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2004-07-13 Britain

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Posted by Howard UK 2004-07-13 09:06|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Craziest bastards you ever saw--they used to do hops for their low level certs in Oman, if they exceeded 50 feet they failed.

See, 54 feet. He fails.

Posted by longtime lurker 2004-07-13 10:17:32 AM|| 2004-07-13 10:17:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 ..At Nellis AFB, there are pics in the Range Control Center of an RAF Buccaneer that lost its radome after the pilot pulled UP into a telephone line. When my dad was visiting Scotland in the mid 90s, he was able to get a pic of two Harrier keeping formation...with his car.
NOBODY does low level like the RAF.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-07-13 11:24:31 AM|| 2004-07-13 11:24:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Mike:

If there's a .jpg of that photo, a lot of people would probably love to see it. (Hint! Hint!)

Posted by Mike 2004-07-13 11:36:02 AM|| 2004-07-13 11:36:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I remember knowing that the shooting was really getting ready to start in GGI when I saw video of a British Sea Harrier passing under the bow of an LPD to give the cousins an idea of what to expect if there was a leak in the air screen.

Posted by Shipman 2004-07-13 12:36:31 PM|| 2004-07-13 12:36:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Along the same lines.... remembering the A-6 that took down the ski lift. An awful accident, but did anyone notice that the damn tail of the A-6 was intact on landing? Build more.

Posted by Shipman 2004-07-13 12:38:26 PM|| 2004-07-13 12:38:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 GGI? LPD? WTF?

Posted by Howard UK 2004-07-13 1:14:41 PM|| 2004-07-13 1:14:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 GGI = Think he meant GWI, Gulf War I
LPD = USN amphibious landing ship
WTF = What The F*&K

Posted by Steve 2004-07-13 2:04:52 PM|| 2004-07-13 2:04:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 "Yew puttin' holes in mah aircraft agin, drivah?"

Posted by mojo 2004-07-13 3:02:18 PM|| 2004-07-13 3:02:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Ten-four.

Posted by Howard UK 2004-07-13 3:21:33 PM|| 2004-07-13 3:21:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Some semi-relevant pix:

Runway Traffic
Nozzle
Flyby

Posted by .com 2004-07-13 4:28:23 PM|| 2004-07-13 4:28:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Damn, .com! Where'd you get those pictures?

I'd love to have been on the ship, but I'm glad I wasn't in the van. ;-)

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-07-13 6:20:13 PM|| 2004-07-13 6:20:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Lol, Barb - all over! Sorry, that answer sux...

The motherlode of snarky is Curmudgeonly & Skeptical - terpsboy is the champ, hands-down.

After that, well, there's Fark's photoshop contests, Worth1000's incredible wealth of photoshopped goodies, and sundry. When really desperate, and occasionally there's a jewel worth wading through the crap to get, you can try StileMedia. Warning - there is some truly disgusting shit there and I seldom find it worth the trouble, anymore. Any site you run across with decent pix, check to see if they link to others, of course.

Just a hobby. Hey, you oughtta see the 500+ weird vids I've collected!

Posted by .com 2004-07-13 6:44:37 PM|| 2004-07-13 6:44:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 .com: Did you hear the end of that Video? It was being tested by India I think.

Posted by Charles 2004-07-13 10:27:19 PM|| 2004-07-13 10:27:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 That was a French voice - it was the Airbus maiden flight of the fully computerized flight system. There were pilots on board fighting the system. The humans were trying to land the plane and the software, for whatever reason, did not allow the final descent. I believe there is a full explanation out there somewhere.

Posted by .com 2004-07-13 10:31:22 PM|| 2004-07-13 10:31:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 You mean the "oh no,oh no" Voice was French? ALthough, it does make sense the French would try that. Less work hours for the pilots.

Posted by Charles 2004-07-13 10:34:57 PM|| 2004-07-13 10:34:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 For more (interesting) info on that crash, checkout www.airdisaster.com.

Posted by Rafael 2004-07-13 10:53:59 PM|| 2004-07-13 10:53:59 PM|| Front Page Top

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