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Which puts it into the same category as the hypercars that do the Top Gear test track lap in thirty seconds or something silly like that, yet never get on the Power Lap board as they make zero practical sense as far as I am concerned.
Proper aircraft do their own take-offs and landings. Mostly under their own power. Like the Schwalbe. And it counts double because he achieved the speed, without tearing the wings off and made a safe landing.
Interesting. I will no doubt be dead by then but my brothers and sisters kids will be able to see how close Airbus (if they are still in existence by then) come to making all of that come to fruition.
I hate this keyboard. Keeps typing -s when I don't want it to. It needs to die.
'80s TV Action Hero
2050? I'll be, like...er...69.
Hurr hurr.
'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
You young whippersnapper! Get off my lawn.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
I would be 68 if I am lucky and beat the record of my grandparents.
Who watches the watchmen?
'80s TV Action Hero
69 is better.
Wait...I thought you were older than me?
Bugger.
edited 16th Oct '12 6:35:26 PM by InverurieJones
'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Jones: Seems I am about year younger. Pretty close though.
Who watches the watchmen?
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The Air Force has delayed the transfer of an F-22 squadron from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., as the Air Force has halted planned force structure changes.
Air Force leaders paused proposed transfers after the service’s plans received fierce opposition from Congress over perceived slights to the Air Force National Guard and Reserve. The transfer of the 7th Fighter Squadron and its F-22s is just one of many aircraft movements put on hold.
And the USAF's plan to screw with my home state's economy is thwarted. The Governors Association must be pissed. First the plan to mess with the Guard then these unit moves, I smell another Senate Committee hearing.
All night at the computer, cuz people ain't that great. I keep to myself so I won't be on The First 48
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
What the heck is going on there?
Who watches the watchmen?
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Something that makes the US Military as a whole look like it hasn't got a bloody clue!
Keep Rolling On
Meanwhile, more news on the Flying Suffocation Machine issue:
http://defensetech.org/2012/10/16/af-still-reviewing-oxygen-levels-for-f-22-cockpit/
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Boeing is actually cutting metal on the KC-45, and they are making an entirely new airframe for their T-X bid.
Now that they kicked Stonecipher out. He was the D-bag beind the KC-767 scandal, got their space launch group un-suspended and cheated on his wife. Guess what got him forced out?
I hope Boeing has found its mojo again.
In 2010, an Air Force CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor — a hybrid warplane that takes off like a helicopter and cruises like an airplane — crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing four people on board. When Brig. Gen. Don Harvel, the lead accident investigator, concluded that engine failure might have been to blame for the Osprey’s loss, he was overruled by a superior officer who Harvel says was eager to protect the military’s $36 billion investment in the controversial V-22. ... But one Air Force engineer and veteran of the Osprey program, who also examined the 2010 crash data, tells Danger Room that Harvel misinterpreted the facts surrounding the V-22′s fatal tumble — and then followed flawed assumptions to incorrect conclusions regarding the Osprey’s airworthiness. “Gen. Harvel was wrong,” says Eric Braganca, recently retired as the Air Force’s chief V-22 systems engineer.
** checks window for flying pigs...**
edited 18th Oct '12 6:30:10 AM by TairaMai
All night at the computer, cuz people ain't that great. I keep to myself so I won't be on The First 48
Sneering Imperialist
I'm not sure XH558 is dead just yet.
Dreams of Revenge
Pardon me for being dim, but what in that article indicates that the Vulcan might yet fly?
Locking you up on radar since '09
Maybe this bit?
"We not only need to secure the winter service for 2013, but we must investigate all possible ways of extending her flying life out beyond the point we can see today. Then, after that, we need to build a lasting legacy from this unique project for the education and inspiration of a whole new generation of engineers.
Many never thought XH 558 would ever fly again."
As for Braganca? The former chief systems officer for the V-22? Say it with me, children. "Well, he would say that, wouldn't he?" He never went to Afghanistan to conduct an investigation. Never did the blade count from watching footage. Unlike Harvel.
"But Harvel says he based his conclusion on more than the smoke puffs. Harvel tells Danger Room his team also closely analyzed the video of the crash and were able to count the RP Ms of the V-22′s rotors. They concluded the engines were functioning at 92 percent, a figure Harvel says was corroborated by the pattern of rotor gashes in the earth where the Osprey struck ground. “These engines should always be at 100 percent,” Harvel explains. He insists they weren’t that fateful night over southern Afghanistan."
Anyone who doesn't think Braganca has a vested interest in keeping the Crashprey in service is deluding themselves.
edited 18th Oct '12 12:57:14 PM by TamH70
sos, double post. More F-35 Pigeon related news.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/10/superman-f35-man-of-steel/
So, two flying disasters for the price of one?
comments thread is hilarious.
edited 18th Oct '12 1:32:36 PM by TamH70
Wasn't it already in the Green Lantern movie? And yes, appearing in CG counts in my book.
Also, I chose to read the URL as saying that the Pigeon is a dick.
edited 18th Oct '12 3:01:33 PM by Balmung
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
It also appeared in Live Free or Die Hard, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, and the Avengers as well.
Tam: Gotta agree with you.
Taira: Only one glaring flaw everyone seems to have overlooked.
Nope no vested interest there. None at all. I smell piles of manure building at an alarming rate.
Never mind the eye witness view from escorts definetly saw abnormal peformance behaviour from the craft. I highly doubht the pilot crashed the craft so much as a vehcile with a history of engine troubles developed them at the worst possible moment and killed a bunch of people.
edited 18th Oct '12 4:58:50 PM by TuefelHundenIV
Who watches the watchmen?
Sneering Imperialist
Does anyone else think the giant air intake on the underside of an F-16 makes it look like a big flying smiley face...?
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With cannon shot and gun blast smash the alien. With laser beam and searing plasma scatter the alien to the stars.
Yeah, it does, doesn't it? Kinda the cute bratty kid brother of the fighter world. But still capable of giving you a fine ass kicking if you get too annoying.
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Boeing's JSF prototype looking like a gasping fish and was nicknamed "Monica" by the crew.
edited 19th Oct '12 2:11:36 PM by TairaMai
All night at the computer, cuz people ain't that great. I keep to myself so I won't be on The First 48
Sneering Imperialist
Jesus, that looks like a flying trollface.
With cannon shot and gun blast smash the alien. With laser beam and searing plasma scatter the alien to the stars.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Taira, Tam and Pagad: Lol. Ok I got a some hearty laughs out of that.
Who watches the watchmen?
Says he did it in a dive (and a fairly steep one at that), so I'm not sure it counts. The big achievement for the X-1, IIRC, was doing it in level flight. There are actually a handful of supersonic claims from WWII (all in a dive, mind you).
Also, the X-1 (like most X-planes) wasn't intended to be a practical plane per se. It was intended to explore one thing, in its case, going faster than sound, everything else be damned.