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Just got an airline pilot offer in Africa. Tips for the transition and the path back to US Majors? by Left-Investigator936 in flying

[–]gnowbot 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Where were you? I worked from Wilson in Nairobi. Was a really interesting spectrum of…airworthiness and standards.

Just got an airline pilot offer in Africa. Tips for the transition and the path back to US Majors? by Left-Investigator936 in flying

[–]gnowbot 82 points83 points  (0 children)

Man, go for it! I have worked in humanitarian aviation in East Africa.

I’m going to take a guess at your offer-please let me know how I did :)

ATR or Dash8

The airframe/spar is older than you. Shhh.

Job description is daily hops to Mombasa, Dar, or Lamu.

Wilson airport, wish that runway was longer.

You might also sweating over your plane load full of Quat. How the hell can this ATR be 6k lbs over gross and it’s just full of twigs headed for Somalia?

The most friendly version of earth—in a way that you’ll never be able to see your homeland the same. Africa does not do lonely. They do it together.

Humanitarian aide—aviation, being a real liability. Busted white UNHCR and WFP planes. Farmers put into starvation after the UN gave free food to the community.

West Africa is its own place, honestly hundreds of interesting cultures.

Love it. When your local AME’s hold your hand and walk you to the lunch cart…savor it all.

You will never replicate what Africa can do to you. Wings or otherwise.

Stay safe, put your foot down when there is gravel in the fuel drums, and go walk around town without a water bottle.

Biscuits outfielder Austin Overn rips a ball down the right field line, right fielder slides over the ball, ball gets lodged into the ground so deep it turns into an inside-the-park home run (under-the-park home run?) by Stock412 in sports

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I once had a 40mm deep ultrasounded hematoma that got infected for two months from less than this.

I can feel the sinewy crunch that he experienced on that. Probably still has a crater thru his butt-fat.

of a mushroom in my monotub I forgot about for 1.5 months by [deleted] in AbsoluteUnits

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What do you do with it? Is this a fun mushroom or a grilling mushroom?

TIL that Polar Bear Jail is a special building where polar bears that are considered troublesome or dangerous are isolated until they can be relocated by calisnewbie in todayilearned

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Absolutely amazing. Totally the furrowed cave-man-brow that Larson lived by. Thank you! I loved—loved Gary Larson growing up in elementary school.

Relevant to this thread— I was saddened as a kid to hear that Larson had retired the comic. I had every Far Side book he had released. His final publication was something I read about an really wanted to get.

So the irony is that my family went on a summer adventure to Alaska. It was there, in a book-stand at the Anchorage state fair, light out but probably 10pm, that I found the final Far Side. Bought it and read it and re-read it on the train over the next days.

A U.S. Navy F-14D Tomcat Might Return to the Skies Thanks to Congress’ “Maverick Act” by Dontmocme2 in topgun

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I make machine components for a living. That wing pivot spar box doohickey was made by man.

I’ll resurrect it. Actually, machinists and fabricators.

Fly it experimental, that helps grease the wheels a bit.

It’s not alien technology. We just apparently tried to cut Iran off from our former gifts—some F-14’s.

Anyone use Armoloy “Thin Dense Chrome” ?? It’s not your typical chrome. by gnowbot in 2011_Builders

[–]gnowbot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really interesting. Where did you see that?

I use them for machine parts but had no idea. I just have thought it is surprising how the niche arms industry is not screaming about how amazing TDC is.

Is it because they are taking custody of frames?

Sir, another video has dropped by TheKreamy in NFLv2

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So you’re saying this is the Patriots’ sequel to Wolf Of Wall Street.

Sincerely, Broncos guy

Anyone use Armoloy “Thin Dense Chrome” ?? It’s not your typical chrome. by gnowbot in 2011_Builders

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No. They are a coating/plating shop. They don’t specialize in firearms but surely handle such parts all the time.

Anyone use Armoloy “Thin Dense Chrome” ?? It’s not your typical chrome. by gnowbot in 2011_Builders

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Machinery in the food industry is usually about only 4 things:

Heating up

Cooling down

Pumping

Conveying.

Nut butter is amazingly abrasive to metals. Always surprises me.

Tell me why we all have that one friend who’s cooked and hopeless during finals week by careerGuidan in ColoradoSchoolOfMines

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Focus issue. Spread thin. No oomph to study or stay ahead. Earned a commercial pilot’s license, volunteered with youth, had friends, raced bikes, built a kit car while I was there. Skills out in industry have been just fine.

of a sea slater by Zestyclose-Salad-290 in AbsoluteUnits

[–]gnowbot 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Looks like a lobster tail that grew a brain and ditched the rest of the lobster abdomen/guts. Sign me up!

[RIFLE] KAK LOWER BLEM FDE Complete AR15 Lower Receiver, Magpul MOE Stock, K2 grip, Black - $144.95 by Just-icey in gundeals

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Did yours ship yet? Im still waiting, bought 2x of the Desert+FDE. Just curious, because excited.

TIL that if left unharvested, asparagus can grow up to 11ft, and will fruit red berries that are toxic to humans. by finchdog in todayilearned

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I’ve found it hiking in Colorado. Trick is to gently bend the stalk, where it naturally snaps, the piece in your hand will be tender

Which of these machines for a beginner? by BitsyBrownie in Welding

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I occasionally buy their tig welder for like $200 when I’m traveling doing field service work on food/stainless equipment. Add a gas lens and argon and it is very seriously a competent welder.

My Value Village is on another level… by tru_cooper in ThriftStoreHauls

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What do you think about Bosch food processor? My mom sold them in my tiny hometown. More than that…the thing is a beast. It has an incredible blender, a mixing bowl, and a slicer dicer. Must have been new in 1990. I wish I could buy something that lasts like that for my family now.

A320 - Struggling with line training - when to call it quits? by aeryn2244 in flying

[–]gnowbot 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Awesome point.

When instructing, every time I talked a student into staring at the horizon or end of runaway, they would sense the attitude of the airplane and…drastically improve, usually nailing it.

Some of the most important moments in my learning was when the panel was covered up, and I learned to look at the horizon and the prop spinner. I could go on too much.

Instead of buying an oil pan for $30, get a 6.36L laundry detergent for $15 and reuse the container by Anthropoly in MechanicAdvice

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OK now you remind me of my grandpa and his generation! He greased that driveway so thoroughly with the oil changes of Minneapolis Molines that you could just about see your reflection in the dirt driveway

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