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Forum: Military Aviation
21st Dec 2017, 17:26
Replies: 31
Views: 16,607
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

I am a little curious about the lighter area...

I am a little curious about the lighter area around the IR image of the 'target'; anyone care to hazard a guess as to what it is? It looks like a really bad job of pasting an image in, but I think we...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Nov 2017, 23:19
Replies: 20
Views: 9,068
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

Leave Liz alone; Information Officers are there...

Leave Liz alone; Information Officers are there to obfuscate, not clarify, and playing dumb is their go-to response.

I still cherish the USAF PIO who, back circa 1972, explained to the local...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Oct 2017, 00:58
Replies: 145
Views: 98,955
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

Is there some reason why civil aviation radios...

Is there some reason why civil aviation radios don't monitor 121.5 continuously? Military UHF radios monitor 243.0 even if set to a different frequency, and have done so for fifty years that I know...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Oct 2017, 12:54
Replies: 24
Views: 9,618
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

It's been a long time, but wouldn't the major to...

It's been a long time, but wouldn't the major to LC board still put people at risk of getting the boot before twenty? I suspect that the possibility of a loss of pension for reasons you can't control...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2017, 21:58
Replies: 24
Views: 9,618
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

Anyone know how many USAF pilots have been forced...

Anyone know how many USAF pilots have been forced out by the up-or-out promotion policy in the last, say, five years? I recall that the pass over rate for pilots was around 30% in my day, but that...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Oct 2017, 20:14
Replies: 82
Views: 28,996
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

My impression during my three Arclight tours was...

My impression during my three Arclight tours was that our leaders had no idea of how to win the thing, or end it, just a determination not to be the ones stuck carrying the can when we lost.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Oct 2017, 22:09
Replies: 66
Views: 22,643
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

Not unlike driving on the Interstate (that's...

Not unlike driving on the Interstate (that's "Motorway" to you Brits) in Massachusetts. :p
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
30th Sep 2017, 19:11
Replies: 559
Views: 590,160
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

"Uncontained" doesn't seem quite...

"Uncontained" doesn't seem quite adequate.
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Sep 2017, 13:17
Replies: 304
Views: 165,320
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

The DC-3/C-47 was produced by Douglas...

The DC-3/C-47 was produced by Douglas (interestingly, and Lisunov, and Nakajima), not Boeing; dumping thousands of them on the civil market after the War only depressed the market for Boeing...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Sep 2017, 19:00
Replies: 304
Views: 165,320
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

Bombadier is, of course, perfectly free to buy...

Bombadier is, of course, perfectly free to buy its own US politicians.
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Aug 2017, 22:49
Replies: 36
Views: 9,227
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

I'm not quite clear on what a space-capable...

I'm not quite clear on what a space-capable interceptor would intercept that wouldn't be more economically intercepted by a conventional interceptor firing a space-capable missile. Anyone?
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Aug 2017, 22:30
Replies: 25
Views: 11,989
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

It may amuse British members to know that here in...

It may amuse British members to know that here in the US, vegetable 'swedes' are known as 'rutabagas'. No idea why.

I was always impressed by the non-veg Swedes having produced 661 J-29s (by all...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Aug 2017, 11:09
Replies: 575
Views: 212,679
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

Only Congress has constitutional authority to...

Only Congress has constitutional authority to declare war, but the President, acting as Commander-in-Chief, has an inherent power to use military force; for instance when attacked, or briefly.

In...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Aug 2017, 00:48
Replies: 575
Views: 212,679
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

Just a thought; in every picture I see where Kim...

Just a thought; in every picture I see where Kim is smiling, everybody's smiling. What condition is their military really in, when reporting problems might cause Kim to frown?
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Aug 2017, 23:43
Replies: 14
Views: 7,968
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

Question for those who know:

Is the absence of the seat and canopy weight enough to explain the nosewheel's being off the ground?
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
18th May 2017, 18:11
Replies: 46
Views: 17,292
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

Jet-qualified royals and heads of state aren't...

Jet-qualified royals and heads of state aren't all that rare, when you look at it; Hussein (Jordan), Mubarak (Egypt), Hafiz Al Assad (Syria), Prince Charles (England), probably others.
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Apr 2017, 12:11
Replies: 88
Views: 54,140
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

If a responsible person (I assume ATC controllers...

If a responsible person (I assume ATC controllers qualify) starts yelling ABORTABORTABORT!, why wouldn't you? It's not likely they're having their little joke.
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
23rd Mar 2017, 22:28
Replies: 2
Views: 3,371
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

Headline's a little misleading; implies crew...

