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Rikki Gins Lounge => Random Topics => Topic started by: damon on July 05, 2018, 01:34:57 PM
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Here is a thread for the people who enjoys anything that flies.
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Live from the Canary Islands. People watching and chatting about - nothing really. :D
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Built for comfort - the Bristol Brabazon airliner
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Yahoo!!! No more Dash 8.
(Bloomberg) — A chapter of U.S. air travel came to a quiet end on July 4 when the final turboprop flight at American Airlines Group Inc. landed on Maryland’s Eastern Shore at dusk.
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49 years on Saturday. Wow.
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https://www.theonion.com/july-21-1969-1819587599 (https://www.theonion.com/july-21-1969-1819587599)
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People in youtube chat talking about flat earth and that this is fake. ;) :-[
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People in youtube chat talking about flat earth and that this is fake. ;) :-[
That shit is soooooo played out.................
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Now that is a pretty cool camera angle
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Now that is a pretty cool camera angle
Weird, I can't figure out what I am looking at. Is that some kind of giant demonic alien throwing a glowing orb or one trying to grab the craft lest it pierces the dome over the flat earth and thus lets the "truth" be known to humanity about the arcologies and crystalline domes on other planets and moons?
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Weird, I can't figure out what I am looking at. Is that some kind of giant demonic alien throwing a glowing orb or one trying to grab the craft lest it pierces the dome over the flat earth and thus lets the "truth" be known to humanity about the arcologies and crystalline domes on other planets and moons?
I just went into theater mode and it clipped off that chat ;D
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Solar Arrays are deployed.
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I just went into theater mode and it clipped off that chat ;D
I don't know what you did but I demand an RCH imaging panel investigation in which I can listen to the audio only because that initial pic looked weird and I think might just, with some imaging panelist investigations, reformatting, light and balance adjustment, rescanning, etc offer up the proof we are looking for!
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I don't know what you did but I demand an RCH imaging panel investigation in which I can listen to the audio only because that initial pic looked weird and I think might just, with some imaging panelist investigations, reformatting, light and balance adjustment, rescanning, etc offer up the proof we are looking for!
Or reach out to the Mad Martian to get the real deal
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Or reach out to the Mad Martian to get the real deal
Indeed, second opinions are a good idea when such an important issue!
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http://texashillcountry.com/plane-crashes-flames-hill-country/ (http://texashillcountry.com/plane-crashes-flames-hill-country/)
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I saw this one day while traveling. Not an aircraft you see every day.
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I saw this one day while traveling. Not an aircraft you see every day.
That's pretty awesome. Had to look that one up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volga-Dnepr_Airlines
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That's pretty awesome. Had to look that one up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volga-Dnepr_Airlines
I believe it was in Charlotte. I looked out the window and said I need to get a pic of that.
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I believe it was in Charlotte. I looked out the window and said I need to get a pic of that.
Well the NC National Guard recently deployed to Afghanistan, so perhaps Ivan was moving their equipment for them.
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Sqn Ldr Geoffrey 'Boy' Wellum DFC, the youngest RAF pilot to fight in the BoB has died aged 96.
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A Grumman Avenger gunner is buried at sea in his aircraft
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Live from Oshkosh
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I believe it was in Charlotte. I looked out the window and said I need to get a pic of that.
Definitely CLT. I spend a lot of time there. :)
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The 1943 St. Louis Glider Accident
Poor quality control takes out a good hunk of the St Louis city leadership when a combat glider loses it's wing.
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https://theaviationist.com/2018/08/13/exclusive-check-out-these-incredible-photos-taken-last-week-of-the-massive-stratolaunch-space-plane/
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Fuck me.
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Fuck me.
Barthur is a man of many talents.
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@Rikki Gins posted a picture of a postcard of a Vickers Viscount the other day.
The Wikipedia page for the Viscount indicated that the last one left service in 2009 with GTRA Airways in the Congo. So I thought I'd poke around and see what I could find on
Vickers Viscount 9Q-COD. It was delivered to British European Airways on July 25th, 1957 and stayed in service with that airline until 1973 when a merger moved it to British Airways.
British Airways would keep it in service until January 16, 1981 where it would then bounce around between British Air Ferries, Oasis Oil, Esso Standard Oil, Polar Airways, Euroair Transport, Airwing 2000
and British World Airlines until the end of the millennium.
From there it would head to Africa with stops at airlines in Togo, South Africa, the Ivory Coast and Benin before finally being acquired by GTRA Airways in the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 15th, 2004. It would stay in service in up until 2009. It was then apparently offered up for sale for $250,000. Without any takers the aircraft was left out in the elements in Kinshasa.
With 50,631 total landings behind it there would be no more.
In 2012, an enthusiast from viscountvickers.net (there's a dot net for *everything*) traveled to the Congo to look at the possibility of saving the aircraft. By then it was in bad shape and it
was determined to be not worth the effort and expense to save it. In 2015 the aircraft disappeared off Google Earth and was apparently scrapped.
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Here is the complete history of this plane -> http://www.vickersviscount.net/Index/VickersViscount170History.aspx
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@Rikki Gins posted a picture of a postcard of a Vickers Viscount the other day.
The Wikipedia page for the Viscount indicated that the last one left service in 2009 with GTRA Airways in the Congo. So I thought I'd poke around and see what I could find on
Vickers Viscount 9Q-COD. It was delivered to British European Airways on July 25th, 1957 and stayed in service with that airline until 1973 when a merger moved it to British Airways.
British Airways would keep it in service until January 16, 1981 where it would then bounce around between British Air Ferries, Oasis Oil, Esso Standard Oil, Polar Airways, Euroair Transport, Airwing 2000
and British World Airlines until the end of the millennium.
From there it would head to Africa with stops at airlines in Togo, South Africa, the Ivory Coast and Benin before finally being acquired by GTRA Airways in the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 15th, 2004. It would stay in service in up until 2009. It was then apparently offered up for sale for $250,000. Without any takers the aircraft was left out in the elements in Kinshasa.
With 50,631 total landings behind it there would be no more.
In 2012, an enthusiast from viscountvickers.net (there's a dot net for *everything*) traveled to the Congo to look at the possibility of saving the aircraft. By then it was in bad shape and it
was determined to be not worth the effort and expense to save it. In 2015 the aircraft disappeared off Google Earth and was apparently scrapped.
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Here is the complete history of this plane -> http://www.vickersviscount.net/Index/VickersViscount170History.aspx
http://www.rhodesian.com.au/memoriam%20viscounts.php
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http://www.rhodesian.com.au/memoriam%20viscounts.php
Wow! That had to have sucked big time. You survive a horrendous plane crash only to get gunned down by a bunch of g-d d----d terrorists. Horrible!
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Very sobering documentary on the B-26. The second mission against the Germans resulted in the loss of the entire flight of aircraft. None returned.
Several actual B-26 personnel appear in this film.
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Lost an F-35B today. Hope the pilot is ok.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2018/09/28/an-f-35b-has-crashed-near-marine-corps-air-station-beaufort/
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http://www.historicracer.com/aviation/accidental-fighter-pilot/
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The 1943 St. Louis Glider Accident
The History Guy is a cool channel, he talks a lot about lesser known WWII incidents. I had no idea the Japanese shelled the continental US from a submarine during the first few months of the war.
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The History Guy is a cool channel, he talks a lot about lesser known WWII incidents. I had no idea the Japanese shelled the continental US from a submarine during the first few months of the war.
And bombed it with a submarine launched seaplane as well.
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Just a simulation but a horrifying one.......................... Russian pilot lets his boy have a go at the controls.
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Again a simulation but what an awful, crazy thing to cause a crash. Plane was leaving Shanghai and cleared for 1,500 meters altitude which they were about at.
First Officer gets confused and thinks they should be at 1,500 feet, so the pilot puts the plane (loaded with freight) in a 35 degree dive and splatters it.
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Again a simulation but what an awful, crazy thing to cause a crash. Plane was leaving Shanghai and cleared for 1,500 meters altitude which they were about at.
First Officer gets confused and thinks they should be at 1,500 feet, so the pilot puts the plane (loaded with freight) in a 35 degree dive and splatters it.
Those pesky units.
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Those pesky units.
NASA and Titan performed IV&V on the spacecraft flight software to ensure it would work properly. They would not pay us to look at the ground Software. That is how most missions are handled. I am not sure if it is still the same philosophy but the only ground software we had any involvement in was the redesign of the shuttle launch software at KSC and then from the beginning we were involved in the requirements for the ground and flight software for JWST.
Mission Control Software at JSC was never subject to IV&V.
Dan Golden had a saying when he was pushing all organizations to develop performance metrics. “If you can’t measure it you can’t manage it.”
I added a corollary for when I would teach my widely accepted class on metrics. . “If you are going to measure it, make sure everyone is using the same unit of measurement.”
p.s. If the ground controllers would have had the discipline to investigate why the course corrections kept being much more than expected, or if they had simulated the next leg with the new course updates they woukd have realized the problem with months to spare. They made the cardinal error by blindly trusting their own software and made the assumption something was wrong with the spacecraft that kept requiring larger and larger course corrections.
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Will try and learn more about what is going on
https://twitter.com/TomPodolec/status/1050492487108894722
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Aircraft is still aloft: https://www.flightradar24.com/AAL263/1e2d26f3
Seems like a whole lot of bad luck. Passenger had a cardiac arrest and attempted emergency landing at Edmonton was scrubbed
due to mechanical issues. Seems like they are dumping fuel and going to Calgary
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Looks like they are going for it. Good luck AAL263
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Almost there
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Looks like they are down and help in the form of emergency vehicles is on the way
Hopefully the medical situation turns out okay.................
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USS Macon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Macon_%28ZRS-5%29
attached images are of Hanger One from 1977 at NAS Moffett Field.
also an image of my first big toy in Adak, Alaska.
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USS Macon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Macon_%28ZRS-5%29
attached images are of Hanger One from 1977 at NAS Moffett Field.
also an image of my first big toy in Adak, Alaska.
Most of the astronaut simulator training was accomplished at JSC using two fixed base and one motion based simulators. Moffet Field (Ames) has a very unique simulator called the Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS). It provided a real “seat of the pants” feel for simulated Shuttle landings, especially when simulating blown tires and crosswind landings. It didn’t have a high fidelity cockpit. And it didn’t have actual Shuttle seats.
I flew the simulator with Dick Covey after Dick had retired as an astronaut. It was quite an experience.
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/research/technology-onepagers/vms.html
The hangar is still there. Today I believe Google leases it from NASA.
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Most of the astronaut simulator training was accomplished at JSC using two fixed base and one motion based simulators. Moffet Field (Ames) has a very unique simulator called the Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS). It provided a real “seat of the pants” feel for simulated Shuttle landings, especially when simulating blown tires and crosswind landings. It didn’t have a high fidelity cockpit. And it didn’t have actual Shuttle seats.
I flew the simulator with Dick Covey after Dick had retired as an astronaut. It was quite an experience.
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/research/technology-onepagers/vms.html
The hangar is still there. Today I believe Google leases it from NASA.
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last i had heard was that it had to be torn down, but was being restored. i mainly recall it being really big and full of bats. you could feel the "pressure" of the bats screeching on your ear drums. the clam-shell doors were still operational when i was stationed there and would be opened during the various airshows. i flew a Beechcraft Bonanza thru it a few times.... in a micorsoft flight sim. 8)
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Loads of aircraft look to be heavily damaged at Tyndall AFB including F-22s.
Buy Lockheed stock.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/tyndall-air-force-sustains-catastrophic-damage-141950506.html
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Loads of aircraft look to be heavily damaged at Tyndall AFB including F-22s.
Buy Lockheed stock.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/tyndall-air-force-sustains-catastrophic-damage-141950506.html
There's not even 200 of them. Makes one wonder why they wouldn't have moved them well before the storm.
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There's not even 200 of them. Makes one wonder why they wouldn't have moved them well before the storm.
They flew out as many as they could. I saw one report that says there may have been 22 that weren’t flight worthy. I saw some aerial footage that clearly showed some in hangars that had collapsed. Looked like C-130s and maybe P-3s in the hangars as well.
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Loads of aircraft look to be heavily damaged at Tyndall AFB including F-22s.
Buy Lockheed stock.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/tyndall-air-force-sustains-catastrophic-damage-141950506.html
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-13/hurricane-cost-may-skyrocket-billions-stealth-fighter-jets-unaccounted-tyndall-afb
Hey, let's hope it was the non-functioning "not always flight-worthy" F-22s were the ones lost?
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Dem see black bird inside Singapore Airlines plane wey nobody know wia e come from
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https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/world-46862105
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10 worst aircraft of all time.
http://www.defensionem.com/snafu-10-worst-aircraft/ (http://www.defensionem.com/snafu-10-worst-aircraft/)
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10 worst aircraft of all time.
http://www.defensionem.com/snafu-10-worst-aircraft/ (http://www.defensionem.com/snafu-10-worst-aircraft/)
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I will admit I clicked on the link just to make sure they included the F-104.
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Wal-mart has a FBO (fix base operator) and here is their Web Site.
http://www.beaverlakeaviation.com/
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767 nosedived into the water not far from me. Amazon Prime cargo plane.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/human-remains-found-where-texas-cargo-plane-carrying-at-least-3-crashed-survivors-unlikely-officials-say
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767 nosedived into the water not far from me. Amazon Prime cargo plane.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/human-remains-found-where-texas-cargo-plane-carrying-at-least-3-crashed-survivors-unlikely-officials-say
I had not heard about this. Terrible news..............
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Amazing sight lines for takeoffs and landings.
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It's with a 4K video like this that I appreciate fully a 4K TV...
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How planes are born.
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Ouch!
https://i.imgur.com/56IOZbB.mp4
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Time to dust this baby off now that @Uncle Duke is here
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US Air Force Forgot How To Make Parts Of Its Own B2 Stealth Bomber And Now Wants To Reverse Engineer It
https://greatgameindia.com/air-force-reverse-engineer-b2-bomber/
What's the scoop here? The little old man that designed the heat exchanger on the B-2 passed and took all the secrets with him?
The specs got lost in a move? The IBM PS/2 Model 57 SLC the files were on died and there were no backups?
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US Air Force Forgot How To Make Parts Of Its Own B2 Stealth Bomber And Now Wants To Reverse Engineer It
https://greatgameindia.com/air-force-reverse-engineer-b2-bomber/
What's the scoop here? The little old man that designed the heat exchanger on the B-2 passed and took all the secrets with him?
The specs got lost in a move? The IBM PS/2 Model 57 SLC the files were on died and there were no backups?
The B-2 was designed on an early CAD/CAM system, certainly the first aircraft program I worked on where such a system was used. Most of that early work was done at a now defunct Northrop facility in Pico Rivera, CA, then everything was moved to Plant 42 in Palmdale. I know the plan was to destroy the jigs and tooling at the end of production, but I don't know if subsystems like heat exchangers were designed/built by Northrop or one of their subcontractors. It's doubtful they were classified in and of themselves, but their end item usage and interfaces with the a/c probably were.
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Good to see you, Duke.
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https://theaviationist.com/2021/03/23/ejection-seats-activation-during-preflight-operations-on-russian-tu-22m3-bomber-kills-three-crew-members/
Poor guys never had a chance.
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https://theaviationist.com/2021/03/23/ejection-seats-activation-during-preflight-operations-on-russian-tu-22m3-bomber-kills-three-crew-members/
Poor guys never had a chance.
So the AC commander/instructor triggered the ejection during preflight and was the only survivor. Not a good day for Russian military aviation on many levels.
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So the AC commander/instructor triggered the ejection during preflight and was the only survivor. Not a good day for Russian military aviation on many levels.
An educated guess is the guy got one of the belts of his restraint system tangled in the seat initiation handle and tried to pull it loose.
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An educated guess is the guy got one of the belts of his restraint system tangled in the seat initiation handle and tried to pull it loose.
Tragic. One would think there would be a switch housing that’s cover had to be raised manually to access the switch. I believe that’s standard in Navy A/C as per NATOPS. I suppose if he was wrestling with his restraint system and exerted upward pressure to open the box and caught the toggle just right he could defeat that safeguard.
I’m basing the above on knowledge I picked up from sitting on a court martial board. The same is true of fuel dump switches.
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Nice little video here on the Martin Mars. Two of them are still being using to fight forest fires 70 years after being built. Was just reading how they are having to limit the flight hours of the F-35 because they break so much.
