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Yeah, well it was tongue-in-cheek to the guy who made that comment. Just saying....

If it's deterrence you need, you could do a lot more with a dozen or so F-16's vice one F-22. Regardless of how good a Sukhoi (or whatever) is, I would be hard pressed to believe that it could take care of that many.

Smart riding has saved me several times. Just like in Scoob's left turning example, I saw a car do a rolling stop for a right turn at a stop light so I slowed down, let the car on my right keep going, and the turning car side swiped the other one. Here's a question for the non-motorcycle...

To piggy back on Scoob's post, I'm gonna go ahead and say that most of those guys you see in the ER are those same guys going 90 plus and swerving. The normal rider has a lot more sense than that.

I'll drive by the transient line tomorrow to take a look if they're out here. Off the top of my head though I haven't seen any -34's flying around, but there have been a shit ton of T-6's though.

I really just feel sorry for that bike!

If it's anything like what they did with Syria, at least we won't have to worry about it! Bombs Away!

I used to work for Red Bull and while I'm not pushing or defending it, I gotta call some sort of shinanigans on this one. If it is indeed banned, I would have to wonder why anything other than water or fruit juice isn't also. The caffeine content is the same as a cup of coffee and the rest of...

Just for anyone's GA flying reference, www.100ll.com, it usually has a pretty up to date listing of the cheapest gas.

Went to an airshow up at Ramona Airport, and while I was there I found the Classic Rotors museum located on the field. It's a pretty small museum but they have an amazing selection of helicopters there. Amazingly, quite a few of them are airworthy or could be with an annual. Apparently Goodyear...

Yup, I've flown on both. Maybe I just had great crews on the half dozen or so flights I flew on Thai Air but I really thought it was quite a bit better.

In all seriousness, Thai Air is one of the best airlines I've flown on.

I agree with the rest of your post, but this part I haven't seen at all. In fact, I think it's the exact opposite. Other's mileage may vary, that may just be my community.

For all the studs in P-cola right now, the Pelicans are a fun little team to go watch. Cheap beer and cheap seats, and they always had some sort of cool promotion going on. Granted, my brother in law worked for them while I lived there, so I got everything for free, but it was still a good time...

Also realize this isn't just a Vance-ism. Yes, it's true that Vance is the Air Force and they do things "different", but NSS always has subjectivity built into it, that's the human part of it. While you may have had an extreme example, I can say that I personally know situations where a guy had...

Wow, I had no idea he did that. I've been searching Google to no avail to hear what happened to him. Does anyone have the scoop if the Navy is making him crank for three years? That'd be pretty fitting in my opinion.

If I could fly a Huey with the HA(L) squadrons of that period, then it'd be a helo all the way, otherwise.....hmm, I'd probably have to say A-4 just b/c it could get so close to the fight.

Then I think we're saying pretty much the exact same thing! :D

Would it be death by ejaculection? :eek:

This is my own opinion, but I prefer the lean into method. At that close of a range, leaning away only helps the BG as him leaning forward puts him into a stronger more dominant position. To test that out, stand right next to a wall, lean away from it, and push. Next, lean in to it and push...

Reflex actions can be taught in a few lessons. It's the practice it takes to get good at it that takes time, and that's on the individual.

In the first video, think about the speed of which that last move would take place. In the time that it would take him to push his gun back and pull the trigger, the BG would at best be able to deflect the gun, if even strike it at all. He's not going to just keep probing, I would make a bet...

Depends on the version of ejection seat they have installed. I don't know the specific model of seat, but the earlier -18's had the lighter body weights and that number you quoted sounds about right. If I remember correctly I think the newer seats, in the newer aircraft, have a body weight in...

That dude needs to frame that and hang it on his I Love Me Wall.

Believe so, a buddy of mine over there said they just had a det up to Fallon that went pretty well. Those Blk III's are supposed to be pretty sweet.

Yeah, my '00 Victory V92SC is fuel injected. As much as I like working on carbs, it is nice being able to let the computer do the thinking.

That looks like a penis with wings. :eek::D

Well, following the car work line of thought, I'd say in the advanced category would be: Adjusting/changing a carb Swapping spark plugs(and doing the associated tune-up with that) Timing an engine I could go on, but some other stuff may be an "expert" category.

And to add on to what Gator said, I be as specific to actually list the instructors who do that. It's bs that they do the procedures differently. Technique is one thing but a procedure should be taught first before even thinking about throwing in a technique.

Eddie beat me to it, but yeah, the Air Force has to have something to do! :D

Before I went to work in Northern Thailand, the force protection guy actually said half-seriously that if we went anywhere, he'd rather us go into China than into Burma. Those junta guys are seriously wacked out in the head, probably from popping too much yaba or something like that.

They'll just keep raising the minimum passing grade till they weed enough out. I wanna say that sometime in 2004 the min score was somewhere around 92-ish to pass.

Did radials have better response than the piston driven engines? Or, worded another way, were radials just better suited for shipboard ops?

The downside in this day and age of e-mail and easy communication. Rumor gets through the Academy fast as lightening, and even faster through the parent's network. While it's a shitty way to find out I'm honestly not surprised it happened that way. That said, thoughts to the family.

That's kind of like assuming a gynecologist only has super hot women as patients. Don't think I'd want to wade through the sh!t to get to the few gems.

What's there? I hadn't heard of that place before.

Sims for specific countries are pretty handy. Just pop one in and presto, local calls. My brother is deployed over in El Sandbox right now and just bought a world cell phone that I can call him on with his number still being the same as if he was in the US. That's pretty convenient as he's...

Question about LORAN, I'm assuming it's the same signal that was used by boats? I know I had to learn how to navigate off of it when I sailed and it could get me where I needed to go. Looking back at it now, I wouldn't want to have to nav in the air off of it though.

I actually thought it was pretty decent once you got to know how to use it, the manual taught a ton of stuff for it. It was a little more cumbersome than the gps's I've used in a Cessna, but it served it's purpose really well.

I think you just hit why they are looked on negatively when carried like that. Those scared DA's and politicians, etc, seem to think that it's dangerous and that if that's the quickest way to get it into a fight, then get something that's not quite as dangerous. Me, I'd stick with the 'ole...

Liar, we all know Florala burritos are soooooo good. :tongue2_1

Unfortunately oh so true, and no one could ever give me a reason why, especially considering the pre-check brief was usually as painful as the inst-x brief. True story, my inst-x brief; 20 minutes. Guy in the briefing space next to me; pass him in the paralocker on his way out as I'm on my way...

Considering all the recent bankruptcies and the Delta/Northwest merger, it'll be interesting to see what happens if this comes to fruition. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080429/news_1b29airlines.html

^^^^ That is hilarious. +1

Lord knows that does get tiring. :D

Yeah, well, don't Harrier guys sign for the aircraft after they're done with training, or all jet guys for that matter? I thought about that before, and to me it makes sense that if you factor in flight school and then the time to get to the HAC board, helos take about the same amount of time...

Fixed it for you. While the guy is a classmate, I think it's BS he made it through 4 years. Talk about football greasing the skids for that guy.

I doubt this applies to the Tac guys, but most helo guys carry a box of rubbers in our vests. For you, maybe a bottle of KY? :icon_tong:D

Is it on tomorrow?

Any harder than coming up with the coin for a lawyer versus a manatee?