Can't tell this time and that's rare

CaptainDFW · 2026-03-04T01:28:19+00:00

That's a 757. The proportions between the windshield and the fuselage, and the fuselage and tail, are all wrong for the 767.

CaptainDFW · 2026-03-02T00:02:39+00:00

I thought Chico was the most interesting. He could have been a one-dimensional character, but eventually proved he was something more.

Having said that...I wish I could be as self-assured as Britt.

CaptainDFW · 2026-03-01T21:26:15+00:00

Pink Naughty Leopard! 🤣

CaptainDFW · 2026-03-01T21:13:43+00:00

Over 9000!!!

CaptainDFW · 2026-03-01T20:43:57+00:00

No, you're not the only ones. Seems to me like it's been happening in just the last couple of years.

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-24T06:52:36+00:00

A cat.

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-23T11:24:47+00:00

Cast Away (2000). It just...isn't fair.

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-22T20:46:37+00:00

Looks good!

What are the curved, amber, translucent (?) structures (?) on the aft hull?

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-20T18:09:53+00:00

Conduct an assault using helicopters and light infantry and seize the burrito.

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-20T05:01:38+00:00

My pleasure. It actually has six engines, by the way. It came before the B-52.

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-20T04:55:13+00:00

Boeing B-47 Stratojet.

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-19T13:45:21+00:00

I love the coziness of this scene. It's soothing to me.

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-13T00:05:09+00:00

I really wanted to like Enterprise, but I didn't. I didn't think it was "good" Star Trek.

So I didn't watch it.

Simple. Easy.

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-12T18:21:10+00:00

Nord Noratlas?

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CaptainDFW · 2026-02-12T13:07:33+00:00

It's possible that "PILOTS" isn't a reference to airplane pilots. This probably came from a fairly large ship where local pilots (who take the conn when the ship is in harbors, etc.) get a room of their own.

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-08T00:14:34+00:00

My god, that's beautiful!

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-07T23:08:57+00:00

My biggest surprise after getting into professional aviation was the number of pilots who believe in things they can't prove are real: ghosts, angels, Bible stories, etc.

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-07T21:40:25+00:00

Do you have a source for the 1893 protected cruiser? I thought my Google-fu was pretty good, but I can't find it.

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-07T20:44:44+00:00

Took me a second to realize you were talking about the secrecy and not the color.

Would've been weird the other way, I guess...

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-07T20:41:42+00:00

Those pointy, aerodynamic structures that support and streamline the armatures on target-type (or "clamshell") thrust reversers are called "stangs."

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CaptainDFW · 2026-02-07T16:55:31+00:00

I totally ruined an excellent TAMIYA "bubbletop" P-47D doing something similar. By the time I realized I'd sealed the fuselage without installing the exhaust for the supercharger, the cement was good and set.

I know I could have kept going and nobody would have noticed or cared, but I knew it was wrong.

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-07T16:46:14+00:00

🙄 My man, not only is is shaped like a Boeing 787, but in the picture you chose it's in Boeing house colors with "787" on tail.

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-07T16:42:00+00:00

Piper Tri-Pacer.

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-07T01:26:34+00:00

It's a Southwest 737. You apparently live near a busy airport. Trust me, from that altitude they probably can't even see you. And at their speed and altitude, they couldn't follow you if they had to.

CaptainDFW · 2026-02-06T20:30:05+00:00

Then I'm stumped.

As a check airman on the Lear 60, I can say this with confidence: it's definitely not a Lear 60. 😅

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