Re: Any plans for a civilian air refueling operator buying ex USAF KC10’s ?

GalaxyFlyer wrote:

I called, I’ll die happy if I remember his name, the Wing King (Gary?).

Re: Any plans for a civilian air refueling operator buying ex USAF KC10’s ?

My record was, IIRC, 62 touch and goes, 3 no-flap full stops, in one week. And 2 hours of AR. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Another IP in my squadron did four hours of visual patterns—I think it was something like 40 touch and goes. I’ve seen KC-10s at Hickam do an AR flight and be back on the grou...

Re: WN Pilot Crawling through window to open cockpit?

...it's not being snobby. Please remember that I am in a white shirt, tie, and dress pants. That window isn't that big, and is surely dirty. Don't think I want to go through the rest of my day with a big dirt smear on my shirt. A different situation, but another thought - in a prior lifetime, I fle...

Re: Bad Info rejection?

I've had it happen when the internal battery dies, and replacing it usually takes care of the issue. I may replace it again - I have two 5d3 bodies, and I assume I replaced the battery in the correct one...it may have been an old battery, they go into a few different things, and the package was prob...

Re: 2023 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

StarAC17 wrote:

Overtaking isn't everything in this sport.

Re: Oakland A's to Las Vegas

ER757 wrote:

I'd think that when it was very hot, it wouldn't be retracted at all but would be fully closed (like the ballpark in PHX for example). Only partially retracted when the weather is milder. Just my guess

Re: Bad Info rejection?

Is this a known problem with your camera? Not the OP, but one of my bodies (I have a pair of 5D3s) keeps resetting the date/time. I've replaced the internal battery, but it still does it sometimes. If I don't catch it and reset it correctly, I'll end up with shots with the wrong date on the EXIF - ...

Re: Boeing KC-46 News, Production and Delivery Thread

Avatar2go wrote:

I don't think the boomer is going away,

Re: Nevada decriminalized traffic tickets

IMO I think this is a bad move. I wouldn't want to walk on The Strip knowing drivers can go unchecked. I don't understand what you are saying. Drivers will still be subject to being stopped and cited for traffic violations, however most minor violations won't be considered a criminal offense. In mo...

Re: What on earth do the screeners want?

jaemoon wrote:

What on earth do the screeners want?

Re: Move the forum down in order

teachpdx wrote:

But more so than that, the description reads as though it is just copy/pasted from somebody’s wish list for the site and not an actual description.

Re: Move the forum down in order

How does it take 2 years to add a new forum topic? Must be some pretty bad developers, no offense. Mine did an entire backend redevelopment (massive undertaking) in one week... but two years, jeez.... Honestly, I'm shocked we have it. The developers have shown no interest in anything other than the...

Re: Inflight turbulence leaves 1 dead NTSB to investigate

I do believe that finding out who in the media, and why , they jumped to this conclusion (air turbulence), is a newsworthy topic to investigate to ensure this type of false info is minimized in the future. In the original NTSB tweet (linked in the article listed in the OP) called it a 'turbulence e...

Re: How do I find a photo of an aircraft used for a refugee flight? I have the flights details.

Our Grandparents were on the MIBOA AH/116 Flight on 12/6/1956. I did a quick Google search on MIBOA AH/116 and came up with a couple of results - besides this thread... This has what looks to be scanned copies of the passenger list, from the listing: https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/arch...

Re: TFR/Airspace closure at Myrtle Beach for Chinese Spy Balloon…

Great job. It should have been shot down before it entered the US airspace though. It crossed into US airspace from Canada. Should the US have sent fighter jets into Canadian airspace to shoot it down, with the debris landing where it could have cause harm on the ground? And what right would the US...

Re: Runway Incursion at JFK 1/13/23

Had the DL aircraft that departed before the incident aircraft not been a widebody, and thus had a longer interval before the incident aircraft could depart, this could have been an actual metal-bending event. And it is also possible that DL could have been rolling before AA got to the hold line, t...

Re: Charlotte Aviation - 2023

Also, is Runway 5/32 ever used for any takeoffs or landings? Runway 23 (not 32) was frequently used for landings in the past, but I believe they stopped for a while as the FAA determined missed approaches on 23 could conflict with traffic departing 18C. It reopened for a while with provisions in pl...

Re: Greatest movie ever

cjg225 wrote:

Ummm.... am I seriously the 31st post in this thread and am the first person to mention Casablanca...?

Re: Two Delta Air Lines Flight Attendants Facing Felony Charges For Drug Trafficking

adv40624 wrote:

Two off duty Delta flight attendants were flying on passes on American Airlines from Brazil to Miami and were arrested in Miami after drugs were found in their bags.

Re: B-1 Quick Start/Other Aircraft with feature?

The BUFF has quick start canisters, but I think all are in their seats when they start the engines. In a big cloud of smoke all 8 start at same time. The KC-135A had the same thing, cartridges for EWO Alert starts. Normally we had carts in the two outboard engines, but depending on 'conditions' cou...

Re: Air refueling while banking

Those 12(?) ARR jets are like national treasure... There were 8 of them, all had started life or spent time as something else (EC/RC) but were converted back to tankers when those roles ended, keeping the receiver refueling gear. One went to be the R-model conversion test bed, the other 7 were base...

Re: Mid-air collision at Dallas Executive Airshow

What was the formation or show event that all those planes were in the air for? I've been to many of the San Diego Miramar airshow but have never seen such a, what appears to be, a "mess" of aircraft in the sky at one time for the show. What I have seen has always been well choreographed ...

Re: Rescue Dog flight crash lands on golf course near Waukesha,Wi