Not gonna go over big. Almost nobody has to work.
With a purposeful grimace and a terrible smile!
Reginald shaggy buts, Reginald shaggy buts. Evan Schnickel a zite, Evan Schnickel a zite.With a purposeful grimace and a terrible smile!
Love me some BOC
Eric
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.)
What kind of chips did they serve?View attachment 667894
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.
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.
Now I'd put that ^^^ sticker on my plane.
Nice! You can out run any cop who fancies giving you a speeding ticket.View attachment 667894
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.
I don't believe that's Saudi. Next you'll tell me the Saudies have running water and indoor toilets.View attachment 667894
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 booze?What kind of chips did they serve?
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.
So when you are in a country where alcoholic beverages are illegal for an extended period, whadda ya do? HOME BREW.No booze on board. In my hotel mini fridge are 2 bottles of "non alcoholic malt flavored beverage". Pics later.
If through rigging, on a boat, how much exposure time did you get without motion blurring?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.
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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".If through rigging, on a boat, how much exposure time did you get without motion blurring?
A tail dragger. You must be part of an AOG team.
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....View attachment 668053
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.
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....
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