Have you ever wondered.....

[garnett]

Whats out there?

It can keep me awake at night sometimes.

[TBird55]

On 10/19/2018 at 10:30 PM, Islandboy said:

Now that’s what I’m talking about...attention to the finer details. I would say temperature (daytime vs night time) plays a role too, higher equals better lift and thus longer glide? 

I guess amount of fuel/cargo on board would have an effect

[Nino]

12 hours ago, TBird55 said:

I guess amount of fuel/cargo on board would have an effect

Largest effect is the amount of wingspan.

[Ryan]

On 10/19/2018 at 7:20 PM, El Presidente said:

I have a question. 

I wear sterling silver rings a large stainless steel watch and with stainless steel bracelet and belt with a stainless steel belt buckle. 

If I walk through airport security scanner the alarm beeps. 

I walk back out, take off my belt and walk back through.....green light comes up and I am all clear. 

Why doesn't the alarm/scanner go off?  I still have on my SS watch and rings etc?  The watch is the same metal as the belt buckle?

 

Your belt is real. The watch and rings are fake.

Did you buy your rings off a guy outside the Partagas factory..? 

[El Presidente]

2 minutes ago, Ryan said:

 

Did you buy your rings off a guy outside the Partagas factory..? 

Worse. John De Costa. 

[Ryan]

If a plane runs out of fuel, I understand that flight control surfaces can still be managed on older planes with hydraulics and actual cables.

What about more modern "fly by wire" planes, if there is no fuel and thus no power to the APU, how do the pilots have control? Are there backup batteries?

[Ryan]

1 minute ago, El Presidente said:

Worse. John De Costa. 

That's what I was guessing!

Just for the record though, there is no issue with the quality of John deCosta's work.

Nor his dress-sense.

I hope he's seeing this.   

[El Presidente]

3 minutes ago, Ryan said:

Nor his dress-sense.

I hope he's seeing this.   

I have been dreaming of John of late and it was quite concerning. 

It then dawned on me that due to our extended winter, I hadn't worn shorts in a long long time. 

I look forward seeing JDC again. if Jack Sparrow wore shorts .....they'd be twins. 

[Islandboy]

Is popcorn a vegetable?

[Toast & Taste]

On 10/18/2018 at 6:05 PM, Islandboy said:

....about the answers to questions of the mostly useless variety? But you’ve just gotta know? I do, but then I was never like the rest of the kids.

For example, a jetliner cruising high over the Pacific at 30,000 feet suddenly loses engine power completely. How far will it go before it reaches zero on the altimeter?

I figure we’re a pretty diverse bunch here, and someone will likely have a qualified estimate. Knowing will at least help with my drink order if the situation ever arises.

Consider this a safe place to post any other burning questions that keep you awake at night. 

It will glide all the way to the scene of the crash. 

 

Big Al 

[TBird55]

6 hours ago, Islandboy said:

Is popcorn a vegetable?

Yes

[Ken Gargett]

On 10/20/2018 at 4:20 AM, El Presidente said:

I have a question. 

I wear sterling silver rings a large stainless steel watch and with stainless steel bracelet and belt with a stainless steel belt buckle. 

If I walk through airport security scanner the alarm beeps. 

I walk back out, take off my belt and walk back through.....green light comes up and I am all clear. 

Why doesn't the alarm/scanner go off?  I still have on my SS watch and rings etc?  The watch is the same metal as the belt buckle?

 

fakes!!!

[Ken Gargett]

On 10/19/2018 at 11:53 AM, prodigy said:

I used to fly rc airplanes with my grandpa. He was a self taught engineer, spoke 7 languages, hailed from Russian royalty before the bolshevik revolution, helped allied soldiers relocate displaced people at the end of ww2, narrowly avoided being sent to Korea after being drafted the same year my dad was born, then worked for naval intelligence for 38 years training dolphins and seals to sniff out mines and explosives, and was intensely recruited by the CIA but couldn't pass a background check because he still had immediate family living in communist Russia. I'm sure he could answer your question if he were still around, but I was just the kid that kept crashing his cool airplanes into trees so i know it's hard to keep them voodoo magic things in the air lol.

 

There's a small chance these pictures are classified, so please dont share them elsewhere...

 

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fascinating stuff. i remember reading quite a bit about the training of dolphins. not sure i recall seals being involved, other than possibly those of the military type. 

but i have to ask, you have posted pics on a public forum with 20,000 members and as many guests as one can imagine. you think that they might be classified (look way too old to be an issue) and don't want them shared. i know that written posts lack the intonation which allows one to understand that the orator is taking the piss but i have to ask, were you even half serious? 

[prodigy]

fascinating stuff. i remember reading quite a bit about the training of dolphins. not sure i recall seals being involved, other than possibly those of the military type. 

but i have to ask, you have posted pics on a public forum with 20,000 members and as many guests as one can imagine. you think that they might be classified (look way too old to be an issue) and don't want them shared. i know that written posts lack the intonation which allows one to understand that the orator is taking the piss but i have to ask, were you even half serious? 

It was a joke. I'm pretty sure 50 years ago they probably weren't public, but now it's no big deal.

 

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[Ken Gargett]

8 minutes ago, prodigy said:

It was a joke. I'm pretty sure 50 years ago they probably weren't public, but now it's no big deal.

 

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i thought as much but i had to ask. 

[prodigy]

i thought as much but i had to ask. 

Very little of what he did was ever spoken about. These pictures were likely taken in the early 60s if I had to guess. Even my grandma didn't know what he did for most of the near 40 years working for Naval Intelligence. Fascinating stuff, a shame I never got much of it out of him. He was an extremely humble man. Went through a lot... 

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[Ken Gargett]

18 minutes ago, prodigy said:

Very little of what he did was ever spoken about. These pictures were likely taken in the early 60s if I had to guess. Even my grandma didn't know what he did for most of the near 40 years working for Naval Intelligence. Fascinating stuff, a shame I never got much of it out of him. He was an extremely humble man. Went through a lot... 

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really interesting. thanks for sharing. would have loved to have had a chance to talk to him about that seal/dolphin thing.