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- Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:31 pm
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Exploration of Sunk WWII Aircraft Carrier
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1533
Exploration of Sunk WWII Aircraft Carrier
There is exploration of CVL-22 Independence, a WWII carrier that was scuttled in 1951. The ship took part in WWII battles and was then used as a target in Bikini Atoll nuclear weapons tests. You can see the exploration live at http://www.nautiluslive.org/ There is a lot of discussion about the biolo...
Jump to post- Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:30 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Shuttle External Fuel Tank, Why Not Painted?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8354
RE: Shuttle External Fuel Tank, Why Not Painted?
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Jump to post- Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:41 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Tornado Birdstrike
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3145
RE: Tornado Birdstrike
I think I see a webbed foot just too the left of the right wheel. That bird's gotta have one hell of a headache 
- Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:34 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Blue Angels Not Welcome In SanFran
- Replies: 75
- Views: 12939
RE: Blue Angels Not Welcome In SanFran
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Jump to post- Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:40 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Pentagon Shreds F-14s...
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4707
RE: Pentagon Shreds F-14s...
Let's go over and shred Iran's fleet of F-14 "winged killing machines", and save ours instead. <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/bigthumbsup.gif" alt="bigthumbsup" border=0> Besides isn't Iran trying to aquire some MIG-29s and <acronym title="Aeroflot (Russian Federation)">SU</acro...
Jump to post- Sat May 26, 2007 6:13 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Steam Catapult
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2433
- Tue May 22, 2007 1:40 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Breaking News: Snowbird Crashes In Montana
- Replies: 41
- Views: 7992
RE: Breaking News: Snowbird Crashes In Montana
This is terrible news. I'm only a couple of hours from Great Falls and if things hadn't come up I would have been there. My thoughts go to the pilot's family. What a horrible feeling.
Jump to post- Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:57 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Rafale Abuse
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3286
RE: Rafale Abuse
Great video. At about 1:14 you can see the wake created in the water as the pilot pulls up. 
What happened to the Etendard on take-off. Engine flame out?
- Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:56 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Helicopter Missile Question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4158
RE: Helicopter Missile Question
Assuming these are Hydra 70 rockets here's some information from <a href="http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/275in-rockets.html" target=_blank>http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/275in-rockets.html</a> <i>"Research efforts are currently under way to determine means to increase r...
Jump to post- Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:58 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Where, And What, Is This?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5228
RE: Where, And What, Is This?
Interesting. My guess is it's a Border Patrol helo... in the Library with the candlestick. The picture of the <acronym title="easyJet (United Kingdom) and United Feeder Service (USA)">U2</acronym> is of one on approach at Beale. If you want to see some cool aircraft voyeur style then Edwards is wher...
Jump to post- Thu Oct 26, 2006 4:08 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Favorite Vietnam War Aircraft
- Replies: 44
- Views: 24640
RE: Favorite Vietnam War Aircraft
For me it's the F-100. The Hun is just beautiful. Especially in the Southeast Asia camo. <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/0226330/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/0226330/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG SRC="...
Jump to post- Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:59 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: The Official CF105 Conspiracy Thread
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7530
RE: The Official CF105 Conspiracy Thread
I watched a program on the Avro Arrow earlier this year that stated that it was recently revealed that the KGB had infiltrated the Arrow program and this was the reason for its immediate cancellation and destruction. They went on to outline similarities between the MIG-25 and the Arrow claimed to be...
Jump to post- Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:38 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: A-10 Yanked From Halifax Airshow
- Replies: 42
- Views: 6952
RE: A-10 Yanked From Halifax Airshow
"Nova Scotia soldier killed in Afghanistan in 2002 by an American bomb"
Ironically wasn't the bomb in the accident in '02 from an F-15E, the aircraft that they selected to replace the A-10 at the airshow?
- Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:02 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Nasa Logo: Meatball Or Worm?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5886
RE: Nasa Logo: Meatball Or Worm?
Meatball or Worm?
I wonder what Freud would say about which one we pick?