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40003/the-worlds-most-secretive-737-just-showed-its-bizarre-self-over-the-mojave-desert
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The Tragic Downfall Of Air Alaska Flight 261 | Mayday S1 EP5 | Wonder
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Avenger ditches into the water just off the beach at an air show in Florida
https://www.floridatoday.com/videos/news/2021/04/17/video-wwii-era-plane-makes-emergency-landing-water/7270179002/
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Avenger ditches into the water just off the beach at an air show in Florida
https://www.floridatoday.com/videos/news/2021/04/17/video-wwii-era-plane-makes-emergency-landing-water/7270179002/
Meh. It's been done already.
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Avenger ditches into the water just off the beach at an air show in Florida
https://www.floridatoday.com/videos/news/2021/04/17/video-wwii-era-plane-makes-emergency-landing-water/7270179002/
There are a surprising number of TBFs/TBMs still around these days, most of them were aerial fire bombers used or hired by the Forest Service.
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https://samchui.com/2021/05/13/mid-air-collision-on-key-lime-air-metroliner-and-sr-22/#.YJ1JvzMpA0N
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https://samchui.com/2021/05/13/mid-air-collision-on-key-lime-air-metroliner-and-sr-22/#.YJ1JvzMpA0N
Yikes. Listened to the ATC recording. Mister Key Lime is the chillest dude on the block.
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Oops
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/05/18/2-us-military-pilots-eject-qatari-f-15-illinois-airport.html
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Bird down at Nellis:
https://twitter.com/KE6ZGP/status/1396940119832104960
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Bird down at Nellis:
https://twitter.com/KE6ZGP/status/1396940119832104960
Another controlled burn like your PAVE PAWS announcement?
Draken Mirage fighter. Must have been an aggressor squadron ac. Got confused for a second. Draken is a Swedish fighter but the company that operates the adversary training aircraft is named Draken as well.
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Fun video of a guy in New Guinea
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http://goldenageflightmuseum.org/
https://www.castleairmuseum.org/
https://aerospaceca.org
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Hawaii-Based F-22s Scrambled On FAA's Request But Nobody Will Say Why
Apair of F-22 Raptors were launched on an alert scramble out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Sunday at around 4:00 PM local time. A third F-22 joined the mission about an hour after pair's departure. A KC-135 was also launched to support the fighters. Hawaii News Now reports that the scramble, described as an "irregular patrol," was initiated at the request of the Federal Aviation Administration, which reported an 'incident,' although nobody is providing any clear information in regards to what that catalyst for the prolonged scramble mission was.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41089/hawaii-based-f-22s-scrambled-on-faas-request-but-nobody-will-say-why
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Oldie but a goodie
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Haven't watched yet but Greg is usually pretty good and well. The P-38 is pretty special........
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The Most Replayed Carrier Crash In History Happened 70 Years Ago Today
https://share.smartnews.com/z5pM9
Watch carefully and you can see the pilot's helmet rolling down the flight deck.
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Scratch one Herky Bird
https://twitter.com/Conflicts/status/1408089531648118786
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Scratch one Herky Bird
https://twitter.com/Conflicts/status/1408089531648118786
Whatever they used took the port wing off at the wing root. Doubtful a MANPAD like an SA-7/SA-16 would do that, nor would small arms or light AAA. Wonder if those guys have big boy SAMs?
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The Most Replayed Carrier Crash In History Happened 70 Years Ago Today
https://share.smartnews.com/z5pM9
Watch carefully and you can see the pilot's helmet rolling down the flight deck.
That was great, Duke! I loved the Midway clip where Heston's prop-driven plane magically turns into a jet after hitting the carrier.
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https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/1410965691931496453
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https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/1410965691931496453
Play by Play of this incident.
Coastguardsmen discuss the rescue - seems like the down fliers were in a bad way when they fished them out.
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3 of the Presidential helicopters flew over me today in Rockville. I was walking back from a grocery store and had my hands full so I didn’t get a chance to take a picture.
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3 of the Presidential helicopters flew over me today in Rockville. I was walking back from a grocery store and had my hands full so I didn’t get a chance to take a picture.
They are rather impressive.
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"My name is Ray. Fly me"
https://twitter.com/johncardillo/status/1415808341872414724
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Crash of a Russian military transport prototype earlier today.
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Some fine 4FU action
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42395/it-looks-like-a-c-130-seaplane-is-finally-happening
I'll believe it when I see it. Hard to believe something like this could be approved in government controlled entirely by the Democrats.
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42395/it-looks-like-a-c-130-seaplane-is-finally-happening
I'll believe it when I see it. Hard to believe something like this could be approved in government controlled entirely by the Democrats.
Perfect for long range SAR into the depths of the Pacific and Indian oceans where choppers do not have the range. Plus dropping guys and equipment off on little atolls.
There is gonna be another war Duke.
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Model for testing I'd guess.
https://twitter.com/TheDEWLine/status/1440806852560707587
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Model for testing I'd guess.
https://twitter.com/TheDEWLine/status/1440806852560707587
Does the FBI know what this is?
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Does the FBI know what this is?
What is going on in this world @Walks_At_Night :o
https://twitter.com/MoNDefense/status/1441764823256080385
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What is going on in this world @Walks_At_Night :o
https://twitter.com/MoNDefense/status/1441764823256080385
Analyzing the ROC's response I guess @FISH Seeing what they can learn and maybe even trigger an incident. They can't be too worried about the ROC's submarines. They only have four and two of those are former US Navy boats built during World War Two. Nothing wrong with diesel-electric boats (https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/june/theres-case-diesels) but at almost 80 years old I am sure the crews worry aout ever surfacing again once they pop under.
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Analyzing the ROC's response I guess @FISH Seeing what they can learn and maybe even trigger an incident. They can't be too worried about the ROC's submarines. They only have four and two of those are former US Navy boats built during World War Two. Nothing wrong with diesel-electric boats (https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/june/theres-case-diesels) but at almost 80 years old I am sure the crews worry aout ever surfacing again once they pop under.
A good read.
Meanwhile the People’s Republic of China is building the world’s largest submarine factory, a facility to build four subs at a time.6 Russia has built 13 submarines in the past decade.
"I worry" about the future. The China Syndrome in 2021. :'(
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Model for testing I'd guess.
https://twitter.com/TheDEWLine/status/1440806852560707587
I would bet that's not a real a/c, or even a model representing a real or developmental a/c. I think it's calibration shape used for radar cross section testing, or "pole cat" as the RCS guys call them. If this was an actual classified a/c, there's no way it would have been that accessible.
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42395/it-looks-like-a-c-130-seaplane-is-finally-happening
I'll believe it when I see it. Hard to believe something like this could be approved in government controlled entirely by the Democrats.
Some dim outfit makes the floats.
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Some dim outfit makes the floats.
I wondered about that as well. Going back almost a hundred years, floats for US military floatplanes were made by a company called EDO. They were based in NY, near various east coast aircraft manufacturers (Grumman, Martin, Vought, Curtis, etc.) that built seaplanes. They continued making floats after the military got out of the seaplane business, but eventually got swallowed up in the aerospace industry mergers post Cold War. When I first saw that article a few weeks ago, I tried to find out if, under new ownership, they were still in the float business. I had no luck.
There are a handful of float manufacturers in the US, but they are primarily involved in light/civil aviation. Lockheed, as a company, has no experience in the design, manufacture, and test of floats, so I would guess they would try to form at least an associate with some company with that experience.
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Well that is not good.
https://twitter.com/aviationbrk/status/1444586458350858242
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Sucks that there are no air worthy B-36's Would love to here those big, slow turning props churning away.
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https://twitter.com/Paul91701736/status/1446615699556761603
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https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1447288596885561353
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Well that woud suck. Out working for the Big Brown Army on a nice day in San Diego. Delivering some packages and then Boom! Death from Above.
https://twitter.com/IntelDoge/status/1447670889798115333
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Well that woud suck. Out working for the Big Brown Army on a nice day in San Diego. Delivering some packages and then Boom! Death from Above.
https://twitter.com/IntelDoge/status/1447670889798115333
Dude went in like a Kamikaze. Wonder if the pilot vapor locked and was dead before he hit the ground?
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Dude went in like a Kamikaze. Wonder if the pilot vapor locked and was dead before he hit the ground?
Very grim. I was less than 10 miles away when the GA aircraft and the Mexican DC-9 collided over Cerritos in 1986, we could see the smoke of the burning houses hit by the aircraft
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Amazing fellah here:
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https://hackaday.com/2021/10/25/the-longest-ever-flight-was-over-64-days-in-a-cessna-172
I’ve seen this plane but never knew the history
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https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/usaf-video-seems-to-show-sr-72/
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https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/usaf-video-seems-to-show-sr-72/
Seeing the airborne retrieval of satellite film canisters brought back memories. Some day I might take the time to brag about how I discovered a systemic flaw in the way that 3 letter agencies had set up their priorities for photo reconnaissance that was shortening the life span of certain consumables on those satellites that would jettison their film canisters for airborne retrieval. A GAO audit couldn’t solve it or even begin to understand it. The flaw wouldn’t haven’t been a big deal with newer birds that had encrypted digital downlink, but the early ones only had so many film canisters.
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Seeing the airborne retrieval of satellite film canisters brought back memories. Some day I might take the time to brag about how I discovered a systemic flaw in the way that 3 letter agencies had set up their priorities for photo reconnaissance that was shortening the life span of certain consumables on those satellites that would jettison their film canisters for airborne retrieval. A GAO audit couldn’t solve it or even begin to understand it. The flaw wouldn’t haven’t been a big deal with newer birds that had encrypted digital downlink, but the early ones only had so many film canisters.
Early in my career I worked with a retired C-119 loadmaster who, although he never flew any of the canister retrieval missions, told us youngsters about them. I remember him telling us, "You only see the film of missions where they caught them, not the failures."
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42395/it-looks-like-a-c-130-seaplane-is-finally-happening
I'll believe it when I see it. Hard to believe something like this could be approved in government controlled entirely by the Democrats.
https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/usaf-meets-with-japanese-navy-to-learn-about-amphibious-aircraft-operations/146517.article?utm_campaign=FG-DEFENCE-WL%20GORE_Flightsafety_24112021-JM&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=FG-DEFENCE-WL%20GORE_Flightsafety_24112021-JM
Looks like the AFSOC folks at least are seriously looking at seaplane operations. Wonder if any one in a position of authority has considered just buying this Japanese amphibian, or maybe having a US company build it under licences. We've done the latter before with a/c like the Harrier and B-57 Canberra.
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F-35 down due to stupid mistake. Flop Gun
British F-35B Crash In The Med Possibly Caused By ‘Rain Cover’ Left On During Launch
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16829088/royal-navy-fighter-jet-crash/
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F-35 down due to stupid mistake. Flop Gun
British F-35B Crash In The Med Possibly Caused By ‘Rain Cover’ Left On During Launch
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16829088/royal-navy-fighter-jet-crash/
Yep, but I can assure you that's the best news LM and the F-35 community could have gotten. That's a maintainer training issue that is teachable, orders of magnitude better than having had a mechanical or system failure on the aircraft. That would have resulted in a world wide JSF grounding of at least the STOVL variant while requiried redesign and retrofit/modification was completed. I've been through that.
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Yep, but I can assure you that's the best news LM and the F-35 community could have gotten. That's a maintainer training issue that is teachable, orders of magnitude better than having had a mechanical or system failure on the aircraft. That would have resulted in a world wide JSF grounding of at least the STOVL variant while requiried redesign and retrofit/modification was completed. I've been through that.
Video of the incident has leaked. Looks like something out of a Benny Hill episode.
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https://twitter.com/sebh1981/status/1465351592018956295
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@Rikki Gins
Hey Rix,
Those sub hunting airplanes that fly by your area occasionally do find a sub. Nice picture from a P-3 Orion
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@Walks_At_Night Oh, look at that! One of them flew some circles about a month ago but I haven't seen it since. They also turned off whatever it is that allows the air traffic ID app to get information on them. They were flying incognito, I guess.
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This video goes on forever - I'm only 8 minutes in but it is pretty wild. Its about a jet crash that wipes out the leaders of a dubious weight loss church.
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This video goes on forever - I'm only 8 minutes in but it is pretty wild. Its about a jet crash that wipes out the leaders of a dubious weight loss church.
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Probably a sad case of an overweight plane. Too much hair.
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Marines perform boarding exercises with jetpacks and land on a high-speed ship
https://rumble.com/vs7j0i-marines-perform-boarding-exercises-with-jetpacks-and-land-on-a-high-speed-s.html?mref=6zof&mc=dgip3&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Operation+Freedom&ep=2
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One. Lucky. Pilot.
https://twitter.com/lapdhq/status/1480363436311670784
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Another angle
https://twitter.com/drewhlive/status/1480362491498487808
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43832/mystery-surrounds-faa-order-to-halt-all-west-coast-air-traffic-after-north-korea-fired-missile
This makes no sense to me. Either someone screwed the pooch, or there's more to this than anyone is letting on. Keep an eye on the conspiracy sites.
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@Uncle Duke and @Walks_At_Night
Did this guy intentionally crash his plane for notoriety or insurance money?
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Mr. Bogus is a YouTuber and he was attempting to get a massive amount of YouTube views.
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Mr. Bogus is a YouTuber and he was attempting to get a massive amount of YouTube views.
Ha! Yeah Rix and Gravity. Multiple camera angles - check. Not it only has a parachute with him which is unusual, it is *on* him from the get go. Wonder how many Federal agencies he has crawling up his ass right now? FAA, NTSB, FBI for sure. Since he turned his plane into a cruise missle - throw in the Forest Service, the BLM and since maybe the plane killed a rare snail or some shit when it crashed, the Fish and Wildlife Service. No environmental impact statement filed before the stunt? EPA would like a word too.
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That video raises many questions.
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If he did it on purpose, he did so over an area that could have easily killed him. The terrain wasn't conducive to either a safe parachute landing or survival/egress after landing.
Early in the video, did he show a baggy of pot?
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If he did it on purpose, he did so over an area that could have easily killed him. The terrain wasn't conducive to either a safe parachute landing or survival/egress after landing.
Early in the video, did he show a baggy of pot?
Supposedly the ashes of a fallen comrade.
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If he did it on purpose, he did so over an area that could have easily killed him. The terrain wasn't conducive to either a safe parachute landing or survival/egress after landing.
Early in the video, did he show a baggy of pot?
There was a fairly large gravel field that he could have guided his parachute to, or made an emergency landing on, so said a pilot who posted a rebuttal video on YouTube. Also, that supposed bag of cremains must have contained only a slight portion of his friend's ashes. A regular amount of cremated remains would have filled that baggie to bursting.
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There was a fairly large gravel field that he could have guided his parachute to, or made an emergency landing on, so said a pilot who posted a rebuttal video on YouTube. Also, that supposed bag of cremains must have contained only a slight portion of his friend's ashes. A regular amount of cremated remains would have filled that baggie to bursting.
Or perhaps his friend was Tom Thumb?
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Or perhaps his friend was Tom Thumb?
LOL!
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Some cool film of the Kyushu J7W. I knew the thing existed as a prototype but have never seen film of it before.
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Some cool film of the Kyushu J7W. I knew the thing existed as a prototype but have never seen film of it before.
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Hey Walks, ever see this rascal?
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Hey Walks, ever see this rascal?
I have. I think Northrup had something similar as well if I recall correctly.
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I have. I think Northrup had something similar as well if I recall correctly.
So did Vultee, they all three were competing for the same contract. I don't remember which company's a/c it was, but one of them crashed about a mile from where I live.
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Note at the end of the segment, the news lady asks the reporter in the field what the consequences would be if the pilot had done something unlawful and the guy totally misconstrues her question.
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https://news.usni.org/2022/01/25/crashed-f-35c-fell-off-uss-carl-vinson-flight-deck-into-south-china-sea
I think this is the first C model that's been lost.
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https://news.usni.org/2022/01/25/crashed-f-35c-fell-off-uss-carl-vinson-flight-deck-into-south-china-sea
I think this is the first C model that's been lost.
Sounds like the P.R.C. might try and go fetch it.
Race to beat China to recover $100m US F-35 stealth fighter from bottom of South China Sea after it crash landed on aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson: Fears secret technology from America's most advanced jet could fall into enemy hands (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10440323/Seven-sailors-board-USS-Carl-Vinson-South-China-Sea-injured-94-million-F-35C-fighter-jet-crashes-trying-land-deck.html)
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Sounds like the P.R.C. might try and go fetch it.
Race to beat China to recover $100m US F-35 stealth fighter from bottom of South China Sea after it crash landed on aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson: Fears secret technology from America's most advanced jet could fall into enemy hands (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10440323/Seven-sailors-board-USS-Carl-Vinson-South-China-Sea-injured-94-million-F-35C-fighter-jet-crashes-trying-land-deck.html)
Reminds me of when the Soviets tried to recover one of our F-14s.
