Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
You had of course lost an empire but not yet found a role.
Cold War Aviation Porn
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existentialist
Tired and unemotional
That'll buff out.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
That's Martin Pert, he's just left the Red Arrows at team leader.
Kandahar always was a shithole...
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
That bus could probably get to the destination more quickly if it just drove there instead of being loaded on to the Beverley and flown.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
A photo taken from Concorde of a 229OCU F3 in K fit intercepting it.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Falklands era?
We got a puppy at that time. My mum vetoed him being called "Harrier Jump Jet".
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Falklands era?
We got a puppy at that time. My mum vetoed him being called "Harrier Jump Jet".
No, that's an 801NAS Sea Harrier F/A-2 so at least early 90s.
2hats
Dust.
STS in a supersonic wind tunnel at NASA Glenn/Lewis Field (the SRBs and SSMEs are a giveaway), circa 1978. The guy in the foreground is William Gerstenmaier, now a VP at SpaceX (the other test engineer is Mauri Raita). In later years Glenn did some quite sophisticated modelling including investigating 'engine out' RTLS scenarios post-Challenger.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
William Gerstenmaier or Gareth from the Office (with guest appearance by Norm from Cheers)?STS in a supersonic wind tunnel at NASA Glenn/Lewis Field (the SRBs and SSMEs are a giveaway). The guy in the foreground is William Gerstenmaier, now a VP at SpaceX (the other test engineer is Mauri Raita). In later years Glenn did some quite sophisticated modelling including investigating 'engine out' RTLS scenarios post-Challenger.
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
^^^ This. Plus the fact it’s clearly the yanks as the soviets didn’t need to do any of this design/testing stuff as they just copied someone else’s homework.STS in a supersonic wind tunnel at NASA Glenn/Lewis Field (the SRBs and SSMEs are a giveaway), circa 1978. The guy in the foreground is William Gerstenmaier, now a VP at SpaceX (the other test engineer is Mauri Raita). In later years Glenn did some quite sophisticated modelling including investigating 'engine out' RTLS scenarios post-Challenger.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
OTOH, at least they wouldn't need another seven astronauts.
"The main advantage of Buran over STS is that is was made from start to be fully automated. So the computer can take decision more quickly than the crew in case of emergency to save the crew and the payload, by reducing thrust or even eject the shuttle (500 scenaries are stored in the computer). If the shuttle is ejected it will return safely in automatic flight to the landing strip. Moreover, the engines of Energia LV use liquid propellant and can be shutdown if wanted.
The pilot and the co-pilot can also be saved by the automatic ejection of their seats during the ascent (from 50 m to 35 km)."
Buran Space Shuttle vs STS - Comparison
Characteristics about the Space transportation system, dimensions, thrust, crew...
www.buran.su
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Floggers on the move in Texas to be restored and flown again.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Would you go up in that?
Basing my future decision to go up in it on your response. After I've won the lottery obvs. So next Saturday.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
When I was younger, almost certainly yes. I've been in a Polish Air Force MiG-29U.
But in my mid 50s and in a privately operated one where the technical support and currency training are going to be sketchy: no.
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
That's what I was thinking, thank you. I'll spend the money on something safer like a bungee jump.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
A photo taken from Concorde of a 229OCU F3 in K fit intercepting it.
From someone who has broken the sound barrier, albeit in a pressure suit rather than lounge suit that proper people dun it, note how you say “from Concorde” rather than from a Concorde. Awesome aircraft.
T & P
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I watched that earlier as YouTube suggested it to me. If nothing else I thought the cgi renditions of the Foxbats whenever they weren’t using real footage were highly impressive- more so for what I assume must have been a pretty low budget production.
As a kid of the 70s & 80s who for whatever reason tended to side with the Soviets vs the Americans in any imaginary war in my head, the MIG-25 was always for me the ultimate Top Trumps fighter. Those exhaust nozzles were pre-puberty porn, really
