I watched the first episode of Orville and... meh. Then watched the second episode and liked it better. It's definitely a bit strange but I'm reminded of ST TNG that took most of the first season to "find itself". As bad/weird as it may be, it's nice to see something that's not just the standard "le...

I know we try to keep things "light" around here but I think in Maria's case it's not a "near total disaster" it's a total disaster. I really feel for the people on PR and the other islands in that area.

Dear Mr. Colonoscopy, THANK YOU for contacting me about this matter! I am very excited to hear of the arrival of the package, as well as that you could lose your job. I have an idea: to relieve you of any financial burden, how about I non pay the inspection fee of $3700USD and I just come pick up th...

In related news, a local pilot was cited by the police for parking his aircraft in a fire lane...

the sun rotates around the Earth!

Huh?

I thought that as of a few months ago, the sun along with everything else in the universe rotated around 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in DC.

Indeed!

Also most of the photo is sunlit but some of the underside of the left wing is illuminated by flames, thus making the color balance incorrect in that portion of the image.

Dude, You really need to quit being so narrow minded! Everything (about the aircraft at least) in that photo is easily explained: The force of the initial impact caused the engines to detach from the rear of the aircraft. Since they had forward momentum and were also still producing power (the fuel ...

The power of sensationalism, combined with desperate attempts to appear technically competent.

Fixed.

No, but there was still a lot of consternation and argument in the freight-transport community, centering around the performance characteristics of different varieties of swallow.

Don't ya love it when the media makes stuff up? Daily Mail article: The tyre suffered damage due to a lateral takeoff, that placed increased stress on tyre six. ATSB report: A comprehensive review of flight data was conducted to determine if operational techniques, such as lateral acceleration on ta...

3WE , there ... ATL...what are your suggestions for improvement? Well, I'm Not_ATLcrewboy , but i suggest physical punishment for all lawyers . In the interest of clarity, I think you should probably specify the type of punishment and the circumstances under which it will be carried out: https://ww...

Are you sure you updated your bookmark to be https and not http?

I had the same problem until I did that.

This problem can also be described as "failure to complete the post-upgrade checklist".

Thank you!

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Wow, that's about the same as my car cost... $30 million +/- $30 million.

Actually I think I figured it out. It's so they have enough reserve fuel to wait for a blizzard to subside when arriving home after winning the super bowl.

One thing I find amusing is how the article points out the endurance of the planes. Where the heck are they going to play (American) football that's 12 hours from Boston?

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2028 ... own-planes

I don't know... which is worse?

It's those damn cheap crackerbox composite radomes that are the problem! Make 'em out of good old cast iron and there would never be a problem.

https://www.fark.com/comments/9675656/P ... ting-plane

Plus, what is the airspeed velocity...

I will forever be disappointed in that movie for their failure to indicate whether the airspeed they were concerned with was IAS, TAS, or CAS.

Congratulations... you're on your way to becoming a pilot!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1oMhMwUbgc

OMG this takes me back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MHJJhbCmdA

You have to love an airplane with a takeoff roll equal to about double the length of the fuselage...

That's a very good point. In addition, it's quite possible the "soft landing" option he envisioned would have taken the plane straight into that line of cars and he was trying to avoid that. OTOH when I was a kid my friends and I used to fly control-line airplanes (yeah, go ahead, say it, it's lame)...

Probably if he had lost all 3 engines the outcome would have been better.

Or if he hadn't expected the wing to produce lift at a 30-degree (estimated of course) AoA...

On a slightly more serious note, did anyone else notice the engine seemed to be running even after the plane came to a stop? And the plane was clearly controllable so I wonder what the mechanical issue actually was. Maybe something like loss of oil pressure and the guy got it down before the engine ...