Re: SLS / Orion - Tests, Launches, & Developments

And the broken engines of the Space Shuttle were forged again...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

If I was in Germany I would be installing a modern airtight wood burning stove. They are clean and they put out a lot of heat. You wrote this about four weeks ago... ...this week the Swiss stove and heating technicians all said that if you order a wood stove *now*, it will be installed in February....

Re: Mar-A-Lago raided by FBI.

Such a tragedy. This man very likely died because of a lie that he was told. Lies have consequences Truth matters. Trump will either doom the Republican party, or he will doom the entire United States. The GOP has actually a choice. It can, in a bold move, cut all ties with the Trump fascism. But t...

Re: Mar-A-Lago raided by FBI.

I wonder if copies were made of these classified documents and given to others outside the United States? I am not saying this absolutely happened, but I just wonder. Knowing the former administration, I wouldn't doubt it... If I would sell top secret documents to foreign agents, I would do exactly...

Re: Mar-A-Lago raided by FBI.

I remember a few saying back in 2016 "We like Trump because he says whatever he wants and doesn't care". I replied "that's what I do and all you think I'm an asshole". No response.... This reminds me of certain memes... "What is classy if you're rich, but trashy if you're p...

Re: The nuclear 5000 passenger airplane

BoatStuck wrote:

How would there be 5,000 people who all want to take the same long distance trip from the same origin to the same destination at the same time, especially year-round?

Re: The nuclear 5000 passenger airplane

People always say they have a “solution” for airline travel, as if it represents a “problem.” This is because people do not understand airlines. They don’t understand it is the most competitive industry in the world, with the best safety record. Unit costs are low. Airline travel is one of the most...

Re: SpaceX - Tests, Launches, Developments - 2022

Model rockets are good. Model rockets with propulsive landing are even better! Here, a guy modified one to do exactly that, and it took him seven years to do so. He regulates thrust in a rather crude way - a fire-proof clamp that grips into the exhaust flame, and deflects it sideways. But the iterat...

Re: How do hardcore simmers not get distracted at home?

I cannot imagine 2+ hour flights in a sim. I'm all about short hops, difficult airfields and terrible weather.

Re: Your most embarassing flight sim mistakes

I seem to remember the final mission of F/A-18 was to nuke some dam. But the sim was great and of unheard "pro" quality and frame rate. Still more about systems and weapons than eye candy. Yes, yes! The last mission was bombing a dam. The game ran very fluid on the Apple LC III (25 MHz, 4...

Re: Your most embarassing flight sim mistakes

Sort of embarrassing was the fact that I could "perfectly" sim fly with no joystick or pedals but just with a mouse (that early roundish design iMac mouse if your know what I mean) The round iMac mouse? Ouch, the pains... I quickly ditched it for a Logitech mouse! But I got to be an exper...

Re: Pelosi Flight to Taiwan Most Tracked Flight Ever

bikerthai wrote:

flyingturtle wrote:

Mrs. Pelosi is now flying back, and she's over (formerly) Russian airspace now. Maybe the bird is taking a short nap in Anchorange...

Breakfast perhaps. Would not make it to DC with just a bowl of Bibimbap. Or did she have sushi?

bt

Re: Pelosi Flight to Taiwan Most Tracked Flight Ever

Mrs. Pelosi is now flying back, and she's over (formerly) Russian airspace now. Maybe the bird is taking a short nap in Anchorange...

Re: Pelosi Flight to Taiwan Most Tracked Flight Ever

Sorry this might be off topic but how does the C40 differ from the 737, any military modifications, protections? According to the famous website that anybody can edit: C-40B: VIP aircraft for transporting senior U.S. military commanders. Has sleeping suites and far superior communication capabiliti...

Re: Pelosi Flight to Taiwan Most Tracked Flight Ever

ReverseFlow wrote:

Interesting that it was visible on FR. As 'SPAR' callsigns aren't always visible there.
So it means they (USAF) wanted it to be seen by a large audience?

The nuclear 5000 passenger airplane

In case you didn't already have some laughs today. I always chuckle when CNN (and other media) report on "XXX will change the way we fly!!!1!", with these innovations never, ever coming along. If there is one religious doctrine in commercial aviation, then it is the never-ending litany of ...

