SchizophrenicMC Posted December 22, 2014 Posted December 22, 2014 I just noticed for the first time that David has 2 g's in his username, and that his badge is Sharon Apple. I'm not sure if this says more about how little attention I've been paying, or where my attention to detail goes when I'm tired. Either way, I've been here 6 years and I'm just now making these connections. In other news, I've decided the 777 is my favorite airliner. Because reasons. Quote
David Hingtgen Posted December 22, 2014 Author Posted December 22, 2014 I just noticed for the first time that David has 2 g's in his username, and that his badge is Sharon Apple. Hey, even I had to ask what the badge was when I first got it. I was wondering for weeks... Quote
Knight26 Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 damn flight delays, just cut off the stupid broken landing light Quote
Shadow Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 A Jordanian F-16 went down over Syria. Pilot captured by ISIS but it's not confirmed it was shot down or just suffered a mechanical failure. It's no secret ISIS has captured shoulder-launched MANPADS. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/24/islamic-state-shot-down-coalition-warplane-syria Fighters of the Islamic State (Isis) in Syria have scored a major propaganda coup by capturing a Jordanian air force pilot whose plane came down on Wednesday during an air raid by the international coalition near the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto jihadi capital. Images posted on social media showed jubilant Isis gunmen, some of them masked, with a clearly frightened man, naked from the waist down and being dragged out of a lake. He was identified as the downed pilot and named on Twitter, which displayed his military ID card, as First Lieutenant Muadh al-Kasasbeh, 26. The Jordanian military immediately described him as a “hostage”. The F-16 was the first warplane lost since the US-led coalition began air strikes against Isis in Syria three months ago. The group said it had shot down the fighter jet with a heat-seeking missile. It was not immediately clear whether it had indeed been shot down or suffered a technical failure. Another image on social media showing the plane’s intact cockpit canopy suggested that the pilot might have ejected. Quote
Knight26 Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 Looking at starting up my diecast plane collection again. The local hobby shop has the Italeri 1:100 diecasts fro $10 a piece, cheapest I have ever seen them, and once I start buying them they will order specific ones I am interested in. What is the general consensus on these, good, crap? I have yet to see them out of the package and the pics on flying mule don't seem to do them justice. Quote
Vifam7 Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 Looking at starting up my diecast plane collection again. The local hobby shop has the Italeri 1:100 diecasts fro $10 a piece, cheapest I have ever seen them, and once I start buying them they will order specific ones I am interested in. What is the general consensus on these, good, crap? I have yet to see them out of the package and the pics on flying mule don't seem to do them justice. For $10 a piece, they're not too bad. They're certainly much better than the DeAgostini models. But keep in mind that - a. they're mostly made of plastic rather than diecast. b. they don't come with interchangeable landing gears c. they don't come with pilots or canopies that open d. certain details can be off and require DIY fixes (such as missiles being incorrectly positioned or seats sitting way too low in the cockpit, certain color detail missing, etc) Quote
Knight26 Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Just finished initiating my first Airworthiness Directive (we don't get to write them, that goes to the legal folks). It's a corrective action for a glitch that was discovered, that while it hasn't been a problem yet, could be. Cool to know that something I did will help keep people safe. Quote
SchizophrenicMC Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 Arendelle Squadron! Well, it is geographically appropriate. Quote
anime52k8 Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 Well, it is geographically appropriate. But Norway never operated Drakens. Quote
SchizophrenicMC Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 But Norway never operated Drakens. The story was based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen, which is Danish. The Danes do operate Drakens. Plus I'm from Texas; what's a couple hundred miles between friends? Quote
David Hingtgen Posted January 16, 2015 Author Posted January 16, 2015 All of Scandinavia is only minutes away for a supersonic Draken... Quote
Nekko Basara Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Hey, Drakens can be anywhere, as fans of the Nicholas Cage masterpiece, "Firebirds," know all too well. Quote
electric indigo Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Too bad they can be easily wiped out with a helicopter... Quote
derex3592 Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Pretty cool pic...kinda Macross Plus ish Quote
Sildani Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 That Draken confuses me so much... Is it a scheme All Nippon Airways thought of? Is it a tribute to Frozen? Is it some kinda Sento Yosei Yukikaze thing? I just don't know! Quote
modelglue Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 ...Nicholas Cage masterpiece, "Firebirds," You speak true words. Next to stealth, probably the most realistic fake war movie. Quote
SchizophrenicMC Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 That Draken confuses me so much... Is it a scheme All Nippon Airways thought of? Is it a tribute to Frozen? Is it some kinda Sento Yosei Yukikaze thing? I just don't know! ANA is in reference to Anna, the character from Frozen. Let It Go And Dreaming refers to the song, Let It Go, from Frozen. Yukikaze literally means "Snowy Wind". It's a Frozen thing. The choice of a Draken is probably because Drakens, like Frozen's basis, are Scandinavian. Quote
David Hingtgen Posted January 20, 2015 Author Posted January 20, 2015 The choice of a Draken is probably because Drakens, like Frozen's basis, are Scandinavian. And because they look cool/unique. (you'll never confuse a Draken for anything else) Quote
anime52k8 Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 Draken's are one of the best looking fighter designs ever. Quote
F-ZeroOne Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 Note to pilot: I don't care how you land at Sandy Shores, thats not how you do it in real life! Is that a Spitfire, late-model? Its a bit hard to tell from the image quality... Quote
reddsun1 Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 Was damn near a flaming, oily stain on the tarmac, is what it was.... no way 'yer gonna convince me there ain't drag marks all up the underside of that plane's tail--and skid marks all up that pilot's! Quote
Phyrox Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 Note to pilot: I don't care how you land at Sandy Shores, thats not how you do it in real life! Is that a Spitfire, late-model? Its a bit hard to tell from the image quality... It's a Yak. Look at the vertical stabilizer Quote
SchizophrenicMC Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Thank goodness for Ground Effect. Quote
F-ZeroOne Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Ah, now you've said it, yes, the rudder is a giveaway... I didn't think the wings were right for a Spitfire... A relative reports that they may have seen an A400M at my local airport today. Apparently the regional airline has a maintenance contract with the RAF! Edited January 21, 2015 by F-ZeroOne Quote
electric indigo Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 How many A400Ms are in service? Luftwaffe got it's first machine in December, a second is planned for the end of this year. Quote
David Hingtgen Posted January 22, 2015 Author Posted January 22, 2015 Thank goodness for Ground Effect. I gotta wonder if the prop has a smaller diameter now, having gotten the tips shorn off... (a blade on the down-swing would have been the lowest point of the plane) Quote
Model-Junkie Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Tree trimming with an F-5, Kenyan AF style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=84359240&x-yt-ts=1421782837&v=QnvVDjgfX4M&feature=player_embedded Quote
F-ZeroOne Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 How many A400Ms are in service? Luftwaffe got it's first machine in December, a second is planned for the end of this year. According to Wikipedia, there seem to have been at least a dozen delivered to various air forces but its unclear if that also means "in service". Quote
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