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    http://theaviationist.com/2012/04/13/ep-3e-derna/

    First off silly man, EP-3's don't fly at "high altitude".
    scoober78, Apr 16, 2012
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    ea6bflyr Working Class Bum

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    While I am not a photo analyst, it certainly looks like an IL-38 not an EP-3:
    [IMG]
    ea6bflyr, Apr 16, 2012
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    Brett327 Magnum!

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    How can you tell the difference based on the linked pics?
    Brett327, Apr 16, 2012
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    jollygreen07 Huge Monstrosity

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    "And you sir, are a chucklehead!"

    Love this. It's like an aviation tabloid.

    In other news, 6 Cessna 172's were airborne in Spain at the exact moment of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Coincidence?
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    jollygreen07 Huge Monstrosity

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    It is pretty hilarious.
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  7. 707guy "You can't make this shit up..."

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    They were distracting folks away from the movie set they used to film the landings...
    707guy, Apr 16, 2012
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  8. Jim123 molding (warping) the future of naval aviation

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    Oh man... looking at the flight path tracks on that website I was just struck by a terrible realization...

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    Now everyone on the internet can see when you are trying to hold and you mess up your entry orbit!

    I'm just not sure I can handle the anguish of wondering whether bloggers will criticize me for picking teardrop instead of parallel. :(
    Jim123, Apr 16, 2012
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    I think not...no one will ever know...or appreciate...the incalculable contribution of the Spanish Cessnas towards the effort of faking the moon landings.

    Unfortunately...black helicopters now have your IP address. Way to go...
    Renegade One, Apr 16, 2012
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    SynixMan Every day I'm chop, chopperin...

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    I need my tinfoil hat!
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    ea6bflyr Working Class Bum

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    In the pic posted, the body of the aircraft in question looks long like an IL-38, not short and stubby like a P-3
    ea6bflyr, Apr 17, 2012
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    <<< Wanna borrow mine??? :cool:


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    Uncle Fester Big veiny triumphant bastard

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    I love it when airshow nerds try to do deep thinking about things military.
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  14. MonkUSMC Playing the waiting game

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    Because we're some mysterious operating force full of coverups and dark secrets, and everything we do must have a top secret mission related reason to it.
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    insanebikerboy Internet killed the television star

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    You wanna talk top secret, lemme tell you about this growler I delivered at work yesterday....
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    Uncle Fester Big veiny triumphant bastard

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    At least he's honest enough to admit he dismisses mundane explanations becuase they're "far less interesting".
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    If you turn aimlessly enough, every entry becomes a direct entry.
    scoolbubba, Apr 17, 2012
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    ea6bflyr Working Class Bum

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    Or you can just ask for manuevering airspace and make it a direct entry. Holding is for the birds.

    Pilot: "Hey, lets practice bleeding."
    Co-Pilot: "Gee, that sounds nifty. Lets do it."
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  19. Renegade One Well-Known Member

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    Holding = Multi-Engine (Land) PIC or 2P flight time in your logbook. There are worse things in this world...
    Renegade One, Apr 17, 2012
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    And MEL 2P time past a certain amount is about as worthless as tits on a bull.
    MasterBates, Apr 17, 2012
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    First instrument sim is tomorrow...going to see how this flies with the instructor ;)
    wlawr005, Apr 17, 2012
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    You guys do realize that the different holding entries are only recommended procedures. You can enter anyway you want and the airspace is equally protected on both sides of the holding radial.

    To me, there is no such thing as outbound parrallel. It's either direct-ish or a tear-ish drop.
    HAL Pilot, Apr 17, 2012
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    Hozer Jobu needs a refill!

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    If you could distinctly smell burritos, it's a P-3.
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    Heads just exploded at this notion. How could I enter holding without holding my hand up to the HSI? It'd be like doing a point to point without using a pencil.

    [IMG]
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  25. KCOTT remember to pillage before you burn

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    Tail.....radial..........fuck, turned the wrong way.
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