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In the F-15E, the ejection sequencing valve wasn't put into AFT INITIATE until the before takeoff checklist anyway.

(the watch is for a Martin Baker ejection)

Turns out, when they say, "under Article 32 of the UCMJ, you have the right to remain silent.." it helps keep you from making a false official statement.

"the unidentified arrested person is accused of making a false official statement, obstruction of justice and involuntary manslaughter" As with most things, it is not answering the questions truthfully that is usually the problem.

'Merica for the win!

Do you have our pic? My most exciting part of the week was the 3-engine Fifi landing on Saturday. Fortunately it is minor and she'll be back on the road this week.

Same deal with this viral vid of the Purple MD-10 on final without the gear. After this incident, the Captain was discovered to have had a brain tumor.

We are still sorting out some mx squawks that are grounding even as of today. Full thrash mode. Still planning right now on making it for static on the Plaza starting Monday and flying the show on Wed night.

Over the last 25 years I've been on this forum, I thought I'd already read the most inane and pointless chaff possible. (checks Baseops and reads this thread) Ope, I guess not. This is the low-water mark. Carry on.

As of right now, I'm going to be flying the ride flights out of Appleton Thurs through Sunday. Hopefully I'll be there early in the week just working the crowd for the static display on the plaza. Beers at SOS Bros on me this year. 🙂

The CAF B-29 will be there again. We're going to be on the Plaza Mon-Wed like last year, and flying in the evening show on Wednesday with Doc again. Even though I'm the Squadron scheduler, right now I'm not on the board to fly the show. Trying to spread the love since I was in last year.

The bottom one is a Lockheed.

All of us are innocent before the law until proven guilty.

There is zero reason a minute or a dime should have been spent on any aspect of a 35 year old design.

It is literally an Executive Branch agency, and he's the Executive.

You asked "why". You don't have to agree with the answer. The Chevron Deference is gone.

Because Executive Branch agencies have been acting well out of the bounds of their purpose for decades...and it turns out the Executive can do something about that.

Then it would have been even more funny to show him in a fancy curated PowerPoint presentation that GA guys with 4 hours of training can figure out how to fly a taildragger safely. That isn't even a fraction as complicated or challenging of a skill to learn as formation flying or even hovering a helicopter. Even a rotorhead could do it.

It is about f'n time that service members be reminded of their duty to remain apolitical with respect to well and faithfully discharging the duties of their office.

The people with those concerns should have been laughed out of the room. Buy a couple of Super Cubs, Decathlons, or any number of GA airplanes, and teach people to fly taildraggers. It is done every day with low-time GA pilots in a couple hours.

According to the press releases, the aircraft in all the OKC photos is 22-0006, "Hobo 61". Here's a quote from the press release: The aircraft at Nellis was clearly serial 22-0007, and had "Hobo 71" on the instrument panel in both cockpits. So, it follows that this is the second USAF aircraft as mentioned in the press release...not a company demonstrator with an N reg for Foreign Military Sales.

It was out at the Nellis airshow this last weekend.

Have you never seen the DoD/FAA Letter of Authorization that waives the speed limits below 10K and in/under Class Bravo? The relevant CFR says: Sec. 91.117 - Aircraft speed. (a) Unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator, no person may operate an aircraft below 10,000 feet MSL at an indicated airspeed of more than 250 knots (288 m.p.h.). So...here's the authorization from the Administrator. This is an old version of the letter, but this gets re-authorized on a regular basis. Paragraphs F and G are the relevant portions for the T-38.

I can normally be found hunting ancient artifacts like Indiana Jones....or maybe hanging out with Lara Croft? I do use WeChat during my Shanghai and Guangzhou layovers, so maybe that makes me a CCP associate.

It means that, unlike with ATF and JSF and every previous fighter acquisition program of the last 50 years, the AF claims to have internally designed much of the basic capabilities, and then only brought in Boeing and LM (and Northrop?) after -- reportedly years after --- to fully flesh out what they've done internally into an actual production aircraft. So, the opposite of putting out an RFP and having manufacturers design their own attempts to meet the requirements in the RFP. To wit: https://www.defensenews.com/breaking-news/2020/09/15/the-us-air-force-has-built-and-flown-a-mysterious-full-scale-prototype-of-its-future-fighter-jet/