I was at a push competition to make the us bobsled team in September 1976. The Navy bobsled team was made up of SEAL Team members. A grey gsa vehicle pulled up to the push track in Keene Valley, NY and spoke to the most senior member. He pointed to several squids and motioned for them to get into the vehicle.
I was assigned to the Intelligence division at Plattsburgh AFB with a TS clearance. The first thing I did when I got back to base was to go see what in the hell was up in the world that caused several SEAL team members to get snatched out of upstate NY.
An F14 had fallen off the deck of the John F Kennedy. Because I was reading raw intelligence the cause was not known at the time. What was known was that the Phoenix fire control radar and the AIM 54 air to air missiles were considered to be some of the most sought after hardware by Soviet intelligence.
Maybe @Uncle Duke knows the true story of the recovery. I’ve read a bunch of different accounts and none of them quite match what I eventually read in classified accounts.
The Russians did try to snag it. That’s all I’ll say. I think the book “Beyond Top Secret” has a write up. I did try getting the details from the SEALs later on but even when I was alone with them, they wouldn’t talk. And I wasn’t going to discuss what I had read in the classified accounts. I just told them I knew why they were jerked out back in September.
We have a bunch more capability today than we did in 1976 with RPVs. I hope we get there first.
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Reminds me of when the Soviets tried to recover one of our F-14s.
I was at a push competition to make the us bobsled team in September 1976. The Navy bobsled team was made up of SEAL Team members. A grey gsa vehicle pulled up to the push track in Keene Valley, NY and spoke to the most senior member. He pointed to several squids and motioned for them to get into the vehicle.
I was assigned to the Intelligence division at Plattsburgh AFB with a TS clearance. The first thing I did when I got back to base was to go see what in the hell was up in the world that caused several SEAL team members to get snatched out of upstate NY.
An F14 had fallen off the deck of the John F Kennedy. Because I was reading raw intelligence the cause was not known at the time. What was known was that the Phoenix fire control radar and the AIM 54 air to air missiles were considered to be some of the most sought after hardware by Soviet intelligence.
Maybe @Uncle Duke knows the true story of the recovery. I’ve read a bunch of different accounts and none of them quite match what I eventually read in classified accounts.
The Russians did try to snag it. That’s all I’ll say. I think the book “Beyond Top Secret” has a write up. I did try getting the details from the SEALs later on but even when I was alone with them, they wouldn’t talk. And I wasn’t going to discuss what I had read in the classified accounts. I just told them I knew why they were jerked out back in September.
We have a bunch more capability today than we did in 1976 with RPVs. I hope we get there first.
Cool story. In 1976 I was in college and don't remember the F-14 incident. I do recall being at Langley in 1980 when it was announced the Soviets put one of their Yak-38 VTOL fighters off a Kiev class carrier/cruiser into the South China Sea. There was talk of the US trying to recover it, but I don't know if we did. When I worked JSF in the late 90s I talked to a former P-3 TACCO at PAX who claimed his crew spent hours trying find it with MAD gear and other sensors. Turns out the Yak-38 was a piece of shit, so even if we recovered it it's doubtful we learned anything of use.
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Cool story. In 1976 I was in college and don't remember the F-14 incident. I do recall being at Langley in 1980 when it was announced the Soviets put one of their Yak-38 VTOL fighters off a Kiev class carrier/cruiser into the South China Sea. There was talk of the US trying to recover it, but I don't know if we did. When I worked JSF in the late 90s I talked to a former P-3 TACCO at PAX who claimed his crew spent hours trying find it with MAD gear and other sensors. Turns out the Yak-38 was a piece of shit, so even if we recovered it it's doubtful we learned anything of use.
BTW - I out pushed all of the Navy SEALs and made the team. One of them was selected as an alternate. The military was well represented that year. 17 athletes and coaches went, 9 active duty and 2 veterans. Mostly USAF. Another Navy SEAL made it as a 2 man driver and a Marine made it as a 4 man driver. Still have great memories of that year.
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Ivan says the Naval version of the F-35 is getting all crusty rusty out there at sea.
https://sputniknews.com/20220201/photos-us-navys-f-35-stealth-fighters-seem-to-be-rusting-on-south-china-sea-voyage-1092648254.html
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Drama over on BigJet TV!
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Drama over on BigJet TV!
Yikes! Looks like a tail strike at about 17 seconds. I'd be curious what they told the passengers as they were going around.
I was on a Shorts 330 flying into Newport News VA that had to abort a landing back in the early 80s. Wasn't nearly as dramatic as the one shown here, but hearing the engines spool up within seconds of initial touchdown was an attention getter. The pilot claimed there were deer on the runway, but who knows.
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Yikes! Looks like a tail strike at about 17 seconds. I'd be curious what they told the passengers as they were going around.
British Airways.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, as you probably noticed we nearly snuffed it there but all is well now"
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British Airways.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, as you probably noticed we nearly snuffed it there but all is well now"
Never knew Alex went on to fly for BA.
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Never knew Alex went on to fly for BA.
Oh yeah. He started out with DroogAir but made the jump to the big time.
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44057/mysterious-aircraft-spotted-at-area-51-in-unprecedented-satellite-image
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@Walks_At_Night & @Uncle Duke
That P-8A Poseidon was making circles overhead yesterday. I was out taking my walk and was able to get a couple of shots of it. I notice that the landing gear is down, and the numerous circles that it made leads me to believe that touch and go landings were being made at the local airport. Though why would an aircraft from a distant base in Washington (Ault Field on Whidbey Island) come all the way to an adjoining state to practice touch and goes?
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@Walks_At_Night & @Uncle Duke
That P-8A Poseidon was making circles overhead yesterday. I was out taking my walk and was able to get a couple of shots of it. I notice that the landing gear is down, and the numerous circles that it made leads me to believe that touch and go landings were being made at the local airport. Though why would an aircraft from a distant base in Washington (Ault Field on Whidbey Island) come all the way to an adjoining state to practice touch and goes?
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Guessing that the Naval Aviator at the controls doesn't look like this guy and has to learn - different airfields, locations, more flight hours etc.
Great pictures!!!!!!!
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Guessing that the Naval Aviator at the controls doesn't look like this guy and has to learn - different airfields, locations, more flight hours etc.
Great pictures!!!!!!!
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Right, that makes sense. Thanks, WAN!
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Guessing that the Naval Aviator at the controls doesn't look like this guy and has to learn - different airfields, locations, more flight hours etc.
Great pictures!!!!!!!
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The a/c the mature pilot is standing next to is a former Israeli Kfir, an variant of the French Mirage. One of the dissimilar air combat contractors flies them, I think out of CA. So that means the grandfatherly looking gent is a retired military pilot with thousands of hours time in fighters.
Those contractors operate some very cool aircraft. Back in the late 90s I flew into Partick Henry Airport near Langley AFB, and as I was walking to my rental car I heard the loudest airplane I'd ever heard. Roaring over my head was a Swedish SAAB Draken, a beautiful "double delta" airplane.
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Weird one here. One of those SpaceX booster rockets perhaps?
https://twitter.com/OakRedhammer/status/1490355354483376128
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https://twitter.com/Fighterman_FFRC/status/1490250892020383744
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War is not fair but sheesh. P-47's versus Ju-52's trying to land.
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War is not fair but sheesh. P-47's versus Ju-52's trying to land.
Fish, meet barrel.
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Fish, meet barrel.
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@ItsOver Here is a little payback from the Luftwaffe.
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@ItsOver Here is a little payback from the Luftwaffe.
Wow... even Me-163 footage.
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The Norden bombsight at work.
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@ItsOver Here is a little payback from the Luftwaffe.
When I was a young teenager, my Dad worked with an engineer who had flown FW-190s for the Luftwaffe. He didn't like to talk about his WW2 experience, but for some reason he took a liking to me and we had several interesting talks. Most of his time had been over the Eastern Front, but late in the war he flew air defense over Germany against the US and UK.
When I asked him about the a/c he most feared, without hesitation he said, "The American Thunderbolt." He said it was almost impossible to shoot down, you could put hundreds of rounds into it but it kept flying. Conversely, he said the liquid cooled engine on the Mustang made them much easier to knock out of the flight. Their biggest concern about the Mustang was there were so many of them. He also spoke very highly of the Yak-9.
And like every other German, he knew nothing about the concentration camps.
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This guys property is being bombed by aerial feces which would suck but it also seems to be a plane spotting paradise which is cool.
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This guys property is being bombed by aerial feces which would suck but it also seems to be a plane spotting paradise which is cool.
Reminds me of the stories about President Truman ordering the waste storage tanks from the Presidential aircraft to be dumped over Ohio due to his hatred of Sen Bob Taft.
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Beautiful video of RAF Typhoons flying through the Mach Loop, a low level tactical training area in Wales.
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Wildcats, Vindicators, Helldivers and whatever the F3F was called - all taking a beating. A painful view:
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Wildcats, Vindicators, Helldivers and whatever the F3F was called - all taking a beating. A painful view:
Very cool. There are a series of videos showing the Royal Navy destroying untold numbers of Seafires landing aboard their carriers. The Seafire was a bitch to deck land due to their narrow undercarriage and long nose, and being a derivative of the Spitfire they were not all that robust. British carriers were also smaller than US carriers. The Brits lost far more Seafires to landing accidents than they did enemy action. Beautiful airplane, but not suited to carrier ops.
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Well they haven’t gotten all of the Antonovs.
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Well they haven’t gotten all of the Antonovs.
A few days, maybe a week, before the Russian invasion, I followed a Ukrainian An-24's flight to Nellis AFB on one of the flight tracking apps. I've been watching that specific a/c ever since, it's flying in and out of a Romanian airport called Constana. Until today, it destinations were not cited. As we can see below, however, it flew to a French airfield near the Spanish border today.
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A few days, maybe a week, before the Russian invasion, I followed a Ukrainian An-24's flight to Nellis AFB on one of the flight tracking apps. I've been watching that specific a/c ever since, it's flying in and out of a Romanian airport called Constana. Until today, it destinations were not cited. As we can see below, however, it flew to a French airfield near the Spanish border today.
I wonder what they’re moving around.
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I wonder what they’re moving around.
Doubt it's wine or cheese.
Pau sounds familiar to me. Possibly used as a staging point for smuggling arms into Spain during the Spanish Civil War, or as a waypoint for the Underground getting downed aircrew out of occupied France into Spain in WW2. I'll have to look that up if I have time.
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A few days, maybe a week, before the Russian invasion, I followed a Ukrainian An-24's flight to Nellis AFB on one of the flight tracking apps. I've been watching that specific a/c ever since, it's flying in and out of a Romanian airport called Constana. Until today, it destinations were not cited. As we can see below, however, it flew to a French airfield near the Spanish border today.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/06/politics/mark-milley-ukraine-military-assistance/index.html
I think we (and obviously the Russians) know where that secret Eastern European airfield is.
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/06/politics/mark-milley-ukraine-military-assistance/index.html
I think we (and obviously the Russians) know where that secret Eastern European airfield is.
Yep. I wonder when the Russians will concentrate on knocking out any vehicle suspected of transporting that equipment in the Ukraine. I wonder if the dominoes will start to fall with a Russian strike on that “secret” airfield.
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Ukraine needs an international volunteer "Flying Tigers" air force, now!!
Brave retired and active fighter pilots could resign from their country's air force and join Ukraine's volunteer Flying Tigers Air Force. Western countries could donate/sell their planes, support arms and equipment to Ukraine's Flying Tigers all volunteer air force. Of course would also need to set up a secure airport inside Ukraine.
All donated/purchased planes, equipment and uniforms would have the insignia of the "Flying Tigers" all volunteer air force.
Please pass this idea along
"Only Takes.. One .. White Crow"
Richard Hoagland
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Cool footage of the AN-22. Biggest turbo prop in the world.
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Great channel on YouTube. Some of their shots are so locked in it doesn’t even look real.
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It’s not your fathers moped. Kawasaki C-2.
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I was trout fishing on a mountain stream when two F-15’s came tearing up the river valley just above the treetops. Quite an impressive sound.
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I was trout fishing on a mountain stream when two F-15’s came tearing up the river valley just above the treetops. Quite an impressive sound.
I used to bass fish on a lake called Toledo Bend. Two different trips I had multiple A-10s come buzzing over the treetops and pivot around my boat and others as if they had found “targets of opportunity”. As jets go, they didn’t have the roar of an F-15 but it can be a bit unsettling when you’re looking down the barrel of a gattling gun. You really couldn’t hear them approaching from behind if the shoreline was covered in southern pines.
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Well now we know what all those triangles Art saw were.
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The P-8A Poseidon was making some more circles yesterday. I was out walking without my phone and I counted five passes before I made it back home in time to snap one picture before it started to head back to base.
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Well now we know what all those triangles Art saw were.
🤣🤣🤣
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Well this sucks.
GPS jamming and spoofing is mucking with domestic flights quite away from the Ukraine.
https://www.spacedaily.com/afp/220318133436.0o7anps9.html
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Well this sucks.
GPS jamming and spoofing is mucking with domestic flights quite away from the Ukraine.
https://www.spacedaily.com/afp/220318133436.0o7anps9.html
The Russians have their own unique satellite based navigation system, called something like GLONAS. Wouldn't it be a shame if their system started getting jammed as well?
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Might be an Osprey that crashed
https://twitter.com/breaking911/status/1504946696232574976
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Yep. Osprey. They’ve located the wreckage. No word on the crew yet.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/03/us-military-aircraft-crashes-in-norway-with-4-on-board/
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Looked over on the airline pilots forum for insights on that horrible crash in China. Read through all seven pages and came to the conclusion that their forum is just as dysfunctional as any other. In summary - pilot suicide, software problem, mechanical problem, pterodactyl strike, Trump's fault, Putin's fault, AOC will call for electric planes now and some good old sniping between posters.
https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/safety/137091-china-eastern-737-crash.html
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Looked over on the airline pilots forum for insights on that horrible crash in China. Read through all seven pages and came to the conclusion that their forum is just as dysfunctional as any other. In summary - pilot suicide, software problem, mechanical problem, pterodactyl strike, Trump's fault, Putin's fault, AOC will call for electric planes now and some good old sniping between posters.
https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/safety/137091-china-eastern-737-crash.html
I heard a news reporter last night remarking “so far no survivors have been found.” Yeah, a straight-in nose dive at around 30,000 ft per minute will tend to do that. ::)
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F-22 down
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I heard a news reporter last night remarking “so far no survivors have been found.” Yeah, a straight-in nose dive at around 30,000 ft per minute will tend to do that. ::)
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Humm...
6-7 years old.
Uighur pilot?
EMP beam?
Fin break off? (Possibly, per Steve Moss, air accident investigator in the UK)
Boeing's fault?
China will blame the US somehow.
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Never knew they used a bear to test an ejection seat.
https://theaviationist.com/2016/03/21/b-58-ejects-yogi-bear
Hey BooBoooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Never knew they used a bear to test an ejection seat.
https://theaviationist.com/2016/03/21/b-58-ejects-yogi-bear
Hey BooBoooooooooooooooooooooooo
My first boss at WPAFB was part of test team for the bear ejection.
The Chinese use dogs to sled test their ejection seats. I've seen video of a dog coming down under the chute after being ejected and hitting the ground running, then being chased down. The next scene was the dog being autopsied.
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Never knew they used a bear to test an ejection seat.
https://theaviationist.com/2016/03/21/b-58-ejects-yogi-bear
Hey BooBoooooooooooooooooooooooo
Why can’t we use politicians. Start with the ones who’ve been there the longest.
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Why can’t we use politicians. Start with the ones who’ve been there the longest.
It would be nice to get something useful for the country and non-self-serving out of them for a change.
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Lost another Osprey
https://breaking911.com/breaking-u-s-coast-guard-responding-to-plane-crash-off-virginia/
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Someone is going to be in the shitter
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-c-130-marthas-vineyard
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White-booted racket-tailed hummingbirds in flight!
https://twitter.com/BanginTweets_/status/1509603329596342279
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https://www.autoevolution.com/news/usaf-to-start-operating-single-seat-amphibious-aircraft-with-an-open-cockpit-186056.html
From the article:
"The Army is interested in adding a capability that had not been available before...."
Not quite true as a few different "personal rotor craft" were developed for the Army in the mid/late 1950s. Of course these were not electrically powered, but the concept was the same.
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Flight data from China Eastern jet points to intentional nosedive -WSJ
https://share.smartnews.com/NJYtx
It was an obvious conclusion this was not a malfunction or pilot error considering neither Boeing or any air safety regulatory agency issued air safety bulletins/directives.
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Crazy mother here. Cranked up to 17,500 feet.
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Flypast for the Queen's Jubilee.
