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Just do something else for awhile. Been doing the same thing - took a year off. Busy with lots of other stuff that just eats up the time. I just recently reloaded some of the mods.

Pretty slick!

Now THAT's low!

oops! I'll bet the squadron really enjoyed that report!

The comment that I liked the best is the one that said this whole thing would end up in Small Claims Court

"During a meticulously planned airshow routine it's something else." Precisely the difference! And even there, things don't always go well. How many crashes have occured at airshows or rehersals? More than a few. The burnt charcoal isn't worth it.

Definitely burning up the hillsides. The smoke is coming up here to the Front Range (Colorado) and making things almost as bad as Los Angeles. A lot of resources being thrown at this one.

oops! He's an excellent Commander to stand up and take the responsibility. My hat's off to him. I saw a video somewhere of the incident, the wingmen clearly broke it off, and they called a Knock It Off and ended. Right move. I saw a Blue Angel get it wrong once and there weren't even any charred pieces of him left over. Demonstration flying is an exacting and precise operation. Mistakes can, and have been, catastrophic.

Sorry, but I don't thinki that was cool or smart at all. I saw someone go too low at an airshow practice one time and we never even found any few charred pieces of him. The spectators were lucky to have not been creamed/sucked into the intake!

I was expecting the racoon to take the guy's finger off at the shoulder. Those things can be MEAN!!

I was able to paste the link for the picture into the browser and take a look. Nice looking helo.

That's awesome!

They are lucky to get out ok. A tanker taking off would naturally have a lot of fuel. Looks like it burned up pretty much. Very glad to see they are ok.

http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20110510-above-tearline-us-stealth-helicopter?utm_source=SWeekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=110512&utm_content=watchvideo&elq=312a552a71284122a12774a3216946d2 Some more on this helo. A caveat - this is an open source analysis by Stratfor, which is a private organization tha provides intelligence analysis to their clients. I take what they say with a ton of salt. So take this for what it is worth. At any rate - an interesting analysis which is in line with my previous comment that this is essentially some bolt on shrouds to an existing H-60 which reduce the radar and audio signals of the helo.

I saw this on another forum. It's hilarious on several levels - "It appears that a German TV station was searching for the SEALS Team VI patch and got a patch somebody had created for fun. It shows in the patch such items as; phasers, a Klingon skull, and a Klingon war sword. Actually it looks somewhat like the real patch. It is a bit sexier, perhaps Seal team VI should consider adopting it. Perhaps SEALS stands for Sea, Air, Land and Space in the 25th century. http://trekmovie.com/2011/05/06/geman-tv-fail-star-treks-maquis-not-involved-in-bin-laden-mission/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter The emblem is awesome http://img.trekmovie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/N24Fail.jpg

And every US election for the last decade. Hilarious every time.

Excellent!

Looks like a modified Blackhawk with stealth fairings. Looks pretty cool.

A miracle they got it back on the ground. I imagine they were puking up a storm the way it was rocking and rolling.