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10 January 2009, 12:09 AM | #31 |
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In my case we were doing a project for a client in Richmond. We stationed two associates on site for several months. My partner and I would fly over over every few weeks to check on progress. Due to family circumstances, we had to fly both associates (at separate times) back to the States quickly, so we authorized them to fly the Concorde. Once when my partner and I were in Richmond, I told him it was unfair that the associates had flown the Concorde and we hadn't. So I called our travel agent (who happened to be my wife) and told her to book our return on the Concorde. Naturally all travel costs were charged to the client. They were spending so much on this project that they didn't even notice the cost of travel.
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10 January 2009, 02:23 AM | #33 |
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It takes years of practice to get that good.
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10 January 2009, 03:03 AM | #34 |
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It cost me £160 for both of us. I get an allowance for tickets and by booking the cheapest going for the return ticket (outside toilets etc.) I had to fork out the £160 out of my own pocket. Worth every penny.
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10 January 2009, 07:12 AM | #35 |
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Best picture I could find of it. Tracers being fired from an AC-130 Spectre gunship
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11 January 2009, 10:23 AM | #37 |
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You're lucky to have been able to fly the F-14. That's my favorite plane even if it's retired. It was a combination of Top Gun and Robotech that influenced me on wanting to fly one, but the eyesight prevented that from happening.
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11 January 2009, 10:57 AM | #38 |
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My favorite plane is the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter
I flew on them for almost 20 years and logged over 4000 hours. I was not a pilot, but rather a loadmaster, taking care of the cargo, passengers, and paratroopers (when we airdropped). It was a great job and I got to visit 65 countries over the years. The bottom pic is me in Hanoi North Vietnam in 1993 bringing home remains of our fallen POW/MIAs. I was honored to do that mission on three different occasions. It was a great life on that aircraft.
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Good for you and all of us Tim for your service. Painful last picture and I understand the emotion all to well. Check six.
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My favorite. I flew this most of my career.
started way back when...1989 To today....2002
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Did you ever visit Australia for exercises? Fly with any RAAF hornets or F-111's?
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Holy Crap...small world! Hey Steve...not sure if you know who 'ol Moby33 is...but I'll give you a clue. We worked together teaching at Annapolis in mighty Sea/Nav just a few short years ago!!! I'm sure you heard about Vern (tragic) and I still exchange emails w/ Maz now & again! Small world indeed.
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i am not sure, i am in the aviation industry and one of the guys that works here emailed it to me. it almost looks like one of those guys could have leaned out and touched the nose!!
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It looks like a Euro-Fighter
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17 January 2009, 04:49 AM | #48 |
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OK, I'll play Am on year number 24 in the U.S. Army. Been flying UH-60 Blackhawks since 2004. Prior to that flew AH-64 Apaches, AH-1 Cobras, OH-58 Kiowas, and UH-1 Hueys. My favorite was tha Cobra, it just had a certain personality about it. Unfortunately I do not have any pictures on digits of the Cobra, 58, and Huey.
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you are correct it is a eurofighter typhoon.
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I was sitting in front of a Whole Foods yesterday on the laptop, just outside of Las Vegas. There were lots of fighter jets landing at Nellis, flying really low right overhead. It was deafening, but I should take my camera out there today and snap a few...
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A pic I snapped on a very rare daylight jump.
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Thats a great pic, is that Sicily DZ at Bragg?
I remember that one was 55 seconds I think? :) I dropped over 1500 guys in five days over Sicily DZ one week back in 1982. It was all money jumps, we did three lifts a day dropping 110 each jump. I worked my ass off pulling in static lines, configuring the red seats, and rigging the retriever winches. I got tired just thinking about it. :) Good times.
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Damn, you are good!! That is exactly where it is. In the late 80's. Sicily and Holland DZ's were the most user friendly and also Salerno. STAND IN THE DOOR!!
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18 January 2009, 05:45 PM | #54 |
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6 minutes.......6 minutes......"all outboard personnel "stand up!" "hook up" "check static lines"......"check equipment" "One minute!!!!!" "Green light!" Go Go Go Go Go Go!!!!!!!! :) Well, it went something like that anyway.
Man, do I ever remember day upon day sitting on green ramp lounging on the grass hill as the jumpers lined up behind the aricraft. Something similar to these pics Fun times. |
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The F117A Stealth Fighter is reputedly a very unstable aircraft and required computers to fly due to its unaerodynamic design.
Well this video is evidence from a pilot that the F117A is in fact 'rock steady' and so we can put that statement of 'unstable' to bed as intended misinformation. Model F117A aircraft have also been found to be rock steady in flight and extremely stable.
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Steve! i wanna the stealth fighter!! though given up on flying,after chking out the videos man i'm goin back flying! btw Steve are you into rc planes?
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I got our F117's directly from the manufacturer in China. Quality is very good and for $200 Definitely get one. You will love it.
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I prefer the rugged simplicity that Russians offer
Su-37 (NATO designation 'Flanker-F') the Aircraft that defies the laws of gravity and one of the best multi role fighters in my books Here is the Su 37 And here is it's bigger brother the Sukhoi 47 Berkut
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Steve,my advice do practice on the sim before you take off...it really helps!
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