I'd better go with the Meatball.
- Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:52 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Old Aurora Apperence
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2856
RE: Old Aurora Apperence
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Jump to post- Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:32 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: F-86 Crash In North Carolina
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11926
RE: F-86 Crash In North Carolina
When I seach the photo database for pictures of FU-222 many of the photo comments list Dale Snodgrass as the pilot. Is it supposed that he was the pilot in this incident?
Jump to post- Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:04 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: KC-777. What Would It Take For Wing Tip Booms?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 8135
RE: KC-777. What Would It Take For Wing Tip Booms?
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Jump to post- Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:57 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Israeli Gunships Used To Attack BEY
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4319
RE: Israeli Gunships Used To Attack BEY
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Jump to post- Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:44 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Unofficial Airplane Names
- Replies: 20
- Views: 13142
- Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:13 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: MIG-28's
- Replies: 17
- Views: 33707
RE: MIG-28's
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Jump to post- Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:08 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Strange 747 With B52 Style Engines...
- Replies: 30
- Views: 33502
RE: Strange 747 With B52 Style Engines...
Is it just me or do the engines look toed in, as well as the tanks?
Jump to post- Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:39 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Area 51 Janet Image Question
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4688
RE: Area 51 Janet Image Question
What are the two curved lines in the lake bed going directly into each of the runways. They look like approach references on the ground. Is that what they are?
Jump to post- Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:46 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: F-16 Intake Question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6781
RE: F-16 Intake Question
It adds rigidity to the intake. I don't know if it was added later with the F-16C/D or was an original part from the beginning. Maybe it appeared when the intake was increased to accommodate the F110 engine.
Jump to post- Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:57 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Leahy Gives Spirited Defense Of A350, A380
- Replies: 74
- Views: 7986
RE: Leahy Gives Spirited Defense Of A350, A380
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Jump to post- Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:41 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Brand New Competitor For B748 & A380
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20858
RE: Brand New Competitor For B748 & A380
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Jump to post- Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:13 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Mig Names And Numbers
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8237
RE: Mig Names And Numbers
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Jump to post- Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:41 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Fighter Pilot Imax Movie
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7396
RE: Fighter Pilot Imax Movie
I saw it May of last year. I thought is was well done. It wasn't as in-depth as I would have liked it to be but hey, it's for the masses. I'm sure it's a great recruiting tool. The images are just awesome on the Imax. The opening seen has you looking backwards on an F-15 as it shoots down the runway...
Jump to post- Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:43 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Movie Mayday...ON CBS (NY)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4042
RE: Movie Mayday...ON CBS (NY)
Interesting, I didn't know the movie was an adaptation of a book. I thought it was just another Hollywood depiction of our military as a bumbling herd of idiots making mistake after mistake, endangering our citizens and wiling to do what ever it takes to cover it up! One more thing, don't <acronym t...
Jump to post- Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:20 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Messenger Makes Earth Flyby Video.....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2685
RE: Messenger Makes Earth Flyby Video.....
Cool video, I think I saw my house. I assume the video is sped up, isn't it? Otherwise that spacecraft is really moving.
Jump to post- Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:33 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Helios 737 Cntd. -New Information-
- Replies: 215
- Views: 38102
RE: Helios 737 Cntd. -New Information-
Wasn't there a Hawaiian 737 that suffered a massive depress back in the late 80's when a portion of the fuselage ripped off? I'm not sure when in the flight it happened but I think it was at cruising altitude. In this case the pilots were able to descend under 10,000 feet and continued to their dest...
Jump to post- Sat Aug 13, 2005 12:40 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Presidental Choppers Fly Into Path Of MD-80
- Replies: 65
- Views: 13007
RE: Presidental Choppers Fly Into Path Of MD-80
This is my uneducated thought: Frankly I think that this has more to do with the views many of us have about our current president. I don't think people have a problem being delayed for the President of the United Sates, just as long as it's not Bush. If president George Washington was on AF1 would ...
