Or are you saying that when a Boeing gear lets go, it doesn't try to take a hunk of a spar out with it? That is correct. Boeing's main landing gear support structure is designed to fuse from the airplane in order to prevent fuel leakage from the wing tanks. I love the English Language. Fused means ...

F.A.A. Revokes Licenses of Pilots Who Missed Airport
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/us/28plane.html

From what I hear there are sooooo many bad things in Rio that can get to you! ;) Yeah, please avoid chopper flying close to the slums... Well I was referring to stories I have heard about the vibrant the night life in Rio... but yes the Favelas have very formidable air defense systems! Oh, I guess ...

Indeed:

http://forums.jetphotos.net/showthread. ... light=nude

Concur, it gay only get worse.

Fixed

Happy birthday.

Concur.

Indeed

The bad food in Rio always gets to you...

From what I hear there are sooooo many bad things in Rio that can get to you!

Yeah, please avoid chopper flying close to the slums...

The bad food in Rio always gets to you...

Thank you folks for the effort!

Interesting...

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/15/russia.missing.ship/index.html (CNN) -- A ransom has been demanded for a missing Russian cargo ship which vanished two weeks ago after being involved in a suspected hijacking off the coast of Sweden last month, Finnish police told CNN Saturday. The las...

This page has some interesting linked docs (e.g. Engine Core Lock-up Phenomenon Bombardier Presentation) for the less knowledgeable about these matters (like me).
http://www.ntsb.gov/events/2005/Pinnacl ... efault.htm

Novosibirsk was a good guess, I took those pics in Omsk, not far from there. (At least in Sibirian measures categories that is ...) Air condition is quite common as in summer temperatures can exceed 40C (110F). I'll post some of the nicer sights later. Oh, and very important: Moscow Domodedovo airp...

Novosibirsk?

Lovely pics: thanks for sharing.

...

Seat belts optional ?

For Brazilians? Yes...

Saw a commenter this morning here mentioning how "it was not a demerit to anyone to follow the captain's orders and keep the seat belts on while seated".

See how advanced we are? We need that to be *explained* to us

... but you can go crazy quickly in Pigeon Forge if you're not careful...

So, did I really see an upside-down house there or was I crazy already?

...P.S. to everyone; If you ever go the Gatlinburg, TN, don't miss the Aquarium:
http://www.ripleysaquariumofthesmokies.com/
It's amazing.

Dammit, missed it!

I Love it! That is beautiful. I just got back from the Smokey Mountains...... some areas looked similar to where your cabin is. While there, we took a Gatlinburg aerial tour from this outfit: http://www.flyscenic.com/ Really something for the kids to remember. Ha, drove through them last April: gor...

I think Joey's mentioned (or implied) that he's fond of local hookers when he travels. She looks nice. How much?

This will be the best post ever if that's actually Mrs Joey.

Can't wait...

...She´d sit on her tail even with cockpit and front section intact. That´s why the IL-62M carries and uses a retractable tail wheel... That's interesting: when is it deployed? Right before landings? No, of course not. Usually short before reaching the parking spot, that is, short before all kind o...

...She´d sit on her tail even with cockpit and front section intact. That´s why the IL-62M carries and uses a retractable tail wheel...

That's interesting: when is it deployed? Right before landings?

Do you think Old Sow Breath will also agree with Obama on the latest stimulus package? stimulus_package.jpg Where was she going? ....... going to step right up into that old man......? Not just an "old man": it is (according to Mr. Obama) "da man", our beloved corruption-&-c...

...What, for the love of Goethe, is the definition of "unreasonably" solid?

mispost

Speaking of wormwood (Revelation 8:10-11), anyone want to hazard a guess what the old Ukrainian word is for wormwood?

Hah! It starts with

So, would the towers collapse if Al-Qaeda chose Airbus instead?