We used to get an AN-224 (or maybe -225) into Miramar pretty regularly. Not sure if the crew was Russian, but it looked like a space station on final
AN-225. Owned and operated by a Ukrainian cargo airline.
We used to get an AN-224 (or maybe -225) into Miramar pretty regularly. Not sure if the crew was Russian, but it looked like a space station on final
AN-225. Owned and operated by a Ukrainian cargo airline.
Nothing special. Just a running joke/accusation against P3 bubbas that up at Whidbey we are accused of knocking the arresting gear out of battery (on purpose or otherwise). Hence the homage to the P8 above, and wondering if the title of "king of knocking the arresting gear out of battery" has been passed.Um, is this the first time a 737-sized aircraft has ever landed at NUW, or is there something I just don't understand? I'm sure it's the latter, you understand…like maybe "the bigs" are supposed to land beyond the short-field gear, given all that reverse-thrust stuff? Inquiring minds want to know!
My Jedi Master…with respect…still doesn't answer the question. WTF is it about the short-field gear that tires can't roll over it…or that "wide bodies" don't understand about landing beyond it? This does not appear (to your many masterless Ronin followers) to be "rocket science".Nothing special. Just a running joke/accusation against P3 bubbas that up at Whidbey we are accused of knocking the arresting gear out of battery (on purpose or otherwise). Hence the homage to the P8 above, and wondering if the title of "king of knocking the arresting gear out of battery" has been passed.
......The only place I ever heard any jokes or drama is up at Whidbey regarding it being knocked out of battery. Weird that you don't see the same at other fields, no?
Have you seen all the jets at Jax over the last couple years?The other two VP bases don't have TACAIR co-located so knocking the gear out isn't nearly as big a deal.
Nothing learned there?I knocked the battery out in key west pretty spectacularly and ended up with a blown tire out of it. Turned out that the cable had a fray in the steel and sheathing and sliced into our tire. Blah…blah…blah.
Yes. Two learning points.Nothing learned there?
Have you seen all the jets at Jax over the last couple years?
What about al udeid and bagram? Lots of jets there. And with all the fat kid heavies moving around, the battery manages to stay in place.
Maybe it's all the rain and general shirty weather up there in the Pacific Northwest?
Neither of which are germane to my question. "R1 is OUT!"Yes. Two learning points...
Simply awesome, haven't heard that turn of phrase before."Sky Pig of Doom"