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https://us.bolnews.com/world/2022/06/mystery-plane-puts-east-europe-air-forces-on-alert/
Similar profile to drug running aircraft in this part of the world. Since this occured in Eastern Europe, something to do with the unpleasantness in Ukraine, perhaps?
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“Mirror/ chrome” F-22. Interesting.
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https://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58403&p=467948
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“Mirror/ chrome” F-22. Interesting.
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https://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58403&p=467948
If I had to guess, I'd say this is an experimental surface designed to spoof infrared sighting and tracking (IRST) systems. With aircraft becoming so stealthy, tracking an enemy by infrared (vice radar) is becoming more important.
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This one is entertaining
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https://video.valleypbs.org/video/byyou-exploration-castle-air-museum/
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https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2022/07/28/hundreds-of-air-force-training-planes-grounded-over-ejection-seat-concerns/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-breaking
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Presented by Pan American Airways System, this pre-war promotional documentary film is titled “Overnight to Hawaii” chronicles a Pan Am Clipper Flight from San Francisco to Honolulu and eventually China. The film highlights the pre-World War II flight paths of Pan Am along the Pacific and offers the viewer a life-like experience of being on board. The film underscores the company’s “Clipper Era” from 1931-1946 characterized by the 28 Clippers carrying different nicknames that symbolized Pan Am and served Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Founded in 1927, Pan Am was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century.
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This promotional film for Pan Am's "double deck Clipper", the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, was made in the last 1940s as the airplane entered worldwide service.
The film includes some rare footage from Pan Am's history (including some awkward model shots of early aircraf) beginning at the 8:00 mark. The Consolidated Commodore Flying Boat is seen at 8:30, and the Sikorsky S-42 Brazilian Clipper is seen at 8:50. Check out the shots of the swimsuit-clad men removing the plane's landing gear! The China Clipper Martin M-130 is seen at 9:23 and the Boeing 307 at 9:30. The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner was the first commercial transport aircraft to enter service with a pressurized cabin. The Boeing 314 is seen at 9:50, and the Douglas DC-4 at 9:58 as well as a Lockheed Constellation or Connie.
The Boeing B-17 "Buck Shot" is seen at the 10:58 mark followed by the B-29 and B-50 aircraft.
The film includes footage of trans-Atlantic routes, and a trip to Brazil and Hawaii by Pan American.
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This promotional film for Pan Am's "double deck Clipper", the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, was made in the last 1940s as the airplane entered worldwide service.
The film includes some rare footage from Pan Am's history (including some awkward model shots of early aircraf) beginning at the 8:00 mark. The Consolidated Commodore Flying Boat is seen at 8:30, and the Sikorsky S-42 Brazilian Clipper is seen at 8:50. Check out the shots of the swimsuit-clad men removing the plane's landing gear! The China Clipper Martin M-130 is seen at 9:23 and the Boeing 307 at 9:30. The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner was the first commercial transport aircraft to enter service with a pressurized cabin. The Boeing 314 is seen at 9:50, and the Douglas DC-4 at 9:58 as well as a Lockheed Constellation or Connie.
The Boeing B-17 "Buck Shot" is seen at the 10:58 mark followed by the B-29 and B-50 aircraft.
The film includes footage of trans-Atlantic routes, and a trip to Brazil and Hawaii by Pan American.
I used to see the USAF tanker version of the 377, the KC-97, frequently as a youngster. They were based a now defunct SAC based near Columbus, Ohio. Later models of the KC-97 had a jet under each wing to increase their speed to make it easier to refuel jets. The Stratocruiser wasn't as elegant as the Connie/Super Connie, but its design was a big step forward in aviation when many airlines were making do with surplus WWII transports.
Back 15-20 years ago, one of the Sikorsky biplane flying boats flew over. I assume it was heading to an airshow somewhere. Nothing sounds like a big radial engine.
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Interesting sighting if real.
https://twitter.com/jaiden_floyd/status/1581768100289998848
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Interesting sighting if real.
https://twitter.com/jaiden_floyd/status/1581768100289998848
If you read further down in the chain of posts, you'll see the guy who posted the photo admits it's photoshopped.
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If you read further down in the chain of posts, you'll see the guy who posted the photo admits it's photoshopped.
Bahh. He hadn't yet at the time. Thought maybe NASA had dusted one of theirs off.
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The P-63 cuts the B-17 in half during a CAF air show. :o :'(
The B-17 was the Texas Raiders. Note to video narrator, you don’t survive something like that.
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https://theaviationist.com/2022/11/13/b-17-and-p-63-kingcobra-collision/
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Different angle that provides more context. The B-17, followed by a B-24, and a B-25 I guess. Not sure what the last bomber in line is. Almost looks like a Hudson but I don't think there are any of those left that can fly.
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It seems tail end charlie might have been this twin beech thingy:
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B-17 darn near took out a Stearman/Jenny or some sort of bi-plane.
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P-39 Airacobra cockpit - I'd assume very similar to the P-63 King Cobra. Not a fountain of visibility.
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That collision in Dallas looked really bad, as if someone wasn't looking where he was going. Sure looked like he banked straight at it.
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That collision in Dallas looked really bad, as if someone wasn't looking where he was going. Sure looked like he banked straight at it.
Agreed. I wonder if the P-63 pilot had a medical issue prior to impact.
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P-39 Airacobra cockpit - I'd assume very similar to the P-63 King Cobra. Not a fountain of visibility.
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Yes. Really tragic. Of course, with the loss of life, and then two historic planes, especially the B-17. I’ve walked by the Texas Raiders a number of times at Texas air shows, and seen it fly. It’s even flown over my house. No mas. :( :'(
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Dear members and supporters of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF),
I wanted to share with you the news of a tragic accident that happened earlier today. On Saturday, Nov 12, at approximately 1:20 p.m. CST, two CAF aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision at Dallas Executive Airport during the CAF’s Wings Over Dallas WWII Airshow.
The aircraft involved were our B-17 Flying Fortress Texas Raiders N7227C and our P-63 Kingcobra N6763, both based out of the Houston area.
The B-17 operates with a flight crew of 4-5 individuals, and the P-63 operates with a single crew member. At this time, we are not able to provide the identity or any personal information about the aircrew involved.
The Commemorative Air Force is working closely with local and national authorities who are investigating this accident. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will conduct a thorough investigation into the cause of the accident. Currently, no additional information is available.
We will continue to share information with you as we are able. It is always difficult to share news like this, however you are part of our aviation family. It is important that we support one another in times like this.
Hank Coates
President/CEO
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Here’s some background on the P-63F that was lost. Apparently, one of only two made of that variant.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/corkspotter/45362074605/in/pool-wwiifighters
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Pretty wild stuff J-20 out of China. (https://htrs-special.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/China-J-20-Fighter-Jet-Amazing-Maneuvers.mp4)
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Pretty wild stuff J-20 out of China. (https://htrs-special.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/China-J-20-Fighter-Jet-Amazing-Maneuvers.mp4)
Are you sure those aren’t large-scale R/C birds?
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Are you sure those aren’t large-scale R/C birds?
Hal Turner confirms the authenticity. ;)
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/china-s-j-20-stealth-fighter-jet-i-ve-never-seen-american-planes-do-these-things
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Hal Turner confirms the authenticity. ;)
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/china-s-j-20-stealth-fighter-jet-i-ve-never-seen-american-planes-do-these-things
Maybe Hal got fooled. ;) If those are indeed the real deal, it’s definitely amazing. I’m also surprised the ChiCom’s would be doing such a flight demo close to and in front of “the People.” :)
What do you think, Uncle Duke?
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Maybe Hal got fooled. ;) If those are indeed the real deal, it’s definitely amazing. I’m also surprised the ChiCom’s would be doing such a flight demo close to and in front of “the People.” :)
What do you think, Uncle Duke?
The J-16 is a real fighter, but I don't buy the hovering bit. Here's an official video from the recent Airshow China showing the J-16 being put through its paces. If it could hover, I think we'd see them flaunting that capability in what amounts to an advertising video.
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Listen to the kids. :)
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B-17 darn near took out a Stearman/Jenny or some sort of bi-plane.
This YouTube report from ABC7 has the new angle footage. It's credited to Vicki Garcia. (So, you can examine it in slo-motion on YouTube...)
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This YouTube report from ABC7 has the new angle footage. It's credited to Vicki Garcia. (So, you can examine it in slo-motion on YouTube...)
The pilot of the P-63 was a pilot for United and had a substantial number of flight hours. From looking at the videos and the visibility within the P-63 cockpit, I can see where the B-17 could have been in a blind spot for the P-63 pilot. Even still, if the aircraft had been limited to flying at reasonably different altitudes, a collision could have been avoided.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/he-died-doing-what-he-loved-montgomery-county-pilot-is-1-of-6-killed-in-dallas-air-show/ar-AA146SGu
I’ve watched the CAF do the “Tora, Tora, Tora” demonstration a number of times. I’m sure it’s well-choreographed and rehearsed, even though it can appear to be quite chaotic. Just speculating at this point but it looks like these type of demos need to be thoroughly analyzed from the control and altitude separation standpoint. If something can go wrong, it will, unfortunately. The pilot could have had a medical-type incident, too. I’m pretty confident it’ll all come out in the accident investigation.
https://wingsoverdallas.org/aircraft-posts/tora-tora-tora-2/
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The pilot of the P-63 was a pilot for United and had a substantial number of flight hours. From looking at the videos and the visibility within the P-63 cockpit, I can see where the B-17 could have been in a blind spot for the P-63 pilot. Even still, if the aircraft had been limited to flying at reasonably different altitudes, a collision could have been avoided.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/he-died-doing-what-he-loved-montgomery-county-pilot-is-1-of-6-killed-in-dallas-air-show/ar-AA146SGu
I’ve watched the CAF do the “Tora, Tora, Tora” demonstration a number of times. I’m sure it’s well-choreographed and rehearsed, even though it can appear to be quite chaotic. Just speculating at this point but it looks like these type of demos need to be thoroughly analyzed from the control and altitude separation standpoint. If something can go wrong, it will, unfortunately. The pilot could have had a medical-type incident, too. I’m pretty confident it’ll all come out in the accident investigation.
https://wingsoverdallas.org/aircraft-posts/tora-tora-tora-2/
I've watched that midair at least 20 times from 4 different angles. I'm convinced the P-63 pilot purposely collided with the bomber. And you have more confidence in the NTSB than I do.
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I've watched that midair at least 20 times from 4 different angles. I'm convinced the P-63 pilot purposely collided with the bomber. And you have more confidence in the NTSB than I do.
A Japanese on 4chan had trolled with: "Glad to see that America has finally adopted superior Japanese culture".
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I've watched that midair at least 20 times from 4 different angles. I'm convinced the P-63 pilot purposely collided with the bomber. And you have more confidence in the NTSB than I do.
I’m surprised anyone would say that, at this point, about the P-63 pilot. Maybe something will come out to change things but that’s a pretty strong accusation to make without quite a bit of evidence.
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Oof
https://twitter.com/72powpow/status/1593875827581915138
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Oof
https://twitter.com/72powpow/status/1593875827581915138
Fireman have a premonition?
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So you would like Shaggy discussing the F4F Wildcat in depth you say? Well your dream has come true:
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B21 Raider. Reports state the plan is to buy anywhere from 145 up to 200 aircraft. How many will the Air Force actually buy before they cuck out and cancel the program? I'm guessing 18.
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Guess the brake was engaged but zero f*cks given
https://twitter.com/IndoPac_Info/status/1598325918082093057
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Gryder smoothly pockets some crash scene evidence at 35:36
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https://twitter.com/cbs11doug/status/1603466654704406530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1603466654704406530%7Ctwgr%5E6ac982a9a900564d74c79f364af3ddc6ad7caf27%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marinecorpstimes.com%2Fnews%2Fyour-marine-corps%2F2022%2F12%2F15%2Fpilot-ejects-after-f-35b-crashes-on-texas-runway%2F
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Black Manta spotted on the Ford's deck. If it is on the internet, it has to be real, right?
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Sam Chui flys to Antarctica from Cape Town
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Crazy Tommy Crusie jumping out of a good Chopper.
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Officials discuss severe turbulence on HNL-bound flight from Phoenix that left 36 passengers, crew injured
Statement to Press
The seatbelt sign was on at the time the flight encountered the turbulence.
36 people injured, including 11 seriously, after Honolulu-bound flight hits severe turbulence
Response Team Director
36 injured after ‘rare’ pocket of severe turbulence hits Honolulu-bound plane shortly before landing
Passenger Reports
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I've watched that midair at least 20 times from 4 different angles. I'm convinced the P-63 pilot purposely collided with the bomber. And you have more confidence in the NTSB than I do.
Sure looked like it. You know what they say... If it walks like a duck...
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Why We Never Found The Malaysian Flight MH370
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https://airlive.net/alert-a-plane-landing-has-hit-and-damaged-several-runway-lights-at-auckland-international-airport/amp/
https://twitter.com/New_ZeaIand_/status/1618887040187375616
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Rather horrorfying. Some major pooch screwing.
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The Airline Industry’s Problem with Absolutely Ancient IT
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Rather horrorfying. Some major pooch screwing.
Reminds me sonewhat of the Tenerife mishap in 1977. Will be interesting to see what happens to the controllers and the SW pilot.
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Farewell to the Queen of the Skies --- The 747 by the Numbers
https://airwaysmag.com/farewell-to-the-queen/
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Confirmation!!!!
https://twitter.com/usnational7/status/1626545269822177280
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Some really nice air-to-air video.
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FAA needs to revisit their Battery Pack Rules...
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/2023/03/01/smoke-filled-spirit-airlines-flight-from-dfw-airport-diverted-after-battery-fire/
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Susan Zimmerman was among the passengers on board Lufthansa Flight 469 when it encountered the severe turbulence on Wednesday.
Zimmerman, who is from Austin and five months pregnant, told CNN she had just finished eating and was about to go to the lavatory when the turbulence hit.
“During dinner service, there suddenly was a wind shear, the plane increased altitude, then we fell 1,000 feet,” she said.
“It was like unexpectedly free-falling for five seconds off the top of a rollercoaster, plates and glassware were up at the ceiling, and my purse from the floor flew behind me to the right.”
She noted that on two occasions the plane felt like it was dropping suddenly and she could hear people screaming and glass breaking.
“I’m glad for the most part we are all OK. This was pretty shocking,” said Zimmerman. “There was a moment of ‘oh my God, am I going to meet my daughter.’”
Once the plane settled, she said items from the dinner service had been littered throughout the cabin as though there had been a food fight on board.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/lufthansa-flight-diverted-turbulence/index.html
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Don't know if this is true, but assuming it is, how did it go down? The cappy conks out so the co-pilot gets on the horn and asks if anyone can fly? They then drag the body out and some random person hops in the left seat? I'm sure that went down well with the passengers. "Look dear, they are dragging the pilot's body out but it's ok. The dude back by the shitter is taking over. All is well."
https://twitter.com/rycunni/status/1638635600214388738
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From Down Under:
A plane's window has been smashed with two alleged brawls erupting mid-air in front of terrified passengers and crew.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12006413/Plane-window-smashed-two-alleged-mid-air-brawls-Cairns-Darwin.html
The trouble occurred on a flight from Cairns to Darwin, via the island of Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria, on Thursday night and resulted in not one but two emergency landings that saw four passengers charged.
A man, 23, was charged with intentionally endangering the safety of others, aggravated assault, damage to property, disorderly behaviour in a public place, and contravening a domestic violence order.
A woman, 23, was charged with property damage, disorderly behaviour in a public place and intentionally endangering the safety of others.
Another passenger, 22, was charged with commercial drug supply, drug possession, hindering a member of the police, disorderly behaviour and possessing liquor in a restricted area.
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Great views from the South end of the East Runways at DFW!
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The latest on that YouTuber who crashed his plane for clicks and views.
https://www.carscoops.com/2023/05/youtuber-who-crashed-plane-for-views-could-be-jailed-for-20-years/
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The Runway DFW Video above ...
Correction: It was filmed from the South end of the West runways.
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https://twitter.com/Habubrats71/status/1660336565644673032
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https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/26/asia/south-korea-plane-door-opens-midair-intl-hnk/index.html
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From Probable Cause with Dan Gryder
"N611VG Was NOT a loss of Pressurization. Part I"
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A Delta flight from JFK to Los Angeles on Saturday made an unscheduled landing in Utah due to technical difficulties — only to have an air slide accidentally deploy inside the plane once it was on the ground.
A crew member was hit unexpectedly by the “exploding” air slide and taken to the hospital.
https://nypost.com/2023/06/10/delta-flight-bound-for-lax-from-jfk-makes-emergency-landing-moments-before-planes-slide-deploys-injuring-crew-member/
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https://twitter.com/aviationbrk/status/1669238324324646912
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https://twitter.com/aviationbrk/status/1669238324324646912
We lost our first B-1 (and three crewmembers) after it got hit at low altitude by a large pelican over Colorado.
