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  1. Scooby
    Our Hornets fly everyday with that configuration. The missiles are loaded on a LAU-115. CE makes one for the 48 Hasegawa kit.
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    Same with us, Sept 11th we were not allowed to say where we were going, yet a website had all the times our jets landed, the tail numbers, and the weapons loads. :( As well, we deployed overseas and yet another website knew where we were.
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    I'm hoping Wal-Mart Canada stocks it soon!
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    Seriously, I work in Flight Safety in the Airforce and this would never be permitted. Sure, pilots full of "**** and vinegar" would line up to do it but it would be stopped higher in the chain of command. You quote a time early in aviation. Now prevention is a large part of our training which includes Human Factors as well. How an Airforce would permit such a stunt is beyond me.
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    Wow, I just read all 87 pages of this thread. What a great amount of information!
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    What a teaser!
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    Do they have this in 1/48 as well? Wow?
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    While on the topic of Pavehawks, does anyone make 1/35 scale decals in the new grey scheme?
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    This is a cool thread. Allot of great information is included!
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    It works for recruitment in North America. Operating a jet is safer than you think. Driving a car to work is more dangerous. I'm with you in regards to rumor though. I have not read anywhere that the Russian Knights were going to perform this stunt. All I have read is an SU-27 will do it with a pilot at the controls. I can see it being Chinese Airforce.
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    Normally the rear doors would closed at that point. The pilot normally doesn't look in there. The only panels we have open for the pilot are the gun door, and 13R (to store langing gear pins) and 14R (armanent computer door). The fuel panel would be open if it were a ground run (to hook up coms) and the back two panels would be open for a GMM run with the engines de-coupled and the handles extended down through the door opening. Clear as mud? It would not be out of the ordinary for a jet to look exactly the way depicted post flight during the "After" flight check.
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    Nice work on the gun door. We get in crap when we don't open it all the way and pin it. But most of us leave it the way you have it displayed. That way when we do the pre-flight with the pilot we can keep up with him instead of fudging with the pin and the door. Once he checks the gun we fasten the door closed.
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    Would you believe I am currently doing a "Space Policy" course. It covers International Air Regulations but I haven't come across the airshow info yet. But I will look deeper. We do share info on accidents and what could have been done to prevent them, that I know.
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    What the Snowbirds do only looks dangerous. Allot of the passes are optical illusions and the clearances are much greater than you realize.
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    That is one of the quotes we often use in my HPMA training. Surely someone in this Chain of Command is smart enough to intervene in this stunt? Before an accident there is a chain of events. Break any of those links and the accident will likely not happen. I’ve sent the link to this event to my Flight Safety Officer. I think we will use it in training. It is an accident waiting to happen.
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    Tamiya could solve this problem.
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    Those are traditional low points in your circadian rhythm during the day. It is when your body temperature is at the lowest and thus performance is low. Dr. Pepper is suggesting a boost in your blood sugars during those periods will increase your performance. Not a good idea. You'd be better off eating an apple. You don't want an instant spike. This is a lesson I teach in Human Performance in Military Aviation.
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    I flew one home in the right seat from Alert NWT.
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    Baffling isn't it? I'm glad my Airforce has a flight safety program. What nutcase would approve this type of stunt? Are the Russians running a circus or an Airforce?
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    IL ANG KC-97

    Scooby replied to B-17fan's topic in Real Aviation

    The probably felt it would cut down on glare.
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    Not from increased use, from decreased manpower and less time to clean them.
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    We we're told 410 would not operate any upgraded jets.
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    The Twin Otter was the most reliable aircraft I ever worked on in the CAF. It was serviceable 95% of the time. It was a very dependable airplane. If it were broken we could fix it with a screwdriver and a pair of water-pumps.
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    You guys are making liars out of me. Three duals with ECP upgrades.
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    Did you see my name on the Cutting Edge set?
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