Avilator

What do you mean by the cutting back? The previous instance when user fees were on the table? Well, still being in college, I can't comment on the feelings surrounding the loss of a job, but they sure do have my sympathies.

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^^^This is the reason that go-arounds were invented. Most people on a flight lesson would rather fly for a few more minutes than crash. During my training, it usually led to a much more comfortable conclusion to the flight.:D

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Awwww, man. Methinks your second option to be more probable than it seems at first glance. We can only sit and think about what the Skunk Works has come up with that performs better than the Blackbird, but still falls under the definition of aircraft rather than spacecraft.

You just had to go and put that image in my head?:chair:

Ahh, you meant orbital vehicles. Got it. @ Cali: I didn't know that we were still flying the Blackbird. That is pretty awesome.

There are also firms not using money from NASA. (Virgin Galactic with SpaceShip 2 comes to mind.)

When I saw your post heading, I thought I would be seeing a large, furry animal. :D

You can make an account at imageshack. It's free and it generates a link directly to the image you just uploaded.

In the advanced post editor, the button with a small globe and a chain link is for a general hyperlink, and the button with mountains and the sun is for an image.

That would make the situation in the traffic pattern quite interesting, no? :D

You are pretty much correct. 7600 is the standard lost comms squawk here in the US. Inside of a tower's airspace, where a transponder doesn't matter as much(in visual conditions) light guns are used to communicate with aircraft: http://www.premierflightct.com/newsletters/Newsletter2010-04-10.html

No problem!:smilewink:

If you add power, you must lower the nose if you wish to maintain your current vertical speed, and your airspeed will increase. In a single-engine aircraft with a low-mounted tail such as the Cessna 172, this occurs because more air is suddenly being pushed over the horizontal stabilizer, which makes it more effective and pitches the nose upwards. (Keep in mind that the tail pushes down.) The exact opposite is true when you reduce power. In an aircraft where the engines blow air over the wings, an increase in lift will precede an increase in speed, which may cause different behaviors depending on the design of the aircraft. Your pitch attitude will still have to change, not because of the engines pushing air over the tail, but because of the increased forward speed pushing more air over the tail. I hope I'm not too confusing here.:book::)

Try this link: http://www.pilotfriend.com/training/flight_training/nav/vor.htm It has a text description (in English) and a Java applet to let you practice your new skill.

Very cool.

So the guy came up with this idea, and its not on the actual T-50?

I have no idea what the descriptions are saying. But it looks like the "twisted" setting blocks the fan from being seen by radar, and the "straight" setting minimizes the effect on the airflow to allow for maximum power. Frickin' genius.:book:

OK, now you have me drooling.:D

Too bad the cockpits don't have T-Rexes in them. Yes, I know it's civilian, but here's mine:

Or this: http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Stun_Baton

Agreed. :thumbdown:

Wow, that's quite a temperature drop.