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Graf Zeppelin over El Paso August 1929
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_127_Graf_Zeppelin_operational_history
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https://silodrome.com/messerschmitt-bf-109-for-sale/
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A previous ingestion incident:
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https://abcnews.go.com/US/delta-passengers-fall-sick-waiting-vegas-tarmac-triple/story?id=101497953
https://twitter.com/Kristaanngarvin/status/1681091654978277376
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Based on speculation from the Blancolirio report on the accident: "The Bell 407 helicopter flew into the snorkel as it was dangling down below the Sikorsky S-64E helicopter."
Cal Fire 'HELCO' Mid Air Collision 6 Aug 2023
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NO TCAS! Helicopter Mid Air UPDATE
Juan Browne Report
Both helos were contract and were not required to have the Traffic Collision Avoidance System.
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Mig 23 down. Browne on the case, although he stumbles on the pronounciation of Ypsilanti.
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Mig 23 down. Browne on the case, although he stumbles on the pronounciation of Ypsilanti.
I'm amazed the MiG had functional energetics to fire the seats. Russian escape system cartridges and propellant actuated devices are very dirty, heavy metals and other ingredients, can't be made here. I'd also think ITAR would make it difficult to import them.
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Uhm. At 8:39 is that a dude? Very detailed and well done video but that personage is a little distracting.
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From Apocalypse Now:
There's a conflict in every human heart between the rational and the irrational, between good and evil. The good does not always triumph. Sometimes the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. Every man has got a breaking point. You and I have. Walter Kurtz has reached his. And very obviously, he has gone insane.
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Another PILOT has died inflight!!
Aug.16, 2023 - Quatar Airways QR579 (DEL-DOH) Delhi to Doha, Quatar diverted to Dubai as 51 year old senior pilot collapsed inflight and died!
2nd pilot death & 4th collapse THIS WEEK!
Aug.14, 2023 - LATAM Flight LA505 (MIA-SCL) pilot died
Aug.9, 2023 - United Airlines UAL1309 (SRQ-EWR) pilot collapsed
Aug.7, 2023 - TigerAIR Flight IT237 (CTS-TPE) pilot collapsed
https://twitter.com/MakisMD/status/1691882670505210323
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/latam-airlines-pilot-emergency-landing-panama
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https://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/evtol-aircraft-lands-at-edwards-afb-courtesy-of-joby
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Big bugger just didn't want to stop.
https://twitter.com/JacdecNew/status/1706955298328449155
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Rumors are flying around South Carolina that the recent F35 crash there occurred because the plane ejected the pilot on its own.
As Art would say, stay tuned.
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Rumors are flying around South Carolina that the recent F35 crash there occurred because the plane ejected the pilot on its own.
As Art would say, stay tuned.
Here's a PM I sent Bateman a day or two after the mishap:
I was waiting to see what, if any, additional information was released after they found the a/c. One thing unique about the STO/VL "B" model is it has an auto-eject system to get the pilot out if he loses control in a hover, such as losing his lift motor in hover. Since the a/c flew on until it ran out of gas, sounds like this might have been an inadvertent ejection, maybe an auto-eject malfunction. The USMC and RN pilots fought hard to not have that system installed, but lost the battle. The Russians had an auto-eject system on their Yak-38 STO/VL fighters, and they certainly had inadvertent auto-ejections.
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Airbus and a Pilatus doing a Thach Weave outside JFK :o
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Antarctica 787 Landing & Takeoff
Norse Atlantic Airways operated the first 787 to Antarctica this week, bringing supplies and scientists to the Norwegian Polar Institutes Troll Research Station.
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Alaska Air to buy peer Hawaiian for $1.9 billion
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/alaska-air-buy-hawaiian-airlines-19-bln-2023-12-03/
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https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/aviation-breakthrough-pilot-free-plane-flies-san-jose
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https://www.kcra.com/article/sac-metro-fire-report-helicopter-door-fell-off-granite-bay/46077427
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Delta passengers were stuck on a plane for nearly 15 hours, then slept in military barracks after their flight made an emergency landing in Canada
https://www.businessinsider.com/delta-air-lines-passengers-stranded-remote-canadian-town-technical-problems-2023-12
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https://aeroxplorer.com/articles/how-did-this-russian-man-fly-to-los-angeles-without-a-passport-or-boarding-pass.php
Very reassuring.
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i=B7CF3exGWl-Md6XP
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The Big Jet TV dude just about had a baby cow on this one.
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Whats up with that?
https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1742108678096839167
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https://twitter.com/mrjeffu/status/1742113892355264984
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Guess the tower or one of the pilots screwed the pooch. The coastie plane is gone - 5 of 6 guys dead, All of the people on the Airbus got out ok.
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For something like that to happen in Japan, it is a majorly, majorly, majorly big thing. Expect to see some resignations, maybe even some suicides. This is a country that transportation companies apologize profusely for being 1 minute late on the morning commute trains.
Haneda Airport is also my family's airport of choice for a over a decade now because Narita is exponentially more busy.
As some of my family is in Japan right now, only three of about 12 people in the house felt the earthquake. The house they were in is designed to move. The ceiling is actually separate from the sidewalls and is floating. I was there when a 6-point something earthquake hit and it was amazing to watch the ceiling move independently.
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Four bolts designed to prevent the door plug from falling off the Boeing 737 Max 9 plane were missing before the plug blew off during an Alaska Airlines flight last month, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report of the incident released on Tuesday.
Boeing records reviewed by the NTSB showed that damaged rivets on the edge frame forward of the plug were replaced by Spirit AeroSystems employees at Boeing's factory in Renton, Washington, on Sept. 19, 2023, according to the agency's report. Boeing had to open the plug by removing the two vertical movement arrestor bolts and two upper guide track bolts for the rivets to be replaced, but photo documentation obtained from Boeing showed evidence that the plug was closed with no bolts in three visible locations, according to the NTSB report.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/alaska-airlines-door-plug-ntsb-report/story?id=106992184
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A sleep-deprived new father of twins and his co-pilot are accused allowing their airliner with 159 people on board to veer off course after they both fell asleep for nearly 30 minutes in the cockpit midair, officials in Indonesia said.
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A sleep-deprived new father of twins and his co-pilot are accused allowing their airliner with 159 people on board to veer off course after they both fell asleep for nearly 30 minutes in the cockpit midair, officials in Indonesia said.
This isn't all that unusual. Ten years or so ago it happened to a Northwest flight crew who overflew their destination, Minneapolis. There was also a case that got a lot of attention in the 70s/80s when an airliner heading west from somewhere in the Midwest overshot its destination and headed out over the Pacific before a stew woke them up.
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PBS Frontline Update on the door that blew out.
Begins at 45:26
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It's like everyday now............
https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1768759641243054323
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What in the Wide World is this thing?
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What in the Wide World is this thing?
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That was an experimental French delta wing aircraft the Germans captured when France fell in 1940. The "P" sign on the hanger is probably the logo for the company that built it, it was something like "Payone." It was destroyed in bombing raid.
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That was an experimental French delta wing aircraft the Germans captured when France fell in 1940. The "P" sign on the hanger is probably the logo for the company that built it, it was something like "Payone." It was destroyed in bombing raid.
Thanks Duke. Ugly spud, wasn't it?
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Choppers down.
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Elderly Douglas DC-4 explodes and goes down.
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Elderly Douglas DC-4 explodes and goes down.
Lookner/Agenda Free TV on YouTube went live. He was thinking DC-4, must be big. People in chat were giving him grief for not enough deaths.
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Elderly Douglas DC-4 explodes and goes down.
The fire looks to be on the #3 (right inboard) engine. An educated guess would be when the blast occurred, it took out the cables/pulleys/bellcranks that actuate the wing mounted control surfaces. You'd expect the a/c to yaw into the dead engine(s) and kill the lift on the same side, causing the right wing to stall and the a/c to roll/yaw toward the ground. Loss of elevator control would have made the a/c unrecoverable. Will be interesting (and probably gut wrenching) to hear the cockpit voice recorder.
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https://twitter.com/MostlyPeacefull/status/1787165232348963260
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https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2024/05/05/dick-rutan-vietnam-war-pilot-and-record-breaking-aviator-dies-at-85/
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Folks in Savannah are calling the talk radio station saying something has happened to an F22 at the Savannah airport. Maybe an air show there. Its not a military base.
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Folks in Savannah are calling the talk radio station saying something has happened to an F22 at the Savannah airport. Maybe an air show there. Its not a military base.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/f-22-jet-crash-at-savannah-airport-everything-we-know/ar-BB1lUWWT
https://theaviationist.com/2024/05/06/f-22-raptor-mishap-savannah-iap/
Juan, here is some info about what happen.
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Folks who have seen it say it is just sitting on the runway with no outward sign of damage.
I hope they haven't dropped another H-bomb off the coast Like they did in 1958 and have never found.
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Like a video game.
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Like a video game.
Possibly a heroic action to avoid hitting a populated area. Pretty whacked-out touch-and-go exercise.
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Just a little tap. Tap-Tap-Tap-a-roo
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https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/air-force-instructor-pilot-killed-when-ejection-seat-activated-on-ground-north-texas-base/287-99b92112-ade2-43c0-a45f-4f3ed7ae0fba
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https://avgeekery.com/wwii-triple-ace-col-bud-anderson-has-passed-away/
An ace from ww2 has passed away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Anderson
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One person has died and at least 71 others were injured on board a Singapore Airlines plane that encountered severe turbulence on a flight from London to Singapore.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/one-dead-and-at-least-71-injured-after-severe-turbulence-hits-singapore-airlines-flight/1652276
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So now the Boeing 777 you are on might randomly explode in mid flight. (https://www.yahoo.com/news/fleet-boeing-planes-found-fuel-121158904.html)
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A pilot has died after a Spitfire crashed in a field close to an RAF station in Lincolnshire, officials said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-69056052
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F-35 down.
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@damon
In your professional journals and trade magazines, are UFOs mentioned? Topics I would presume would be covered, if they are at all, would be in terms of sightings or safety issues.
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Airshow gone awry in Portugual.
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Sounds like the beginning of a HouseM.D. episode
https://x.com/Shauns_Aviation/status/1797627079728517489
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
https://x.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1799033540425966075
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This came up in my recommended video and I watched the whole thing. Pre-911...
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Boeing's latest potential scandal is out of this world - literally.
Its Starliner spacecraft - which carried two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) last week - is unable to undock after several faults were found on the ship.
Teams have discovered five different leaks in the craft's propulsion system which would navigate the craft through space as it returns to Earth.
The astronauts were set to return on June 14, but that has been delayed until June 22 while Boeing and NASA scramble to fix issues, leaving the astronauts stranded until then.
Now, experts have said that NASA could be forced to launch a rescue mission that would be a highly embarrassing blow for the embattled Boeing which is dealing with spate of issues plaguing its commercial jets.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13526637/Boeings-scandal-NASA-astronaut-ISS.html
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Shocking video shows passengers stranded for THREE hours on a plane without aircon in Greece during blistering heatwave
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13531879/passengers-stranded-plane-aircon-Greece-heatwave.html
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DOUGLAS DC-8 JETLINER - Southern California Enters the Jet Age!
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Jeez. Gryder darn near bought a farm.
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Burn baby, burn.
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https://x.com/avgeekmason/status/1812545623305933012
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Not sure that I haven't seen an airplane go down like this. Awful
https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1821965394938327501
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Wonder if the pilot conked out?
https://x.com/MGovare/status/1824462065647444262
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Concrete arrows, beacons, and infrastructure from a century ago are hiding all across the United States. Once the countries largest navigational system, it now hides in some of the most desolate regions of the country.
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Concrete arrows, beacons, and infrastructure from a century ago are hiding all across the United States. Once the countries largest navigational system, it now hides in some of the most desolate regions of the country.
Science Channel's "What on Earth?" series did a really good segment on this. A lot of what they found was in relatively isolated, middle-of-nowhere areas.
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Interesting ATC audio here. F-15 busted the boom off a KC-46 [of course - they seem to be cursed] and tried to land at Fresno. Fresno had to string a landing cable but the Eagle bolstered and diverted to a Navy field.
https://x.com/thenewarea51/status/1826819521086120200
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Interesting ATC audio here. F-15 busted the boom off a KC-46 [of course - they seem to be cursed] and tried to land at Fresno. Fresno had to string a landing cable but the Eagle bolstered and diverted to a Navy field.
https://twitter.com/thenewarea51/status/1826819521086120200
That's probably on the F-15 pilot. I've seen tankers lose their boom noozles, but not that far back along the boom.
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@damon may know off of the top of his head, but I'm under the impression that 737 tires are something like 220 psi...
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/delta-workers-killed-person-injured-georgia-maintenance-facility
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@damon may know off of the top of his head, but I'm under the impression that 737 tires are something like 220 psi...
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/delta-workers-killed-person-injured-georgia-maintenance-facility
205psi is the normal max for all the tires for the 737s.
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At the 12:00 mark a P-47 strafes a horse. Brutal.
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Believe it or not I assumed this was a Martinez themed thread you had commented on after learning someone took a fall.
Disregard. Continue about your day.
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https://www.foxnews.com/us/lawyer-who-crashed-snowmobile-black-hawk-helicopter-awarded-3-3-million-damages
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Horrifying video of this crash
https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1hlwqis/video_showing_azerbaijan_airlines_flight_8243/
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Looks like the bird picked up some shrapnel. Wonder if the Ukies or Ivan popped off a SAM or AAA?
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Looks like the bird picked up some shrapnel. Wonder if the Ukies or Ivan popped off a SAM or AAA?
Some of those look like .30 cal(ish) bullet holes. The more irregularly shaped holes could have resulted from turbine blades broken on impact and other peices flying aft and peppering the fuselage/tail.
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A dead body was discovered in the wheel well of an airplane upon arrival at Kahului Airport in Maui, Hawaii, on Christmas Eve, according to police who are investigating the incident.
United Airlines Flight 202 arrived at the Kahului Airport from Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Dec. 24. The aircraft was a Boeing 787-10, according to United.
In a statement to ABC News, United Airlines confirmed that "a body was found in the wheel well of one of the main landing gears."
United said the wheel well is only accessible from the outside of the aircraft and it's not clear at this time how and when the unidentified individual accessed it.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/body-discovered-wheel-plane-maui-airport-christmas-eve/story?id=117107626
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New Chinese bird.
https://x.com/RupprechtDeino/status/1872202725439778856?t=qQ_RedqtJrcVvl-Gq-_Phw
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They were really moving.
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https://x.com/BNODesk/status/1877951353357582354
https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/safety-ops-regulation/key-data-missing-jeju-air-fdr-cvr
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Scratch one F-35
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https://x.com/BNODesk/status/1877951353357582354
https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/safety-ops-regulation/key-data-missing-jeju-air-fdr-cvr
How long did it take for them to discover that? Just long enough for them to erase it...
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Soooo....
The White House has been told by the various intelligence agencies and possibly the FAA that those ominous, unknown drones were domestic and they were authorized.
This is the same group of people who have been vowing to interrupt, disturb and distract the Trump Administration. They've been hiding employees from the DEI departments in other positions. I don't believe them.
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Plane collision with a Blackhawk helicopter in Washington DC. There will be more to this story than they are going to
publicize admit to.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/plane-crash-reagan-washington-national-airport-prompts-massive-response-ground-stop
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Video of the incident. I would guess either the Blackhawk driver or ATC screwed the pooch.
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ATC recording of the incident. At 17:20 or so the collision goes down. (https://archive.liveatc.net/kdca/KDCA1-Twr-Jan-30-2025-0130Z.mp3)
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The helicopter pilot was well aware of the jet and still hit it. Reports of it being a training flight are surfacing.
I am real curious how deep they're going to investigate.
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ADBS track of the incident (https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae313d,a97753&lat=38.834&lon=-77.035&zoom=12.8&showTrace=2025-01-30)
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The helicopter pilot was well aware of the jet and still hit it. Reports of it being a training flight are surfacing.
I am real curious how deep they're going to investigate.
Such a busy area - maybe the chopper guys were looking at the wrong aircraft?
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Such a busy area - maybe the chopper guys were looking at the wrong aircraft?
Another PSA aircraft, back in the 1980s, struck a plane with a student flying it. Maybe training people near busy commercial airports is not a good thing.
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Another view of the collision
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1884825402528465097
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Another view of the collision
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1884825402528465097
Fuck! That's one stupid ass helicopter pilot unless it was intentional. I was under the impression that the helicopter was ascending, it looked like a horizontal flight path to me.
