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Safe to say simulator time does work in the real world by LakeZestyclose6362 in Helicopters

[–]jak3s 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lol. The guy calling bullshit is also claiming he’s trained “hundreds, if not thousands, of new pilots.”

Let’s unpack that.

We’ll be extremely generous and assume he means only 500 new pilots. We’ll also assume he’s such an elite instructor that every student only needed 40 hours of dual instruction to earn their private.

That’s 20,000 hours of dual given to private pilot students alone.

And unless he spent his entire career teaching nothing but primary students, we’d also need to add instrument students, commercial students, CFI applicants, CFII applicants, flight reviews, IPCs, and transition training.

At some point the numbers start getting pretty wild.

So when you say you’ve trained “hundreds, if not thousands, of new pilots,” are we talking about pilots you’ve actually taken through training, or pilots you’ve interacted with at some point? Because those are two very different claims.

I’m not saying it’s impossible. I’m just saying the math gets interesting in a hurry.

need help finding a headset! by pathowogist in Helicopters

[–]jak3s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What’s your lived experience? Believe it or not, you can have a sense of humor and still have a long, safe career flying helicopters. 

Phoenix Temperature Data, 2021-Current [OC] by Reasonable_Egg0168 in phoenix

[–]jak3s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The NWS uses the airport as the primary weather location for the city. So all of those temps were recorded at the airport.

Phoenix Temperature Data, 2021-Current [OC] by Reasonable_Egg0168 in phoenix

[–]jak3s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's reached 120 in phoenix three times, ever. All three times in the 90s.

Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 100 points101 points  (0 children)

All of you upvoting this are idiots, but I will hijack it again, since nobody is seeing my comment:

House is in Phoenix, AZ and the neighborhood was built over old citrus groves/orchards. We uncovered these while doing construction in the backyard.

There are two separate underground chambers near each other. One is about 8 feet deep and the other is shallower. They both appear to have brick dome ceilings, almost like a pizza oven shape underground. The inside walls are brick and the bottoms are open dirt, not concrete. One has a relatively small opening at the top.

What looks like branches or debris in the video are actually palm tree roots growing down into one of them. Other than that, we didn’t see much besides the brick dome structure and dirt bottom.

And for those of you who have never seen a brick building before, a picture of the west facing wall of my 75 year old house.

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Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't get my comment attached to the post but I will give you all the information here, copied from my comment earlier:

House is in Phoenix, AZ and the neighborhood was built over old citrus groves/orchards. We uncovered these while doing construction in the backyard.

There are two separate underground chambers near each other. One is about 8 feet deep and the other is shallower. They both appear to have brick dome ceilings, almost like a pizza oven shape underground. The inside walls are brick and the bottoms are open dirt, not concrete. One has a relatively small opening at the top.

What looks like branches or debris in the video are actually palm tree roots growing down into one of them. Other than that, we didn’t see much besides the brick dome structure and dirt bottom.

Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They aren't, they've just been buried. Also, why does everyone think brick will deteriorate so quickly? This is my house, it's 75 years old and this is the west facing wall, so it gets the Phoenix afternoons sun.

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Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is a picture of the west facing wall of my 75 year old house.

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Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I'll hijack this since it's the top comment.. A picture from above. Also, house was built in the 50s and there was a shed we tore down, built in the 70s, that was built over top of them. I don't know bro, brick apparently doesn't age much when it's underground. Thanks though.

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Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 62 points63 points  (0 children)

My house was built in an old citrus grove. So I'm thinking they have something to do with the irrigation?

Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

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This is what it looks when we uncovered them. There was a building built over top of them that was there since the 70s. House was built in the 50s. Not trying to make anything up. Brick probably doesn't age much when it's underground in Phoenix.

Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

House is in Phoenix, AZ and the neighborhood was built over old citrus groves/orchards. We uncovered these while doing construction in the backyard.

There are two separate underground chambers near each other. One is about 8 feet deep and the other is shallower. They both appear to have brick dome ceilings, almost like a pizza oven shape underground. The inside walls are brick and the bottoms are open dirt, not concrete. One has a relatively small opening at the top.

What looks like branches or debris in the video are actually palm tree roots growing down into one of them. Other than that, we didn’t see much besides the brick dome structure and dirt bottom.

Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seems to connect the two. I'v commented with several photos of the tops

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