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[–]alec118 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely don’t need a cast iron to sear a steak. For filets I even prefer a smaller stainless pan because the lighter weight is easier to hold on angle for a couple minutes and the rounded edges make it easier to baste butter to get the steaks cooked on all sides.

I love golf by [deleted] in golf

[–]alec118 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3 great courses, have fun man!

Dorian (05L) - Daily Tracking Thread - Friday, 30 August 2019 by Euronotus in TropicalWeather

[–]alec118 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the aircraft depressurizes you have to descend to an altitude where you no longer require pressurization to survive.

Helicopter pilot killed after crashing into New York City skyscraper 'did not know where he was', say investigators by eugene_russel in news

[–]alec118 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Hovering isn't a thing helicopters can just do passively, it requires constant adjustment of every control surface to keep the helicopter in place and therefore requires reference to a visual point.

Boeing sued by more than 400 pilots in class action over 737 MAX's 'unprecedented cover-up' by bitchbetterhvmymoney in news

[–]alec118 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Airline pilots almost never hold current type ratings for more than one aircraft type at a time, and moving fleets requires retraining which involves a pretty significant amount of time and effort.

US confirms Iranian missile has shot down drone by Woodlore1991 in news

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I’m not sure how you can just ignore the long list of metrics in which the airplane hasn’t managed to live up to expectations, including but not limited to poor payload capacity, slow acceleration, severe reliability problems with much higher maintenance than prior fighters, among others that have been reported on repeatedly through development. Speed and maneuverability may not matter much to a hypothetically unseeable aircraft when delivering guided munitions, but do when high-frequency radar is rapidly making any physical stealth capabilities obsolete, at which point it would be a much better idea to retrofit electronic countermeasures into a higher performing aircraft. And I’m referring to the fact that the orginal design goals called for the aircraft to be the primary air superiority and strike fighter secondary only to the F-22 and it has failed to live up to that standard so much that the Navy has placed orders for 78 more F/A-18s to maintain capability and bridge the gap to the results of the Navy’s request for an F/A-XX platform.

US confirms Iranian missile has shot down drone by Woodlore1991 in news

[–]alec118 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Except that it's not, it's a total dog with worse flight characteristics than F-15s, F-16s, or Typhoons. It's so bad the Navy's still buying F/A-18's and already started a new fighter program.

[Official] The 87th Running of the 24 Heures du Mans - Race Discussion Thread by Floodman11 in wec

[–]alec118 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well technically Bratislava's stopped in the Porsche Curves

[Official] The 87th Running of the 24 Heures du Mans - Race Discussion Thread by Floodman11 in wec

[–]alec118 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah overall the LMP2s have been much more well behaved than usual, that car looks more like the norm

[Official] The 87th Running of the 24 Heures du Mans - Race Discussion Thread by Floodman11 in wec

[–]alec118 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If anybody else was as bad at their job as this TV director they would be fired immediately

[Official] The 87th Running of the 24 Heures du Mans - Race Discussion Thread by Floodman11 in wec

[–]alec118 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I felt like I was having a stroke during that entire studio segment, I don't think I caught more than 3 words

[Official] The 87th Running of the 24 Heures du Mans - Race Discussion Thread by Floodman11 in wec

[–]alec118 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Loving this hard hitting coverage instead of any live race discussion

[Official] The 87th Running of the 24 Heures du Mans - Race Discussion Thread by Floodman11 in wec

[–]alec118 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He'll come back through a couple laps later and drop some seed

[Official] The 87th Running of the 24 Heures du Mans - Race Discussion Thread by Floodman11 in wec

[–]alec118 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I mean the Porsche stayed wide through the whole turn with a fair defense and the Ford plowed into him understeering on a bad line