"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
09/20/2016 at 16:48 Filed to: U2, spy plane
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"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
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Saw on Yahoo! Yes I still use Yahoo. I know its like AOL not but old habits die hard.
I used to do civil engineering and environmental remediation at Beale so it holds a fond place in my heart. I have fond memories of doing a sewer survey and having the U2's doing touch and gos 100 yards away.
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sonicgabe
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
09/20/2016 at 16:54 |
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Is it Bono? It please be Bono.
Garrett Davis
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
09/20/2016 at 17:00 |
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Why check Yahoo when you can check the FP instead!
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/u2-spy-plane-c
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Garrett Davis
> sonicgabe
09/20/2016 at 17:00 |
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I lold.
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sonicgabe
> sonicgabe
09/20/2016 at 17:01 |
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Sorry, I had to. It really shitty that this happened and someone, other than Bono, died.
PatBateman
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
09/20/2016 at 17:04 |
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Well shit, I didn't know one of the pilots died. Now I feel bad about making a funny on the FP story. I thought they both lived.
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( _))°)
> sonicgabe
09/20/2016 at 17:12 |
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Bono is not a bad guy, he has filled Boeings with humanitarian supplies for places who need it. I like U2, Achtung Baby and before.
Ash78, voting early and often
> PatBateman
09/20/2016 at 17:15 |
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No worries, the FP thread was hilarious. The initial report was they were both fine.
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( _))°)
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
09/20/2016 at 17:16 |
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Two seater is a training or passenger version, it is tricky to fly from. What I hear, hard to correct stalls etc.. thats too bad. I have always wanted to go up in one, the James May video is amazing.
ttyymmnn
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( _))°)
09/20/2016 at 17:24 |
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The thing is hard to fly period, especially at lower speeds IIRC. Having something go wrong on takeoff is probably the worst time, for any airplane for that matter.
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( _))°)
> ttyymmnn
09/20/2016 at 17:25 |
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I just remember the pilot talking to James May and he commented on how tough it was and only experienced pilots fly them.
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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> Garrett Davis
09/20/2016 at 17:29 |
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Exactly!
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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> PatBateman
09/20/2016 at 17:34 |
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When there is an opportunity to pun, take it.
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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( _))°)
09/20/2016 at 17:35 |
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They are amazingly awkward on the ground, but once in the air it is apparent they are meant to soar. I really enjoyed seeing them fly around Beale. To bad I was there after they killed the SR-71, that would have been a sight to see.
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( _))°)
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
09/20/2016 at 17:36 |
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Yeah it would be nuts to see a blackbird fly by. I used to see B1s fly low in MT when I was a kid.
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sonicgabe
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( _))°)
09/20/2016 at 18:38 |
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The final straw came when aa year ago, I had an iOS screw-up, had to wipe my phone and reinstall from a back-up. When I turned my phone back and found my music collection gone, replaced with that damn U2 album that I had previously avoided.
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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( _))°)
09/20/2016 at 18:42 |
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So I grew up in Missoula and remember sonic booms in the late 70's and early 80's and they looked like B-1's. Is that what was flying overhead? I am guessing they were part of NORAD and flying nukes out of Greatfalls?
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( _))°)
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
09/20/2016 at 22:33 |
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My dad has a bunch of land and I would go fix a fence or something and wooooooshhhhh pretty low. Yeah the ones I saw were b1bs for sure. I would see Broncos too, the BLM flies those, I love Broncos.