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  • Splinter
  • March 29, 2019 at 7:22 PM

There are 25 replies in this Thread which has previously been viewed 11,410 times. The latest Post (August 24, 2022 at 5:24 PM) was by Splinter.

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    • March 29, 2019 at 7:22 PM
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    The B-2, still the most alien aircraft.

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    • March 29, 2019 at 11:05 PM
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    Awesome!!!!!

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    • April 18, 2019 at 7:22 AM
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    A gyrocopter flying from France to the Spanish Pyrenees.

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    • April 18, 2019 at 10:40 PM
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    Have never seen a gyrocopter before. The trip looks like fun -

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    • April 21, 2019 at 1:02 PM
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    Battleship Park, USS Alabama & A-12 Blackbird

    https://imgur.com/gallery/Tq24I0I

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    • April 21, 2019 at 10:04 PM
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    Been their!!!! Great park!!! If you go down to Dauphin Island be sure and take the Ferry across the Bay. Fort Gaines is on Dauphin Island and Fort Morgan is across the Bay.

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    • April 22, 2019 at 10:52 PM
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    ... and while that close, head NW to Huntsville, Alabama to the US Space & Rocket Center. A highlight for me was the Saturn rocket, because in my summer job during college days, I etched circuit boards for the Saturn.

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    • April 23, 2019 at 6:32 AM
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    You hide your many talents under a bushel Rice

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    • April 23, 2019 at 9:01 AM
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    Ha! The most memorable talent required of that job was willingness to, when necessary, plunge one’s (protectively-coated) hands into the etching bath.

    Not a job for aspiring hand models!

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    • April 23, 2019 at 2:54 PM
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    i used to work in a Royal Navy torpedo factory!

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  • Rice
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    • April 23, 2019 at 4:52 PM
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    Any samples?

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    • November 25, 2019 at 4:39 PM
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    A Boeing 747 taking off from Buenos Aires, EZE - cockpit view - November 2019.

    The same 747 landing in Quito,Ecuador. Watch how the pilot avoids the towering thunderstorms which you can clearly see on his radar. Apparently, Quito is one of the most challenging airports to land at.

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    • November 25, 2019 at 5:04 PM
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    Fascinating! All of this happening while passengers are just turning movies on or off, putting shoes off or on, etc.


    We’ve flown in and out of Guayaquil but never Quito. What makes Quito so challenging? Prevalent weather conditions? That deep valley just before the runway? Scylla and Charybdis threatening on either side?

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    • November 25, 2019 at 5:18 PM
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    This was a Martinair (Dutch) cargo aircraft, so no passengers to worry about and Quito airport is the highest in the world at 2800 meters AMSL.

    It's the mountains and ravines that cause strange turbulence, evidently.

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  • GlasgowJohn
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    • November 25, 2019 at 5:48 PM
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    The old Quito airport was better . It was only a couple of miles from the City centre .

    the new one is not so exciting ...

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    • November 25, 2019 at 7:05 PM
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    Exciting = not good in choice of an airport.

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    • November 25, 2019 at 8:34 PM
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    My favourite is Bucaramanga in Colombia . Built on the side of a cliff..

    The old one at Medellín was also nice . Right in the centre of town ! The new one is on the top of a mountain !

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    • November 25, 2019 at 10:01 PM
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    My favourite is Abbotsinch. :)

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    • November 26, 2019 at 1:22 AM
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    My favourite is Abbotsinch. :)

    ???

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    • November 26, 2019 at 7:24 AM
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    #Rice its the local name for Glasgow Airport.....

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