Bobby_Batronic

Mentally stable is probably not my first thought when seeing that mug.

Love it when RJ guys ask me if I’ve got my apps in……

Airborne refueling is a big need and the tanker fleet is/was getting overtaxed and long in the tooth. Which is why the Boeing tanker kerfluffle has been such a thing, and why I think the Air Force is looking at other options. Also, I was corrected about the Starship. Apparently the one owner bought up all remaining airframes and parts them out for two operable planes.

The better question is are any of the ones who may have solved those problems still in existence, and if so are they close enough to us to visit?

Coming up from Cabo they were pointing out flights of F35’s left and right. Maybe a part of this.

So Putin saw LBJ’s meddling in Viet Nam and thought it was a damned fine idea?

Definitely maybe. Were they short of ground crews by chance, because that’s still a bit of a thing everywhere? We had one issue once where they nav database was dorked up. Basically a waypoint that should have been in New Mexico was showing up over the Pacific Ocean. No amount of re-entering it, abusive language or threats of violence would make it behave up to and including deplaning and powering off the plane for half an hour. It was written up. We have procedures for flying with the expired database. Buuuttt, we are no longer able to defer the current database. Oops. Multiple phone calls with numerous people in mx, safety and a few Chief pilots ended up with a flight cancellation with some histrionics on the side. Or another time where mx pinned the correct deferred thrust reverser but entered the wrong one into the computer resulting in a very pissed off plane. That was two hours of trouble shooting, gate return and more trouble shooting before they figured out what was wrong. All that to say that I don’t know, but it’s rarely something quick when it’s broken, and sometimes mx and or procedures exacerbate the problem.

Not enough information to go off of. Some of the computer resets can be pretty lengthy procedures, and if it happens on the ground then policy says we stop the plane, run the ECAM, check the COM for further procedures, then determine if the item is crew deferrable and then call maintenance who might have an alternate reset procedure hidden somewhere in their cave of wonders. No idea what could take four hours. Possibly dispatch computers going down? As for not pulling into an open gate maybe issues with the Brake Steering Control Unit? Sorry. Just spitballing because I don’t have much to go on.

There was one we used to see in Aspen and a few other places. The owner had two. One operable and the other for parts.

True. Which is why the washers need to have permanent blue or yellow dye secretly added to their innards so Russians’ laundry will be sending them a message in a less lethal form.

That’s what the Ukrainian farmers have.

That’s still “call the wide zone run” territory for this defense.

It’s not unusual to wait for iguanas to clear the taxi way in San Juan.

That’s the pic I’m talking about. It has two motors. 35 has a single big one. Pretty sure that’s the Scorpion

I’ve run into a few guys who teach/train in the F35 and to a man they proclaim it a winner. I think the issue with the speed is not so much the lack of it. The Hornet is no speedster by modern standards either. It’s that the planes are limited to very little time above certain Mach numbers or their vertical stabilizers start suffering damage to their radar coatings which can lead to structural issues and sensor loss. The block IV mod is supposed to address most remaining concerns is my understanding. You’re right that the 35 doesn’t need to get in a turning fight with a clean (insert competent dog fighter here) but at a war load out it can hold its own.

Textron Airland Scorpion is what that thing is I think.

B-25 Mitchell. Im talking about the one in the picture after the F-35.

They’re politicians so….

What is the funky looking twin engine job posted after Fat Amy?

Your sadism acting up again?

He was unblocked.

And some concealer if he’s going to keep trying to rock the combover from both sides faux hawk.

The Lloyd Christmas haircut gets the nod on its own.

Death works for me.

We don’t have the team to step on the throat of pretty much anyone on the schedule minus maybe ULM. The defense is excessively porous and the offense is inconsistent. They should be better on both accounts this year, but we’re still a year or two away from suffocating anyone in the second half of pretty much any game.