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Technology demonstrator follow on to the KC-135Q/T

~10 Lts voluntarily recat'd. A little surprised at that.

They need to state what their assumptions were to arrive at those danger close numbers. If a C-17 is massive, what adjectives are these guys using for 777s, 747s, A380s, and C-5s? Go ugly early, I guess.

Iran: Dog ownership to be outlawed under plan And you thought our national legislature was off target?

Unless you went to MIT, Stanford, or USC for an engineering degree (or maybe a Harvard for fuzzy type degrees), a much better academic program.

Dr. Yechout, great guy, and he loved telling those stories. I say we made a great choice... it could have been Close relative of And people think the A-10 is ugly.

I'd be interested in seeing that paper.

Opposed to an Airbus that loses its tail or disintegrates midflight? Any day.

Recent is relative. If you're Rainman and the 1985 season when they were 12-1, beat Texas in the bowl game and finished #5 is recent, then they are a high caliber team. Or if you are Oklahoma last year and AF nearly beat you, they're a good team.

Kind of fits the topic: Let's Be Careful What We Wish For: What March-style Madness Would Do to College Football Go Falcons

That's probably going to be tough to get unless someone specializes in sociology/behavioral science. One metric may be the FBI's Age-specific arrest rates in its Uniform Crime Report. There are no alcohol related categories, but the general trend for the different listed offenses is lower arrests for 21 versus 18. However, that could be due to many factors. Edit: Some more reading material, although there is probably plenty of contradictory evidence. Brain Changes Significantly After Age 18, Says Dartmouth Research. Actual Report. One slide summary

I guess I don't understand how NASA contracting you for research is illegal.

How Your Schedule Can Hurt (or Help) Your Health So UAV operators should be keeping track of their time like guys who use NVGs? What I want to see is the picture for when you change schedules monthly and are on mids.

Freezing was just explained, so all bets are off.

Greater than dual flameout over hostile territory, ejecting, and being rescued relatively unscathed.

Most of the Air Force probably doesn't know the difference, so I wouldn't expect much from the media. U.S. Elaborates on Jet Mishap

Air Force Accepts Delivery of Final MQ-1 Predator It is unfortunate that Congress saw a need for more than 187, but hopefully the procurement process for the next system includes some meaningful testing and evaluation... maybe even a competitive process.

Fired workers burn Indian executive to death

As said above, shouldn't happen. Aside from everyone, myself included, having Empirical data on the matter, all power requests go through the PMU, a digital engine control. Being a computer, it has no feeling of fear that may arise from excessive closure, and it moderates between the user input and prevailing conditions pretty well.

FAA Guidance Circular 91-21.1B

Yes, and everything I've read says that Boeing put the offer together with the PW 4062 on the wings... hence the joke.

True. What I'm waiting for is GE to demand a second engine option.

Boeing's website says it is a KC-10 style boom with ALAS and IDS. Looks like it is possibly a camera system, though, from what I can tell. The avionics look decent on the pilot side.

Haha, my german is rusty (i.e. nonexistent), but I take it the article says EADS won (EADS gewinnt... gewonnen) because the A330 is more modern and bigger (weil die A330 im Vergleich zum Konkurrenten Boeing 767 moderner und größer ist). NICE!

I would argue it is pervasive in U.S. society, not just the military. On that topic, can't wait to read "Everyone's a Winner: Life in Our Congratulatory Culture" As far as the shooter, that's not something that should be on his OPR, it should be part of an OSI (or CID in the Army's case) investigation. Why no one connected the dots would be my question. Not wanting to link him with being a radical Islamic goes back to what Steve Davies posted