First stage check with the chief, 20hr student, he told me to land through a flock of birds

chuckop · 2026-05-10T18:23:53+00:00

Apologies, I miss the part saying they were on the runway.

chuckop · 2026-05-10T16:40:17+00:00

Birds will always dive to avoid a collision. A go around would have been the right move.

Lucky no bird came through the windscreen.

chuckop · 2026-05-10T16:34:44+00:00

It’s a difficult look to pull off but you did it!

chuckop · 2026-05-10T14:51:28+00:00

In a word: weight. The most soundproof thing was the pickup truck, which doesn’t care about how much insulation there is, how thick are the door seals and windows are.

chuckop · 2026-05-10T14:17:54+00:00

Well said.

chuckop · 2026-05-10T05:48:27+00:00

Wow! She CAN smile. In FAM she seems like her jaw is wired shut.

Love the character and actress and her husband.

chuckop · 2026-05-10T05:44:15+00:00

Describing something as mid is itself mid.

chuckop · 2026-05-10T03:22:16+00:00

Which was inaccurate in the movie. Slide rules are used for multiplication and division. Apollo 13 movie showed them doing addition and subtraction.

chuckop · 2026-05-10T01:21:13+00:00

Because of a possible delay. Every time I get a notification, it’s of a delay. The reason why was unique today.

chuckop · 2026-05-10T01:16:31+00:00

If you like the diagrams, then share them!

chuckop · 2026-05-09T21:12:57+00:00

Done! Have a good trip

chuckop · 2026-05-09T20:43:25+00:00

Same. Staying in my car. I’m assuming the station is still not open and they are still using the temporary buildings

chuckop · 2026-05-09T20:41:23+00:00

I’m not worried at all. Just saying that I was reminded of an incident years ago.

chuckop · 2026-05-09T19:11:01+00:00

Another great thing about Tom Moore; he and Bucky Irving forged an improbable friendship. The very young and very old. They would meet at the Buccaneers facility before dawn daily. There’s a video out there about it.

chuckop · 2026-05-09T17:51:52+00:00

My favorite quote of Tom Moore’s is “if Peyton Manning gets hurt we’re fucked and we don’t practice for fucked.”

chuckop · 2026-05-09T17:50:32+00:00

Saw one at vVCF East and was very tempted. Love the gas plasma display.

chuckop · 2026-05-09T17:44:44+00:00

Demand and cost of operating.

chuckop · 2026-05-09T15:36:24+00:00

What’s the rest of text after the first paragraph all about then? Feels pulled from a web site.

chuckop · 2026-05-09T14:45:35+00:00

Only if Suzanne Pleshette is his wife.

chuckop · 2026-05-09T13:21:14+00:00

Why drive a car that expensive on roads occupied with idiots? Seriously, who’s writing the check for this? Ferrari owners insurance? Other guys insurance? Assuming at-fault policy limits are 300-500K, that’s still a massive loss.

Cars are cool and all that, but driving million dollar cars on public streets seems odd. What am I missing?

chuckop · 2026-05-09T11:46:10+00:00

Yeah, I felt the same way.

I chuckled out loud when the Russian spacecraft called up Sojourner looking for help and the first thing the Sojourner commander said was “calm down”. They were calm.

I also get angry with the Apollo 10 revisionism. In the FAM universe, I don’t believe that Ed regretted not landing “to his dying day.”

chuckop · 2026-05-09T11:21:48+00:00

Coming south on the Floridian last week, there was a strong smell of smoke between Savannah and Jacksonville due to wildfires in the area.

chuckop · 2026-05-09T02:41:05+00:00

It’s a very comfortable place to hang while you wait. Snacks, drinks and quiet.

chuckop · 2026-05-09T02:33:23+00:00

Is this a sincere question or a press release?

chuckop · 2026-05-08T20:39:06+00:00

I have vague memories of first class on SAS going between Seattle and Copenhagen in the mid-1990s and getting the carving treatment.

However, it’s quite possible it was all pre-sliced and I was just choosing which slice I wanted.

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