Headline's a little misleading; implies crew error, not a dispatching error.
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Mar 2017, 21:11
Replies: 392
Views: 218,632
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

Looks like security theater to me. So far, the...

Looks like security theater to me. So far, the Powers-That-Be in the West seem more interested in appearing to deal with the jihadi threat than in actually doing something about it. Probably because...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Feb 2017, 21:14
Replies: 9
Views: 12,654
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

So from evidence within the extended photo, the...

So from evidence within the extended photo, the image is recent. But a fired launcher is no evidence that it was fired there; it could have been used anywhere and dropped in Cairo just to make people...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
20th Feb 2017, 21:42
Replies: 57
Views: 35,232
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

It beggars my mind that civil aviation radios...

It beggars my mind that civil aviation radios don't monitor guard channel regardless of what their working frequency is. USAF radios have had this feature for fifty years or more.

They also have...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
2nd Feb 2017, 19:25
Replies: 226
Views: 145,098
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

Actual population is ~6600. And it's on the...

Actual population is ~6600. And it's on the Baffin Riviera! :p
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jan 2017, 00:05
Replies: 22
Views: 11,709
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

Cynic that I am, I somehow doubt its 'jetness'.

Cynic that I am, I somehow doubt its 'jetness'.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jan 2017, 23:27
Replies: 25
Views: 8,837
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

What strikes my (American) eye is that it reads...

What strikes my (American) eye is that it reads as though the author were British rather than American. Just an observation I don't want to make too much of.
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jan 2017, 21:42
Replies: 30
Views: 25,181
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

Spin-stabilized bullets tend to keep the...

Spin-stabilized bullets tend to keep the orientation they had when they left the barrel, not streamline. It's entirely possible that the bullet was falling base-first when the plane hit it.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jan 2017, 15:09
Replies: 36
Views: 24,164
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

IIRC, Cooper demanded two parachutes and said he...

IIRC, Cooper demanded two parachutes and said he was going to force one of the stewardesses to use one of them, forestalling any funny business with the equipment.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2017, 23:04
Replies: 65
Views: 17,186
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

This. Just a perfect segue into the past.

This. Just a perfect segue into the past.
Forum: North America
11th Jan 2017, 20:37
Replies: 2
Views: 2,309
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

Forget it, Jake. It's Detroit.

Forget it, Jake. It's Detroit.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2017, 16:24
Replies: 63
Views: 40,584
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

I recall that during the Linebacker 2 bombing...

I recall that during the Linebacker 2 bombing campaign against North Vietnam (which were 'press on' missions), only one B-52 was allowed to turn back. It had four engines out on one side and landed...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2017, 23:27
Replies: 78
Views: 28,957
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

About the internal effects of releasing that much...

About the internal effects of releasing that much weight that quickly from a bomber: during Linebacker 1 I was on a B-52D that EARed (Emergency Armed Release) about 60,000 pounds of bombs...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2017, 22:30
Replies: 35
Views: 10,767
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

Well. it's The Guardian, but they're citing...

Well. it's The Guardian, but they're citing "[f]iles released to the National Archives (https://www.theguardian.com/uk/nationalarchives) in Kew on Friday", so maybe not too toshy.
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Dec 2016, 15:19
Replies: 158
Views: 174,184
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

The video I'm seeing is so blurred that I'm not...

The video I'm seeing is so blurred that I'm not sure if the 'fluid leak' is real or if it's just the light-colored lower fuselage seen through the gap between the (still present) inboard and outboard...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Dec 2016, 21:14
Replies: 71
Views: 17,807
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

Trump's future actions are unguessable at this...

Trump's future actions are unguessable at this point, not necessarily because he is erratic, but because the mainstream media has been, and continues to be, unhinged in its hostility to him (check...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Dec 2016, 23:54
Replies: 67
Views: 17,160
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

The problem with that is that the Chinese then...

The problem with that is that the Chinese then only realize pennies on the dollar for their holdings. Given 'just in time' inventory control, they would be better advised to threaten shutting down...
Forum: Freight Dogs
11th Dec 2016, 23:23
Replies: 356
Views: 167,060
Posted By PersonFromPorlock

It occurs to me that the problems AirLander is...

It occurs to me that the problems AirLander is having are analogous to those of a large ship trying to dock without the aid of a tugboat or -boats. So, what would the tugboat-analog for an AirLander...
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