Tanker contract goes to EADS

[normiss 622]

Exactly.
They are some big ass sexy flying beasts too.

I live in the flight path of MCO - I don't know how many of the Virgin 747's fly in and out of Orlando...but they stop me in the middle of whatever I'm doing - dangerous on the bike sometimes....but DAMN!
HUGE, slow, beautiful...they look like they should just fall.

sorry for the thread drift....kinda

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I live in the flight path of MCO - I don't know how many of the Virgin 747's fly in and out of Orlando...

I love to watch the Kallita 747's takeoff on 4L out of Newark when they are really heavy. Sometimes I wonder if they are gonna make it. You can tell when those boys are loaded down.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

[PhreeZone 15]

I live under the approach for an old ANG base that now has FedEx, UPS and DHL flying out of it. The FedEx 747's are sexy enough and they go slow for their size but watching the C-5's and C-17's come in and the pure noise they make is a hell of a lot more impressive. The C-5 looks like a good rock thrown at it would knock it down its going so slow.

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I live in the flight path of MCO - I don't know how many of the Virgin 747's fly in and out of Orlando...

I love to watch the Kallita 747's takeoff on 4L out of Newark when they are really heavy. Sometimes I wonder if they are gonna make it. You can tell when those boys are loaded down.

My wife's grandmother lives under the approach corridor for the incoming overseas flights to JFK. Every time I visit her, I'll see those 747s fly over. Swiss Air, Virgin Airlines, etc... it's fun just figuring out what airline they're from.

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I live under the approach for an old ANG base that now has FedEx, UPS and DHL flying out of it. The FedEx 747's are sexy enough and they go slow for their size but watching the C-5's and C-17's come in and the pure noise they make is a hell of a lot more impressive. The C-5 looks like a good rock thrown at it would knock it down its going so slow.

You talkin which base? I'm a stones throw from MAFB. Talk about a nightmare.

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I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

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I dont know what pilots your talking about. Not all of them make that kind of cheese.

Joke from an ex-747 pilot, ca. 1980.

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

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Joke from an ex-747 pilot, ca. 1980.

Ahhhh, back when pilots were looked at with respect. Now people think a pilot is a glorified bus driver. So sad.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

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The FedEx 747's are sexy enough and they go slow for their size

I dont think FedEx flies the 747 anymore. I thought they retired those a long time ago.

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but watching the C-5's and C-17's come in and the pure noise they make is a hell of a lot more impressive. The C-5 looks like a good rock thrown at it would knock it down its going so slow.

They had a couple parked next to where I work the last time Bush was in town for the UN meeting. Those things on takeoff look like they are about to stall out of the sky. They are just so big. Plus the noise will rattle your fillings out of your teeth. Not as bad as 707 without a hush kit but still pretty loud.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

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They had a couple parked next to where I work the last time Bush was in town for the UN meeting. Those things on takeoff look like they are about to stall out of the sky. They are just so big. Plus the noise will rattle your fillings out of your teeth. Not as bad as 707 without a hush kit but still pretty loud.

Sheesh.....kids



After having grown up around USAF bases in the 50's and 60's and being IN the USAF in the 70's at the height of the Cold War.. you aint LIVED till you have been in housing or barracks within 1/4 mile of an active TAC or SAC flight line.

There aint nothing quite like a flight of F-4's scrambling in full afterburners.....

OR an entire SAC Wing getting off the ground when the alert goes off.

That shit would rattle stuff off of shelves.. or even make the mortar fall out from between the freakin bricks.

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After having grown up around USAF bases in the 50's and 60's and being IN the USAF in the 70's at the height of the Cold War.. you aint LIVED till you have been in housing or barracks within 1/4 mile of an active TAC or SAC flight line.

God your old! J/K Those bitches are loud though. I love the F-4. Such a great lookin bird.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

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God your old! J/K Those bitches are loud though. I love the F-4. Such a great lookin bird.

