"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
12/07/2013 at 11:35 • Filed to: planeopnik, morning shift, news, aviation news, aviationist
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"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
12/07/2013 at 11:35 • Filed to: planeopnik, morning shift, news, aviation news, aviationist | 1
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This is the Morning Shift...or not. All of this stuff comes from a single website, about non-car-stuff, but I thought it was neat enough to share. As such we'll be using the
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instead of the normal shifting through gears with this one.
Take-Off: Cessna mini-Warthog edges towards flight test
Texttron AirLand, the parent company of Cessna, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of its Scorpion light attack/trainer aircraft. Although marketed to the USAF (which already has the Raytheon T-6 Texan II and Boeing T-45 Goshawk in this performance class, and wide access to off-the-shelf aircraft like Predator/Reaper UAVs and Raytheon King Airs for aerial border patrol work and other low-threat surveillance) it will mostly likely be pushed towards smaller air forces who appreciate small multi-role aircraft that can stop invasions one day and train new pilots the next.
Departure: Freakin' laser beams!
The USAF wants !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! by 2030. In addition to being friggin' cool, lasers work ideally as offensive and defensive weapons, as the USAF envisions fighters being able to swat down missiles before being able to take over the world for one billion dollars!
Crosswind: B-52s rescue pilot remotely
Yeah, that's how good USAF pilots are. They don't even need to see you !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! :
"The fuel saved by the crew of HAIL13 in the beginning stages of the mission allowed them to fly faster back to their original course, putting them back on schedule. Not only did they meet schedule, HAIL13 and their wingman were able to complete every mission checkpoint, resulting in a successful mission."
Oh yeah, and that too. We're talking some pretty elite flying here, if not necessarily the Top Gun kind.
Downwind: Yeah, what the title says:
This is what refueling a B-1 bomber over Afghanistan looks like:
The video is particularly interesting as it lets you understand how difficult maneuvering !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in the proper position to enable air-to-air refueling can be. And keep that position is a bit tricky.
Base: The B-2 Spirit is deadly beyond its stealth
How badly can a B-2 ruin someone's day. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
Even if B-52s have been used to test it, the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is the only aircraft in the U.S. Air Force inventory currently capable to carry and release the heaviest U.S. bomb, the 30,000-lb !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
Final Approach: And now for the comedy entry
The Iranians are !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! the Qaher-313 "stealth" "fighter" "capable of actual manned flight" "and not totally just a glorified toy bought at HobbyTown, USA." !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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Short-field landing: Hey I just remembered what today is
Project Top Flight. At Edwards Air Force Base, California, Commander Lawrence E. Flint, Jr., United States Navy, set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Record for Altitude with McDonnell YF4H-1 Phantom II, Bu. No. 142260. At 47,000 feet (14,326 meters), Commander Flint accelerated in afterburner to Mach 2.5 in level flight, then pulled up into a 45° climb and continued climbing to 90,000 feet (27,432 meters). He had to shut down the Phantom's two General Electric J79 jet engines to prevent them from overheating in the thin atmosphere. He continued on a ballistic trajectory to 98,556.43 feet (30,040 meters). This was just short of the arbitrary 100,000 feet (30,480 meters) that delineated the beginning of space at the time. Diving back through 70,000 feet (21,336 meters), Commander Flint restarted the engines.
The F-4 Phantom II would later go on to have a starring role in such things as Iron Eagle II which is still waaaaay better than Pearl Harbor (and ironically enough, has more explosions in it)
Stalling at 15,000 feet and slowly crashing towards the ground because I don't know what the aviation equivalent of neutral is: So how's it going, Airlops? Yeah, I got nothing...make your own discussion topics!
Axel-Ripper
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
12/07/2013 at 11:50 |
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Departure:
Goshen, formerly Darkcode
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
12/07/2013 at 11:51 |
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According to the comments at The Aviationist, not even Iranians believe the F-313 is real.
McMike
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
12/07/2013 at 12:11 |
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Little did you know, the Q-313 was at Pearl Harbor.
/fiveminutephotoshop
Jayhawk Jake
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
12/07/2013 at 12:16 |
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Call neutral 'gliding' or 'flare'
Quick nitpicky correction: Textron Airland is a joint venture between Textron and Airland LLC, not the parent company of Cessna (that would be Textron by itself, which is also the parent company of Bell helicopter and various other companies)