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"The Dream Machine" by Richard Whittle. Didn't really seem to be pro or con but certainly did cover Bell/Textron push for a tilt rotor since the 60s. Good look at how compromise affects design, i.e. the V-22's size was set by the amphib assault ship deck limits which was set by prior helos, not by best aero performance.

Where in the process do you then add the jalapenos?

I still think the plan is to screw up the healthcare system to such a degree that the government will be the only entity that can wade into the mess and save something resembling healthcare thus creating a single payer system. Those that campaigned for the ACA said we needed to insure everybody yet there is still 15 million uninsured. They also said the current system was unacceptable and substandard yet are willing to delay the implementation for another year. We won a World War in less time and we put a man into space in less time that these guys had to develop a website and system that actually works yet they failed miserably despite the billions of dollars thrown at it. Government at its finest yet we have people who think we need more of it.

This may explain a recent accident at the local municipal airport. After some non-use, a doctor of the surgical persuasion decided he needed to run his Cessna 210, but not fly it, so he saddles up to taxi his airplane around the airport. Somewhere in the process, he departs the prepared surface and flips the plane on its back. Right wing is bent pretty bad, rudder stoved in, nose gear ripped off, and prop/motor trashed. Turns out that he was talking on his cell phone while eating POPCORN (all over the interior after the incident) as he was taxing the plane.

It's a political move to limit the damage from the 2014 elections. Projections were 20 to 60 (depends on whose numbers you use) million losing their healthcare with notices going out in October which would certainly doom some Democratic Senators.

I think this is closely related to tequila goggle theory.

This was sent as an explanation: I heard about this from the rescue guys in Bagram, but they called it something else I can't remember. One of the guys literally put together a powerpoint to explain it. If I remember right it was similar to the stress vs. performance model, but with skank vs attractiveness instead. Drawn out it looked like the top half of a clock, with examples being sister theresa sitting at 9 o'clock being zero attractiveness/zero skank, courtney love sitting at 3 o'clock being zero attractiveness/max skank. The sweet spot for max attractiveness per unit skank was in the 11 to 1 position. I believe Megan Fox held the 12 o'clock position on their particular powerpoint example. Everything below the 3-9 line was like negative attractiveness. I'll have to see if I kept a copy of the powerpoint. Very in depth, WIC level presentation. Pretty funny shit.

Never heard of the skank clock rating. How does that work?

Working at 10AF, I did the TFI SATAF meetings. As we merged the Reserve side closer to the AD, the thought that kept running through my head is that life as a Reservists isn't going to be much different than someone on AD....except you get paid less so who would want to do the job? A reserve unit with AD associate might be okay but not so much the other way around. The AD view of the Reserves was also entertaining. Saw a couple WG/CCs step on their schwantz because of it. Nothing more entertaining than watching ACC send in a 2 Star to tell the 1 Star to shut up and color.

I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids. - Col. Ripper

If we have 12 hours from bottle to throttle, what would be the time from joint to jet?

Thought I'd throw this out because someone might benefit.......Moved to Texas in 2000. Every year starting in September and getting progressively worse by January, my eyes would tear and itch and my sinuses would get stuffy making it difficult to breathe. Started with Claritin, Zyrtec, and afrin but even all that didn't help by January when it felt like sand was being poured into my eyes so I just dealt with the misery. Nothing like flying with stuffed up sinuses and ears just to make life that much more fun. (BTW, Zyrtec is not on the approved list for flying.) Can't remember who suggested honey but I threw it into the old wives tale category and ignored it until I was willing to try anything. Got some local raw honey and started adding it to tea, toast, cereal, whiskey, etc. can't remember how long it took but wrote off the first year as a possible fluke. Now, into the second year, I'll say it works and works well. Symptoms are gone or barely register. Might work for you, might not, but someone might benefit and it is worth the shot.

Revolver does an open house every Saturday from noon to 3 if you to be passing through the neighborhood.

Somewhere deep in the safety archives is the film made by an A-7 dude that wanted to document his cool rejoin. Turned out he documented his cool mid-air collision.

Just go into the life support shop and tell them you want the standard Go Pro set up on your helmet. They'll know what to do and take care of it.

Police: No beer led to ceramic squirrel stabbing NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina authorities say a 44-year-old woman angry at a man for returning home without beer on Christmas beat and stabbed him with a ceramic squirrel. The Charleston County Sheriff's office says in a report that deputies found a man covered with blood when they arrived at Helen Williams' North Charleston home early Wednesday. She told investigators the man fell and cut himself, but couldn't explain why her hands and clothes were also bloody. Deputies say the man said Williams was so angry when he returned without beer because stores were closed on Christmas Eve that she grabbed a ceramic squirrel, beat him in the head, then stabbed him in the shoulder and chest. Williams was in jail Friday and charged with criminal domestic violence. It wasn't known if she had a lawyer. Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Flew a friends Navaho with Bluetooth linked ADS-B to iPads using Garmin Pilot app. Very cool. Also streamed a little classic rock in the background. Had more information readily available than in a commercial airline cockpit.

The TSA had been wildly erratic regarding flight crews until the advent of the Known Crew Member program. The DoD program is a long needed one but might take a little while to dampen out the TSA induced stupidity.

A) Beotches be crazy. North Korean beotches be insane crazy. B) Death by mortar firing squad....now there's something you don't see everyday. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/10517906/The-women-behind-the-throne-in-North-Koreas-empire-of-horror.html

http://freebeacon.com/report-budget-plan-could-cost-service-members-124000-in-retirement-pay/?print=1

My theory on this is that I was hired for my pilot skills, not my IT skills, because I suck at troubleshooting computer problems. I can solve the "where the jet is going" problem a lot faster than I can solve the "why is it doing something that I do not understand" problem. But that is resorting back to basic flying skills which makes me wonder what kind of training or mindset would allow both pilots on a wide body airliner to acknowledge that they thought there was a problem with the throttles because the throttles were not controlling airspeed yet DID NOTHING to fix the problem....like push the throttles up. Apparently the FAA is looking at the accidents at Buffalo, SFO, and the Air France crash and thinking the same thing. I did the first of two sims last night for our 9 month recurrent training and we did an approach, departure, and a FL350 stall. Stabilize the picture, pull the power to idle and hold the picture, let the airplane run out of flying speed, and then recover. First time I have ever done those in 14 years with the airlines. Last time I did those in a jet was as a T-38 IP.

I never envisioned Christmas being celebrated in China (learn something new every day) but I have envisioned killing myself in a mall after getting held hostage during a shopping excursion. http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/12/09/Man-Leaps-to-His-Death-in-Shopping-Mall-After-Girlfriend-Insists-on-More-Shopping

While Counselor Morgan lauds the courage and integrity of Mr. Thomas for his actions assisting the OSI, he fails to acknowledge the lack of courage and integrity that led to Mr. Thomas being a target for the OSI and thus forced into being an informant. I have never liked the idea of a one mistake AF but I also believe character matters.

I don't think he understands the word "literally."

Zampolit or political commissar would look great on a resume.