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I’d say get a dog. They’re cheap and won’t complain about not putting the toilet seat down.

No way they’re lifting 2,500 lbs cargo in 300 ft. That test vid is just like airshow demos. Aircraft stripped down to try and demonstrate a capability that doesn’t exist in real world. Not to mention, that real world requirement is at a much higher DA than demonstrated in their PR vid.

Of course it depends on the mission but the mission for this, doesn’t really exist. It’s not as simple as saying a small parking lot is authorized for a FW. No way anyone is going to allow this aircraft to operate in an urban area out of a parking lot. That’s an accident waiting to happen...

I don’t think they understand that the requirement for a 0 ft take off / landing is a real thing. 90 % of my operations are that. 300 ft is searching for a requirement that generally doesn’t exist.

I’m still curious about the surface temps if these during summer. I keep hearing that it’s not an issue but my DeLorean gets extremely hot sitting in the sun.

I think you’re confusing paperwork and controller “raked over the coals” associated with a PD with a controller having an operational error. A PD is nothing more than a mandatory occurrence report that’s sent to the QA guy then they send it to the FSDO as doc described above. Not a big deal on...

https://www.aeroexpo.online/prod/detect-global-ltd/product-172588-15264.html https://detect-inc.com/avian-bat-radar-systems/

That looks like a common bird tracking radar. Some places use those for drones as well.

I was just thinking the other guy I mentioned (Nick Dimona) above was a 160th CE probably the same time you were there (late 90s?). That’s a tragic story there. He died while flying an Apache on the range in Ft Stewart. Unfortunately, seen the computer sim / audio of that one. His 20 yr old son...

I knew Dan would go 160th at some point. Most of the former enlisted special ops guys try to eventually. I remember in WOBC we were doing the second ruck. Think the first one was like 4 miles and the second a 6 miler. Anyway, Dan won the first one by far but I really wanted to push hard and...

To my graduating classmates CW2 Nick Dimona, CW3 Hector Ramirez and CW3 Hershel McCants. To my former student CW3 Taylor Galvin. To my IE course checkride buddy CW4 Gary Farwell and to my Rucker schoolhouse coworker DAC John Bolling (Vietnam Vet). Rest east brothers.

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Yep. A lot of people on the FB Model X page are furious about the depreciation. Combined with all the Model X issues, Tesla is going to lose some die hard fans. Got my X for a steal so I’m not complaining. I’d never buy one new though. https://www.iseecars.com/used-car-prices-study

Back in the day you could even walk in for a face to face briefing. https://www.atchistory.org/albany-radio-pwb-1979/ Alaska is “the last frontier” for FSS. https://www.natca.org/2018/08/08/a-visit-to-alaskan-fss-in-nome-small-but-very-busy-aviation-hub/

We had jams in the M240 but not quite as much as the M60. The CEs complained that the armory modified the gas regulators causing the jams. I don’t know how true that was. I can tell ya with doors off, they’re both loud. That muzzle is about three feet from your head.

This really isn’t something germane to the middle eastern areas or their type of aircraft either. It’s just the nature of that type of flying and the flexibility that helicopters provide. 160th flew Obama around in Afghanistan when I was there. HMX-1 flew Bush around Kosovo right before I got...

Out in the field, we used to have to have the crew chiefs catch the fuel that the engines purge on shutdown. Big time environmentalists there.

I was just thinking about that today. You’ve got civilians shooting from a helicopter with no mounts with stops. All it would take is the aircraft banking and someone inexperienced in the back to shoot through the rotor. A rotor not designed to take hits either. I would hope they’re all...

We used a brass catcher (camo bag). I remember Germany was particularly environmentally conscious about our brass. Other times we just let the brass fly (no camo bag).