Clayton Bigsby

Yeah I think it used to be different, that number definitely sounds familiar. I believe the classes were revised recently when the 'Super' category was created, previously A380 and An-225 aircraft were considered Larges. But it's plain as day in the 7110.65 aircraft specifications index at 300,000 lbs.

ATC guy here. Any aircraft with a possible max gross takeoff weight of 300,000 lbs or more is considered a heavy regardless of payload. It's a wake turbulence thing, more separation has to be provided for smaller aircraft behind a heavy. For wake turbulence aircraft are broken into a couple categories, Small, Small Plus, Large, Heavy and Super (A380 and the An-225 are the only two in this category for now). It all depends on possible MGTW.

I talked at length to a MT ANG Mx guy this last weekend, and apparently there is an influx of money coming along with the mission change that will buy new facilities like hangar space to house C-130s, additions to their ops building, etc. Supposedly there should be an aircraft or two arriving from LRF soon to help orient personnel, but most people should be at the schoolhouse this fall and winter and hopefully there will be enough back and aircraft on hand to start some flying in the late winter/spring timeframe. It's gonna be a ghost town around the airport for awhile. We have some of the transition schedules up in the tower and it's been a bit of a kick in the balls. The slowdown in flying from the F-15s (used to push twice a day, now just one go) has affected our training a fair bit since it was one of the few things we could reliably plan for. As for the Super Es...field elevation at GTF is 3680, and I've seen it as high as I think 97 this summer. Launched an MD-88 today and watched him eat easily 9000 to 9500 ft of a 10,502 ft long runway...so temperature and weight can be an issue. Is the heat comment an air conditioning thing, or an aircraft performance thing?

^ Montana works ok too... ^

Local po-pos around here have Tauri, they do look pretty badass, so...yeah it's possible.

I think it looks alright. The new Total Recall was great, and I've heard good things about Dredd, so it's possible...

Would somebody tell the Japanese to go fuck themselves sometime soon?

Saw an E-6 doing pattern work at Idaho Falls during my drive up when I was PCSing here...thought it an odd location to pick out for some touch and goes.

Here's a couple pictures from the crash site.

But they lead the way in uniform compliance! Be an AMC leader today!!! Always hated that sign.

The X3 also looks to be able to slice potential passengers into mincemeat once they get out, unless they wait for the blades to stop turning.

Guessing that's at FJDG? Hey at least salty corrosive air won't be a problem while they fix it... Did they ever get that B-1 out of Guam? The one that was in the hangar with the tail sticking out a couple years?

THUNK. Two C-5Ms down?

Is that stuff corrosive?

Why didn't they do this 8 years ago???

Unless you have a big in into the agency, expect a lengthy delay in getting hired by the FAA once separated from the AF. Hiring freeze in effect at the moment due to sequestration, and without any freezes in place at my time it took almost two years to get processed and hired. Best of luck tho and hit me if you have any questions.

Not the first time that's happened with that part...at all.

This, sevenfold.

No emotion, just think this is pretty clear cut. It's nothing like a concealed carriage permit, which is explicitly for only one state with limited reciprocity. I ran into this - my marriage is by Contract, allowed by my home state's law. No marriage certificate, just the original notarized and signed contract in a safe. Moved to Hawaii years back and my wife, while getting her driver's license ran into some issues - they were originally considering our marriage as a common law marriage, which surprisingly Hawaii doesn't go for (the conservative/liberal divide in Hawaii is really interesting). However upon some research on their part they found that it was indeed legal in the original state of issuance and honored it as such. I can see where states can say they won't issue same sex licenses (or contracts if they do that), but can't see how they won't honor licenses issued in other states. Don't see the precedent.

But it works for fucking marriage licenses. You guys are being ridiculous here. So who among us here has had their marriage declared null and void just because the state you're stationed in doesn't do things exactly like the state of your residency, or where your marriage was executed? It hasn't happened.

Marriage licenses granted in one state aren't exactly null and void in another state that doesn't issue them in the same way. Get it issued where it's legal, it's good to go everywhere else.

Dushanbe controller always sounded like Count Chocula to me

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CHILI?!?!?

It also helps to not overload the cargo floor rating by spreading the load for a vehicle that primarily gets is suspension from its tires - no suspension to compress, all the load goes to the points on the cargo floor that the tires contact. Sleeper helps spread that.

@HeloDude, yeah saw all that, zero serial #'s involved. Wonder why he was lugging around the extra upper receiver. Plus 1300 rds of ammo...not easy to walk with that...