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Maggie’s Funny & awesome pics, vids and memes thread (work safe, no nudity)
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The poor little Ubangis were just turning their lives around.
Rare hand colored Daguerreotype of samurai warrior Haishida-dog.
Dems seriously overplayed their hand the last few years. Only an idiot wouldn't notice and act accordingly.
Parts of the cockpit and avionics from that incident now live in a Systems Integration Lab at Robbins AFB.
A veteran C-5 Galaxy pilot said all 17 people survived the April 3. 2006 plane crash at Dover Air Force Base, Del., mainly because the pilot did his job.
Col. Udo McGregor said the “100 percent reason” everyone aboard survived the crash was because the pilot did a wings-level landing. “The survivors are survivors because he put it on the ground wings level,” said the colonel, commander of the 439th Operations Group at Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass.
The transport took off from Dover at about 6:20 a.m. bound for Spain and Southwest Asia. On board were Airmen and several passengers. Base officials said the aircrew noticed a problem with the aircraft soon after takeoff, and the pilot turned the aircraft around to land back at the base. But at 6:42 a.m. the aircraft crashed into a grassy field and broke up into several pieces. Base officials think the aircraft might have struck a utility pole, which cut off the aircraftʼs six-story tail section. It had a quarter million pounds of fuel, but miraculously did not catch fire.
"A veteran C-5 Galaxy pilot said all 17 people survived the April 3. 2006 plane crash at Dover Air Force Base, Del., mainly because the pilot did his job."
Well, sorta. Yeah, he kept the wings level, (que Paul Harvey voice) but now, the rest of the story...
They had an engine failure on climbout (1 of 4) that they secured, and began to return to land. A 4 engine aircraft with an engine failure is typically flown on approach using the two symmetric engines, leaving the third operating engine in idle, to decrease assymmetric yaw. In this incident, the throttles were all retarded to idle for the descent per normal, but when the pilot advanced the throttles for approach, he used the wrong pair, leaving the two symmetric operating engines in idle, and advancing the throttle on the asymmetric engine and the shut-down engine. At the high weight, one operating engine was insufficient to maintain the approach path. The mishap aircraft subsequent impacted the field short of the runway.
It was a fuck-up by the guy flying and the rest of the crew didn't catch it. I've been in the flying big airplanes business a long time. Was doing it for the AF when this happened, and we had a safety briefing on the incident. I'm not trying to throw shade at the crew; it was a dynamic situation. Yes, the pilot did a good job setting the plane down in a way that allowed everyone to survive, but, it shouldn't have happened to begin with. The Col quoted was putting lipstick on a pig...
Well, sorta. Yeah, he kept the wings level, (que Paul Harvey voice) but now, the rest of the story...
They had an engine failure on climbout (1 of 4) that they secured, and began to return to land. A 4 engine aircraft with an engine failure is typically flown on approach using the two symmetric engines, leaving the third operating engine in idle, to decrease assymmetric yaw. In this incident, the throttles were all retarded to idle for the descent per normal, but when the pilot advanced the throttles for approach, he used the wrong pair, leaving the two symmetric operating engines in idle, and advancing the throttle on the asymmetric engine and the shut-down engine. At the high weight, one operating engine was insufficient to maintain the approach path. The mishap aircraft subsequent impacted the field short of the runway.
It was a fuck-up by the guy flying and the rest of the crew didn't catch it. I've been in the flying big airplanes business a long time. Was doing it for the AF when this happened, and we had a safety briefing on the incident. I'm not trying to throw shade at the crew; it was a dynamic situation. Yes, the pilot did a good job setting the plane down in a way that allowed everyone to survive, but, it shouldn't have happened to begin with. The Col quoted was putting lipstick on a pig...
I know a guy that runs a gun shop out of his garage and does this same thing. Clever.
Suck it down.
1970 Dodge power wagons out knocking down the brush don't give a shit.
Israeli lawmaker defends alleged rape of Hamas prisoner as far-right protesters rage over IDF troops' detention
Far-right Israelis try to storm military base and lawmaker defends rape of Hamas suspects as 9 IDF reservists face questioning over alleged prisoner abuse.
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