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My Opinion on this subject is the Democrats ultimate goal of opening the border was to flood the country with millions of new and perpetual DEMOCRAT VOTERS. Period. They saw what happened in the 2016 presidential election , when Trump won by a slim margin and wanted to insure that would never happen again! So, as others have said, they had no issue allowing people to illegally enter the country, but suddenly are all about following legal proceedings for each and every Illegal alien in order to be deported! Again, the courts can’t handle this flood of cases, so these illegally imported Democrat voters will be in our country for years to come, able to do whatever they please, but more importantly, They will be around to VOTE, and WHO DO YOU THINK THEY WILL VOTE FOR? Fast forward to 1:11:38

Are those new patches made of rubber?

It amazes me that there are still military folks who will defend and promote a political party that includes socialists and communists. If Bernie Sanders ran against Trump, would they vote for Sanders? WTFO

Some of you younger folks may not remember that the F-18, and the C-17 were criticized as boondoggles and worthless jobs programs. Every weapons system has some teething problems, let’s Hope Boeing minimizes them this time around.

MARSRADIO performs a great service to all aircrew. Back in the day, it was the only way we could call home. It was also entertaining listening to some of the phone calls made by other folks.

The issue with the A-380 in the Cargo world (Fed-Ex/Ups) was twofold. It was going to take many years for Airbus to develope the freighter version, and the added weight of strengthening the floors to handle cargo made the jet unprofitable. A 777 Or MD-11 was a lot more profitable. Also the specialized equipment for loading a double decker was problematic too.

TDS is a terrible thing.

Thanks BIff, I’ll pass your reply on to him. Do you know what he may mean by service? Flight following, traffic alerts?

Bump, see post above, Thx.

Can any of you guys who are in the know, answer this question from a poster on another UK based website? “Hi. Hope you're well. Interesting situation there in DCA. Can you ask those military helicopter friends what clearance and service they get when asking to transit the routes through the DCA Class Bravo. It would also be VERY interesting to know if they hear any private helicopters cleared this way, or whether it's all military. Best & thanks, WMF.”

I would like to get an answer from Biff or any other hello pilots about this. Anytime we (C-141/C-17) flew a low level, the Rad alt was our primary altitude instrument, I never flew a 300 ft LL using the baro altimeter. Do Blackhawks use the baro altimeter as their primary altitude instrument on a low level route that’s suppossed to be flown at 200 AGL? The reason I ask this, is because the NTSB spokeswoman seemed to be alluding there may be an issue with the barometric altimeter of the Blackhawk. thanks for the answer in advance.

Biff, or anyone else in the know, on another website someone mentioned these Helicopter routes don’t have any lateral confines. I find that hard to believe. Is there a hard number ? ie. 1 mile laterally etc

Why do you think the helo climbed from the 200 ft altitude required on that route. Once they accepted visual clearance, are they allowed to climb above 200 ft AGL on that route, or was it just lack of altitude control? Not trying to blame anyone, just curious why they climbed.

757 with the Pratt may be slightly better. And bigger boobs. I fly either one on a daily basis. The Pratts take longer to start, the Rolls have a lot less power for taxiing, but they take 15 sec to start!

Liberal men always look like pussies…explains why they lean towards the liberal end of the spectrum.