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So I was bored at work the other day....

PostedWed Jan 11, 2006 5:29 pm
by Skorixor
"Ladies and Gentlemen, we'll be arriving in Chicago in just a few minutes. I'd like the flight attendents to prepare to buzz the tower."

http://www.skull1.com/movies/757flyby.wmv

PostedWed Jan 11, 2006 6:08 pm
by X'an Shin
NEGATIVE THE PATTERN IS FULL, REPEAT THE PATTERN IS --

/spillcoffeeonshirt

GOD DAMN THAT GUY.

PostedWed Jan 11, 2006 7:26 pm
by Krusshyk
Isn't the line "Negative, Ghostrider...the pattern is full?"

PostedWed Jan 11, 2006 7:26 pm
by snado
Am I seeing things or did that guy aim pretty much straight up at the end?

PostedWed Jan 11, 2006 9:24 pm
by warsloth
no supersonic?

PostedWed Jan 11, 2006 10:34 pm
by X'an Shin
Krusshyk wrote:Isn't the line "Negative, Ghostrider...the pattern is full?"
It is if you were trying to quote Top Gun EXACTLY, which I wasn't ;P

PostedWed Jan 11, 2006 10:35 pm
by X'an Shin
snado wrote:Am I seeing things or did that guy aim pretty much straight up at the end?
Skull knows more than I, but yeah, I think those jets can pretty much climb straight up, if not at least 80 degrees or so. You should see 'em take off from O'Hare. All you see are jets coming out from behind buildings at like 65 degrees.

PostedWed Jan 11, 2006 10:44 pm
by Skorixor
X'an Shin wrote:
snado wrote:Am I seeing things or did that guy aim pretty much straight up at the end?
Skull knows more than I, but yeah, I think those jets can pretty much climb straight up, if not at least 80 degrees or so. You should see 'em take off from O'Hare. All you see are jets coming out from behind buildings at like 65 degrees.
funny thing is, they're not, it just LOOKS that way

the most they're doing is 20 deg pitch up (in mine we get to about maybe 12-15 degrees at the beginning, then 7.5 deg until 10000', then about 1-1.5deg after that)

but yeah, they'll pitch up pretty high if you got the speed and the balls

in the sim I did it...we were cruising at mach .80+, and the guy made a mountain appear in front of us, so the terrain warning system would go off way late, to force us to climb like a mofo to get the hell outta there...

soooo, I cranked back on the yoke and had her up about 60-70deg, doing over 12000 feet/minute climb :D

PostedWed Jan 11, 2006 11:04 pm
by Cryil
I take it from all the people standing around this was some type of air show?


And holy crap skor, your a pilot?

PostedWed Jan 11, 2006 11:20 pm
by snado
shoulda guessed he was by looking at his sig Cryil, the guy in the piolet suit is kinda obvious to what he does for his job, AND for his recreation.

And no, I will not go into detail.

PostedWed Jan 11, 2006 11:34 pm
by Skorixor
yeah, sure am...and yeah the clues are out there, lmao

here's what I fly

Image
http://images.airliners.net/photos/midd ... 485774.jpg

fastest airline jet in the sky, at up to mach .85
41000' max ceiling
70 passengers
125'Lx77'Wx28'H

all glass cockpit (meaning there's no guages)
Image
http://images.airliners.net/photos/midd ... 901207.jpg

PostedWed Jan 11, 2006 11:39 pm
by E-bo Obi
You left out the model. Is that a canadaair regional jet thingy?

If so, I really like flying on those. Nice seats, little cramped... but nice seats.

PostedWed Jan 11, 2006 11:53 pm
by Skorixor
E-bo Obi wrote:You left out the model. Is that a canadaair regional jet thingy?

If so, I really like flying on those. Nice seats, little cramped... but nice seats.
whoops yep sorry

it's a Canadair Regional Jet 700 series

Made in Canada (duh) by Bombardier, the company that has brought you the LearJet and many other corporate jets, trains, ski-doo/sea-doo snowmobiles/watercraft, evinrude/johnson boat motors, atv's, rotax engines, and more

PostedThu Jan 12, 2006 7:26 pm
by Skorixor
after watching that video a few more times, one thing finally stood out

don't know where this was, or what it was for, but it was going WAY faster than the 250kt speed limit below 10,000'

PostedThu Jan 12, 2006 7:38 pm
by E-bo Obi
Well I can't really make out the symbol on the tail of that c-130, but by the paint pattern it is definately not US. That gives you South America or Europe. Possibly some former Soviet Block if they purchased 130's from us.