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

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“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

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"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 13, 2024

Your Sunday Morning Jet Noise

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9 comments:

Antibubba said...: He's got a parachute, right?; 10/13/2024 6:11 AM
CenterPuke88 said...: Looking at the picture, I sure don’t see any way he’s got one.; 10/13/2024 12:10 PM
Eck! said...: Unless belly mounted none! or maybe part of the bird?
To me its pushing the point too far, impractical, insane.

Eck!; 10/13/2024 1:13 PM
Unknown said...: Immediately recognized the design.

designer inspiration is taken from Nausicaa's flyer in the movie - Nausicaa Valley of the Wind. The original sf/fantasy design had no functional stabilizers.
https://www.makery.info/en/2016/11/08/il-a-realise-le-planeur-de-nausicaa/

Pappenheimer; 10/13/2024 3:18 PM
Unknown said...: Hayao Miyazaki (the director/artist) has a whole animated movie about the designer (and the design) of the Zero. He's sincerely into aviation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_Rises

Pappenheimer; 10/13/2024 3:24 PM
Old NFO said...: That is DEFINITELY different... How safe? Ummm...no idea!; 10/13/2024 5:04 PM
Comrade Misfit said...: Probably way over to "unsafe"-- a motor glider with a L/D ratio of 10. That's better than the F-4, maybe. But not by much.; 10/13/2024 7:34 PM
Iron City said...: A quick google says you glide 6 nm with 5K feet altitude. T/W ratio .87:1.; 10/14/2024 10:26 AM
Eck! said...: Yuk! My 150 when clean was way better than that.

Safe? not likely to fall from the sky and it does glide...
How stable it is, say like what's a stall like?

Eck!; 10/14/2024 3:07 PM