Aviation Fans

[Lou]

6 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

I think thats fair when we talk about the russian government. And to be fair, IMO, they have reasons to feel the same towards us. But I think the average joe russian private could care less about us, and would rather drink some smirnoff and listen to 80s rock with us than fight.

I'm going to Russia 

[arch stanton]

2 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

I think thats fair when we talk about the russian government. And to be fair, IMO, they have reasons to feel the same towards us. But I think the average joe russian private could care less about us, and would rather drink some smirnoff and listen to 80s rock with us than fight.

Did you just put 80s and rock in the same sentence? Now I'm thinking you may be one of them

[ten ocho recon scout]

10 hours ago, Lou said:

I'm going to Russia 

They have a McDonalds now! And I hear you can trade a pair of levis for a car there.

[ten ocho recon scout]

8 hours ago, arch stanton said:

Did you just put 80s and rock in the same sentence? Now I'm thinking you may be one of them

Im a red blooded american, comrade! I love roll and rock!

[Lou]

1 minute ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

They have a McDonalds now! And I hear you can trade a pair of levis for a car there.

And every chick is a supermodel.

Do they play cricket there?

[Lou]

1 minute ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Im a red blooded american, comrade! I love roll and rock!

and vodka!

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

And every chick is a supermodel.

Do they play cricket there?

The Russians, not the supermodels.

Although . . . 

[arch stanton]

44 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Im a red blooded american, comrade! I love roll and rock!

If you were a red blooded American you'd realize what an oxymoron a term like "80s rock" is

[St1ck]

50 minutes ago, Lou said:

and vodka!

They may have changed the rules now, but when I was there they didn't consider beer to be alcohol, so you could walk around open container. 

[Lou]

17 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

If you were a red blooded American you'd realize what an oxymoron a term like "80s rock" is

Night Ranger dispels that myth 

[arch stanton]

3 minutes ago, Lou said:

Night Ranger confirms that myth 

I concur

[gotbeer]

Watch the new F-15QA perform a vertical takeoff and pull 9 Gs in its first ever flight

[Tank]

17 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Watch the new F-15QA perform a vertical takeoff and pull 9 Gs in its first ever flight

gorgeous plane. glad we're making some for ourselves.

[JAHV76]

On 4/16/2020 at 9:48 AM, Lou said:

Night Ranger dispels that myth 

You can still Rock in America

[arch stanton]

40 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Watch the new F-15QA perform a vertical takeoff and pull 9 Gs in its first ever flight

This is the plane that takes Arch into retirement 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

On 4/15/2020 at 9:37 PM, ten ocho recon scout said:

Thats a pretty cool tribute.

I was at El Toro in 93 when a plane crashed... maybe 30 minutes after the show went on.... i always felt that was kind of shitty.

I'm glad that I wasn't there the day that Jones went down. A friend was. She said that after that, nobody was really interested in seeing anything. She said that when he got to the top of a loop, it was apparent that something was wrong. His last act was to steer the plane away from the crowd. The investigation afterward said that there was an engine failure due to probable oil starvation. The engine simply locked up when he got to the top of the loop. This was a maneuver that he had performed countless times without an issue.

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 4/17/2020 at 3:34 PM, Vegas Halo Fan said:

I'm glad that I wasn't there the day that Jones went down. A friend was. She said that after that, nobody was really interested in seeing anything. She said that when he got to the top of a loop, it was apparent that something was wrong. His last act was to steer the plane away from the crowd. The investigation afterward said that there was an engine failure due to probable oil starvation. The engine simply locked up when he got to the top of the loop. This was a maneuver that he had performed countless times without an issue.

If I remember correctly, he was supposed to do a duo with another plane (either mig 15, or f-86, whichever the opposite he flew). The other plane couldnt fly, so he improvised a show.

I remember heading into a porta potty, and just before i stepped in, my buddy stopped me and said "hey, check it out"

Looked over, saw him doing the loop real low, then disappeared behind the crowd in front of me. Then people started screaming. 

I remember it was weird. No explosion noise. Just yellow smoke coming up, moving to the right. 

And then like i said, maybe 30 mins later, the show went on.

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

@arch stanton,

Reference that new F-15. Thoughts? 

I like the concept a lot. Makes sense as a financial compliment to the f-35. But i wonder if more f-22s would make more sense.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

3 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

If I remember correctly, he was supposed to do a duo with another plane (either mig 15, or f-86, whichever the opposite he flew). The other plane couldnt fly, so he improvised a show.

I remember heading into a porta potty, and just before i stepped in, my buddy stopped me and said "hey, check it out"

Looked over, saw him doing the loop real low, then disappeared behind the crowd in front of me. Then people started screaming. 

I remember it was weird. No explosion noise. Just yellow smoke coming up, moving to the right. 

And then like i said, maybe 30 mins later, the show went on.

"This is something that happens once in a while. Don't worry about it." After you probably just watched a man die.

Incredible.

[arch stanton]

19 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

@arch stanton,

Reference that new F-15. Thoughts? 

I like the concept a lot. Makes sense as a financial compliment to the f-35. But i wonder if more f-22s would make more sense.

Ask Glen what a nightmare the F-22s are. F-15 is dual role and carries more for a shit ton less money. Also keeps Boeing in the game 

[gotbeer]

The record-breaking jet which still haunts a country

[AngelsLongBall]

Starting at noon today

https://www.ocregister.com/2020/09/01/flyover-planned-in-southern-california-to-mark-world-war-iis-end-75-years-ago/amp/

Big boys just flew in to LB

[Lhalo]

On 4/20/2020 at 10:07 AM, ten ocho recon scout said:

If I remember correctly, he was supposed to do a duo with another plane (either mig 15, or f-86, whichever the opposite he flew). The other plane couldnt fly, so he improvised a show.

I remember heading into a porta potty, and just before i stepped in, my buddy stopped me and said "hey, check it out"

Looked over, saw him doing the loop real low, then disappeared behind the crowd in front of me. Then people started screaming. 

I remember it was weird. No explosion noise. Just yellow smoke coming up, moving to the right. 

And then like i said, maybe 30 mins later, the show went on.

 

On 4/20/2020 at 2:07 PM, Vegas Halo Fan said:

"This is something that happens once in a while. Don't worry about it." After you probably just watched a man die.

Incredible.

I was front row for that with the rest of my family. I remember My dad staring at it quietly saying "he's not making it out of that."

You guys are right that sticking around for the rest of the show had an odd feeling. I was at the '88 crash too but that guy lived.

[gotbeer]

2 hours ago, AngelsLongBall said:

Starting at noon today

https://www.ocregister.com/2020/09/01/flyover-planned-in-southern-california-to-mark-world-war-iis-end-75-years-ago/amp/

Big boys just flew in to LB

Thanks for the heads up.  I saw them fly over about 30 minutes ago.  Unfortunately, I didn't have my phone handy.  

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Thanks for the heads up.  I saw them fly over about 30 minutes ago.  Unfortunately, I didn't have my phone handy.  

How do you not have your phone handy?

Are you a caveman?