Living proof that even a brick can fly if you put big enough engines on it!!

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[normiss 622]

F-4's breaking the sound barrier just as they go over the housing area at all hours.
Germany was fun!

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Living proof that even a brick can fly if you put big enough engines on it!!

I spent about 2 hours talking with an F-4 pilot when I was a kid at Oshkosh. I dont know why I loved it so much but the
F-4 just blew my mind. He told me "it's like driving a Cadillac in the Indy 500 and winning it". He said it was big, bulky, but it kicked ass and was a blast to fly. I still remember his name. So Major Bush, I hope your doing well and thank you for talking to a little kid for so long.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

[Amazon 7]

I guess I should not mention the several "incentive" rides I got in F-4's when I was stationed at Homestead AFB...

At the time they were the transition base for pilots going from UPT T-38's into F-4's.


I guess it was the fact I was SERE.. and the pilots wanted some "payback"... did I mention.. I dont get airsick.. and can pull VERY high G loadings

Flying with pilots who had done multimple tours of Nam.. and STILL had not realized their mortality...made for "interesting" flights.

[diablopilot 2]

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Major Bush

How did 1970's porn get into the discussion?

Blues,
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I guess I should not mention the several "incentive" rides I got in F-4's when I was stationed at Homestead AFB...

Oh my ENVY meter is in the red right now! I would give my left arm to go for a ride! Very cool.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

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How did 1970's porn get into the discussion?

I never thought of the mans name until I was a little older. That was his name. I bet he couldnt wait until be got promoted to get rid of the Major title.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

[Amazon 7]

THere is a colonel of truth to that.

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THere is a colonel of truth to that.

Oh rim shot! Amazon made a funny!

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

[1969912 0]

New news:

"The Pentagon canceled a $40 billion competition to buy aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force, delivering a victory to Boeing Co. and setting up what could be an even fiercer battle for the contract next year."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122105210879619199.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
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New news:

"The Pentagon canceled a $40 billion competition to buy aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force, delivering a victory to Boeing Co. and setting up what could be an even fiercer battle for the contract next year."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122105210879619199.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news

I heard about this, this morning...f**k**g b**lsh*t...not because I wanted Northrop/EADS to be happy, but because Boeing started whining about the amount of time they had to prepare. The "winning" attitude of American companies that have shaped the world (like Boeing) has disappeared, and I'm pissed.

If there's a significant change in leadership with the election, this contract is going to turn to peanuts the next time the USAF tries to put it to bid...

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[BillyVance 34]

However you look at it, Boeing's breathing a sigh of relief. They need some time to get their own damn house back in order.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a4We6w9UvVPQ&refer=home

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[1969912 0]

Yeah, I see what you're saying, but the whole thing was a Charlie Foxtrot. Might be best to start over.

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

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New news:

"The Pentagon canceled a $40 billion competition to buy aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force, delivering a victory to Boeing Co. and setting up what could be an even fiercer battle for the contract next year."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122105210879619199.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news

I heard about this, this morning...f**k**g b**lsh*t...not because I wanted Northrop/EADS to be happy, but because Boeing started whining about the amount of time they had to prepare. The "winning" attitude of American companies that have shaped the world (like Boeing) has disappeared, and I'm pissed.

If there's a significant change in leadership with the election, this contract is going to turn to peanuts the next time the USAF tries to put it to bid...

Maybe the U.S government decided they can't afford new tankers, after all.

http://mwhodges.home.att.net/nat-debt/debt-nat-a.htm

The KC-135 are good to go for a long time. Low cycles/low time per airframe. You and I will be dead long before they stop using them. They're just like an old 1957 pampered Chevy Bel Air. Nothing beats a 1957 Chevy Bel Air. They're a little thirsty, but they keep going and going. Just refuel the thing, change the oil and spark plugs on a regular basis. That's it.

No check engine... no mess...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1957-chevy-bel-air-chevrolet-archives.jpg

Yves.