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  1. BoilerUP

    Vehicle hail damage question

    My truck got beat up a fair bit Saturday morning by up to golfball size hail in southern Indiana, gonna take it to a PDR guy Friday but he told me he's seen a number of vehicles that will require an insurance claim.
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    BREAKING 01/31/25 6:20PM EST: Plane crashes near Philadelphia mall. ETA: Updates coming in now.

    The NTSB seems to think so, based on their probable cause. Yeah CPT appeared to be startled and sitting on his hands and the FO had a history of being weak, but somatogravic illusions are very real.
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    Pickup Truck Trend - Chain hanging from the front bumper

    BroDozer doing BroDozer things. Don't need a chain in a Wal-Mart parking lot
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    Two planes collided in Arizona, at least two dead

    Two single egine pistons (Cessna 172 and a Lancair 360) hit each other at an uncontrolled airport. In the grand scheme of things, this isn't exactly unprecedented.
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    BREAKING 01/31/25 6:20PM EST: Plane crashes near Philadelphia mall. ETA: Updates coming in now.

    Atlas 3591, 767-300BCF in Houston. https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR2002.pdf
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    6mmDasher feeding from 308 magazine?

    Isaac built my 6 Dasher that uses PMAG 7.62AC on a 700SA.
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    6mmDasher feeding from 308 magazine?

    I run Dasher out of a PMag 7.62AC and have zero issues.
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    Horse Power, Track Shit, Torque, Cubic Inches, Liters, Run What Ya Brung, Auto or Cycle

    Shook down the Swaggerwagon today...
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    BREAKING 01/31/25 6:20PM EST: Plane crashes near Philadelphia mall. ETA: Updates coming in now.

    Recovered CVR from the LR55 in Philly...8ft under grade in the crater
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    Plane crash At Reagan National

    I don't know the update rate of ground-based radar, also don't know what altimeter setting the Blackhawk had set. I do know the NTSB said the FDR of the CRJ700 showed impact at 325' AGL, +/- 25'.
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    Plane crash At Reagan National

    Not a military helo pilot, but friends who are say for a commissioned Army officer who had a non-flying role for a few years, her hours are ballpark if on the lower side of ballpark. Warrants fly a *lot* more than commissioneds.
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    Appleseed Sucking

    TM were you using OEM irons or Tech Sights?
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    Plane crash At Reagan National

    The helicopter was 100-200' higher than they should have been - that's solely on the pilot flying. HOWEVER Why the hell did the Evaluator Pilot allow a 50%+ altitude deviation, during a checkride, especially in that airspace??? Also worth noting - when initially informed of the CRJ over the...
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    BREAKING 01/31/25 6:20PM EST: Plane crashes near Philadelphia mall. ETA: Updates coming in now.

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    BREAKING 01/31/25 6:20PM EST: Plane crashes near Philadelphia mall. ETA: Updates coming in now.

    Lear 55 https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/MTS56/history/20250131/2200Z/KPNE/KSGF
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    Plane crash At Reagan National

    Yeah stipulated, one controller was working the Victor Tower position for DCA arrivals and also the Uniform Tower position for military traffic, which normally is a second position. As I said before, I'm completely supportive of fully staffed ATC but I also don't think it was causal or...
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    Plane crash At Reagan National

    I haven't seen any reports that there was just one person in the tower cab (ie. one controller working combined Tower and Ground), only that there is "normally" a controller operating the helos on UHF Tower, while a different controller works DCA arrivals on VHF Tower. I've seen DCA have a...
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    Plane crash At Reagan National

    If the helicopter was actually on Route 4 (laterally and/or vertically), the accident never happens. If the helicopter actually sees and maintains visual separation from the CR7, the accident never happens. Again, these are normal DCA Vis 1 Circle 33 RJ ops that have happened for decades...why...
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    Plane crash At Reagan National

    I attribute zero blame in this to ATC. Vis 1 Circle 33 is normal RJ ops at Reagan. Helicopter was twice told to maintain visual separation. Despite the CRJ being lit up like a Christmas tree the helo didn't, and in combination with the helo being where they weren't really supposed to be, 67...
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    Plane crash At Reagan National

    DCA is literally the most fun airport I've ever flown into, and I will never be a better stick-and-rudder pilot than the day I left the job that based me there. Prohibited airspace, traffic, etc. *forces* you to actually be a damn pilot, not a systems manager...at least in Ye Olden Days before...
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