Aviation Fans

[Vegas Halo Fan]

One of the greatest selfies ever, courtesy of the US Air Force, prior to Saturday's UCLA - Texas A&M game.

[Don]

That's freaking awesome. Does one just exchange that pic for free tail at any establishment?

[arch stanton]

1 hour ago, Don said:

That's freaking awesome. Does one just exchange that pic for free tail at any establishment?

You're giving the groupies too much credit. The flight suit is usually all it takes.

[arch stanton]

2 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Watch a Chinook lift a stuck Apache helicopter out of a rice field

 

 

I always dig when one huge object is moved by something just as big.  Especially in the air. 

There's a remote possibility that I did retrofit wiring work on both of those birds.

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Don said:

That's freaking awesome. Does one just exchange that pic for free tail at any establishment?

not since i got married.

[ten ocho recon scout]

9 hours ago, arch stanton said:

There's a remote possibility that I did retrofit wiring work on both of those birds.

There's a high 5 and a "you're a monster" in that statement.

[gotbeer]

Blue Origin Announces Big 'New Glenn' Rocket for Satellite & Crew Launches

[gotbeer]

Stunning video shows autopilot saving unconscious F-16 pilot from crashing

 

Man, the video doesn't show much, just the targetting or something like that system.  But it was pretty intense.

[arch stanton]

That's his HUD video. The blacked out parts are targeting data. The left side window shows airspeed, the right side altitude above sea level so we don't know for sure how high he was above ground level. The lower left window just above the black area is the G-meter.

When the video started his weapons mode was gun and he was at 17,200 feet and around 470 knots. He lost his radar lock, went to short range missile mode and started into the turn to re-acquire the target. After he blacked out he ended up losing 12,000 feet of altitude while in a dive as steep as 60 degrees and reached a top speed of 692 knots, which put him around 1.1 mach as the recovery system took over. He was a few seconds from becoming a smoking hole in the ground.

Edit: My bad. The radar altitude is in the lower right corner. They were in an area about 2, 000 feet above sea level. The radar altimeter only works when the jet is at no more than 45 degrees right or left bank so it cuts in and out but it was just below 3,000 at one point.

[nate]

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/how-a-rogue-drone-in-the-1950s-caused-a-fiasco-that-end-1786633506?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=Foxtrot_Alpha_facebook

[gotbeer]

2 hours ago, nate said:

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/how-a-rogue-drone-in-the-1950s-caused-a-fiasco-that-end-1786633506?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=Foxtrot_Alpha_facebook

Visions of John Belushi flying over California have entered my mind.  That was just a hilarious story.

[Tank]

1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

Visions of John Belushi flying over California have entered my mind.  That was just a hilarious story.

1941 is such a VASTLY underrated and underappreciated comedy.

[ten ocho recon scout]

3 hours ago, Tank said:

1941 is such a VASTLY underrated and underappreciated comedy.

"You're ruining christmas!"

The dummy when his mouth drops always makes me laugh

[gotbeer]

Here's an Air Force C-17 Threading a Canyon

 

 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Just heard an announcement that Hainan Airlines will be starting non-stops between Las Vegas and Beijing December 2. The service will be three times a week.

Asian airlines flying into McCarran has been a mixed bag. Singapore Airlines was gone almost as soon as they arrived, JAL ended service to Tokyo when SARS hit and never resumed it, and Philippine Airlines ended their flights to Manila (via Vancouver). The only Asian carrier currently flying here is Korean Air.

[nate]

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/americas-next-stealth-bomber-will-officially-be-named-r-1786797266?rev=1474297963579&utm_campaign=socialflow_jalopnik_twitter&utm_source=jalopnik_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

[gotbeer]

PHOTOS: The last time you'll ever see 7 F-22s at Edwards Air Force Base

 

I think I'm going to add that to my to do list.  Visiting the museum at Edwards.  The planes, both known and unknown, that have flown through there.  And maybe one day, we will know what Aurora really was.

[arch stanton]

Glen?

[Homebrewer]

U-2 crashes in Northern California

 

 

 

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/20/politics/california-u-2-crash/

[gotbeer]

Watch 12 B-52s take off in an exercise to demonstrate the US's 'nuclear prowess'

 

Probably because of how big they are.  But they barely look like they are moving when they take off.

[Tank]

college friend of mine lives very near the crash site and posted a couple of pictures on his FB page. there was plenty of burned area around it.

EDIT: he said the crash was one mile east of his house.

[Homebrewer]

Reports are the pilot died. Witnesses said there were 3 chutes, at least 1 of which was equipment..

[nate]

13 hours ago, calscuf said:

Oh man, I hope The Edge is OK.

Fuck

 

 

You

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 9/20/2016 at 7:29 PM, calscuf said:

Oh man, I hope The Edge is OK.

And bono. Guys done a lot of good.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Reference the US crash and got beers post about the B-52s (which is weird because both are bands), pretty crazy that both these planes still fly, and are part of our active duty, not in storage "just in case".