Recent content by Velocity173

The majority of airports you won’t need to call at the hold short line. If they’re that busy, they need to put a tower in there. I issued a maybe a couple dozen clearances over the phone. I used to ask when they’d be ready for departure and issue a void based on that. You’ve got at least 30...

I’m all about alternative fuels but none of them are on par as fossils fuels for cost & efficiency. Many hurdles for Efuels to become mainstream.

Or like the F-111. They started getting cracks in the wing box that required a complete redesign. Not sure if the A-6 wing fatigue issues were premature but they were just starting to replace their metal wings with composite when that program was cancelled. Had at least three wing failures that...

Blue skies Bud. https://avgeekery.com/wwii-triple-ace-col-bud-anderson-has-passed-away/

There’s also DoD “night.” EENT to BMNT. Real dark. https://www.militaryfactory.com/dictionary/military-terms-defined.php?term_id=1893

Well it doesn’t have to be an electric plane. There are turbine engines with no mechanical linkage to the fuel pump (HMU). All FBW. Edit: what @Bell206 said.

Heck of a restriction. C-2 still hanging around for now. https://breakingdefense.com/2024/05/v-22-osprey-operating-with-limited-envelope-required-to-stay-near-airfields/

With just over 2% of Co2 emissions attributed to aviation, I think they’re looking for a solution to a nonexistent problem. Far bigger contributors to global warming to go after. As far as an alternate to fossil fuels, I’m all about that but it better be cheaper. This Alice aircraft which...

I’d never purchase it. Even if it were free I’d stick with AP.

And no CGI.

I tried out the FSD this month with the free trial. Not impressed. Works about 90 % of the time. I was cruising along the highway when it turned on the left turn signal, switched to the left lane and hit the brakes. Guy that was behind me blew passed me on the right. Then as I approach work it...

Saw it today. Pretty good. Definitely next level on the air to air stuff. I know they made use of drones and helicopters mounted with cameras and it shows. A lot longer (1+33) than I thought. I was thinking this was going to be the typical 30-45 minute IMAX aviation deal. It goes at a pretty...

Training purposes for the most part. They fly under opposing forces in large scale training events. It’s also a very popular aircraft that some of our allies use. For instance Afghanistan started out using them post 9/11. I gotta friend who went from UH-60s to helped train the Afghans in our...

Cobra Gold 98

I was just talking about at work the other day. Med crew thought night was sunset to sunrise. Nope, that’s position lights. Then I told them there’s a different requirement for night currency to fly pax. We even have a different requirement for NVG currency. Then restrictions for aided vs...