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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Wow, John, that pretty well sums up Africa - a whole lotta heart and soul
but a little short on the details. Gotta love the guy for trying. I really
love the extra wing and the 'canard'. Hey, it works for Burt Rutan and most
French fighters sport 'em so it's gotta be good! The main wing looks like
it would be enough lift to me, all that other shite is just drag. Maybe he
needs to find some weight savings here and there?
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Maybe he needs to find a scrap aluminum rather than a scrap iron pile.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 12, 2014 - 10:33pm PT
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The Driver & Rio got their wings pulled for this stunt.
Both the Driver & Rio had pending disciplinary issues due to other recent major deviations from flight safety SOP's and it was their last act of defiance.
Nope, didn't happen
http://theaviationist.com/2014/02/12/f-14-buzzes-uss-america/
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Feb 13, 2014 - 10:48am PT
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Woo Hoo! The F 14 was an AIRPLANE!!!!
I've seen plenty of f 15 Eagles and F 18 Hornets up close, but never a Tomcat.
I didn't have my camera at the airfield that day--the bird had some sort of in-flight problems and put down at KCPR for repairs. The RCAF flew in a ground crew to deal with the issues. Nice departure after fixing the problems; a fuel pump went out causing a loss of power.
P.S. The ground crew handed out the pamphlets at the FBO where they were cooling their heels after the F 18's departure.
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2014 - 03:26pm PT
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I was fortunate enough to see the Tomkitty several times at airshows.
There are two in particular that stand out for me - the first one being at Miramar NAS when I was working the show there. They played "Proud to be an American" after it was full dark and had a Tomcat come in on the deck, light off the burners and do a full rate climb...Mach diamond city, so awesome.
The last time I saw one in a demo was during the last year for the Tomcat, VF-124 flying a brand new F14D at Stead. Pilot got a little ahead of himself, and broke the sound barrier on the deck right in front of me. Crowd loved it, but I think the pilot got in quite a bit of trouble.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Feb 13, 2014 - 04:04pm PT
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This "no supersonic flight" rule sticks in my craw! If they'd get rid of it I'd trade my Piper Dakota for MiG 21U ! Then use the cash differential to buy some fuel for it (700 gallons of Jet A @ $5.00 a gallon) and have a few "fast turns around the block!" A MiG 21U can go straight up on afterburner, accelerating all the while. Under a minute to 20,000 feet.
For those not in on the prices, an airworthy MiG 21 can be purchased for less than almost any decent Dakota.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 17, 2014 - 12:11pm PT
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Funny and sad...
Ethiopian plane hijacked to Geneva by co-pilot
If you read the article the litany of Ethiopian hijackings is quite impressive.
But I really liked this one:
"In 2001, five military pilot trainees who flunked flight school reportedly wrested control of a plane
during a flight from Bahr Dar, in northwestern Ethiopia, to the capital Addis Ababa
and demanded to be flown to Saudi Arabia."
Maybe it is just me but I can think of quite a few preferable destinations,
especially to do hard time in.
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perswig
climber
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Feb 17, 2014 - 12:58pm PT
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Thank you, JR! I'm always willing to give the benefit of the doubt and be pleasantly surprised, but that looked, well, improbable.
Color me gullible.
Dale
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snakefoot
climber
cali
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Feb 20, 2014 - 10:32am PT
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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[Click to View YouTube Video]
Now if I can just figure out how to hitch one to the back of my harness.
Overhangs may be a problem.
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rnevius
Trad climber
The Range of Light
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Morro Rock. If only climbing was allowed there...There has to be something good mixed in there with the gull poo.
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rnevius
Trad climber
The Range of Light
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…because thinking is just too difficult sometimes, and because I'm abroad and can't climb...this thread inspired me to make an app (I know, shameless plug). Flight rules at a glance, for any METAR station in the world. I hope it proves useful (or at least interesting) for the few of you who fly when you're not busy climbing or bickering on the taco.
http://flightvisibility.com
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snakefoot
climber
cali
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Mar 10, 2014 - 02:56pm PT
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nice hank, but a bad landing.... and the many other fine posts..
while ricky bobbi was turnin the last lap, we was racin on our own
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snakefoot
climber
cali
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Mar 10, 2014 - 03:05pm PT
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^^^^not really, areas are supposed to be separate and i would have to say, the jumper blew it here. not hard to see a plane on the runway if you have eyes
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