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    UPT Class Patches

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    Posted

    Here's mine from Mother Rucker.  Back then Hueys we flew had orange doors.  On Fridays we'd wear our patch halfway back on the sleeve because doors were open!  

    Will post some more tomorrow.

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    Leather Flight Jacket

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    On 4/4/2024 at 9:32 PM, nsplayr said:

    Damn that is a fantastic find! I have it on good authority a new one from Pop’s costs just a *bit* more than $25 😅 Still well worth it, fantastic jacket.

    I visited Pop's last summer and it was a shadow of its former self (I'm told, as it was my first visit, but the others in the group had been before.)

    Fighter TOLD/W&B

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    On 3/28/2024 at 5:55 AM, SocialD said:

    I was a punk when they rolled out the coat hanger abortion that was the first release of JMPS.  We didn't have any civilian help so it was left to the punks to get it up and running, fix any bugs and make it work.  I spent lots of time on the phone with Penguin (can't remember his last name...Roberts maybe) out at Hill, who was a former fighter guy and the guru on JMPS.  If I remember correctly, he said JMPS told wasn't certified because the engineers showed that sometimes ut produced an error of 1 knot on the abort speed.  This is how dumb they are with this shit.  I'd love to put everyone in the sim and force them to make an abort decision with exactly 1 knot difference.  Or even better, have everyone try to gonk told manually and have everyone get the correct numbers and an abort speed within a knot lol.  

    Hey, Penguin is still here.  @brabus

    What's going on with F-16 JMPS WRT FPM, TOLD, and validating SCLs has been eye-opening (learning just how bad/wrong/out of date certain data sources were).  Trying to help be part of the solution!

    Also, the Flight Performance Modelers work at the other end of my building, they build the FPMs for JMPS and the newish TOLD app that is coming out for most airframes.  They were glad to have me to come bug about helo TOLD and interpreting H-60 E-M charts, lol.

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    F1 Thread

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    Yay someone besides Max won!  Things are looking on the up and up for Ferrari.  Where does everyone think Sainz will land next year?

    Google Earth Finds

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    Posted

    On 8/5/2022 at 5:54 AM, SocialD said:

    Unfortunately this photo was taken when the leaves were still on, otherwise you'd see a bunch more planes.  Used to fly over this all the time in college.  I'm fairly certain there was part of a B-36 fuselage there in the early 2000s.  

     

    The Soplata Airplane Sanctuary.

    More Pics.

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    Google adjusts the foliage depending on the time of year.  You'll probably get a better view in Dec.

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    F1 Thread

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    Posted · Edited by stract

    Over/under of Ferrari firing their strategists during the break?
     

    Seems Merc has finally got their shit together. And glad they let things happen organically at the end vs imposing team orders.

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    LM hiring a Weapons Integrator at Hill AFB

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    Hey all, LM is looking to hire a weapons integrator at the F-16 SPO at Hill.  Fighter types (pilots and WSOs) and B-52 patches would be a perfect fit.    AFAIK, this job will mostly be on-site (not telework/remote), there will be travel involved, and LM Aero is a great company to work for!  Let me know if you have any questions.

    https://www.lockheedmartinjobs.com/job/hill-air-force-base/senior-aircraft-systems-engineer-weapons-integration-level-4/694/26713588176

    F1 Thread

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    Does anyone thing that if Merc doesn't get their shit figured out soon Lewis is going to bail after the season?

    I'm rooting for anyone except Max. Horner is still an ass.  Happy Haas has scored some points this season, and sad that Williams hasn't seemed to improve much this year over the last several.  Do we think they'll bring Latifi back next year?

    MARSRADIO HF Phone Patch Service

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    Posted

    I was once sitting the ops desk and got a phone call from our tanker flying to Japan from Moody, dude called me from the cockpit on an iridium Sat phone!  Lol.  He wanted to get the HAR brief out of the way because they were running late.  Probably would've been much cheaper and easier to do a phone patch!  2009 timeframe.

    F1 Thread

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    This article is great.  Especially the quote from Masi in 2020 about how unlapping and ending a safety car period is supposed to happen.

    BL - the inconsistency of adjudication across races this year, and even across seasons, has not been good.  Masi needs to be shown the door.

    Formula 1: Where next for sport after Verstappen and Hamilton title drama? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/59643988

     

    F1 Thread

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    On 12/6/2021 at 5:13 PM, SurelySerious said:


    Somehow they’ll cover Latifi in detail and barely cover the real story for that week…jk yeah that should be good.

    Foreshadow much?  I heard Horner has offered Latifi a lifetime supply of Red Bull.

    Michael Masi needs to be fired.

    Mortgage rates still low!

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    2 hours ago, Joeratt said:

     

    If you are considering refinancing an existing mortgage or financing a new purchase I’d love to help you out.  Rates are still historically low but could be moving up by years end so if you’ve been thinking about pulling the trigger and want to discuss what your options please DM me!  
     

    Joe Ratterree

    NMLS ID 2105708

    @Joeratt, there's already a thread for that.  I see you work for Trident, which has a good rep on this board.  Please go post in the VA loans thread like Jon and Marty know to do.  😉

    F1 Thread

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    On 7/18/2021 at 12:48 PM, brickhistory said:

    Horner and Red Bull are drama queens...

    I've been saying this about Horner for a while.  Every time he speaks it reaffirms my opinion of him as a douchbag.  I mean today, when he KNEW it was nothing deliberate by Valtteri, and backhandedly didn't accept the public apology from Toto, still trying to be dramatic.

    Good race today!  Happy to see a new face atop the podium, happy to see Williams drivers score points, and man I thought Lewis was going to keel over during the podium ceremony.  COVID is a bitch.

    F1 Thread

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    I'm tending to agree with you on Ricciardo.  I'm also starting to wonder the same thing about Vettel.  Vettel has consistently underperformed in comparison to his teammate for the last couple of years, so you can't blame the car...

    I'm also looking forward to the sprint qualifying.  I can see lots of variables bringing a level of uncertainty and excitement to what is currently a very boring and predictable qualifying session.

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