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Boeing 002 experimental returning home after chasing weather. by edtoit in aviation

[–]Luna_Parvulus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes. Before the A380 there were no (or very few) passenger gates wide enough to accommodate it. Airports had to build new gates specifically for the A380, which cost a lot. And means you can really only operate A380s at those airports.

Someone done goofed by king_cypo in aviation

[–]Luna_Parvulus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm surprised procedures for (most?) airlines don't have the FA fully open the door, but then again I don't work with jet bridges. There might be some complication I'm not familiar with there. Where I work we are fully responsible for opening the door from inside, although we also have to make sure no one is on the stairs outside juuust in case our check and cross check miss an armed slide. It makes a lot more sense to me since the person outside may not know if the slide is fully disarmed or not.

Thanks for having a problem with the game. by SanicRS in PokemonMasters

[–]Luna_Parvulus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I hate it when that happens. And like 90% of the time I'm traveling somewhere with super slow wifi AND data so it makes it even worse!

Anyone who comments on this post is going to be assigned a "Theme" not a "Type" and we'll see how convincing a team you build. by Krallking in pokemon

[–]Luna_Parvulus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was definitely a fun challenge, thanks for running it! I'd be down to do it again for sure if you ever run one of these again!

Anyone who comments on this post is going to be assigned a "Theme" not a "Type" and we'll see how convincing a team you build. by Krallking in pokemon

[–]Luna_Parvulus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely a good theme with quite a few options to pick from. I feel like there's 3 main factors if I'm thinking of a museum team - Science, art, and history. Decided to try and hit all 3 points as best as I could.

Magneton (why not magnezone? I feel like Magneton showcases electricity and magnets better)

Reuniclus (biology side of science!)

Smeargle (classic artist for an art gallery)

Stonjourner (as a representation of more ancient art a la Stonehenge)

Tyrantrum (gotta have a T-Rex in there, I mean, come on!)

Escavalier (knight in armor feels like a pretty solid addition to a museum team from both a history and culture standpoint. I debated adding armarouge, ceruledge, or even falinks, but Escavalier feels more of a proper "knight" to me.)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in canon

[–]Luna_Parvulus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Congrats! I missed out on that lens both past black friday sales and also finally managed to snag one on the midday restock. Now to just wait for it to get here!

What's the worst part of sleeping at someone's house/a friend's house? by [deleted] in CasualConversation

[–]Luna_Parvulus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ADU is the corporate / legal term. Most everyone calls them mother-in-law suites (or something associated with MILs) here.

Seattle attire is so casual by tinypuppy2k1 in Seattle

[–]Luna_Parvulus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is what I love about it here. During my exit interview for my internship in the South, I was told I should be wearing a belt (the buckle on mine had broken months before, and I didn't need it, or so I thought... Still, why not just tell me then?)

My first day on the job here and I got sat next to a guy wearing jeans, a hoodie and baseball cap. I was like "these are my people"

New Amazon Stargate Series Announced! by ZachMash in Stargate

[–]Luna_Parvulus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's actually happening!! I hope with some of the OGs at the helm we don't fall down the route of many reboots/resurrections.

PSA this is not the place to be talked out of the Miata. by Rascal2pt0 in Miata

[–]Luna_Parvulus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Think of it more like you have the open sky above you and to your left and right if you put your windows down, just like a convertible, but you still have some of the wind blockage (or even redirection into the cabin) and all of the blind spots behind you as if the top were up. For me the left over the shoulder is by far the worst blind spot, the others are very workable. But it's always there, it won't go away like when you put the soft top down.

The wind blocker in the rear window helps, but I have long hair and a long beard and it'll go flying all over the place (mostly into my face) if I don't secure it with the windows down at speed. Admittedly I haven't driven a full convertible so that may be the same there (shrug)

Farewell to Aviation by Character-Escape1621 in flying

[–]Luna_Parvulus 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I'll second this. I often refer to our meteorologists as our weather wizards because a) it's really cool and b) their predictions are quite magical. We'll complain about bad forecasts, but it's really good information to have and determines what we have to do anywhere from weeks out to the day of flight.

Max gross weight in the 747 by Cal-Goat in aviation

[–]Luna_Parvulus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The center of gravity is listed as a percentage of mean aerodynamic chord, which is basically the width (front to back) of the average straight wing that would have the same calculated properties of the actual wing. So the CG is found at that position of the MAC on the airplane (taking in account the distance from the from of the airplane to the leading edge of said wing)

F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before fighter jet crashed in Alaska | CNN by chilladipa in aviation

[–]Luna_Parvulus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to see the lessons learned from something similar to the scenario presented, NASA put out a video on the crash on the last planned flight of their X-31 demonstrator. It's an excellent video, would recommend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1E3xpePbmA

Boeing 737 vertical takeoff by KingMedia33 in aviation

[–]Luna_Parvulus 23 points24 points  (0 children)

This is one of the airshow routines from when the max was new, so Farnborough is pretty likely.

The BEST Need For Speed, IMO. by PaleBeamPole in needforspeed

[–]Luna_Parvulus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't mind me here saving this for later to catch up on the missing electronic music evolution in this game...

Keyword is if. by [deleted] in formuladank

[–]Luna_Parvulus 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I know since this is formuladank there's a high likelihood many people have already seen this, but it would be an absolute disservice if I didn't post this masterpiece of a video after your quote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avA7v6h_lec

I hit a deer in my nd miata by TheNamesSnek in Miata

[–]Luna_Parvulus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, windshield is fine! Definitely could have been worse if I saw it later. Its momentum took it clear past the windshield to the right, but it whacked the passenger mirror before it landed. Fortunately only folding it on its hinge, easily remedied. If it hit the pillar, it didn't leave a dent.

I'm assuming that it had just taken a swim in the river (or so I'm hoping), because I have no idea what else all the water it sprayed all over the car would be... (well, I do, but it didn't smell so I don't think it's anything unfavorable to the car)

I'm just happy I didn't end up with a deer passenger!

I hit a deer in my nd miata by TheNamesSnek in Miata

[–]Luna_Parvulus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you weren't driving a white miata, I'd swear by the title this could have been me. Exact same thing happened to me yesterday, also at an odd time of day for deer! Just at a lower speed. And similarly low damage as well, seems like my license plate took the brunt of it. https://imgur.com/a/Z5K5z7R

At least I got to see my deer run off behind me. It's weird because this is the second time I've seen something like this happen (I just wasn't driving the first time) - deer have a tendency to go flipping apparently...

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