In addition to being dark, it apparently had its tracking ID broadcast shut off. What the fuck are they doing that near a major international airport? What commanding officer let a training flight go on at that location? We need people in the military that make good decisions and this one was real bad.
Trump's social media post about this seems to be dead on right. Completely avoidable and why didn't the air traffic control tell the helicopter pilot what to do instead of asking.
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Lookner is reporting a US Figure Skating development team was on the flight. It is making the shit decisions tonight even shittier.
Parents shouldn't outlive their kids.
Updates include skaters and coaches. Not necessarily just development team members.
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Plane collision with a Blackhawk helicopter in Washington DC. There will be more to this story than they are going to publicize admit to.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/plane-crash-reagan-washington-national-airport-prompts-massive-response-ground-stop
The Correct title is: "Black Hawk Helicopter crashes into AA flight"
EarthCam video captures the moment a Black Hawk helicopter collided with a regional jet carrying 64 people on its descent into Ronald Reagan National Airport just outside Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night, causing it to crash into the Potomac River below. A rescue operation is now underway, searching the frigid waters for survivors and fatalities.
https://x.com/CBSNews/status/1884846802790404395
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Former Russian skaters and current US coaches being reported by Russian media as victims.
Elevation history of the helicopter indicates they were at safe elevations and dropped only to raise elevation again...
This is way beyond an accident.
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Fatalities reported after Army helicopter collides with passenger jet near Reagan National Airport
The plane involved is American Eagle flight 5342, which originated from Wichita, Kansas.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/aircraft-incident-reported-at-reagan-national-airport-arrivals-and-departures-halted
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Watch the helicopter pilot's history be related to a BlackRock commercial.
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This was a while back but things are definitely getting weird out there. Dude tried to bail out of an emergency exit in Boston.
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Trump addressed DEI policies regarding air traffic control. Is this controller a DEI hire? Was the training program or selection process for this controller under a lower standard because of DEI?
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Trump addressed DEI policies regarding air traffic control. Is this controller a DEI hire? Was the training program or selection process for this controller under a lower standard because of DEI?
Perhaps but my question is the tower was talking to both the American Airlines jet AND the Army helicopter.
WHY didn't they tell the helicopter that they were in danger of a collision and to turn immediately ?
That said the Army pilot's helicopter was 10x more maneuverable than the plane on approach coming in for a landing.
They saw their lights and should have made a turn away from the plane.
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Perhaps but my question is the tower was talking to both the American Airlines jet AND the Army helicopter.
WHY didn't they tell the helicopter that they were in danger of a collision and to turn immediately ?
That said the Army pilot's helicopter was 10x more maneuverable than the plane on approach coming in for a landing.
They saw their lights and should have made a turn away from the plane.
I read an account where the helicopter pilot actually acknowledged seeing the airliner, but as it turned out, it was the wrong one. The plane he spotted was taking off from a runway and wasn't a danger to anybody. As a matter of fact, and I haven't seen any news agency point this out yet, you can actually see the plane shortly after it took off, in one of the crash videos. It was pulling up and beginning to make a turn, right when the other two aircraft collided.
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I read an account where the helicopter pilot actually acknowledged seeing the airliner, but as it turned out, it was the wrong one. The plane he spotted was taking off from a runway and wasn't a danger to anybody. As a matter of fact, and I haven't seen any news agency point this out yet, you can actually see the plane shortly after it took off, in one of the crash videos. It was pulling up and beginning to make a turn, right when the other two aircraft collided.
We shall see what the investigation turns up but I think the controller is probably in the clear in this case. That being said there does seem to be a systemic ATC issue nationwide. There have been numerous near misses in recent years due to controllers making mistakes. Youtube is full of such clips. It is probably difficult to see the lights on a plane at night, that close to the ground with all the other lights on the ground as a backdrop. Not sure if the Blackhawk pilot was wearing night vision on his/her helmet and not sure if that makes it easier or harder.
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There are reports that the airport tower had been understaffed for years, and that the controller last night was doing the work of two. Those reports say the BribeMe administration slowed hiring because they weren't getting enough DIE applicants.
Stand by.
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There are reports that the airport tower had been understaffed for years, and that the controller last night was doing the work of two. Those reports say the BribeMe administration slowed hiring because they weren't getting enough DIE applicants.
Stand by.
Now that I could believe.........
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If the NTSB made reference to a military aircraft having a black box, this is a little concerning. There are a few people in the House claiming to have wanted the military to put black boxes in its aircraft and the military has refused. So I don't know about this black box thing that the NTSB is claiming. I think it's understandable why the military wouldn't want them. Who would want that data available to an enemy who has shot down their aircraft? On the other hand, knowing if something was going wrong inside that helicopter could have been very helpful.
Apparently, there are a lot of complaints about highly qualified former military personnel being rejected as air traffic controllers because of the color of their skin and gender. There is also a great deal of documentation regarding Democrat policies of wanting to allow people with known mental conditions, physical limitations and checking certain racial and gender check boxes to have hiring preference.
There is also been a lot said about the air traffic controller not being specific and not giving a direction of the approaching airliner, which is supposedly commonplace at an airport.
Personally, I knew somebody very high in management at the FAA. I wrote speeches for her back in the day when she was really good friends with Elizabeth Dole and Chuck Grassley (late '80s, early '90s). She was a woman of color and definitely benefited greatly, but she still put in a lot of time before she started getting those big promotions. he was also a kick-ass, bossy-panted taskmaster who would be very demanding at work, I hear. She was quite the opposite outside of work, that I did know about... She ended running Tracons in a few cities.
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https://x.com/AFpost/status/1885091738286514422
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Brownie's take.
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Gryder thinks ATC screwed the pooch
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Elevation and route. Sure looks like helicopter pilot, but ATC could have easily said "CRJ at 9 o'clock"
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https://x.com/FinalTelegraph/status/1885093993093972084
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Different video of the incident
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The New York Times is reporting that the helicopter may have been flying outside of its approved flight path and higher than it should have been.
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It appears to me, that the helo was descending in altitude, and not ascending.
Your post said "it" but you should clarify "it" to avoid any confusion. Was "it" the plane or the helo you were referring to?
The minute before the collision, according to those maps, elevation was 200 ft. The helicopter rose to 350 ft. Apparently, that (200 feet) is the ceiling limit for helicopters in that area.
This graphic was heavily used on Steve Lookner's Agenda-Free TV YouTube channel.
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Checking any boxes? That name will come out though if there's any legal actions, which is very likely. The military helicopter is at fault unless ATC is somehow found to be...
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#2 - plane crash in Philadelphia.
Crashed into a mall. Fires. Huge fireball.
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#2 - plane crash in Philadelphia.
Crashed into a mall. Fires. Huge fireball.
Was it a fireball before it torpedoed the ground? Obscured video so far.
Lear jet. Just took off, full tank, 3 miles away. Philly news expert says possible wing/tail loss to make it drop that fast. Over correction can stress wings.
Ring doorbell video shows fire in the air.
Looters Citizens of Philadelphia taking debris per reporter.
Uploads show people sound and act stupid in times of crisis.
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Eyewitness - :Ain't nobody safe no mo'. Can't nobody see this comin.
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Both crashes roughly in the area where BribeHim let the drones fly freely. There are no coinshadunces.
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#2 - plane crash in Philadelphia.
Crashed into a mall. Fires. Huge fireball.
Fireball is right. Awful.
https://x.com/PhillyCrimeUpd/status/1885488014169698770
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Seeing speculation online that the Philly crash may have been some sort of hit. At 56 seconds supposedly the Lear pilot says "They are f*cking with the wrong people" just before the crash occurs. Probably typical internet horseshit.
https://x.com/PhillyCrimeUpd/status/1885489056185794610
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I heard some audio last night and it was very poor quality on the plane's part. The whole cartel thing would be interesting, because, like China and North Korea, only the elite get special assistance in Mexico. They are not charitable countries, they are elitist-serving countries.
Back to DC:
I guess there are lawsuits about the FAA not hiring people who have aced the air traffic controller test.... Based on their race.
The more the left complains about Trump being a racist because of his stance on DEI, etc., the more you know he is close to the target.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet in Washington on Wednesday was on a training flight along a route core to a seldom-discussed military mission to evacuate senior officials to safety in the event of an attack on the U.S., officials say.
The military mission, known as "continuity of government" and "continuity of operations," is meant to preserve the ability of the U.S. government to operate.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/crashed-us-army-black-hawk-unit-was-responsible-doomsday-readiness-2025-02-01/
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WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet in Washington on Wednesday was on a training flight along a route core to a seldom-discussed military mission to evacuate senior officials to safety in the event of an attack on the U.S., officials say.
The military mission, known as "continuity of government" and "continuity of operations," is meant to preserve the ability of the U.S. government to operate.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/crashed-us-army-black-hawk-unit-was-responsible-doomsday-readiness-2025-02-01/
...but the family of one training for that mission refuses the name to be disclosed... Humm. That's a "heroic" responsibility...
The amount of information about the FAA and, more specifically, ATC hiring is deeply concerning for those who want meritocracy in important positions like air traffic control.
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Black box from the Army helicopter recovered.
Many reports over multiple days indicated that most military aircraft do not have these black boxes.
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Black box from the Army helicopter recovered.
Many reports over multiple days indicated that most military aircraft do not have these black boxes.
What I heard was they found the cockpit voice recorder, but I have not heard they found a flight data recorder.
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What I heard was they found the cockpit voice recorder, but I have not heard they found a flight data recorder.
Maryland area television was reporting "black box." The media didn't seem to want to differentiate.
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Third Army death finally identified. As presumed, the family didn't want the name out because of all the discussion about DEI.
I guess they didn't understand that Trump was attacking the FAA and their DEI hiring practices for air traffic controllers. Something that is being proven correct as time has passed and we are learning about lawsuits by people who have aced the tests to become an ATC yet were not hired because of their skin color and gender.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/third-soldier-black-hawk-helicopter-involved-dc-mid-air-collision-identified
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Sounds like there were lots of errors
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Sounds like there were lots of errors
Some gambler should do the odds of what it would take to have a helicopter that was something like a half mile further west off course and 150 feet higher than ever allowed and perfectly timed to intersect apparently the front of the commercial airliner that was landing. Based off of the attempts of the PSA pilots in less than one second to change the pitch of the jet, it was an intersection like they ran a red light.
Now, we also know why the complete UHF ATC to Blackhawk communications have not been released. The pilot was a woman. The initial communication released had a man's voice.
I think the initial reticence of releasing her name is very suspicious. As I mentioned earlier, the specific DEI discussion was all about air traffic control.
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What I heard was they found the cockpit voice recorder, but I have not heard they found a flight data recorder.
Report said that for the helo, there is one box (that does both??).
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Some gambler should do the odds of what it would take to have a helicopter that was something like a half mile further west off course and 150 feet higher than ever allowed and perfectly timed to intersect apparently the front of the commercial airliner that was landing. Based off of the attempts of the PSA pilots in less than one second to change the pitch of the jet, it was an intersection like they ran a red light.
Now, we also know why the complete UHF ATC to Blackhawk communications have not been released. The pilot was a woman. The initial communication released had a man's voice.
I think the initial reticence of releasing her name is very suspicious. As I mentioned earlier, the specific DEI discussion was all about air traffic control.
The helo pilot has been identified.
https://nypost.com/2025/02/01/us-news/rebecca-lobach-idd-as-female-soldier-inside-doomed-black-hawk-during-dc-crash/
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The Philadelphia air ambulance flight data recorder was 8 ft below ground level. Wow.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ntsb-releases-video-responders-searching-through-eerie-site-fatal-philadelphia-learjet-crash
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The helo pilot has been identified.
https://nypost.com/2025/02/01/us-news/rebecca-lobach-idd-as-female-soldier-inside-doomed-black-hawk-during-dc-crash/
All of this wonderful pilot's social media has been scrubbed.
I'm sure there's nothing to see here... Happens all the time I'd suspect for former Biden White House people...
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Plane and a tug in Chicago collided and the tug driver got all busted up, plane in Houston caught on fire and a DASH in Japan almost made Shashimi out of the ramp guy.
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Latest theory is a nearby 5G tower interfered with the Blackhawk's altimeter. Guess its been an issue for awhile. (https://www.engadget.com/faa-c-band-5g-verizon-att-airports-altimeters-183206836.html)
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Latest theory is a nearby 5G tower interfered with the Blackhawk's altimeter. Guess its been an issue for awhile. (https://www.engadget.com/faa-c-band-5g-verizon-att-airports-altimeters-183206836.html)
If the BH crew stayed on the shoreline route, even at the same elevations, with all else remaining the same, they don't collide (although evasive actions might have caused other problems).
Just too much.
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I'm waiting for more data from the helo box to be revealed. That's th4e data I want more than the plane's data.
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From the medical jet crash, watch the guy in the baseball hat. Garsh.
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Those daylight bomber boys had balls of a Lion. FW-190 ripping the shit out of a Liberator's cockpit
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Oooooooff
https://x.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1887231726960922732
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Brave young man here
That is true alpha-male shit. I wonder how much his father is involved in his life. Considering that mommy doesn't have the same last name as daddy, it could be that they are accomplished and educated or unwed.
His ability to remember the situation is a great sign for his full recovery. Hopefully, he turns this into a real positive for his life. Maybe he will have all of his education paid for, including private school up through high school graduation because Philadelphia area schools fail their students at an incredible rate.
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The name, the appearance, the access to not only a government computer, but an ATC computer... DEI much, FAA?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dc-plane-crash-airport-employees-arrested-over-leaked-video-midair-collision
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Another plane issue... 10 missing in Alaska.
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The name, the appearance, the access to not only a government computer, but an ATC computer... DEI much, FAA?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dc-plane-crash-airport-employees-arrested-over-leaked-video-midair-collision
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A Learjet 35A owned by Motley Crue member Vince Neil, veered off course while landing at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona. The Learjet slammed into a Gulfstream 200 business jet that was parked off the runway, killing one person and injuring some others, one of whom is Vince's girlfriend. Vince wasn't on the plane.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/plane-owned-m-tley-cr-020246988.html
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A Learjet 35A owned by Motley Crue member Vince Neil, veered off course while landing at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona. The Learjet slammed into a Gulfstream 200 business jet that was parked off the runway, killing one person and injuring some others, one of whom is Vince's girlfriend. Vince wasn't on the plane.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/plane-owned-m-tley-cr-020246988.html
Rix,
Getting to the point where one is better off riding the dog.
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Rix,
Getting to the point where one is better off riding the dog.
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Ha, it would seem so, though I've seen some horror story YouTube videos that people film while riding the bus. Like all the passengers being dropped off in the middle of nowhere, with the promise that another bus would be picking them up, hours later.
Oh, WAN, look what showed up in my adchoice, after I posted the above picture.
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It takes me for a pilot.
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https://nypost.com/2025/02/11/us-news/video-shows-vince-neils-jet-crashes-into-parked-plane-killing-a-pilot-and-injuring-rockers-girlfriend/
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The San Diego airport could have been moved to the site of Top Gun, Fightertown, USA, but noooooo.
Stupid move by the really stupid city council and all the lobbyists. Leaving the USMC at El Toro would have really upscaled San Diego and made a safe airport too. Elections matter.
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I saw a headline saying that there was a military air crash off the shore of San Diego.
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I saw a headline saying that there was a military air crash off the shore of San Diego.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-navy/2025/02/12/navy-jet-crashes-off-san-diego-coast-2-crew-members-rescued/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-breaking
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I guess the military band audio from the DC crash indicates someone was ignoring commands. It ain't an accident at that point.
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As reported, it happened wile landing. I froze a frame and we can see their landing gear. I wonder what caused it to turn south all of a sudden?
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As reported, it happened wile landing. I froze a frame and we can see their landing gear. I wonder what caused it to turn south all of a sudden?
Airplanes do funny things when mass properties (weight, center of gravity, mass moments, etc) change as they do when up to 600 lbs of seats/crew eject. The aircraft's aerodynamics are near instantaneously changed in flight by this as well.
There is a very famous story in the USAF somewhat similar to this. It's known as the "Cornfield Bomber."
https://www.f-106deltadart.com/580787cornfieldbomber.htm
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The front landing gear looks fine, but the back ones look like they're still halfway deployed. Maybe it's just what I expect to see and not what is reality with that particular aeronautical device...
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Airplanes do funny things when mass properties (weight, center of gravity, mass moments, etc) change as they do when up to 600 lbs of seats/crew eject. The aircraft's aerodynamics are near instantaneously changed in flight by this as well.
There is a very famous story in the USAF somewhat similar to this. It's known as the "Cornfield Bomber."
https://www.f-106deltadart.com/580787cornfieldbomber.htm
What a great story. Thanks Duke, I enjoyed reading it. "Gary - you'd better get back in it!" haha I loved that part.