Re: Nancy Pelosi going to Taiwan

But then isn't Russia also viewing Ukraine through the same light, with Euromaidan? Hence China could also do to Taiwan what Russia is doing to Ukraine now. That's exactly why I mentioned Taiwan and Ukraine in the same sentence. Russia has the additional problems of kleptocracy, nepotism and corrup...

Re: Nancy Pelosi going to Taiwan

I think the timing is pretty bad. We have enough problems with Russia right now. This will just lead to China and Russia supporting each other even more. The timing is actually pretty good. China can make Taiwan an offer, instead of sending threats. Pelosi visiting Taiwan in spite of the Chinese sa...

Re: Nancy Pelosi going to Taiwan

flightradar24.com is pretty much unusable right now. The system is overloaded. Too many people watching flight number SPAR19.

Re: What happens to ISS if Russia backs out.

Noshow wrote:

Thank you my friend. I am not a space person.

Re: What happens to ISS if Russia backs out.

How will the ISS be made to come back? Will it be separated and guided down in parts or sections or will the entire station be steered to reenter? How will the practical deorbiting work? What will be the biggest parts that likely make it through reentry? Anything dangerous, nuclear batteries maybe?...

Re: Bastille Day 2022 Unusual Addition

Noshow wrote:

Have the French ever displayed nuclear weapons (or mock up bombs shaped like them) on Bastille Day as air parade bomber payload?

Re: Any idea for a birthday gift? about aviation?

Boeing757100 wrote:

AirKevin wrote:

889091 wrote:

...yep... and start stalking him once you give him the snow globe...

And then post all about it here.

And write an apology thread and get A.net famous for it

Re: SpaceX - Tests, Launches, Developments - 2022

Splendid touchdown today...

And for the first time, I've seen their new Starship launch tower:

Re: Any idea for a birthday gift? about aviation?

A little plane in a snow globe?

Re: What is faster in baggage loading, bulk loaded or container loaded?

Airlines will look at all the factors. For example, bulk-loaded baggage comes with heavier occupational health rules - lifting all this baggage in a constricted space...

Re: Havana Airport Operation Question

LAX: go to Northside Pkwy (just off Westchester Pkwy) whenever El Al departs. You'll see a big black SUV with 3-4 goons inside that goes up and down the road when the aircraft is taking and on the runway. El Al jets are known to have this extra security. In ZRH, when the plane stands at the termina...

Re: Updated: Switzerland deciding to buy F-35A fighter jets

But still in mint condition, I have to say. Probably because they only flew them 8am-5pm Mon-Fri... ;-) sorry, couldn't resist.... Yeah. When Switzerland sold dozens of them to the Navy's TOP GUN, they were said to be in mint condition. Don't worry about the joke. The Swiss Armed Forces are quite f...

Re: Updated: Switzerland deciding to buy F-35A fighter jets

English report from July 8th reflecting my earlier postings: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-fighter-jet-document-reveals-secret-french-tax-offer/47737862 Newer research by journalists indicate that the French government saw the situation as a whole package: Rafale fighter jet, in exchange for a ...

Re: What's up with Airbus Beluga at GVA?

If it wasn't flying circles, I would guess delivering some oversized stuff to underground physicists at the CERN.

Re: Anti-radiation missile as a partial answer to stealth?

"This missile will hit him if the radar stays on, and even if he turns it off the radar will go to the predicted location and search with it's (admittedly small) built in radar." This is a problem. What is the predicted location? How does your missile predict the location? (Anti-radiation ...

Re: JWST first images to be released

Tugger wrote:

Kinda gorgeous

Tugg

Re: Swiss Aviation Thread - 2022

The Swiss interior minister Alain Berset, who has a private pilot license since 2009, has been forced to a landing by the French aviation authorities on a flight between two airfields in France. The basis was a communicative misunderstanding, he entered closed airspace. After the landing, his identi...

Re: JWST first images to be released

Ugh, I’ll wait until I don’t have to watch the politics show to see the images. No politics show. But the live stream is stuttering and re-loading all the time. Sigh. The number of viewers has lowered from 86k to 50k... and even 20k. Jeebus. And their live connection to Longueil, headquarter of the...

Re: Your most embarassing flight sim mistakes

Very old episode, in the F/A-18 game for Macintosh. Mid or late 1990ies. I was zooming towards a bridge that needed to be destroyed. Hey, I thought, at that difficulty grade I could just fly ahead of the strike force, and take out the antiaircraft gun with... er... my cannon. From previous tries I k...

Re: SpaceX - Tests, Launches, Developments - 2022