly overweight. http://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/martin-mars-wont-fly-at-eaa-airventure posted:160,000 ton plane
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Back in the '90s I was flying from Dallas to Portland, Oregon, and a woman a couple rows back got really concerned when she saw we were flying over the Rockies. Apparently she meant to go to Portland, Maine. The Locator posted:If I had to find one person in the world to bet on 'Dying in a spectacular ball of fire". I think I just found him. ♫ Maybe I should cry for help Maybe I should kill myself (myself) ♫
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Butt Reactor posted:I'm probably being stupid, but is that a reference to this crash? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sanford%27s_disappearance_and_extramarital_affair#Disappearance
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0toShifty posted:What's the AUTO BLAT FAIL light for? AUTO SLAT FAIL
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Nebakenezzer posted:Also WTF: what airline painted what city it flew to on its side? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Ports_of_Call
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