Everything posted by Biff_T
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Lighten Up Francis!
https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/engines-run-in-travoltas-new-constellation/ I don't really wanna know what kind of light in the loafer shannigans will be taking place on that beautiful constellation. What really impresses me is the BUFF that managed to sneak into the picture.
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What's wrong with the Air Force?
Maybe the Air Force should start reviewing how to make pilots again, instead of fucking up four day weekends for the troops. Last I heard, there's a pilot shortage and UPT is a cluster fuck.
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Music
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Dibs- Mid-Air Collision in DC
Civilian traffic isn't normally cleared through the FRZ (approximately 15 NMs around DCA). The civilian traffic that flies through the airspace within 30 NMs of DC, must have special training and a clearance to enter the SFRA. They basically treat 30 NMs within DCA like Bravo. I believe they will provide flight following for the higher flying civilian traffic but helos are generally too low on the radar.- Mid-Air Collision in DC
You ask for specific routes or zones with tower prior to executing them. Example: "Tower, Biff 28 Cabin John, 1, 4, 3 to Andrews". From what I remember, there were only military, gov agency and police helicopters. No tourists. Balt-Wash_Heli (2).pdf- Delta Connector CRJ900 Crash Toronto
Thanks. I guess they're gonna be stuck at the regionals for life. Regional scum! Long Live Compass!- Delta Connector CRJ900 Crash Toronto
Somebody refresh my memory but isn't the CRJ900 at Delta flown by mainline Delta crews? If so, at least they're already at the majors. You gotta land all of your kickflips at the regionals to have any chance of going to the majors.- Music
This song would be bad ass coupled with a video of death from above, courtesy of the USAF, USN, USMC and USA.- Starting a podcast before being selected for a military pilot slot: Good or Terrible idea?
POW camp at SERE will be more fun if you do.- WTF? (**NSFW**)
- Delta Connector CRJ900 Crash Toronto
Flares are for pussies!- Delta Connector CRJ900 Crash Toronto
Watch me do a kick flip.- What's wrong with the Air Force?
I actually flew in an orange mustang suit a few times. I hated those things. Never the less, it was orange and very reflective. Edit: Shirts are for pussies!- What's wrong with the Air Force?
Very safe of you sir. The air force should make fully reflective flight suits, for safety.- What's wrong with the Air Force?
The Martyr reminds me of the G-Spot (Guam).- What's wrong with the Air Force?
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I miss the way George Dubya used to say "Vladimir Pootin".- Mid-Air Collision in DC
When we flew in DC at the 1st HS, about half of the time we flew single pilot with a SMA in the left seat. They knew they maps as good and sometimes better than us pilots.- Mid-Air Collision in DC
@Vito This. Sometimes you'd be 20 feet above of the water, depending on the altimeter setting. Also, we'd typically use the radar altimeter as a warning that you're too low and stay above that setting. The same technique I used in DC.- What's wrong with the Air Force?
What does the AF say about wearing a dicky (fake shirt not donger) instead of a T shirt?- Russian Ukraine shenanigans
I was talking with a friend of mine yesterday about CAS. He was a snake eater in Nam. He said they'd periodically call in air strikes from BUFFs. He said the bombs would go off everywhere, sometimes he had to hold onto a tree to help with the shock waves. He laughed when I told him that nowadays, dudes can putt a bomb into someone's butthole from 30,000 feet.- Office of the SECDEF
He looks like a gay Darth Vader.- Initial Pilot Training and Future Pilot Training
- Mid-Air Collision in DC
There are routes and zones around DC. The routes you have to stick to, if you need to deviate laterally you're supposed to get permission to deviate. The zones, you can fly wherever your heart pleases but you have yo stay below the maximum altitude. You're never supposed to go above the altitude listed on the map. As for the lateral confines for the routes, they're marked on the map buy a solid blue line. Otherwise known as the route. - Delta Connector CRJ900 Crash Toronto