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What a great story.
It sure is. When I was a wee lad there were F-106's based nearby. Great looking airplane. That squadron had Rickenbacker's old Hat-in-the-Ring
logo.
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Not sure if it was an A-20 or an A-26 but whatever it was, its finished.
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Not sure if it was an A-20 or an A-26 but whatever it was, its finished.
Looks like a late model A-20. I didn't know any of those were still flying.
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Now it’s Delta.
https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1891588552414118060
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Now it’s Delta.
Good Lord. If any and all just had minor injuries with that thing upside down that is incredible.
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The Toronto Delta runway flip, is that the same CRJ900 model that was in the DC collision? Google is not my friend this afternoon...
It seems familiar and they call it the Bombadier. Just sounds really familiar...
Look at the bright side, 80 people got free chiropractic work...
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Wind shear got them I'd imagine
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Every fuckin second day a new sky-vehicle disaster. What the actual EFF is going on here? Seriously.
CERN!!!
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Best view I've seen with the bonus of commentary by Doug McKenzie
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Every fuckin second day a new sky-vehicle disaster. What the actual EFF is going on here? Seriously.
CERN!!!
Rumor is that Elon Musk updated the gravity model in the simulation so that he could drastically reduce the cost to lift payloads into orbit with the SpaceX boosters. Not all the aspirated aircraft operators got the NOTAM that the F=MA subroutine now has a bias factor of X™️
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From the Internet....
The Delta Airlines flight that flipped over and crashed at Pearson Airport was operated by Endeavor Air, a company that has relentlessly pushed DEI initiatives and bragged about having “unmanned” all-female flights that contained no male staff.Respondents to the shocking incident noted how Endeavor Air, the Delta subsidiary that operated the flight, was obsessed with DEI initiatives, and produced a feminist girlboss video promoting its all-female flights with a rap song featuring the lyrics “bad girls do it well.”
Other videos linked to the company show other female Endeavor Air flight crew and stewardesses performing choreographed dance routines celebrating the total absence of men.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt ripped Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for suggesting that Trump’s FAA layoffs were partly to blame for the disastrous landing.
“It’s incredibly irresponsible for Chuck Schumer to say such a thing when the investigation is still underway,” the press sec told Fox News’ “America Reports” late Tuesday.
“This crash unfortunately took place in Canadian airspace with Canadian air-traffic controllers overseeing it,” she said.
https://nypost.com/2025/02/19/us-news/delta-ceo-says-crew-on-toronto-plane-that-crash-landed-flipped-was-experienced/
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Family of DC plane crash victim files $250M claims against FAA, Army
https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/connecticut-family-of-dc-plane-crash-victim-files-claims-against-faa-army/
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The family of one of the 67 victims of a helicopter and plane crash on Jan. 29 near Washington, D.C., filed two legal claims against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the U.S. Army on Tuesday.
The claims were filed on behalf of the widow and children of Casey Crafton, 40, of Salem. He died as a result of the crash, leaving behind his wife of 16 years, Rachel, and three young sons.
The pre-case claims were filed by the family of Crafton, according to Robert A. Clifford, the lawyer representing them. Clifford said he had also asked several companies associated with the crash to preserve evidence.
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Delta Offers Over $2 Million to CRJ Crash Passengers
Each passenger has been offered $30,000 with ‘no strings attached.’
https://airlinegeeks.com/2025/02/19/delta-offers-over-2-million-to-crj-crash-passengers/
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Didn't they/Delta have a slogan "Unmanned Flight" ?
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Apparently, a recent hard landing (in Arizona?) where the front landing gear failed was caused by a often complained about female pilot who avoided scrutiny because she has a cunt.
What is the percentage of commercial airline pilots who are women? What is the percentage of those pilots who have incidents that should get reported? What is the percentage of male pilots who get reported?
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Jeez Louise.......... Almost a tragedy again today.
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Jeez Louise.......... Almost a tragedy again today.
Back in the very early '90 they knew that they needed a new approach to their software.
I thought there were traffic flow lights on the various paths. That could be driven by software.
I hope that the 2000 white men who weren't allowed to become air traffic controllers because of their a skin color yet had perfect scores on their entrance exams can get up and running. I know the regular amount of training time is 2 years...
I would also like to add that it was being made clear by the Biden Administration that they were going to leave as many land mines as they could to hinder the Trump 47 Administration
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https://d3htqygb09st0.cloudfront.net/video_hls.html
https://www.staffordmuseum.org/
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https://d3htqygb09st0.cloudfront.net/video_hls.html
https://www.staffordmuseum.org/
On my Roku, there was a train watching channel with multiple free feeds and a few paid ones. I loved having it on in the background while I worked.
Having one at airports might actually be very appealing. Especially because of the recent spate of incidences.
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Statistically, the safest aviation month in 42+ years. Watching the news, it has been the deadliest month ever since the beginning of cavemen using tools. I wonder what created such an environment.
https://www.9news.com/article/travel/plane-crashes-flight-safety/73-e8f87117-526e-433b-a650-342ee5784657
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Today's aerial crisis.
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After hearing about the bird strike by FedEx, I had an interesting concept for a movie... I was entertained by it during my entire trip down towards the USA-Mexico border communities.
The opening of the movie tracks a kid's life where he just really gets the short end of the stick and he's the victim of a lot of neglect. He ends up dying very young because of those evil assholes.
He suddenly wakes up and he's in a goose body. Very confused, he turns into a snarky goose. He has a really nasty, mischievous attitude and likes to shit on people, scare them, you know typical goose stuff. Lots of hijinks and slapstick type comedy.
The last scene, we see the goose flying and the video dissolves to the parents of this poor kid I guess they got some life insurance or something they're and they have been living it up traveling and being assholes with money .
The last scene, the goose flies into the turban, plane crashes on the runway and the only two people that die are the parents.
Come on this is great fucking shit, people will cheer it! This will be the feel good vengeance movie of the year!
Come on @KSM, You know it will work!
🙄🙄🙄🙄
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After hearing about the bird strike by FedEx, I had an interesting concept for a movie... I was entertained by it during my entire trip down towards the USA-Mexico border communities.
The opening of the movie tracks a kid's life where he just really gets the short end of the stick and he's the victim of a lot of neglect. He ends up dying very young because of those evil assholes.
He suddenly wakes up and he's in a goose body. Very confused, he turns into a snarky goose. He has a really nasty, mischievous attitude and likes to shit on people, scare them, you know typical goose stuff. Lots of hijinks and slapstick type comedy.
The last scene, we see the goose flying and the video dissolves to the parents of this poor kid I guess they got some life insurance or something they're and they have been living it up traveling and being assholes with money .
The last scene, the goose flies into the turban, plane crashes on the runway and the only two people that die are the parents.
Come on this is great fucking shit, people will cheer it! This will be the feel good vengeance movie of the year!
Come on @KSM, You know it will work!
🙄🙄🙄🙄
Brilliant!
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After hearing about the bird strike by FedEx, I had an interesting concept for a movie... I was entertained by it during my entire trip down towards the USA-Mexico border communities.
The opening of the movie tracks a kid's life where he just really gets the short end of the stick and he's the victim of a lot of neglect. He ends up dying very young because of those evil assholes.
He suddenly wakes up and he's in a goose body. Very confused, he turns into a snarky goose. He has a really nasty, mischievous attitude and likes to shit on people, scare them, you know typical goose stuff. Lots of hijinks and slapstick type comedy.
The last scene, we see the goose flying and the video dissolves to the parents of this poor kid I guess they got some life insurance or something they're and they have been living it up traveling and being assholes with money .
The last scene, the goose flies into the turban, plane crashes on the runway and the only two people that die are the parents.
Come on this is great fucking shit, people will cheer it! This will be the feel good vengeance movie of the year!
Come on @KSM, You know it will work!
🙄🙄🙄🙄
I currently work for FedEx. Not sure I can bring this to them.
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I currently work for FedEx. Not sure I can bring this to them.
Do they have a lost item store? Check it out and see if they have any guitars or gear.
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Today's goatscrew
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Today's goatscrew
Well, there's a few million taxpayer dollars being flushed down the toilet. Wonder who the pilot was of the USAF craft... And what were her qualifications...
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/military-pilots-going-so-long-without-flying-they-re-forgetting-how-to/ar-AA1APoku?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=3efdf6ccd5bf422aada624d0e8956007&ei=12
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/military-pilots-going-so-long-without-flying-they-re-forgetting-how-to/ar-AA1APoku?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=3efdf6ccd5bf422aada624d0e8956007&ei=12
Interesting someone could write an article like that and not mention simulators.
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Well, there's a few million taxpayer dollars being flushed down the toilet. Wonder who the pilot was of the USAF craft... And what were her qualifications...
https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/482645
Looks like the "her" was Mother Nature.
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Aviation nightmare of the day
https://x.com/flynnstone/status/1900337785250471944
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https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/482645
Looks like the "her" was Mother Nature.
Damn bitch!
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Aviation nightmare of the day
https://x.com/flynnstone/status/1900337785250471944
That might be an APU fire.
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That might be an APU fire.
If this photo is accurate, wrong spot for the APU I think. Maybe tires/gear?
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If this photo is accurate, wrong spot for the APU I think. Maybe tires/gear?
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Agree, Walks. Initial reports indicated the a/c caught fire at the gate, but now it's being reported the flight was diverted to Denver for an IFE. Deplaned passengers also reported smelling smoke while landing. Never heard of a commercial jet being pulled up to the jetway while on fire. I think somebody has some 'spaining to do.
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Which is safer? Or should I just wait for something better?
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Interesting that a bunch of videos by aviation people on YouTube are mentioning how quickly the Trump Administration FAA and national transportation and safety folks have acted in banning helicopter flights near the landing path of Reagan international in Washington DC.
There's also a lot of people addressing the fact that all of the near collisions was ignored for 4 years, during which the numbers increased.
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Today's nightmare
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Today's nightmare
Hey Walks--
Any background on that mishap? Can't figure out what type a/c? My first thought was a Yugo Galeb/Jastreb, but both the Brits (Jet Provost/Strikemaster) and Italians (MB-339) have/had straight wing trainers with wing tanks. Even the Spanish have had a few similar a/c, including the somewhat vintage trainer called Saeta. Could also be an L-29.
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Hey Walks--
Any background on that mishap? Can't figure out what type a/c? My first thought was a Yugo Galeb/Jastreb, but both the Brits (Jet Provost/Strikemaster) and Italians (MB-339) have/had straight wing trainers with wing tanks. Even the Spanish have had a few similar a/c, including the somewhat vintage trainer called Saeta. Could also be an L-29.
Seems to be an Italian trainer. Going way too slow to be dicking around that close to the ground.
https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/487902
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Seems to be an Italian trainer. Going way too slow to be dicking around that close to the ground.
https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/487902
Thanks Steve. The SAAF used those aircraft as light attack aircraft back in the day when it was fighting guerrillas in the bush. At one point they had probably the most capable air force on the entire continent, including Mirage fighters (and a home grown variant called "Cheetah") and Buccaneer attack bombers. Some of those SA produced Cheetahs were bought by one of US based aggressor companies, unfortunately I've never gotten to see one of them.
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Ugh
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Todays burning inferno
https://x.com/news_az/status/1904586124808405247
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Todays burning inferno
https://x.com/news_az/status/1904586124808405247
https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1904664629613113635
The French were busy today.
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https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1904664629613113635
The French were busy today.
They seem to be mixing the FlavorAid in France. Sniffing out the Mrs. Macron situation might be a Clintonesque Wag the Dog.
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https://www.altus.af.mil/Altus-Airpower-Stampede/
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Chopper down
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Chopper down
Definitely not survivable. Looks like the tail boom/rotor assembly has broken off, and main rotor blades look shattered. Sounds like the pilot might have clipped something, a physical structure (building, bridge support, power lines, etc.,) but the maintenance records of a/c are already being looked at, along with the records of the pilot.
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Tragic - Family of 5 all deceased when their tour helicopter broke apart in the air.
https://x.com/ConstantUnder/status/1910440246833013237
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Just what someone here needs - a KC-10
https://www.twz.com/air/kc-10-extender-tankers-are-up-for-auction
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@Walks_At_Night the Navy wants to borrow your staple gun to staple some dudes to the flight deck
https://news.usni.org/2025/04/28/super-hornet-assigned-to-uss-harry-s-truman-lost-at-sea
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@Walks_At_Night the Navy wants to borrow your staple gun to staple some dudes to the flight deck
https://news.usni.org/2025/04/28/super-hornet-assigned-to-uss-harry-s-truman-lost-at-sea
right in the drink! Too bad it wasn't an F-35. The Hornets actually...like...work.
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right in the drink! Too bad it wasn't an F-35. The Hornets actually...like...work.
In September,1976 they lost an F-14 off the deck of the Kennedy in the North Sea. I happened to be pretty close with a bunch of Seals that got ripped away from what they were doing to go make sure that the Ruskies didn’t grab it off the seabed before we could find it. The fire control radar and the Phoenix missiles were the Navy’s pride and joy.
https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/18/archives/navy-to-attempt-to-recover-f14-lost-off-carrier-in-north-atlantic.html
Ironically we never hit anything we fired our Phoenix missiles at before they were retired. The Iranians had much better luck with them than we did.
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In September,1976 they lost an F-14 off the deck of the Kennedy in the North Sea. I happened to be pretty close with a bunch of Seals that got ripped away from what they were doing to go make sure that the Ruskies didn’t grab it off the seabed before we could find it. The fire control radar and the Phoenix missiles were the Navy’s pride and joy.
https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/18/archives/navy-to-attempt-to-recover-f14-lost-off-carrier-in-north-atlantic.html
Ironically we never hit anything we fired our Phoenix missiles at before they were retired. The Iranians had much better luck with them than we did.
In 1980, the Soviets lost one of their Yak-38 STO/VL fighters into the sea off one of their cruiser carriers. I was working at Langley AFB at the time, with our USN colleagues a bit further south in Norfolk and Virginia Beach. Lots of talk then about recovering the Yak, but I don't know if we did. If they did, I'm sure they were both disappointed and relieved.
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Coming in Hot
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(https://postimg.cc/QF5WC5gV)
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/inside-massive-restricted-us-factory-re-building-broken-bombers/vi-AA1AtDx5?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=1e981f005c924d96e89dcd28e5232b7b&ei=29
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KLM. Farting fire
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Complete and utter speculation:
There was a small plane crash into a neighborhood early this morning in San Diego. The housing is for military families.
Let's see if that pilot's social media gets wiped.
https://ktla.com/news/california/small-plane-crashes-into-residential-neighborhood-in-san-diego/
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Well, the guy created a preponderance of risks...
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Well, the guy created a preponderance of risks...
Thanks for posting this. This guy is good, really good. Far and away the best of the mishap video makers I've seen.
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Thanks for posting this. This guy is good, really good. Far and away the best of the mishap video makers I've seen.
He's updating stuff:
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Don't know how common this is - hopefully not too common. Seems dangerous.
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Don't know how common this is - hopefully not too common. Seems dangerous.
That's impressive, low and slow is stall territory. Would have been interesting to have been on that flight as a passenger.
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That's impressive, low and slow is stall territory. Would have been interesting to have been on that flight as a passenger.
Lemme guess: White, male, military veteran as a pilot...
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A little off topic while remaining on topic.
Anyone remember this movie? I haven't watched it in years but it would definitely make my desert island list. Fantastic and fun film.
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A little off topic while remaining on topic.
Anyone remember this movie? I haven't watched it in years but it would definitely make my desert island list. Fantastic and fun film.
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I think the book on which the movie was based was better than the movie. The book got a huge, and totally unexpected, boost as it released about the same time Belanko defected from the USSR after flying his MiG-25 to Japan.
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Dream liner down in India shortly after take off. Internet claiming the flaps were not down - which would be bad.
https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1933091166414684505
https://x.com/PilotPoli/status/1933091986543886618
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Other internet sources claim that the flaps were down but then raised and that the aircraft had the ram air turbine deployed. That would indicate engine woes.
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Also saw this warning posted. Seems like solid advice.
For the love of God please be careful seeking out footage of the crash, especially the crash site. I have seen some shit I can never unsee. Horifically graphic.
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Better pix - looks like flaps and slats were set
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Supposedly one passenger made it somehow. Not only made it but could walk around and shush off some reporters.
Survivor Vid (https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/video-emerges-of-first-survivor-walking-after-ahmedabad-plane-crash-8652004)
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Probably hot as balls there so that might explain the long take off run - lower air density and heavy load.
https://x.com/vikasmakwana111/status/1933162059556159903
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Other internet sources claim that the flaps were down but then raised and that the aircraft had the ram air turbine deployed. That would indicate engine woes.
