This isn’t a firework per say, but....
I got tasked with arranging a training exercise for all the non-flight people in an aviation battalion while we were in the field doing gunner qualification. In English, this means that while the helicopter flight crews were shooting things, it offended the officers in charge to…
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To be fair, it is an ultra light. The FAA regs are a little loose on these. The cat probably hid under the duct tape securing the main spar, and probably improved the weight and balance.
That’s the birdcat seat, right there.
This is normally handled by the CAT warning system. I suspect the fuse was blown.
F-14 Tomcat ultralight.
Yeah, I just checked my bank statement. Airbus, you haven’t solved the problem!
Yup, that’s what ended my pilot career. Not even kidding.
This tech eliminates neither fuel costs, emissions, or flammability risk. LIon batteries are quite dangerous when damaged. Electricity isn’t free, and generating electricity carries an environmental cost.
Oh I have a number of excuses that my pilot instructor gave me.
I’m one of the people who has flown to burning man, and got paid to do it. There’s a few charter companies that are authorized to sell seats in and out of the event, so i’ll give my two cents :)
That was an actual quote from the sales description, which curiously makes no mention of *why* it “needs props”... but to it’s credit lists no price and says “call for details”. Lurid, lurid details...
Came looking for an Aerostar crashing and taking off again. Was disappointed.
If it was Hoover, he would have done it upside-down.
Are we sure this isn’t just Bob Hoover fucking with us?
Before clicking, I told myself this must be Florida. I feel vindicated.
My college is literally right on an airport, as one of it's specialties is flight training. A few years ago, while I was waving at a friend who was going up on a training flight, one of the falcons that airport uses to chase birds away land on my arm. They don't look like at a distance, but those are BIG BIRDS WITH…
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