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Typhoid

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  1. I'm guessing you are real close to what passed as "research" by those idiots.........
  2. Nice shot sent to me by a friend http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Navy/...king/1347962/L/
  3. just shows yet again the intellectual bankruptcy of reporters.
  4. "The sad fact is Boeing is the ONLY all-US contractor lead " What is Northrup Grumman? the fact is that both teams were heavily international. The fact that one is a US plane and the other is the Airbus overlooks that international teaming arrangement that is on the Boeing team. the real sad fact is that this whole competition was hosed up from the start and now has to be done over, yet again.
  5. I haven't gone to carriers in WOI just yet so don't know.
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    "880 km / h in 1.0 car" he went that fast in a car!!!!!?
  7. I think that was about the "fleet average' for awhile.
  8. AWESOME!!
  9. good luck!
  10. outstanding!! Congratulations and the best of luck!
  11. but is it addressed correctly in the aircraft ini file?
  12. ah. Then I had better download and install that one too......!!
  13. and you'all talk about us Navy guys..............
  14. very dumb question perhaps, but why 46 if he was shot down in 163? --------------------------------------------------- "I'd fly an Obama mission, but I don't do dope."
  15. POW LCDR John Sidney McCain 26. Oct. 1967 A-4E 149959 (VA-163) struck by AAA from; http://www.skyhawk.org/2d/skyhawk-casualty.htm#POW
  16. that would be awesome. Pity some of those don't have flyable ones left anymore. a close attempt at a heritage flight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJpX0tX-XFI the Phantom Blues; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJpX0tX-XFI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFxrSYqQFGs&NR=1 along with those other planes including the recent crash and tributes, and oh yea, that other team.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB1EHeEAl9A...feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mdEv8yCOxY...feature=related
  17. Typhoid

    Who Did It?

    seems so obvious Yea, get to work!!
  18. OMG!! our prayers for the victims.
  19. Typhoid

    Who Did It?

    this may be a really dumb question, but what is a mobo? (obviously it wasn't me!)
  20. I heard he got his boat keys mixed up with the wrong toy when he went sailing.....
  21. Typhoid

    CA Subscriptions

    good point........
  22. very strange that the power pack would short out like that. Surprised it didn't detonate.
  23. the fleets were bought with different purposes in mind. The ORIGINAL KC-135 fleet purchase was to support the SIOP. Period. The KC-10 was bought to support mobility deployments of fighter squadrons. The current use of the tanker fleet is obviously much wider than the original intent but to answer your question - that's why. That fleet of tankers is one of those key enablers that gives not just the USAF, but the real warriors in Naval Aviation our global reach and mobility. To replace that fleet will actually take three increments. Since much of the KC135 fleet were newer aircraft and upgraded to the R configuration, that part can wait. The initial increment was to replace about (I think) 2/3 of the fleet of older 135's with follow on competitions for the KC-10 and then the KC-135R replacements. As an aquisition decision - this is utter folly. I understand the reluctance of this administration to bequeth a done deal on the next administration, regardless of which one it is. Of note, McCain has been very interested and involved in the tanker problems and was instrumental is forcing the open competition rather than the kick-back lease deal. So sticking either him or The Audacious One with a monstrous hot potato(e) would be politically sensitive to say the least. However, after a horrendously costly competition and incredible level of effort by the DoD, AF and the competing teams - its all back to square one and kick the can down the road. sad...... As a defense contractor - I know the costs of competing, and having supported on the defense side some source selection processes, that is an incredible amount of work. It would not surprise me to see various members of these teams, or even an entire team, bail out rather than go through that hell yet again. This does not say much for our aquisition competence. And why, before someone raises the obvious question, is it this hard to go through the aquisition process? Because that is how Congress set it up when they wrote the laws that we must follow.
  24. I'm guessing your ground wire in the receptacle is off or the ground in your laptop is broken. See electrician!
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