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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Way back in ancient times when I was still in Jr High one of my friends wanted to show me this cool gadget his next door neighbor had given him.
It looked like an ordinary transistor case with glass where the top should be and a couple of extra leads.
He had it breadboarded with a couple of meters hooked up to it. with it at one end of the garage it could predict which of four quadrants one of us was holding a lit match in. Then we figured out that a little closer and all the gadget needed was the heat of your hand.
It was a reject sensor from one of these.
http://xbradtc.com/2014/09/03/fox-2/
Far cry from what the 9X version is capable of
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Tom-
Sounds as you're right on the mark w/r to the F35 program. But, it's unfortunately the way our military geniuses seem to do things; whether it's the equipment loaded onto a grunt carrying a rifle, or a sophisticated multimillion dollar apiece airplane/a.k.a. weapon system, they always overload the requirements and thereby exceed the carrying capacity of the entire system. There just isn't any "one size fits all" airplane, given the diversity of roles. Old saying comes to mind: "Jack of All Trades, Master of None."
My personal "take" is similar to that expressed in the article: the entire program will be cancelled before 400-500 are built. Give them ALL to the Marines, and then let the AF and Navy pick their own "new toys." There would be nothing wrong with an upgraded F18 Hornet, IMHO. Just so Lockheed won't feel left out, upgrades of the purportedly excellent F22 would be a better investment for the AF.
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 19, 2014 - 05:04pm PT
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I don't think it was, SLR. Thanks for posting it up, just saw it myself yesterday! Badass.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Sep 19, 2014 - 05:51pm PT
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AS IF it wasn't bad enough that dogs can lick their balls and I can't, and now dogs are flying wingsuits.
Depressing.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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TGT
There was no excuse for that F-16 pilot.
What a dumb ass.
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 10, 2014 - 05:14pm PT
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Holy christ on a crutch....nice share TGT! Talk about pucker factor.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 10, 2014 - 05:56pm PT
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The best part is where the replacement plane's nose wheel collapsed and still
most of the pax got on the third plane. Hey, what major leaguer wouldn't
be proud to bat .333?
Back then you actually had pilots who knew something about flying. If you
want to see what kind of clowns are flying you today, even if you don't fly
Asiana, get a hold of the October issue of Vanity Fair. Don't snicker,
their aviation writer might be the best in the business. He comes from
aviation royalty and he knows what he's talking about. Anyway, his analysis
of the Air France 447 crash two years ago off of Brasil is some chilling reading.
Those Air France boys weren't any better than those Asiana clowns. They're
all so reliant on letting the airplane fly itself now they are helpless when
they have to actually fly the airplane.
The Human Factor by William Langewiesche
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Oct 11, 2014 - 10:43am PT
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That was a great article
A lot of parallels to this, including the same initiating failure.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 14, 2014 - 02:23pm PT
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Damn this sucka is BIG!
If you haven't been to the international terminal at LAX consider yerself lucky. It was always an embarrassment and it still is despite the $Billions they're spending on it. Some real geniuses are clearly in charge of the 'upgrade'. When you first walk in you see signs to the A/B/C gates. We looked at the monitor and it showed our flight at Gate B53-64. WTF? I know the A380 is big but 11 gates? Whatevah. So after the most messed up security arrangement we were discharged into the duty-free area, of course. There are no more signs to A/B/C gates any longer, just numbers. We find another monitor and it had just finished cycling through the flights and now it began a LENGTHY EXPOSITION on the whereabouts of all the wonderful duty-free shops. *WTF!!!!**. Then, by pure chance I noticed the main display for the gates in a totally unexpected location - stuck way the phuk up by the skylights behind us! Unbelievable!
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 14, 2014 - 03:55pm PT
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Yeah, International at LAX is a pain in the wazoo, been through there a few times. Great shot of La Monstra though, still haven't gotten to fly on one.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 30, 2014 - 02:37pm PT
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That's pretty interesting, Vegas!
That A380 flight was amazing! We were on the upper deck right above the wing so not much view of the ground - :-( But that sucka was unbelievably quiet!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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This occurred yesterday near Pittsburg. This is NOT 5 miles AND 1000' of separation.
I am about to take this up with the FAA.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Big? Lolz, that ain't big.
We have C5s regularly come through, and had an An-225 here last summer (a russian cargo job, largest plane in existence). Our locally stationed planes (large cargo craft in their own right), look like toys next to a C5.
Had a Super Guppy deliver some oversized Boeing parts about a year ago. Now that's a crazy looking airplane.
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