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Hilarious...
"ARF!"
That'll work!
And speaking of coffee...
Let's get out there and shenanigan the hell out of today! 
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Let me check my schedule book....
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Not gonna go over big. Almost nobody has to work.
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Reginald shaggy buts, Reginald shaggy buts. Evan Schnickel a zite, Evan Schnickel a zite.
See at about 2:15....
Big whoop. I’ve been doing this every year since I started drinking. And, most years I throw in the 29th for good measure (but probably not this year.)
Brew on
Dave Sarber
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My ride to Saudi and back. Boeing 777, two GE90 engines, 650 mph cruise at 35000 feet, and will go halfway around the world without refueling. Still took 15 hours nonstop.
What kind of chips did they serve?
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I don't like these on my car. Don't want to give a cop who pulls me over any ideas as he walks up on my car.
Even if it's one beer.
GrogNerd
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My ride to near SA.
2 GE LM2500s, top speed ~30 knots downhill, with the wind. Cruise altitude exactly sea level
Trip took 6 months round trip, with layovers in Manama, Bahrain, Jebel Ali, UAE & Catania, Sicily & that last stop was to replace one of those turbines
2 GE LM2500s, top speed ~30 knots downhill, with the wind. Cruise altitude exactly sea level
Trip took 6 months round trip, with layovers in Manama, Bahrain, Jebel Ali, UAE & Catania, Sicily & that last stop was to replace one of those turbines
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Now I'd put that ^^^ sticker on my plane.
Nice! You can out run any cop who fancies giving you a speeding ticket.
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I don't believe that's Saudi. Next you'll tell me the Saudies have running water and indoor toilets.
What kind of booze?
The few times I’ve flown into Dubai or Doha from the EU the guys beside me were slamming mini bottles of spirits. Not so much on the 16+ hr flight from NZ.
Dave Sarber
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No booze on board. In my hotel mini fridge are 2 bottles of "non alcoholic malt flavored beverage". Pics later.
So when you are in a country where alcoholic beverages are illegal for an extended period, whadda ya do? HOME BREW.
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Milkyway in the rigging, Bocas del Toro, Panamá...
The image is noisy because I was shooting at 8,000 ISO, and the conversion to JPEG to upload didnt help.
The Sony a6000 camera starts getting noisy at about 8,000, it will go much higher (25,600), but given the level of noise, Im not sure of the practical application of such a high ISO. So, it becomes a classic exposure triangle battle to get shots like this one.
Rainy season finally appears to be winding down in Bocas and we are getting beautiful clear nights so I will likely have a chance to try this again at a lower ISO.
The image is noisy because I was shooting at 8,000 ISO, and the conversion to JPEG to upload didnt help.
The Sony a6000 camera starts getting noisy at about 8,000, it will go much higher (25,600), but given the level of noise, Im not sure of the practical application of such a high ISO. So, it becomes a classic exposure triangle battle to get shots like this one.
Rainy season finally appears to be winding down in Bocas and we are getting beautiful clear nights so I will likely have a chance to try this again at a lower ISO.
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If through rigging, on a boat, how much exposure time did you get without motion blurring?
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Shot aboard a catamaran anchored in extremely still conditions. With a 16mm lens at f4.0 the max exposure time before star streaking becomes apparent is ~10". I shot a bunch of exposures at 8-10". This one was shot at 8".
Any boat movement at all and the picture is trashed. Would be very hard to shoot on a monohull...unless it was a damn big one.
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Lightened version:
Dave Sarber
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Ok, the whole reason I had to go to Saudi...
Not naming names. This is a 747-400 cargo aircraft operated by a Turkish cargo outfit.
They may have been a tad overweight at takeoff. This is the worst damage, but for approximately 40 feet forward of this...
You can see where the skin is ground completely thru at the circumferential frames. This is the first day I looked at it, but I'm guesstimating about 5 mil for repair.
Not naming names. This is a 747-400 cargo aircraft operated by a Turkish cargo outfit.
They may have been a tad overweight at takeoff. This is the worst damage, but for approximately 40 feet forward of this...
You can see where the skin is ground completely thru at the circumferential frames. This is the first day I looked at it, but I'm guesstimating about 5 mil for repair.
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Ahw, it'll buff right out.
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my dad's a tv repairman. he's got an awesome set of tools. I can fix it
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A tail dragger. You must be part of an AOG team.
Dave Sarber
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Just fixed a similar tailstrike last year in Mexico City (on an Airbus), now this one, and have another lined up for May in Istanbul for the exact same repair as the one in Mexico. I think a lot of these cargo haulers are overloading their aircraft. Or the skill level may be declining.
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Robert65
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I am completely ignorant WRT this entire field. But I recently happened to see an episode of "Air Disasters" on Smithsonian Channel where it turns out that there are a lot of loadmasters who don't know you're supposed to count the pallet and strap weight in the cargo weight. I suppose you already know that, but it made me say, wait, I could've figured that out... and I'm just an idiot watching TV....
Dave Sarber
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A far more common problem is something that is not tied down properly, or breaks loose. With the acceleration applied at takeoff, something heavy shifting position can play havoc. I know this aircraft was carrying an aircraft engine on a stand (approx 10,000 lbs), but there is no internal damage that suggests that happened. Not my yob, man, I just fix 'em.
BTW, I think I saw that show too.
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