Now that they're down and safe I'm sure they'll get all kinds of shit for picking a beach to land on. Playing "backseat pilot" I don't know why they didn't just land it somewhere that maintenance could get in and give them a better chance to get out.
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I bet if the CDI (Chicks Dig It) factor was higher they would have kept it flying. There is nothing sexy about prop driven aircraft in a world of stealth, helmet mounted displays, and drones. When it comes to aviation, everyone knows that you need the sexiest looking aircraft out there to win wars, not the aircraft…
I'm all for cost saving. I think the specifications may be more high tech then people think. They're probably thinking cameras throughout the MOUT site, plus the safety systems that are required to make it a live fire house too. Who knows. All valid questions that should be asked to justify the price tag though.
Something to consider is that you can simulate a fire fight at a MOUT site, you can't do that at the WH. Could you imagine the brass, paint, and burn marks left all over the house after a training session? The reason the military uses replicas is because you can get the most realistic training done in a replica.…
They basically did an out of ground effect hover which requires a lot more power to accomplish then one might think, or realize. When a helicopter is hovering it needs to produce its own weight in lift plus more to climb. Fixed wings do that by using forward motion and large wing surfaces. Helicopters have to do it by…
An H60 at T/O can weigh around 18,000. ICAO standards puts it in the Medium turbulence class, the FAA has it in the Small class, but obviously that doesn't translate to "the equivalent of GA traffic in wake turbulence." It's still a medium helicopter with tons of power available. I've heard stories of H60s hover…
If I knew I was flying over the Pacific Ocean I'd probably want a more robust life raft than that taco shell. Could you imagine floating on that thing for more than a couple hours waiting for help to show up?
I was speaking to a couple of guys who ferried a couple of DA-40s from Cali to HI. They were saying it took 14 hours and they had ferry tanks stuffed throughout the cabin area, talk about uncomfortable. The plus side is they at least went as a flight of two, and of course, they didn't have to ditch the aircraft in the…
When I spoke to a dealership rep who called Munich directly, the answer I got was September in Frankfurt. Take that for what it's worth. No clue how true it is.
It's a bit touristy for my taste, I wanted to head out there for the race last year but missed it. I think the more beautiful parts of Croatia are way further south, plus less tourists.
Preaching to the choir. But can you imagine the day that the AF gives the Army an A-10? Or even better, the day the Army sets out to build their own "F35?"
Well if you want to get into the weeds about it...
I'd like to know what dealership the RC-F was bought from and meet the salesperson because apparently they're pretty good at their job. I saw the RC-F at the Geneva Show and it definitely looks cool, but that's probably the end of it.
Why can't other branches of service have this much passion for their aviation?
Obviously their first instinct was to bring out a camera and start filming before calling the police #lmtas
On the plus side at least it wasn't as bad as the Air France A380 clipping the CRJ700 a few years back.
So can I expect Ferrari to send me a team of engineers everytime I take the car to the track or out for a weekend jaunt? The amount of tuning an enthusiast can do compared to a team of engineers is vastly different. If the question is simply about "pulling ass" then I think you are failing to understand how little…
Along the same lines, will China be able to field enough of these to make a difference? It's going to be interesting to see how we field our very limited number of -22s in conjunction with -35s to maintain air superiority in future conflicts. The talk of mixing stealth and non-stealth aircraft with drones and such is…