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Ag with kids

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  1. I saw that one...I was...intrigued. But, DOUBLE UP? JFC! I'm not Joey Chestnut!!!!
  2. Going to be there next Wednesday on our way to Ambergris...how long is the processing through customs before we can get on Tropic Air? Don't mind hanging out at Jets but would still like to get to AC ASAP. Trying to book my TA flight right now. An hour should be good, right? or is the covid BS adding time?
  3. Probably just a quick lunch close by for me and the 2 coworkers. We work for the state so vendor lunches are not something we can do very often - or ever. May look at Perry's for dinner... Appreciate the help!
  4. I looked at the menu. I don't care what my coworkers want, i'm getting something from there. And per diem makes the cost issue something I care less about.
  5. Maybe i'll see you there - as you can see I'm there specifically for the PX4 part of the conference but it can't take up TOO much space, can it? I'll be the short, fat, old Aggie. I'll have a Lone Star UAS shirt on, but still have an Aggie cap on. If you get bored, come on over and see what the UAS community is working on.
  6. Ummm...I went to HS in SA and live in Corpus...it'll be like Whitey McWhiteyville there compared to either of those...😉
  7. Thanks for not giving me Negative Waves....😀
  8. https://events.linuxfoundation.org/px4-developer-summit/ This one?
  9. I'm going to be up in the downtown Austin area this week 6/22-6/24 for a UAS conference. The conference is at the JW Marriott, but I work for the state so they'd say GFY if I wanted to stay there and pay their rates. But, there's a Residence Inn not far away that I can justify (Yay gubmint). This all appears to be in the 4th- 6th/Congress area...or close to it. So...not really ever being in Austin much (duh), what are some good places to eat in the evening or maybe lunch if they don't have any at the conference. I do know Austin has tons of stuff there, I just don't know exactly what.
  10. Glad to see you're raising your kid to be an Aggie. Gig 'Em, Rip76kid! 😉
  11. If it becomes an issue, I'm going to Belize on 6/29 and I'd be willing to take her through security and help her get to Belize. Because I CARE!!!
  12. https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/three-mile-island-accident.aspx
  13. In the past, a HUGE part of the cost in the upfront expenditure was fighting legal challenges. There were a number of "green" or "anti-nuke" organizations that employed lots of oppositional legal action to prevent them. One of the biggest was the Union of Concerned Scientists. They had been VEHEMENTLY opposed to ANYTHING nuclear since the late 60s... Three Mile Island (which released ZERO radiation), Chernobyl (Russian fuck up) and Fukishima (Bad, but not really). However, in the past few years, they apparently have seen the light and are promoting nuclear power. Which makes me very happy that they came to their senses. Things like this will go a long way to lowering the costs for nuclear to implement new plants.
  14. I'm liking the new scanners they have for your bags/shoes at some airports where you don't have to take your laptops out. When I travel for work I have my personal and work laptops so I need 2 of those bins. But, here in CRP the scanner lets you leave it in the bag. It was the same at SYR last week. That saves me the biggest hassle.
  15. This...except I don't meet them for a drink because they don't have lounge access either...suckers.
  16. Ah...this reminds me of my childhood. I lived about an hour or so from the Cotswolds growing up. We went there often - nice little day trip. We had one of those old churches in our town, too. Really cool attending service in a 700 year old church. And that little model village was really cool to a kid between 5 and 10... Thanks for bringing back the memories - should make the day brighter now.
  17. They're so ugly the earth rejects them...
  18. Nice...The Zulus are SWEET aircraft...Had this poster on my cube wall for awhile.
  19. I know 2 AH-64 pilots here at work that have made "hard landings"...it's apparently a beast. Glad these pilots are (relatively) Ok... I'm a Bell homer and I admit it, but then, I can admit when Boeing ugly shit does well. Especially since all they fucking do for the V-22 is AFCS/PFCS. Well...I guess that's kind of important. But, JFC their CLAWS are convoluted.
  20. Shit...LTE (Loss of Tailrotor Effectiveness) is not something I'd want to go through in a helicopter... There's not a lot of great solutions...go faster so that the TR is not needed as much and try a roll on landing (luckily AH-64s have wheeled gear) or try to drop collective and descend quickly to limit the rotation. Both are not good. Especially if the aircraft is close to the ground and/or moving slowly or both...
  21. I NEVER said that. The V-22 has over 500K flight hrs. Shit happens. Flight test has incidents. ALL flight test does. I lost 2 good friends in the flight testing of the 525. RIP Backstreet and Frenchy...both Marine experimental test pilots. That one was NOT pilot error. Then when you get into combat or combat training, there's a huge sense of urgency and maybe they skate too close to the edge. It sucks, but it happens. Well, I'd be better than you to tell them how it flies since I actually know and I'm not talking out my ass that it's a "difficult aircraft to fly (really land)". Because it is not... Kudos. And...are they wrong? Remember, if they're lying, they're risking their life with every flight. I will say that I won't get in a Robinson. Because I've had numerous experimental test pilots (you know, the guys who do first flight in rotorcraft) tell me they wouldn't get in one. Nor would the 2 Apache pilots I work with. Lots of those people (including the author of your article) haven't flown or flown in one. The Marines fought HARD to keep it. And then the Navy liked it so much that they wanted their own. If it sucked so back and was so dangerous, why would they replace part of their fleet with the V-22? BTW...I stated on a couple occasions that I worked on the V-22 simulator. Specifically in the rapid prototyping lab. We helped to develop numerous upgrades with pilot inputs for the aircraft over the years. Then those got implemented into the aircraft. But, if you want to call it the flux capacitor, cool. I like that.
  22. Dang...didn't think about that. I better get to buying some more of them.
  23. Wait till you find out I have 10 of them...😉
  24. Thanks for the clarification. For the record, I did expound on it later...I was just too tired to get into detail last night...sorry.
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