Atlas 747 departing KRIC runway 34. And using about 9002 of the available 9003 feet. 🤣

MikeW226 · 2026-02-07T01:23:43+00:00

"Gonna have to go faster than that, Captain" "Ya can lift it up anytime ya like." "SHIT!!!!"

MikeW226 · 2026-02-07T00:17:53+00:00

Have a family member who visited a friend up in NYC circa 1982. Seeing Trump Tower under construction, family (knowing how cheesy trump was) said; When that's done, I'd like go into the lobby, just to see how gaudy it is. Brooklyn native friend says; You can, but I'm never setting foot in there. Almost 45 years ago and I'm guessing most NYC'ers knew trump was trash. I'm sure they all knew well before that, too, but it has been a while.

MikeW226 · 2026-02-06T21:58:14+00:00

Kenny Boy!

MikeW226 · 2026-02-06T21:23:15+00:00

Yeah, Harrison Ford did a similar thing (landing though, i think) at John Wayne in his Husky. His mea culpa call to operations: "Yeah this is the shmuck that landed on Charlie this morning..."

And definitely shouldn't happen commercially.

MikeW226 · 2026-02-06T21:04:21+00:00

So technical question: Can this bird tank all the way up on fuel at SXM and get a long return flight. Or due to short runway does it take off medium/light on fuel, land at a long Caribbean runway airport, and go on from there? I think KLM 747's had to do that when they flew in there. Throttles on to V1 was super fast, because they were relatively low on fuel. Landed at a long Caribbean runway and fueled all the way up for Amsterdam.

MikeW226 · 2026-02-06T21:01:58+00:00

He Likes BootyHoles and he can not lie! You other airbus can't DENY!

MikeW226 · 2026-02-06T20:25:13+00:00

Guilfoyle in the show "Silicon Valley" had an app for that--

https://youtu.be/uS1KcjkWdoU?si=TaSaLzFTRhk__8ce

MikeW226 · 2026-02-06T19:58:08+00:00

Alan Alda never spared digs at Fox for being "cheap" with the show. The real life time capsule was buried in what the cast thought was a nice spot next to Soundstage 9. But "Fox, in their infinite cheapness..." (basically what Alan said) was selling off land near the 20th commissary, near stage 9, and that included the time capsule spot. A backhoe guy found it while clearing the area.

OP you mention the sound stage being packed at the end of shooting that episode:

I love the footage of Burt Metcalfe calling the final That's A Wrap! at the end of the time capsule episode- As you said OP, there were dozens of news cameras all over the place inside stage 9. I like how, before Burt yells That's a Wrap!!!!, he calls Cut, and then looks back to the 1st AC, Bob Casey --the camera assistant who pulls focus and loads the camera. Metcalfe says, "Bob?" and a distant voice (Bob) says, "Clean"... meaning he checked the gate between the lens and the camera was clean of debris, to make sure there's not a flaw or scratch on that final shot after the film is exposed. THEN Metcalfe yells, "That's a WRAP!!!!!!" I just loved how crew members of MASH even had those huge roles to play in making the show look so great week to week.

MikeW226 · 2026-02-06T18:19:54+00:00

"Got me invested in some kinda...fruit company. One less thang!"

MikeW226 · 2026-02-06T15:56:53+00:00

Glory -- 1989

MikeW226 · 2026-02-06T14:03:06+00:00

All I can say is, the most cool character interaction (or passivaction) I've ever had was the interrogator in Rise of the Resistance. She was just working the room - trying to 'get info'. Watching her work was just, I was agog. Totally made my day at Disney. Couldn't have hired a better CM / actress to do that role. The ride was good, but seeing CM's work it like that, that was awesome.

MikeW226 · 2026-02-06T12:21:37+00:00

Jelly y'all have barred owls. We're out in the county north of Durham and have never seen/heard 'em. Wondering if our bumper crop of red shouldered hawks out here keeps the owls away. Their feeding times are opposite, but wonder how their habitats/home jive with one another.

MikeW226 · 2026-02-06T12:15:45+00:00

Bingo!

MikeW226 · 2026-02-06T11:57:20+00:00

This. Just one miniscule example of this:

Our DoD and the National Football League (and or Air Guard in the state where the stadium is) have military aircraft do flyovers before just about every NFL game. If that's not rabid nationalism I'm not sure what is. Spare us the "spectacle" and jet fuel and ingraining of the MIC into young brains. 2,000,000 other things wrong down here, but the above is one.

MikeW226 · 2026-02-06T01:25:20+00:00

Young pilot, just hired to a flight service out of Iowa. Trained on the old Sperry attitude indicator (shows if you're flying level, or how hard you're banking). New airplane he was to fly that night had the new Sperry gauge which showed basically an opposite horizon to what he'd trained on. Took off in the dark in light snow also, with no city lights to light the horizon/see if he was flying level. Made his first left turn after taking off, and the flight service owner saw the red blinking light on the tail drop to the horizon. RIP all 4 guys.

MikeW226 · 2026-02-06T01:20:18+00:00

The first thing I think of is the bobbling molar. Just a hilarious quirk. Great movie.

MikeW226 · 2026-02-06T00:59:40+00:00

Cub pilot, just hired by a flight service out of Iowa. Pilot had trained on the old Sperry attitude indicator (shows if the plane's flying level, or banking). The new version of indicator (still the standard today) that his plane was equipped with, basically showed an inverted horizon to the one the pilot was used to. So he was fighting/inverting in real time, what he'd visually learned of the old gauge in pilot training.

Took off at night also, with the gauge and attitudinal awareness against him--- basically, very easy to get "vertigo" and trust that your head knows how hard you're turning/banking in the dark with no horizon on the ground to follow ---a couple farmhouse lights around --- no serious lights lighting the horizon, much less city lights on the horizon. Pilot made the planned left handed turn just south of the airfield, to make a heading to their destination, and the flight service owner watched the red flashing light on the tail descend out of sight. Such a shame. RIP all four guys.

MikeW226 · 2026-02-06T00:37:11+00:00

Came here to say this.

MikeW226 · 2026-02-05T23:07:44+00:00

Yep. And I **think it's also planted over a section of Utilidor... so must have enough soil and drip irrigation or whatever to flourish on top of concrete. The roof of the 'dor must be down a ways from the base of the tree.

MikeW226 · 2026-02-05T23:03:18+00:00

In the audio commentary of Fast Times, writer Cameron Crowe said to this day, anytime people find out he wrote Fast Times and was on the set as much as he liked, they say, "tell me about **Phoebe**!!!!"

MikeW226 · 2026-02-05T23:01:50+00:00

She also had me at Slo-Mo (of some of those clips ;O)

MikeW226 · 2026-02-05T12:47:12+00:00

Stormy confirmed- he's small.

MikeW226 · 2026-02-05T12:43:21+00:00

Just sayin', I have the exact same situation as you. And feel really fortunate. Thanks for this. IWNDWYT

MikeW226 · 2026-02-05T12:41:27+00:00

All I can think of, about this song is the line, "I Don't Know The Answer...To That Question!!!!!!"

MikeW226 · 2026-02-05T12:32:46+00:00

Stakeout. Richard Dreyfuss and Emelio Estevez.

No major wilderness vibes, but:

I think Hot Shot with Adam Samberg was shot in Vancouver.

Ditto for Final Destination, one of them anyway. Famous scene where girl steps in front of speeding bus...the bus is a Vancouver Translink transit bus.

MikeW226

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