Could also indicate hydraulic failure, which might explain why the flaps didn't stay down.
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Could also indicate hydraulic failure, which might explain why the flaps didn't stay down.
Yeah who knows. Apparently that airline isn't real great on maintenance.
First 787 to go down - awful.
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Wow, lots of possibilities there.
It would be natural to ask the religious and political beliefs of the pilot(s).
Of the two pilots that I know who are certified for the big boys, both are extremely disconnected non-emotional people. If this pilot is screaming like a little girl or praising his god, I think that would answer much for us.
I don't think DEI is in that part of the world. I think it's more political and familial/tribal affinities that are involved.
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Dream liner down in India shortly after take off. Internet claiming the flaps were not down - which would be bad.
https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1933091166414684505
https://x.com/PilotPoli/status/1933091986543886618
It's Wiki, but it is a good summary of what's been happening...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Flight_171
Air India Flight 171 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Air India from Ahmedabad Airport in India to London Gatwick Airport in the United Kingdom. On 12 June 2025, at 13:38 IST, the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operating the flight crashed, approximately thirty seconds after takeoff, into the hostel block of B. J. Medical College in the Meghaninagar neighbourhood of Ahmedabad.
The aircraft was carrying 230 passengers and 12crew members. Only a single passenger survived. At least 33 people on the ground were killed. The accident is the first fatal crash and hull loss involving the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
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Dual engine failure according to Captain Steve.
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Dual engine failure according to Captain Steve.
He makes a compelling argument.
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Lotsa lasers.
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latest theory I am seeing is that something went awry withe the 787's Thrust Control Malfunction Accommodation mechanism. It is supposed to address runaway thrust increases on engines. The thinking it is that inappropriately engaged and doomed that Air India flight. Lord knows Boeing has had a number of software issues. That 737 Max debacle and a few for the 787:
https://betterembsw.blogspot.com/2016/12/better-reboot-your-boeing-787-every.html
https://www.i-programmer.info/news/149-security/8548-reboot-your-dreamliner-every-248-days-to-avoid-integer-overflow.html
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A former Navy and American Airlines pilot told me it looks like double engine failure to him.
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Interesting. The host's voice is almost annoying as Gilbert Gottfried's
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More 737-MAX woes......... Engine ingests a bird. Some sort of gizmo engages to try and keep the engine from melting down but that gizmo also seems to gas the pilots with smoke.
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Alaska 737 EXPLOSIVE Door Plug Fail - The NTSB Findings
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Oh Dear God,
It seems the fuel was cut off to the engines. Maybe there was a good reason to do so. Just hope it wasn't a nutter in the cockpit but that very well might be what happened.
Air India jet's fuel switches in focus, as crash preliminary report nears (https://www.reuters.com/world/india/investigators-submit-preliminary-report-air-india-crash-indias-aviation-ministry-2025-07-08/?utm_source=reddit.com)
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Oh Dear God,
It seems the fuel was cut off to the engines. Maybe there was a good reason to do so. Just hope it wasn't a nutter in the cockpit but that very well might be what happened.
Air India jet's fuel switches in focus, as crash preliminary report nears (https://www.reuters.com/world/india/investigators-submit-preliminary-report-air-india-crash-indias-aviation-ministry-2025-07-08/?utm_source=reddit.com)
May be something related to maintenence status/history of those switches and their interfaces with the fuel pumps.
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May be something related to maintenence status/history of those switches and their interfaces with the fuel pumps.
Maybe but then again maybe the dude not driving decided "No fuel for you Buckoo" and flic'ed that Bic to the off position on the sly.
We'll see.
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Maybe but then again maybe the dude not driving decided "No fuel for you Buckoo" and flic'ed that Bic to the off position on the sly.
We'll see.
We've certainly seen commercial pilots purposely crash passenger filled airliners, so that possibility has to be considered. I'd think turning off fuel pumps in flight would activate an annunciator light or warning signal of some kind, however. In that case, you'd expect to hear the aircrew mention it on the CVR, and you'd expect to see the event depicted on the FDR. Could be what the article is getting at.
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We've certainly seen commercial pilots purposely crash passenger filled airliners, so that possibility has to be considered. I'd think turning off fuel pumps in flight would activate an annunciator light or warning signal of some kind, however. In that case, you'd expect to hear the aircrew mention it on the CVR, and you'd expect to see the event depicted on the FDR. Could be what the article is getting at.
Not sure if I hope it was a nutter or not. Better than some sort of horrid issue with the 787 I guess. The guy taking off should be super focused on the task at hand. Might not notice the cut off when it happened. I'd imagine the 787 certainly has a warning when that is done - if not Bitchin' Betty herself getting involved.
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Oh Dear God,
It seems the fuel was cut off to the engines. Maybe there was a good reason to do so. Just hope it wasn't a nutter in the cockpit but that very well might be what happened.
Air India jet's fuel switches in focus, as crash preliminary report nears (https://www.reuters.com/world/india/investigators-submit-preliminary-report-air-india-crash-indias-aviation-ministry-2025-07-08/?utm_source=reddit.com)
I'm just gonna be patient and wait for the preliminary report to be released.
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I'm just gonna be patient and wait for the preliminary report to be released.
The mature and responsible approach. On the other hand......
The Indians bulldozed all the wreckage into a pile. Including the bodies.
I smell a rat
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Allahualbar?
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I'm just gonna be patient and wait for the preliminary report to be released.
Some dude dug out the 787 checklist. Step 1 is to manipulate the fuel control switches in a duel engine failure.
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Some dude dug out the 787 checklist. Step 1 is to manipulate the fuel control switches in a duel engine failure.
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Whether or not they cycled the fuel control switches will be confirmed from the flight data recorders. If cycled, then would it be cause or effect of the a/c losing power on take-off? Yes, this assumes the FDRs survived.
There's always a "yeah, but....." angle to these things. In the commercial aviation world, it's all about crisis management....and ultimately money. Lots of finger pointing, it's even dodgier in lesser developed nations. You see some screwy temporary "alliances" formed in symbiotic relationships.
If you ever get a chance (God forbid) to attend an NTSB public hearing, do so. Once it gets rolling, they can degenerate into a Marx Brothers-inspired, legal(esque) free for all. Lot at stack, and all the principals are there to affix blame on someone else. That's where you'll see the temporary alliances I mentioned.
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Some dude dug out the 787 checklist. Step 1 is to manipulate the fuel control switches in a duel engine failure.
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How long did they have between the time they knew they had a problem and PONR (right, that's a thing, "point of no return")? I've seen video of people pulling the checklist, pretty efficient, but still takes time. Plus, the pilots had to be smart enough, if they wanted to live, to reference it quickly.
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Allahualbar?
More likely Prepare to meet Kali
Report has been released:
https://aaib.gov.in/
https://aaib.gov.in/What's%20New%20Assets/Preliminary%20Report%20VT-ANB.pdf
Why the Plane Crashed
The preliminary investigation, aided by data from the Enhanced Airborne Flight Recorder (EAFR), points to a dual engine flameout immediately after liftoff as the primary cause of the crash.
According to the EAFR data, the critical sequence of events was as follows:
The aircraft lifted off normally at 08:08:39 UTC.
Three seconds after liftoff, at 08:08:42 UTC, the fuel cutoff switches for both Engine 1 and Engine 2 moved from the "RUN" to the "CUTOFF" position.
This action cut the fuel supply to both engines, causing them to begin shutting down. The aircraft's Ram Air Turbine (RAT) deployed automatically to provide emergency hydraulic power as the engines spooled down.
The Cockpit Voice Recorder captured one pilot asking the other why he had cut the fuel, with the other pilot denying that he had done so.
Although the flight crew attempted to restore power by moving the fuel cutoff switches back to "RUN" about 10 to 14 seconds after the shutdown, it was too late. While both engines showed signs of relighting, they could not recover in time to prevent the aircraft from losing altitude and crashing.
So somehow, someway, inadvertently done or there was a nutter involved.
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More likely Prepare to meet Kali
Report has been released:
https://aaib.gov.in/
https://aaib.gov.in/What's%20New%20Assets/Preliminary%20Report%20VT-ANB.pdf
So somehow, someway, inadvertently done or there was a nutter involved.
Ok, the FDR showed the fuel control switches were cycled, and the CVR showed the pilots were aware of the switch having been moved. As I expected, but we still don't know who/how/why? According to the article, one pilot denied having activated the switches when asked by the other pilot.
I have my doubts it was done intentionally, unless there is evidence from the CVR that proves otherwise. Why would a guy who is going to snuff it by flying a plane load of people into the ground deny doing so while in the act? He's afraid he's going to get into trouble? Doesn't make sense to me.
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Ok, the FDR showed the fuel control switches were cycled, and the CVR showed the pilots were aware of the switch having been moved. As I expected, but we still don't know who/how/why? According to the article, one pilot denied having activated the switches when asked by the other pilot.
I have my doubts it was done intentionally, unless there is evidence from the CVR that proves otherwise. Why would a guy who is going to snuff it by flying a plane load of people into the ground deny doing so while in the act? He's afraid he's going to get into trouble? Doesn't make sense to me.
We don't know if it was intentional or not. Seems to me the most likely explanation though. There was some sort of elderly TSB on those switches but it was not even a mandatory issue to be inspected.
Not sure you can apply logic to some nutter's thinking. I'd guess that the dude that flipped the switches was the one that asked why they were shut off. The wait until the other guy goes to the head to drop trou and then crash the plane has been done to death. This guy wanted to be different. I'm sure it freaked the other guy out and the nutter got his jollies.
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Brownie has entered the chat.
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We don't know if it was intentional or not. Seems to me the most likely explanation though. There was some sort of elderly TSB on those switches but it was not even a mandatory issue to be inspected.
Not sure you can apply logic to some nutter's thinking. I'd guess that the dude that flipped the switches was the one that asked why they were shut off. The wait until the other guy goes to the head to drop trou and then crash the plane has been done to death. This guy wanted to be different. I'm sure it freaked the other guy out and the nutter got his jollies.
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Short of evidence to prove what actually happened, your theory is as good as any. Investigators are digging into the lives of both pilots looking for something that might have prompted one of them to crash the aircraft. Relationship issues? Money problems? Ultimate "fuck you" to Air India? Mental illness?
Will be interesting to see if they find anything. We never found out why that USAF pilot absconded with an A-10 he shortly thereafter flew into a mountain. Do you remember that, Walks?
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Short of evidence to prove what actually happened, your theory is as good as any. Investigators are digging into the lives of both pilots looking for something that might have prompted one of them to crash the aircraft. Relationship issues? Money problems? Ultimate "fuck you" to Air India? Mental illness?
Will be interesting to see if they find anything. We never found out why that USAF pilot absconded with an A-10 he shortly thereafter flew into a mountain. Do you remember that, Walks?
Yeah. Also remember the German guy that flew into the Alps. And the Indonesian guy that crashed his 737 and the Egyptian dude that did the same with his 767. Its certainly not unheard of.
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Yeah. Also remember the German guy that flew into the Alps. And the Indonesian guy that crashed his 737 and the Egyptian dude that did the same with his 767. Its certainly not unheard of.
Lot of political intrigue in that part of the world, the conspiracy theories should be interesting.
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If the captain had turned off the switches, knowing that there was CVR, I would take a second to say "the captain has sabotaged this flight."
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250712-reports-says-fuel-to-air-india-jet-engines-cut-off-before-crash
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Gryder had to pulled out his old uniform out of mothballs for this Air India business.
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Sooo, a man who had to take leave because of psychological problems was allowed to be a pilot... OK. Then his mother dies... Poor
baby murderer.
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Bet these boys didn't shut off the fuel.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Planespotting/comments/1lyoq72/b21/
B-21 flight test.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Planespotting/comments/1lyoq72/b21/
B-21 flight test.
Nice! Hopefully Northrup Grumman still have their act together.
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Zoom Zoom
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/17/air-india-captain-cut-off-fuel-to-engines/
Some noteworthy unofficial "new news," it appears the Indian captain hit the fuel cutoff switches while the co-pilot was flying the take-off. The article further states the captain, who denied hitting the cutoff switches, stayed calm while the co-pilot panicked. We also again see the claims the pilot had mental health issues.
So if true, was the pilot calm because he was at peace with his decision to take his own life, or because he was a skilled, high time pilot whose training kicked on and he was focused on correcting their problem? I've listened to hundreds of mishap CVR recordings, the vast majority of pilots stay calm right up to impact. Listen to the audio of Capt Sullenberger talking to ATC before he went into the Hudson, he's very calm.
The maintenance history of the aircraft is also interesting, sounds like it had it's had its share of squawks. I've wondered about the possibility of some maintenence or software issue causing an uncommanded actuation of the fuel cut off switches, the odd spurious electron can do screwy things to electric jets. They'd have to be able recreate the scenario in a sim to give this theory any legs.
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Air Force trainer crashed into a college in Bangladesh. Many dead and injured.
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Pilot of commercial flight performs ‘aggressive maneuver’ to avoid mid-air collision with B-52 bomber (https://www.kfyrtv.com/2025/07/20/pilot-delta-air-flight-performs-aggressive-maneuver-avoid-mid-air-collision-with-b-52-bomber/)
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Air Force trainer crashed into a college in Bangladesh. Many dead and injured.
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Numerous sources are saying the mishap a/c was a Chinese built F-7 fighter. F-7 is a Chinese copy of the MiG-21.
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Weird looking beast
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Ugh - doesn't look it but supposedly real
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There are so few of the War Birds left, if you made the argument that they shouldn't be flown anymore I would listen. In the meanwhile, it is fricken' awesome that they are flown.
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There are so few of the War Birds left, if you made the argument that they shouldn't be flown anymore I would listen. In the meanwhile, it is fricken' awesome that they are flown.
Is this from the warbird museum in Virginia Beach?
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Is this from the warbird museum in Virginia Beach?
Yep
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30-years or so ago there was a guy with a MesserschItt at an airport near St. Augustine. It was painted with Iron Crosses and everything. He'd buzz the beach on occasion. It was kind of scary.
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Yep
I went to their WW2 airshow back probably 12 years ago. Rained like Hell, got to see little in the air because they were afraid to rut the grass airfield. Highlight of the day was seeing a replica Me-262 put on a spirited display, but he took off and landed from a different airfield with real runways.
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Hen party. Broken up.
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This poor bugger. Terrifying.
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This poor bugger. Banging up 747 can't look good at yearly performance appraisal time.
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https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-air-force/2025/08/14/passenger-on-f-15-ride-along-ejected-on-runway-video-shows/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb
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https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-air-force/2025/08/14/passenger-on-f-15-ride-along-ejected-on-runway-video-shows/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb
Say goodbye asshole (https://clip.cafe/flight-of-the-intruder-1991/this-the-end-of-devil-5-0-5/)
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Say goodbye asshole (https://clip.cafe/flight-of-the-intruder-1991/this-the-end-of-devil-5-0-5/)
It's not that easy. You get one of them out of your life and another pops up in its place! Am I misunderstanding your post? 8)
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It's not that easy. You get one of them out of your life and another pops up in its place! Am I misunderstanding your post? 8)
Death, Tax and Arse Holes - the three constants of life.
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Brownie - trolling the shit out of Cappy Steeeve
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https://x.com/osint613/status/1957134079167439021/mediaviewer
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Looks like the pilot was courteous enough to stay in the rough.
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How Bizarre....How Bizarre
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How Bizarre....How Bizarre
Broomstick
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"Reportedly, the object was an umbrella. 🌂 Part of a flowered hat, wool overcoat & satchel ensemble later found on the ground. Also noted, the items appeared to have been dusted with several spoonfuls of sugar & a significant amount of black coal chimney dust."
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Fighting Falcon down. Doesn't look like the flyboy got out :'(
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Fighting Falcon down. Doesn't look like the flyboy got out :'(
Looks like the pilot was practicing for an aerial demonstration, maybe for an upcoming airshow. Any idea whose a/c that was, and where/when it crashed?
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Looks like the pilot was practicing for an aerial demonstration, maybe for an upcoming airshow. Any idea whose a/c that was, and where/when it crashed?
Polish air force in Poland airshow prep.
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Polish air force in Poland airshow prep.
Thanks Walks. Here's the story.
Breaking: Polish F-16 Crashes During Radom Airshow Rehearsal, Pilot Dies - The Aviationist https://share.google/CgMgTOHKZ9GIJO1BJ
Reminds me of the Thunderbirds F-16 mishap at Mountain Home back in 2003. In both cases, the mishap pilot had insufficient altitude to recover, although the Thunderbird pilot ejected successfully. Here's a recreation of that mishap.
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