Search results

He just went and proved what I said about arguing with friggin idiotic econ majors...

Man this is funny. To argue with an idiot...you have to talk like an idiot: F-22 goes Mach 3 this is proven in tests where great American hero test pilot Colonel Sanders flew amazing Fried Chicken Loop which demonstrate +/-180 degree AoA with THRUST VECTORING. They say APG-77 is...

Good point....he made me waste about 10 minutes of my life.

Plasma stealth is idiotic. The energy required to generate plasma(you DO know what plasma is right) is astronomical. I say astronomical because it only NATURALLY occurs in stars. Think about that. Not to mention you'd make a beautiful IR beacon in doing so. F-22s will be undetected by enemy...

So just what's with Soviet fighters and their inexplicable desire to mate with the P-3? http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_287.shtml

i hear AF is having the same problems. A guy i know in AFROTC was told OTS slots were closed, which means more slots for the ROTC/AFA guys, but a pilot slot reduction overall. I don't vouch for the validity of that statement though...just something I heard secondhand.

Yes...google "patrick's aviation website." It hosts a lot of really really good, long, big files. Unfortunately, he has a upload cap each day. So you gotta start DLing early... or late(resets at midnight CST).

Edited: No point responding to wackjobs.

As the Great Santini said..."God, God, why do you put so many jerks in the world at the same time!?"

They pulled those clips off the Tomcat Fighter Fling vidoes...full versions are about 20~ minutes long.

Yeah, I think those have got to be the worst if they're out there. And you KNOW they did it when it was their time, lower and faster.

This isn't regarding the sonic boom, it's just military air traffic in general. I'm just curious why it is people move in, probably to take advantage of the nearby military base for its economic potential, then years later, begin to ***** and moan about the "noise." Seriously, wtf. How about...

Just curious...does that apply to new NORTHROP Grumman aircraft? Or just no more 'cats period?

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/canwemakeit.html Off the same site, along the lines of a "Dude check this out" kinda move.

I like it. And no doubt it beats Musketeer.

I saw it a diff angle, don't know if same video but it was an A-4 and F/A-18 as well, it looked like the pylon+fuel tank actually came off...

shoo, civilian isn't a "select" for NROTC, but it's been forced on some of the lower performers...

K, let's watch it there...

I think China's got dibs on the invasion. Maybe if we could get Russia to start working it, then we could maybe get a pipeline going to the US. :D Of course then Tom Clancy wouldn't shut up with the "I told you so..."

I think I'd kill the doctor with the twitchy hands if I was the parent...or the kid a few years later...and finding out what I'd be missing out on.

B/c America is the Great Satan and the Soviets were the Little Satan. :icon_wink

And I'd always heard BA was one of the "safe" or "good" airlines. I wonder if our resident 747 driver, A4s could give us his opinion on this?

Heard it had something to do with Grumman getting rather arrogant and essentially acting like they had a monopoly on naval tactical air. So they offered a pretty expensive package. Supposedly that's what ticked off then SecDef Cheney. I don't recall what aircraft was under discussion at the...

The way I understand it, the engine was water-cooled. Not a problem, except the system was on the underbelly, which meant if perforated, you're leaking your primary coolant, and the engine would be lost. But I also heard the P-51 had some neat little aerodynamic tricks. The wing was...

Good call. On the subject of your fascination with GE, you hear about that proposed GE F414 upgrade? By 2008 supposedly a ~20% engine thrust upgrade for the Super Bug. I'm just wondering if we're actually going to pay for it when the time comes.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/markw4/index1.html The published results of a Navy study comparing the three.

I've seen a VERY impressive video of a Super Hornet with a "full combat load." And it looked pretty fat and full to me, but it still was hauling ass pretty impressively. I'd like to see how much better it is loaded light.

You wanna see some fine looking women? Go running along with women's track. View's just as good, and you get some motivation to run a little faster to keep that sight in view.

Most parents(esp civvies) don't know beans about the process. Sorry, but I'm with you on this one...mine were the same. Couldn't understand why my bp/pulse kept spiking when I went into a hospital. After a number of NAMI whammy stories, I see everybody in a white coat as a big fat NPQ...

Why the hell did I put this here? Oh well, I blame the long hours and time of day. Could a mod move it somewhere more appropriate? Sorry bout that.

After an unexpected required formatting(chicks+computers=pain in the ass for some guy ;) ), I had to google some clip and came upon THIS: http://www.patricksaviation.com/videos.php Best public collection I've ever seen...all the videos/links actually friggin work, and they're actually...

iPod...hehe

I bet a Finn...I heard they along with the USN/USMC were the only aviators practicing high angle gunnery.

I always wondered if it ever went the other way...do the troops ever pull something on the aircrew?

I'm not suggesting that any modern society was ever at the level of the Third Reich or the Japanese Army in WW2. But we've done some pretty $hitty things in the past too. Really, really $hitty things. So have the Brits, and the French, and the Belgians. Just a lot longer ago, over less time...

whoa...great sea story.

I'd bet a graph plotting frequency/severity of marijuana use as a relation to how you vote would show that it makes you more likely to vote Democrat. Should that be used in political debates? You need to gather relevant information. You're insinuating that responsible gun ownership(clearly...

He means he wants to remain anonymous when he's posting liberal viewpoints of a HS kid(did you graduate yet) on a public website populated in part by psychotic military types(ahem...Marines) who might not like what he has to say...;) Just messing with ya'll.

Yeah I think so, but I think they were invented by Louisiana Cajuns...

I'm just wondering...why engines in particular? And do you even know if we just get the designs and build them here or do they physically SHIP the engines or finished aircraft here? Cuz that seems kinda dumb, eh? There are a plenty of things we use that are foreign-designed, but...

Yeah, I hear they're real "cowboy" in the way they do things...but that it also works great for them because of how proficient the entire unit is so that they can handle doing things their own way. The story in BHD about how one guy landed a Little Bird in an alleyway with about a foot...

China buying Russian bombers and supersonic antishipping missiles would lead to a really bad day. One of their subs just scared the crap out of the JSDF when it popped up nearby while inserting undetected...supposedly. Then there's all that "advice" they're trying to get on amphibious...

Awesome stuff!

Apparently if you're a grad of the Citadel it helps to wear your ring in the Charleston area. Know a dude who got out of one ticket, and got a major fine reduction on another(going 80 downhill where limit was 50-didn't want to stress his brakes).

Eh didn't think it was that bad. If you know nothing about Hughes it could be really interesting, although the entire story really did get glamorized excessively. But yeah, if you're expecting a flight movie...go watch that Red Flag IMAX movie instead.

HOLLYWOOD! There were reports of F/A-18Cs surviving much worse SAM hits and landing safely in Desert Storm...and you'd figure the Rhino would be even more survivable than that.

Well you're a Huey guy, and it said "slick" Marine...maybe that caught your eye. :)

Best example would be the still-popular Counterstrike...It's hilarious.

I've seen plenty of Navy TV ads...and ours definitely beats the Army and AF ones. Especially that stupid Army of One crap.

No. Sikorsky is a proud Russian immigrant who started designing helicopters for us over here. Meaning it's homemade. And the H-60 has replaced USN H-46s, not USMC.