Just an Earth-Bound Misfit: The Rantings of an Aging, Armed, Pinko Chick

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Your Sunday Morning Jet Noise

A guy flying a jetpack:

7 comments:

Deadstick said...: Impressive. I note the support crew has a fire extinguisher at the ready.; 10/18/2020 10:10 AM
w3ski said...: I've forgotten what city, but just recently a couple of passenger jet flights have remarked about seeing one of those at about 3000-feet of altitude. I understand that the FAA is now on the lookout for them.
Not sure how I'd feel just hanging there with my feet out and see a jetliner go by at eye level. Scary.
w3ski; 10/18/2020 11:48 AM
Deadstick said...: Yeah, w3ski, two incidents, this week and a month ago, both near LAX. One report was at 6000 feet, which is a bit high for the fuel capacity in those things. If you run out of gas in fight, the route down is via parachute, which would make a clean getaway difficult.

Also, you can't get those on Ebay...there are just a couple of companies making them, and I don't think they have much motive to deal with the wingnut crowd. Prevailing opinion seems to be an R/C model.; 10/18/2020 12:13 PM
Old NFO said...: Interesting, and I'll pass. Rocket man I'm NOT! Thanks for the video though!; 10/18/2020 2:32 PM
CenterPuke88 said...: It’s turbojets, and somewhat prone to the risk of tailpipe fires, where most commercial jets now use the less prone turbofans. Having an extinguisher is smart practice at start for those puppies.; 10/18/2020 8:43 PM
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Deadstick said...: CP88, here's a turbofan tailpipe fire: https://simpleflying.com/s7-airlines-a321neo-engine-fire/; 10/18/2020 10:15 PM