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For those of you who have never heard of noctilucent clouds - they are very, very high up in the atmosphere, around 50 miles up, typically, clouds are 10 miles and lower. They reflect sunlight over the horizon, so you see them lit up before sunrise. They are most common very far North, in the...

Looks like the lip was torn on installation and failed there. No lubrication on the outside, but absolutely a thin film of oil on the lip to help it slide over the cam without tearing.

Don’t know where you read that - but that’s simply not the case. Full fuel - always. Ordnance as needed. So, a Legacy Hornet, weighing 28,000 empty, was often taking off at 50,000+ - the difference being fuel and ordnance. The internal fuel of an F/A-18C was about 11,000#. Each drop tank...

Thread 'Signatures limited to one time/thread' https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/signatures-limited-to-one-time-thread.388228/ Asked. Answered. Done.

Hardly an answer. The vendor absolutely matters because there were several sales last week, including Amazon. Since no one can answer your question and since you’re unwilling to help them answer your question, this thread has run its course.

Where did you buy this and on what day? Without details, nobody can answer your question. So, what’s up with your post?

I don’t think the switches were activated accidentally and I don’t think they were defective (per the AD). The only reasonable explanation for both switches being moved from RUN to CUTOFF to RUN is deliberate action by a pilot. The “why” is going to take a while. But as I’ve previously...

Yes, those pesky little airplanes. I have heard surface warfare officers say how great the carrier would be, if they could only get rid of those pesky little airplanes. 😂

The issue is not the cruising speed in knots of true airspeed, the issue is the refueling speed in indicated air speed. At 35,000 feet, as a nominal altitude, the speed of the KC 135 is going to be about 260 indicated knots. That’s going to require the SR 71 to fly a very high angle of attack...

The show that the blue Angels put on for Pensacola Beach is always spectacular. I don’t know the clearance on the pier. It was pretty close!

Found him. Watched his video. He is firmly in the “pilot suicide” camp, and bases it partly on his interpretation of Indian culture and partly on the conversation. I think that’s premature, and mildly distasteful, as explained above.

There have been several similar incidents with Asian carriers. There is a cultural consideration there.

Look on the bright side, you can get a used .40 caliber Glock or Smith & Wesson for peanuts these days!

The faster you go from “cut off“ back to “run“, the faster the engine will relight and spool back up. So, in the case of this airplane, the engines have a “auto relight” feature. So do many types of engines. It’s pretty common. In fact, the CF-6 will auto-relight automatically while other...

I don’t believe it can - various people have talked about “hacking“ airplanes, but all they’ve been able to hack into is the entertainment system. They’re not connected. It’s like Battlestar Galactica, there are computers, but they’re not networked, so the cylons can’t break in. The...

Mine, too. There are various theories, rumors, really, that the airplane sent a signal to shut down the engines. That signal would mimic what happens when those switches are moved “CUTOFF”. But my friends who fly this airplane tell me that the theory is unfounded. The CVR discussion over...

So far, the number has been equal for me. I really hope that stays true until I retire from flying!

Well - I appreciate the upvote. I wouldn’t shut it down unless I thought the thread was failing to meet the BITOG standard of conduct. So, while we’ve wandered all over in discussion points, I think we’ve kept it relatively professional. I’d be cool with my six year old overhearing these...

I’m happy to talk about it. I’m happy to answer questions - which I did for over 40 pages in the F-14 thread. The burr that gets under my saddle is when folks tell me how things work, what’s good, what’s bad, etc. without any experience in the actual environment. I tend to talk about the...

I dislike this type of speculation before the accident is completely investigated. Impugning the character and mental health of someone before all the facts are in is really distasteful