The Alabama ordinarily sits in about 20 feet of mud/dirt. Katrina’s storm surge was so high that Alabama temporarily floated, and much of the silt under one side of her hull was eroded away by the flood waters. When she was finally set back down into the mud, the ground was uneven, causing the list.
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Guess who can’t fly the F-35? Harambe. Cuz’ he’s not rated for solo flight. (Being dead might also factor into it).
Seeing the F-2 like that makes me sad on so many levels. I love that plane and this shot reminds me of the destruction of my second home country. That quack and tsunami really hurt the JSDF something fierce.
Seriously? If F-22s were that cheap to operate, they’d never leave the air.
Try 35000/hour. Each
$1000/hour operating cost x 13?
Going out on a limb here but... Costs.
Though, news of 13 F-22s suddenly scrambling would cause some nervous sweating to begin for some not so favorable types.
Guess what the F22 isn’t as expensive as... Wait for it... The F35! (And it’s less capable than the Raptor)
Military shelters make for excellent hurricane protection. I know that the USS Alabama was utilized for shelter during Hurricane Katrina. I can’t imagine a more secure place to ride out a storm.
Probably the astronomical cost per flight hour on a F22 and the logistical nightmare of that many raptors being scrambled quickly to avoid the storm. Even when deployed to euro bases it’s only 3-4 22s not 13 of them
Fuel costs I’m sure. If the hurricane was expected to be stronger, I’m sure they would have made other arrangements.
I’m sure that a flyoff was Plan A until somebody looked at that NASA hanger and thought up Plan A+. Betcha it was a lot cheaper and less disruptive to their normal operations than flying to some fairly distant base (with some of their logistics tail as well) and keeping everybody on temporary duty there until they…
Support, logistics, security, putting time on engines/airframe.
I don’t get it. They’re airplanes. (And not exactly “new.”)
Technically, NACA was disbanded at the same time NASA was created.
Yeagers work contributed a NACA, which moved over to NASA in 1958. Still a good point though.
NASA and the USAF have worked closely for decades, so this is not surprising.
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