Napoleon_Tanerite

The 1/48 (or 1/72, 1/144, etc) is the scale, where 1 unit on the model equals 48 units on the real airplane. The P-51 has a 37' wingspan. In a 1/48 scale model this translates to a 9.25" wingspan model. For your stated desire of 12" you would need to find 1/37 or larger scale model. The next most common scale in the size you are looking for would be 1/36, which will give you a wingspan of just over 12". I do not know any quality models off hand, and anything I could link you to would come from the same google search you can do yourself. Search for the model you want (i.e. P-51) and the scale. Scale is either expressed with a / or a :. 1/36 and 1:36 mean the same thing, and is just a nomenclature difference between model companies, and I would recommend googling both terms to give yourself the best chance at success.

he was clearly an imposter, since he was not wearing the uniform properly.

Technically it's a rigid airship

i regret that i can only give you one positive vote for this post.

He put on E-9 4 years ago, he's been a chief longer than many members of this board have been in the air force. Being an E-9 and not eventually drinking the kool aid has got to be like being the only sober guy at the party-- after long enough, you're going to want to give in.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who picked up on that Archer reference. DANGER ZONE!

Tough to say, but he did grow up as a cop, so that might have something to do with it. Not all shoes work indoors.

sign says A reflective belt, not one for each individual. So as long as your person has a belt on, you should be good to go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KDviXJCfHg We've been waiting for you....

NK is a fascinating country https://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-to-north-korea-1-of-3

That's the same aggravating stupid logic my parents would use on me! "If you can't clean your room, how can you expect to drive the car?" Apples =/= oranges. Yes, if a dude is dumb enough to flunk lunch he's dumb enough to flunk any task; however, if you're in the AOR, that means you're a qualified MR crew member on an airplane that costs more than you will make in a lifetime. Chances are you've proven to one or many people that you are more than capable of walking and chewing gum, so even if you aren't wearing socks with your finger shoes, you probably can be trusted to do the job that the US taxpayers have invested millions of dollars into training you to do.

Our favorite fish wrapper is soliciting input from the peanut gallery. Here's my input-- leave investigating mishaps to the experts, or at least those with more than a spectator's version of the events. This is a new low, even for AFT.

The ONLY limit on the 2nd Amendment is that you should have to have sufficient room to use whatever weapons you possess without bothering others. Want a nuke? Better move to central Nevada. Any "line" regarding weapons ownership will be arbitrary and based on someone's opinion on what they think is good for you. People (read: idiots) tend to associate violent acts with the instruments used. Do we credit the scalpel for a successful surgery? Do we credit the hammer for a house? Do we credit paintbrush for the mona lisa? Yes the tools make the work possible, but without the operator, those tools are just inanimate objects sitting on the table. Objects do not possess motivations, or the means to operate themselves. Just like we fault the builder when a house is built all fuckered up, we need to properly place fault for violent crimes. The shooter is 100% responsible for this, and should be treated accordingly.

you don't have a hair on your ass if you don't email him and challenge him on being a poser since he can't speak english properly.

nice shoeclerk manifesto

If he wants to make an idiot of himself, that's fine.... but he needs to do it in a way that doesn't make the uniform I take pride in wearing look like a clown costume. I'm not saying berate the guy in front of anyone, but a quick "hey WTF" in a discrete manner would definitely have been in order there.

every officer in the room who allowed him to do it failed as a leader.

you may not have noticed, but the AF is all about one-size-fits-all, no thought involved policies that have no basis in reality, subjective (or objective) though, or common damn sense.

3:06-3:09 is my personal favorite

ok, it starts slow, but the end is WELL worth it

idiots

I disagree, to a point. While I agree that the C-17 isn't a fighter, and shouldn't be flown like one, I disagree that its capabilities shouldn't be demonstrated. Note I said the capabilities of the C-17, not how the C-17 can be flown in a manner similar to much smaller aircraft with a different mission. This means short field ops, tactical arrivals, etc, staying well within the -1 and 11-2C-17v3 operating limitations. Remember, airshows are not for us, they're for the owners of the airplanes (US taxpayers). I see it as a way to show them that they're getting their money's worth on at least SOMETHING that is being bought with their hard earned money. With that in mind, airshow profiles (same as flyovers, that was beaten to death in another thread) should be flown to impress NON-PILOTS. You'll never impress a pilot, simply make him think he can fly it better than you. Fly the profile, be boring to every pilot there, and the other 99.69% of people in attendance will love it. Survive the routine, maintain your aeronautical rating, full stop, shut down, and shag the demo girls, cheerleaders, or any other target of opportunity.

nothing happens in a vacuum. There's no way I'm going to believe that if the OG had been on that jet it would have been his first idea of what they were doing, especially with videos on youtube. The EXTENT may not have been known, but there's no way that it was some surprise that the airshow profile was being overflown.

i think the real question is "who knew". Anyone who knew and did nothing is definitely liable for the mishap and should be fired. Then there's the second, more difficult question of "who SHOULD HAVE known?". I think the OG and the WG/CC probably fall under that, since they are ultimately responsible for their airplanes. Unless there's some systematic problem in the whole unit, rarely does a single aircraft mishap rise further than the wing level. Of course this is all speculation on my part, I'm nothing more than a spectator trying to learn lessons to apply to my own flying as far as this is concerned.