ThunderCougarFalconBird said:

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ABATTBQ11 said:

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Hamsters need to get out and take a breather.

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when did they upgrade from gerbils to hamsters?

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Well, there was a string of gerbil deaths because they weren't leaving the cowlings open. DoD did an investigating and realized their mistake. They also realized that since a lot of T6's now needed an overhaul, it just made sense to upgrade to the hamsters.

tk for tu juan said:

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Mriya flew into IAH a few years back - didn't even look like it was moving when it crossed 45 eastbound for landing. Friend that was a corporate pilot said that traffic was always jacked up when an Antonov came in because it had to sit at the end of the runway for several minutes prior to departure to get the engines fully revved up, and the runway used for landing/departure had to be closed immediately afterwards to clear oil spills and FOD that inevitably fell off.

Watching that Vulcan low pass over water I kept waiting to see it slowly ditch and then have Spectre come in and cover it up.

3:23 for some sweet heli action

Claude! said:

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B-1 83 said:

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Not exactly airplane porn, but associated….

This is my Dad's "Chit Patch" from WW2. It was used to identify downed Allied air crew to Chinese civilians, and asks for protection and return to friendly lines.

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What'd your dad fly in again? My granddad was a B-24 radio operator who actually did have to bail out over China (I think it was mechanical failure). Entire crew was collected by the Chinese and repatriated.



Granddad (who I never met - died in a car wreck in the 50s) is second row, the super pale guy fourth from the left.

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B-24 bombardier. When they weren't bombing targets in Burma/Thailand from their bases in India, they were flying gasoline over the "Hump" into China.

Good deal. Pretty sure my granddad was based out of Australia. My mom has a map of his somewhere that he annotated with some of their missions. I'll have to see if she can dig it up.

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This is my Dad's "Chit Patch" from WW2. It was used to identify downed Allied air crew to Chinese civilians, and asks for protection and return to friendly lines.

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Hey B-1...there's a Chit Patch on display at the American Airlines museum in Ft. Worth. I'd never seen one before and asked my Dad about it (he was a Hump Pilot during WWII...flew the C-46 and was based out of Misamari). He had one as well, but didn't have it when I asked him about it in the late 90's). That's very cool that you have your father's.

A few pretty spectacular one that Elwyn shot on the mach loop a few weeks ago. Makes fat amy look pretty good

UmustBKidding said:

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A few pretty spectacular one that Elwyn shot on the mach loop a few weeks ago. Makes fat amy look pretty good

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It may be a generation old, but the F-15 is still a fine looking bird and a worthy opponent for any adversary.

I was at D/FW Sunday waiting for a delayed flight and decided to go up to Founders Plaza and watch airplanes land. Saw lots of professional photographers set up as I pulled in. Found out an Antonov 124 was coming in from Central America to refuel and head back to Moscow.

Never seen one live and in the flesh. Was awesome.

Cirrus Safe Return - Pretty Sweet


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Thunderbirds oops.

This thread is disgusting! Clean all this up

wbt5845 said:

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I was at D/FW Sunday waiting for a delayed flight and decided to go up to Founders Plaza and watch airplanes land. Saw lots of professional photographers set up as I pulled in. Found out an Antonov 124 was coming in from Central America to refuel and head back to Moscow.

Never seen one live and in the flesh. Was awesome.

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Oddly enough, I see them pretty regularly at our airport here in Medford, Oregon. It's apparently a convenient refueling spot with a large enough runway to accommodate them. We also have a helicopter manufacturing company here call Erickson, that makes firefighting helicopters and uses them to ship them back to Asia and Eastern Europe.

B-1 83 said:

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UmustBKidding said:

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A few pretty spectacular one that Elwyn shot on the mach loop a few weeks ago. Makes fat amy look pretty good

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It may be a generation old, but the F-15 is still a fine looking bird and a worthy opponent for any adversary.

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I wouldn't say any adversary. My wife's family is really good friends with an F-15 pilot who grew up in their church. Met him a couple of times, and he once told us a story about a training exercise with F-22's. He thought he was good (he is), but he was getting murdered all day and didn't even know he was in trouble until someone told him he was dead. He got a single kill because the ABM who respawned him took some pity and put him right up a 22's tail pipe, and the 22 couldn't "see" him or do anything about it until he spawned. It really wasn't fair, but that was the only way he could even get close.

What's this from?