Jump to post- Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:54 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Discovery Foam Problem Linked To EPA.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3956
RE: Discovery Foam Problem Linked To EPA.
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Jump to post- Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:52 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Usaf Qestion
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3489
RE: Usaf Qestion
Isn't the boom operator also the load master for the aircraft? Are all boom operators certified as load masters as well?
Jump to post- Tue May 24, 2005 1:54 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Awesome F-18 Cockpit Video!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 22035
RE: Awesome F-18 Cockpit Video!
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Jump to post- Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:22 pm
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Awesome F-18 Cockpit Video!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 22035
RE: Awesome F-18 Cockpit Video!
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Jump to post- Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:53 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Awesome F-18 Cockpit Video!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 22035
RE: Awesome F-18 Cockpit Video!
About half way through the video the pilot turns his head and you can almost make out the squadron insignia on the side of his helmet. After seeing the video does anyone have any idea what squadron this guy is from?
Jump to post- Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:36 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: SFO-SAT Longest RJ Route?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 6386
RE: SFO-SAT Longest RJ Route?
I flew on a <acronym title="America West Airlines (USA)">HP</acronym> CRJ-900 from <acronym title="Kalispell - Glacier Park International (Flathead County) (FCA / KFCA), USA - Montana">FCA</acronym> to <acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (PHX / KPHX), USA - Arizona">PHX</acronym>, 101...
Jump to post- Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:55 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Boeing Says In Talks On 600 Possible 787 Jet Sale
- Replies: 165
- Views: 19634
RE: Boeing Says In Talks On 600 Possible 787 Jet Sale
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Jump to post- Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:57 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Blue Angels/T-birds Aircraft In Common.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5633
RE: Blue Angels/T-birds Aircraft In Common.
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Jump to post- Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:06 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Blue Angels/T-birds Aircraft In Common.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5633
RE: Blue Angels/T-birds Aircraft In Common.
Didn't the F-86 serve in all three services? Albeit under a different designation for the Navy/Marines as the FJ-2.
Jump to post- Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:02 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Why Did The French Navy Operate The F-8
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8140
RE: Why Did The French Navy Operate The F-8
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Jump to post- Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:18 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Atlas 5 Launch
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1893
Atlas 5 Launch
I heard an Atlas 5 is scheduled to launch today at Cape Canaveral. Does anyone know if this is true and if it will be available to watch on the web?
Jump to post- Fri Mar 04, 2005 3:45 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: C-130A
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3663
RE: C-130A
It also looks like it has three bladed props. Was this the same for all the early C-130's?
Jump to post- Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:12 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Favourite WW2 Airplane
- Replies: 77
- Views: 11339
RE: Favourite WW2 Airplane
It's the P-40 and the P-39 for me. <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/627124/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/627124/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG SRC="/photos/small/4/2/1/627124.jpg" ALT="Click here for bigg...
Jump to post- Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:18 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Tupolev TU-204-300 First Flight Photos!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15326
RE: Tupolev TU-204-300 First Flight Photos!
It's a beautiful plane once it gets in the air. Something odd looking about it when it's on the ground though.
Jump to post- Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:06 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Awesome F-18 Cockpit Video!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 22035
- Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:12 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: British C-130 Crashes In Iraq
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11066
RE: British C-130 Crashes In Iraq
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Jump to post- Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:59 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lift Off And Turbulence?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2350
RE: Lift Off And Turbulence?
I don't know, maybe he was being sarcastic. I know that a rocket launch can cause some pretty bad vibrations.
Jump to post- Tue Jan 25, 2005 5:35 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Airbus Products Cover Every Niche
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2358
RE: Airbus Products Cover Every Niche
What about the RJ's. Isn't that a niche that Airbus doesn't currently fill?
Jump to post- Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:41 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: 707 Engine Pylons
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3844
707 Engine Pylons
I've always wondered this but was too dumb to ask. Why is the engine pylon for the #1 engine different than the rest. It's missing the distinctive hump toward the front of the engine. Anyone know the purpose? (enlarge the first pic, you can see what I mean better) <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" s...
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