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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.

It’s a huge, expensive bureaucracy, created in 1979, not 1824…….employs No Teachers and has little to no impact on Education on a local level except to dictate, interfere, and propose programs which spread whatever political and social ideologies that they deem important. Remember it employs zero teachers who teach. The Dept of Ed has been low hanging fruit for decades, and whenever Republicans try to dismantle it, Democrats begin airing commercials about So and so candidate is against education and your children. We went to the Moon and won 2 World Wars, and ushered in the tech age without the Dept of Education.

Day Man, She was an executive in the WWF, she also ran for political office, ran a big organization and was in Trump’s Administration as the SBA head. She ran for Senate as a Republican in Uber Democrat Connecticut and lost to Richard Blumenthal ( Perhaps you may think he’s more qualified, being he was a Vietnam Vet hero🤣). You’re gaslighting calling her a WWF personality. Just like people called Reagan, an actor, or Trump, a reality TV personality. Her and her husband built the WWF into a multi-million dollar organization. She’s no dummy. Probably not as Qualified as Pete Buttigieg, but her WWF days are long gone. Trump is a disruptor, and his picks are usually non-politicians and from the business world, ie. People who work, built things and aren’t on the government dole.

Stolelt, You can also look at it this way. No voter ID requirements allows illegals to vote, even though they’re not citizens. So assume a few million Illegals voted in these No ID states, most probably for the party that facilitates them.(democrats) You don’t think a few house races would be affected by these extra imported voters?