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Tide posted:That guy is insane. I can feel a wasted day at work doing nothing but watching youtube of this guy. Colin is a friend of a friend, his child like glee at watching things burn/explode isn't an act. He was mildly more sensible on a TV show called "Gadget Geeks" that aired here in the UK. They made a remote control for a horse. A horse.
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Mr SuperAwesome posted:oh hai guys i'm new to this whole thread or whatever but i'm looking to do some really technical advanced theoretical particle/astrophysics on the plane data and try and see some parallels; where's the best place to get a timeline of the raw data we know about MH370 at this point, along with a timestamped/location stamped communication history, and each bit of data associated with said communication? There is no firm data, everything is hearsay filtered through the Malaysian government bullshit filter. What crazy physics do you think are involved? 
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So, this popped up.quote:Investigators poring over MH370’s flight data had said the plane had flown low and used “terrain masking” as it flew over the Bay of Bengal and headed north towards land, the NST reported. quote:Experts said flying a Boeing 777 in such a way would be dangerous, stressing the airframe and possibly causing those on board to be air sick and suffer from spatial disorientation. What on earth is going on? This is getting crazier by the hour.
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Godholio posted:If only anti-rape and anti-suicide training counted. I'm not in the military, nor American - but I gather from this thread and others that you are also proficient in wearing reflective belts upon exit? There must be call for this in the civilian sector.
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I was surprised it was offered for sale and even moreso it wasn't picked up by a bored billionaire.
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slidebite posted:It needed to be scrapped as a condition of sale. Oh I missed that. I thought it was sufficiently useless to be offered up as is. 
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I do a lot of work for a European tour operator that exclusively uses Boeings, but sometimes I end up shunted on to EasyJet A320s and I always remember this thread and the horror of pilots not knowing what law they're subject to when things go wrong and  I never worried about it before I kept up in here.
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3 inches clearance between the DC-3 prop and the ground in level flight 
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hobbesmaster posted:But a tail dragger should never be in a situation where that matters? I guess not, but it seems an unnecessarily small margin of error if something does go wrong.
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So I'm sat on a Monarch A321 on a remote stand at Gatwick. We have a three hour delay because of a French ATC strike. They're letting kids in the flight deck, haven't seen that for years. 
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bull3964 posted:Fun fact. Slit-scanning is how they did the warp/stretch effect for the Enterprise-D. Also the warp at the end of 2001.
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freelop posted:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan
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MrYenko posted:
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Ohh right, ok. You have outnerded me. 
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It's one of the few planes of that vintage that I know by sight. Mainly because it has a greenhouse welded to the top of it. 
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hogmartin posted:I'd be pretty impressed if they somehow managed to figure out a worse way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsy4FQuOUNQ
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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. There is now a 24hr Nandos in Gatwick South. I ate peri peri pancakes at 5am because my life is a hollow shell. 
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Sagebrush posted:The Blue Angels do like to point out that their fighters are just a paintjob and ammo load away from being combat-ready, though. So I assume they're at least as well-maintained as the worst-maintained fighter in the active fleet 72 hours and no new paintjob. http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-one-usaf-thunderbird-demo-plane-that-suited-up-for-1621225937
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Sperglord posted:I just got recommended to this thread from the Derek Smart madhouse. Welcome My vote is for Particle Erosion on Hypersonic Vehicles
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Godholio posted:It seems like they could install a blinking red light or something to indicate Alternate Law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJFyWBLeM7Q
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Enourmo posted:That's more or less the first 50 years of drag racing. Toluene is one of the tamer ones they've used; nitromethane was first tested as a rocket fuel, and some drivers that even other racers regard as insane have run hydrazine. Where would they even get Hydrazine? How would they handle it safely. 
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Comrade Gorbash posted:Instead of fighting about which is the ugliest, what's the most beautiful aircraft? 
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Hnnnng. I love the V Bombers so much. Vulcan XL426 is near me and I've driven past it a few times.
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meltie posted:
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hobbesmaster posted:Yesterday: "well everyone already hates united so it won't get worse" I completely missed that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RVL_Aviation quote:The company was formed in 1985 as Atlantic Air Transport and was renamed RVL Aviation in April 2007 when parts of the former Air Atlantique Group became independent businesses. 
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Don't ever talk poo poo about the comet.
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Material science failed its beauty.
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beep-beep car is go posted:I'm always curious about airplanes in museums. Like, just how ready to go would they be if someone said "gently caress it, let's make it fly again" Are these all basically real planes converted to static displays that will never fly again unless you basically build it from scratch over again, or is it "change the fluids, charge the batteries, gas it up and let's go" It varies wildly. Generally the newer something is the less likely it is to ever fly again.
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pthighs posted:How do the cars help the U-2s land? Pilot in the aircraft can't see very well so other U2 pilots chase them down the runway in constant radio contact, talking them down while driving high performance cars. Not a joke.
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AFAIK the only flying F-14s belong to Iran.
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http://www.airlive.net/news-china-s...ce-at-shanghai/
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The Victor is a beautiful spaceship.
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I think I remember reading that the V-22 has a gearbox that shares power between the nacelles.
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Harry is the best royal.
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Talking poo poo about V Bombers should be a probatable offence.
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mlmp08 posted:He's a real pilot, now! This may well be a fake video, but I can see someone being this fuckin' nuts. Just not sure what the left capacity is on those things. No way that is lifting a real person.
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blugu64 posted:This would be a really fun toy Do you have a moment to talk about Kerbal Space Program
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I do short haul trips all over Europe for work and getting dumped on a Monarch flight was always a good way to ruin a day. I'd rather fly on Ryan Air.
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mlmp08 posted:Four internal engines, you say? gently caress yes
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