Aviation Fans

[Amazing Larry]

http://liveleak.com/view?i=910_1466009616

[gotbeer]

Blue Origin launches, lands the same rocket for the fourth time

Just skip to the end.  It's pretty impressive.

 

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Thats pretty cool. What are they planning on using it for?

[nate]

Space tourism.

They don't come close to the tech that SpaceX has.

[gotbeer]

Raspberry Pi-Powered AI Beats Human Pilot in Dogfight

 

Makes me wonder how would a computer do in an in flight emergency?  Or a complicated landing? 

I can really see the day when a pilot is no longer needed, and only a co pilot is there for the specific purpose of computer goes down. 

[arch stanton]

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that Col. Lee is a paid consultant for that company.

[gotbeer]

Delta Plane Mistakenly Lands at South Dakota Air Force Base

One other those runways should really change their numbers.  14 vs 15 just doesn't seem like a big difference.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

According to the FAA, this is not the first time this has happened. In 2004, a Northwest Airlines flight, also headed to Rapid City, also accidentally landed at Ellsworth Air Force Base.

A couple of points here:

Delta merged with Northwest in 2008.

Delta did not operate the A320 until acquiring them in the merger.

Coincidence?

 

[arch stanton]

3 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Delta Plane Mistakenly Lands at South Dakota Air Force Base

One other those runways should really change their numbers.  14 vs 15 just doesn't seem like a big difference.

The runway ID numbers correlate with the heading the aircraft is flying when it lands on that runway. 13 would be around a 130 heading and 14 would be 140.Airfields don't withhold the info you need to land successfully. All this information is located in the approach plate the crew should be using when they enter the field's airspace. The pilot got a visual on the wrong runway and didn't bother to familiarize himself with the approach he should have flown. There is no blame to be laid anywhere in this equation except with the highly paid professional who has demonstrated both in simulator and in actual flight that he knows better. Check the link here.

http://www.airnav.com/airport/krap

[gotbeer]

@arch stanton My thing I learned of the day.  And it's only 8 am.  Today is going to be boring. 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

According to the article that I linked, ATC told the pilot about both runways and how to differentiate the two. He still landed on the wrong one.

[Tank]

wouldn't the visual lack of other commercial aircraft be an important clue?

[Vegas Halo Fan]

The big number painted on the end of the runway should have been an even bigger one.

[Homebrewer]

I made somewhat the same mistake on my "triangle" solo. Not to go into too much detail but I was looking at an AFB while turning downwind and I wasn't where I was supposed to be. When ATC got me straightened out and I landed at the right airport, they invited me to park at the base of the control tower and wait for an FAA "official" to come talk to me. I was nervous as hell.

They took me upstairs into the tower and all had a laugh..and gave me a cold soda and a sandwich.  

It was pretty cool as a 19 year old student pilot.

[gotbeer]

Firefighter killed after jet crash-lands in Dubai with 300 people on board

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Yikes^

[Homebrewer]

 

[gotbeer]

China is developing a hypersonic space plane that makes the Space Shuttle look primitive

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

China is developing a hypersonic space plane that makes the Space Shuttle look primitive

2 things in terms of the headlines. First, developing is an open ended term (especially based on popular science...wheres that chameleon uniform already?). Second, at this point, the space shuttle is primitive.

Cool concept though. 

[gotbeer]

B-1, B-2 and B-52 Bombers All Descend on Guam in a Massive Show of Force

That would be a cool picture and even video.

[gotbeer]

B-1, B-2 and B-52 Bombers All Descend on Guam in a Massive Show of Force

That would be a cool picture and even video.

*edit.  YouTube is my friend.  If I was the Kim, I'd be crapping my pants if I saw this formation approaching.

 

 

Edited August 15, 2016 by gotbeer

[Vegas Halo Fan]

On 8/11/2016 at 7:58 PM, ten ocho recon scout said:

Second, at this point, the space shuttle is primitive.

I read an article years ago that said that the Space Shuttle was operated using Intel 80486 processors. It said that if you were bidding for a 486 processor chip on eBay, odds are that someone from NASA was bidding in the same auction.

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

I read an article years ago that said that the Space Shuttle was operated using Intel 80486 processors. It said that if you were bidding for a 486 processor chip on eBay, odds are that someone from NASA was bidding in the same auction.

I bet the last shuttle mission was playing oregon trail and john elway football to pass the time. Smh

[gotbeer]

Watch a Chinook lift a stuck Apache helicopter out of a rice field

 

 

I always dig when one huge object is moved by something just as big.  Especially in the air. 

[Don]

Flew to San Antonio and back on a twin prop six passenger plane last week. First time I've ever flown on something that small, and the first time I've been on a prop plane in about 15 years. It was a cool experience.