636_Castle
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Hornets and Tomcats playing together on the same deck. :wub:
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Not my video, but I was standing just a few feet from this guy when he shot it. THE BEST HORNET DEMO I'VE EVER SEEN!
That is some true Hornet mastery right there! Also one of the better demos I've seen. :thumbup:
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Wow! :shocking:
The Hornet is of course stunning but how about that Harrier? Great article.
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I think they're finding out that their OBOGS systems aren't aging very well.
Ooooooh. Well that sucks. Do you know where the cabin altitude gauge in the Hornet is?
Edit: Here it is, I think. It's the orange #2.
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it's a secondary warning system to replace the in cockpit warning system..
Correct. :thumbup: I didn't even know hypoxia was on the rise for them. Aren't they always breathing a safe o2 supply through a mask anyway?
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I don't need to :music_whistling:
:huh: But you're the one who refuses to believe Ryan Browne's report. If you're not on board, why not get to the bottom of it? It sounds like the Pentagon only planned on briefing the press.
Without contacting the authors of the reports and/or Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, I don't know how you guys plan on learning if it was an AIM-9, or an AIM-120. Or what the pilot had for breakfast that morning.
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At this point, unless you read an official DOD or USN report that specifies what occurred, everyone should just assume that the news has it wrong. They can't get articles about civilian/commercial aviation right, why would anyone trust them to report on tactical aviation correctly?
Is defense.gov considered fake news?
The rest of the media was given information from Pentagon spokesman Jeff Davis. Not sure what CNN has to gain from lying about what type of missile was used. The general population probably doesn't even care.
You could always contact DoD public affairs to see if there's any other media that's getting it wrong. :) 703-571-3343
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If you're like me, and love a little wrist bling in the cockpit, you might find this interesting.
Saw this article today stating the US Navy will begin issuing every F/A-18 pilot a Garmin Watch. (Above photo is of course the notorious Breitling B50)
Military.com has learned that the Navy plans to equip every pilot who flies an F/A-18 Hornet or E/A-18G Growler a Garmin Fenix 3 watch, a sleek wrist-wearable device that retails for around $450.
On a more serious note, I guess the aim is to reduce the risk of hypoxia "episodes" in the cockpit.
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Here is more details:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/politics/us-syria-russia-dogfight/index.html
Well there you have it. Another report. Su-22 defeated the AIM-9 and it was followed up with a 120, just as Tom Cooper and SkateZilla had said.
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Very interest read SkateZilla...awesome work digging that up. :book:
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Those are beautiful, Jhuss96!
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I love the people who think its going to release lol because they have a forum.
I love them, too. Excitement is a positive thing. :)
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Hooray! My new home for years to come! :D
Edit: I see you, Snake. ^ ;)
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There is alot of misinformation out there about the incident.
Par for the course when you're not on a need to know basis and can only rely on press. ;)
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Did the Syrian pilot survive?
According to this report, yes.
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201706201054782289-syria-soldiers-rescue-pilot/
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AIM-9X is not supposed to be "easy" to dodge especially in a Su-22. It's very likely the Syrian pilot to have had no clue about the Super Hornet being around not to mention shooting. AIM-120 is not very likely to have been used in this case given that it really matters to be sure at who you are shooting at hence the need to come WVR and identify. My guess is 9X, single shot.
Agreed on all counts!
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This photo taken June 6th, 2017 appears to show AIM-9s being used in Operation Inherent Resolve, which is what I'd bet on being used given your reports of it being a close-range missile, which would also be significantly easier to defeat given it's slower speed, and since they're most likely there for CAS patrols. But this is all speculation of course.
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Dude that is cool! I've tried to make similar head cam videos of me flying Cessnas but my sun visor always blocks the view with how high up I like to sit.
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AIM-120
Could you cite your source for this? I wasn't able to find anything about what weapon was employed, but I am curious, too. :D
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I vote Harrier with pre-purchase coming soon and releasing around September 2017 followed closely by the Hornet which will release just in time for Christmas 2017 late Q4!
Okay tinfoil hat off now. :D
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Figured it out. My mobile devices are just experiencing overhead from having to decrypt my VPN client keys. Someone on Reddit was able to answer this.
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I decided I'd get fancy last night and purchase a little Raspberry Pi machine to host my own VPN, since my mobile phone service provider has started throttling all bandwidth using video streaming sites such as YouTube and Netflix which forces a 480p playback. VPNs stop this quite well.
I'm great at following directions, but otherwise completely clueless as to how this is working from a technological standpoint.
My PC which is connected to my router is working great! I lose roughly 10 Mbps of download speed when I'm connected, but that's still over 200 Mbps which I can't complain about.
My mobile devices on the other hand....not so much. I was under the impression VPNs are limited by the slowest connection. So if my mobile service provider gives me 70 Mbps down, and my home ISP gives me 250 Mbps down, my devices would connect at 70 Mbps down - maybe with a 10ish loss like my PC.
It appears I may be wrong. I'm pulling 10 Mbps down, which is the upload speed of my server. Something tells me this is normal, but I'm too bummed out to believe it's true after spending hours of my night setting this up. It's not bad. Certainly 10 Mbps is enough to stream 1080p video to my phone, but it's not worth keeping on 24/7.
Does something sound wrong here? Also, why isn't my local PC affected by the upload limit? I'm not hosting the server from my PC, it connects just like a client does. Only difference is it's connected via an Ethernet cable to my router.
Something else I've noticed is when I connect my phone and tablet to my home wifi network I can pull 50-60 down. When I disconnect from it and use LTE, I pull 10 down. All on my VPN. Of course I can get over 200 with the VPN disabled on wifi. What gives? Is this normal?
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That reveal trailer made me feel like a kid again. I don't think a trailer has done that to me since...I was a kid. :joystick: