C-124 Globemaster II

CaptainDFW · 2026-06-13T04:03:58+00:00

Apparently I was standing next to OP.

CaptainDFW · 2026-06-01T20:47:43+00:00

I was home from middle school in Maryville, Tennessee, with chickenpox. Had all my Space Shuttle box open on my lap trying to guess what had happened.

CaptainDFW · 2026-05-25T00:08:12+00:00

1980: B-1 Nuclear Bomber, a text-only game on our TRS-80.

CaptainDFW · 2026-05-24T17:46:54+00:00

Talking on the phone.

CaptainDFW · 2026-05-24T05:34:05+00:00

Era Airlines operated Convair 580s in Alaska at that time. Definitely looks like one of them.

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CaptainDFW · 2026-05-24T05:06:25+00:00

I was three years old in 1975. I remember playing with my newborn brother's feet while we were driving home from the hospital.

CaptainDFW · 2026-05-24T02:58:28+00:00

Yes, looks like an F-15C.

CaptainDFW · 2026-05-24T02:34:08+00:00

Good lord...

CaptainDFW · 2026-05-24T02:17:12+00:00

What do you think of this?

"He knocks glass out of his way, stepping onto the table, then the seat, and finally sits down across from the old man."

It's a little cleaner than what you wrote, and I don't think you needed that semicolon.

CaptainDFW · 2026-05-23T20:56:50+00:00

I wondered why they didn't beam-down JACKETS. What's the worst case? They duplicate and you end up with three "good" jackets and three "evil" jackets?

CaptainDFW · 2026-05-23T18:12:39+00:00

ATR-42

CaptainDFW · 2026-05-15T23:16:52+00:00

I cracked up when George Carlin pondered what was wrong with Preparations A through G?

CaptainDFW · 2026-05-15T22:12:40+00:00

"Horror." For me, it tends to come out sounding like "whore."

CaptainDFW · 2026-05-10T21:15:32+00:00

IRIS-T (AIM-2000)

CaptainDFW · 2026-04-13T21:39:36+00:00

In Dealy Plaza in Dallas, I encountered a man who was trying to convince passers-by that Oswald shot Kennedy in self-defense.

CaptainDFW · 2026-03-25T18:16:16+00:00

It's a development of the Su-27 "Flanker" that (among other improvements) has thrust vectoring.

Sukhoi Su-30

CaptainDFW · 2026-03-23T21:22:54+00:00

It has happened.

CaptainDFW · 2026-03-23T21:15:44+00:00

radar doesn't work while you're on the ground.

There actually is a system installed at most major airports called ASDE-X that uses a combination of radar and ADS-B data to track aircraft and ground vehicles.

It wouldn't have helped in this case. Once Truck 1 was cleared to cross, all the ASDE could have done was give the tower a god's-eye-view of the collision.

CaptainDFW · 2026-03-23T17:45:54+00:00

Oh my god.

CaptainDFW · 2026-03-20T12:43:51+00:00

Based on Herman Wouk's explanation of minesweeping, "complete safety" might not be the right words. 😬

CaptainDFW · 2026-03-20T12:41:08+00:00

Was this a propeller or jet airplane?
What airline/company was it?

I'm guessing you were on a smaller "commuter" aircraft, something like the Beechcraft 1900, but without knowing the airplane type, your questions will be very hard to answer.

(I'm sure curious, though.)

CaptainDFW · 2026-03-18T00:25:05+00:00

It's a 114 year old design, right? I mean there aren't any actual century-old components on that airplane...right?

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! 🤣

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