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"DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever" (eg6) 08/17/2020 at 13:28 • Filed to: None

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Grindintosecond > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever 08/17/2020 at 13:38

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A lot don’t know it, but Jimmy Stewart retired as a 1-star general in the AF reserves . He commanded a B24 squadron in England. Flew 20 combat bomber missions. Aside from Cliff Robertson and Travolta and  Cruise, one of the few actors who could probably fly whatever plane was in the movies they filmed.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever 08/17/2020 at 13:39

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Six turnin’, four burnin’...

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Grindintosecond 08/17/2020 at 13:50

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But did they all own their own airport terminal and 707?

ttyymmnn > Grindintosecond 08/17/2020 at 13:56

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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever 08/17/2020 at 13:56

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W hat is the 6 engine jet in the second part?

Ash78, voting early and often > Grindintosecond 08/17/2020 at 13:56

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I miss the era before everyone was so specialized...you actually had cool back stories like that, not “Jimmy’s parents moved him to New York to study acting at age 12...”

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 08/17/2020 at 13:57

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B-47 strato bomber!

ttyymmnn > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever 08/17/2020 at 13:57

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The aerial scenes were by far the best part of that movie, and the music is far better than the dialog. Still, I’d rather hear the engine noise. 

Ash78, voting early and often > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 08/17/2020 at 14:08

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Yep, basically our first attempt to replace range/loiter with outright speed. First of its kind. It gets forgotten a lot because the B-52 came out just a few years later and largely took over the role.

user314 > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 08/17/2020 at 14:39

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Which usually wound up being “two turning, two burning, two smoking, two choking, and two more unaccounted for”.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > user314 08/17/2020 at 15:15

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Nothing beat the magnesium fires on the B-29s

Darkbrador > ttyymmnn 08/17/2020 at 15:20

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I grew up near a French air base (ok, queue the jokes, do French have an army, white flag, blah blah ...), and got very familiar with the double sonic boom of a jet flying supersonic. But only recently did I discover that the sonic boom doesn’t only happen when the airplane crosses the “ sonic wall” (le mur du son in the language of Voltaire) but produced at all time when its going supersonic.

The more you know ...  

ttyymmnn > Darkbrador 08/17/2020 at 16:21

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Yeah, it’s interesting how it’s really a shock wave that rolls across the ground, and I suppose you only hear the “boom” when that shockwave passes over you. Speaking of shock waves, give this a quick read.

The Oklahoma City sonic boom tests , also known as Operation Bongo II , refer to a controversial experiment, organised by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in which 1,253 sonic booms were generated over Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, over a period of six months from February 1964. The experiment was intended to quantify the effects of transcontinental supersonic transport (SST) aircraft on a city, to measure the booms’ effect on structures and public attitude, and to develop standards for boom prediction and insurance data.

Oklahoma City’s population was perceived to be relatively tolerant of such an experiment, as it had an economic dependency on the nearby Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center and Tinker Air Force Base ; and, in fact, the local Chamber of Commerce threw a celebratory dinner when Oklahoma was selected.

Despite this the testing was stopped early, in the wake of damage complaints, and although the final report said that “the overwhelming majority felt they could learn to live with the numbers and kinds of booms experienced” the FAA’s poor handling of complaints led to a class action lawsuit against the U.S. government. The negative publicity associated with the tests partially influenced the 1971 cancellation of the Boeing 2707 project and the United States’ complete withdrawal from SST design.

Oklahoma City sonic boom tests (Wiki)