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    What a great Idea..

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    It would be a cool concept if you could figure out a way to do it. Maybe have "dueling" roller coasters. One train as the blue fighter and the other as the bandit. Doesn't have to be realistic, just cool to ride on (sts).

    We have "Dueling Dragons" at Islands of Adventure (Universal-Orlando).

    Dueling Dragons is a pair of dueling roller coasters at Universal Studios' Islands of Adventure. The ride is the only dueling inverted roller coaster in the world. The ride is themed to two dragons, one side being Fire and the other Ice. It features a layout in which the two trains share adjacent lift hills, but then traverse two completely unique courses. The ride features three near misses between the two trains, which bring riders' feet within several inches of riders on the other train. The ride was constructed by Bolliger & Mabillard of Switzerland. The Fire Dragon reaches a top speed of 60 mph and the Ice Dragon reaches a top speed of 55 mph. At three points during the ride the Dueling Dragons coasters get within 12 inches of each other . Both dragons have a two minute and twenty-five second ride duration. Fire has 5 inversions, including two Immelmann's, a vertical loop, and two corkscrews. One Immelmann is special; it is a new type of loop. It's called Wrap-Round Immelmann.[1] Ice has 5 inversions, including a zero-g roll, cobra roll, vertical loop, and corkscrew.

    Memorial Day vs. Veterans Day

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    "The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else."

    ~Theodore Roosevelt

    Private Pilot License (PPL) questions

    in General Discussion

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    Thanks for the replies. The biggest concern I had was that since I barely passed the written (72%), I was told that the oral was going to be a bitch. I thought about re-taking the written but was told that it'd be a waste of time.

    I do have both the PTS and Oral Exam Guide so I'll use that to prep.

    :salut:

    IRS

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    I'll take the two above posts as being sarcastic. If not though, they are clearly talking about claiming your own child that was kidnapped as your dependant and not a child that is not yours and you kidnapped.

    Obama administration asks for 10% military budget cut

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    One of the major problems with the Israel issue are the misconceptions that abound. While it's true that prior to 1948, there was no "Jewish state" in the area, and Palestine was primarily run by Arabs, there was a significant Jewish population in the area, and they had been secondary in political power ever since the middle ages when Islam overran the area. If seen from a Jewish perspective, that area has been and always was theirs.

    If you see things from the Arab standpoint, they adopt a sort of myopia, where their "history" of the region only goes back several hundred years...according to them, that area was always theirs, and the Jews suddenly sprung out of obscurity to claim it for themselves.

    The thing is, the Jewish population of Palestine had always wanted to reclaim their position in the region, but had been politically powerless to do so.

    I'm not saying it is exactly the same, but that'd be like Mexico trying to claim the Southwest back because it was theirs a while ago.

    Obama administration asks for 10% military budget cut

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    Gents, seems Obama is being schooled on how things work in the "real world"...I hope he really takes a step back and realizes that Iran's only interest in diplomacy is in suckering other nations to give in to their demands while they secretly continue with their agenda.

    Iran dismisses Obama

    I have a buddy that's from Iran and he says many people over there love Americans. Sucks that the government has to ruin it for an entire populace. As for the crowd chanting "Death to America", I'm sure we can find our share of American crowds saying some crazy shit as well.

    Great lesser known flying movies...

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted · Edited by positiveg

    Anyone remember one about two barnstormers who sabotage each other in order to try to get the largest audience? I remember seeing it on tv a while ago but don't remember what it's called.

    Edit: One of the guys has a yellow bi-plane.

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