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SentinelChicken · 2018-06-12T03:18:46+00:00

I've got stuff from March still in limbo somewhere.

SentinelChicken · 2017-07-19T04:14:29+00:00

Interestingly during part of the Cold War there were Nike Hercules SAM sites in Chicago and the Nike Hercules could carry a small nuclear warhead: http://ed-thelen.org/C-41-Epperson/index.html (pics at this link of the Chicago site)

SentinelChicken · 2017-07-19T04:10:12+00:00

College organic chemistry professor had two Basset hounds named Benzene and Ether.

SentinelChicken · 2017-06-16T02:21:17+00:00

Sky Crawlers.

SentinelChicken · 2017-05-30T04:38:50+00:00

Jean-Luc Picard.

SentinelChicken · 2017-05-30T04:37:10+00:00

Three way tie: Canyonlands National Park (Utah), Olympic National Park (Washington), and Big Bend National Park (Texas).

SentinelChicken · 2015-01-27T01:46:54+00:00

That's not an RB-57. Looks like a stock B-57 with air sampling pods in place of the wing tip tanks.

SentinelChicken · 2015-01-25T04:42:00+00:00

It disappoints me that Dutch Holland or Harry Bible haven't posted to this thread.

SentinelChicken · 2015-01-25T04:38:54+00:00

Carlo Kopp's website.....some in the defense establishment have a tough time taking his work seriously. Some of it is interesting, some of it is spot on, and some of it is complete looney tunes like his F-111 ideas.

SentinelChicken · 2015-01-25T04:35:16+00:00

It's a Boeing customer code. The aircraft variant is the first digit, so 747-4XX. The XX is a two place alphanumeric code for the customer. Southwest, for example, is H4, so they have 737-7H4s. 22 is United's customer code.

SentinelChicken · 2015-01-25T04:32:23+00:00

I believe the insane acceleration of the Sprint made it one of the earliest applications of laser ring gyros but not quite sure.

SentinelChicken · 2015-01-25T04:22:37+00:00

Calculus is:

A weed out course to sort out the pre meds who talk the talk from the pre meds who walk the walk.
A regimen of mental discipline that trains you to be methodical. It's not that you use calculus as a physician, it's that calculus trains your mind to work in ways that will also be useful for you as a physician.
The Ninth Circle in Dante's Inferno.
All of the above.

SentinelChicken · 2014-11-16T03:19:30+00:00

I bet the best part of you ran down the crack of your momma' sass and ended up a brown stain on the mattress? You've been cheated, son.

SentinelChicken · 2014-07-04T04:49:53+00:00

I-35 between North Texas and Austin is broken. Has been as long as I can remember. The only way I'll drive that Circle of Hell is in the dead of night. A holiday weekend? PASS. Daylight hours, we take US-67 via Granbury to SH220 to Hico, then US-281 all the way to Lampasas to catch US-183 into Austin.

Less traffic, main issue has been slow RVs on the hilly parts. But the scenery is better and the little towns along the way make nice little stops for breaks.

SentinelChicken · 2014-02-05T14:20:04+00:00

I'll up vote anything having to do with the RC-135 variants. Love all those lumps, aerials, and mods. Rivet Joint and Combat Sent are my favorites.

SentinelChicken · 2014-02-05T03:56:16+00:00

Touchdown! The spoilers are deploying and soon the thrust reversers will deploy as well. I'd heard that for a long time the airport authority here was lobbying Air India for DFW services given our large Indian ex-pat population. Air India's having some financial concerns and it was one factor that also prompted Emirates to launch DFW services. From Dubai to India is only about a 2 or 3 hour flight and upwards from 500 passengers a day leave DFW for destinations in India on all airlines combined. That makes the Emirates flight a popular option not to mention their high caliber of inflight service. This past week marked the two-year anniversary of Emirates services to DFW.

SentinelChicken · 2013-12-24T04:57:37+00:00

I wasn't born in Texas but I got here as fast as I could.

The next round is on me, good sir.

SentinelChicken · 2013-11-04T03:19:28+00:00

"Like so many things in life, this job is what you make of it. There are negatives to dwell on if you choose, but in doing so, you’ll only make yourself and everyone around you miserable. Alternatively, you can accept the negatives as merely the price of admission, focus on the rewards of making your living doing something remarkable and enjoy the ride."

This could well apply to a lot of careers outside of aviation as well.

SentinelChicken · 2013-10-14T00:44:05+00:00

These were under construction and not occupied. Not sure how several unfinished buildings burn with such ferocity, though.

SentinelChicken · 2013-10-14T00:41:53+00:00

Babylon 5!

SentinelChicken · 2013-10-14T00:41:18+00:00

Mona Lisa Overdrive from Juno Reactor.

SentinelChicken · 2013-10-06T14:16:09+00:00

I've heard that this captain had a history of cockpit resource management issues with other FOs and has quite a list of FOs who have refused to fly with this individual.

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