Subdeacon Joe Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Huh. Who woulda thought. Investigative reporting at it's finest right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Wheeler Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 WOW! I got nothin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 In other news, scientists have determined water is wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Compares to a newsman on a firing range, saying he was going full semi auto...I am still trying figure that one out... Texas Lizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Well when compared to the Model 7 Aeronca Model 7 Champion that is. When compared to this Model 7 it glides surprising well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Nice Air Knocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 I was worried there for a minute, I thought you had forgotten a comma after Major Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 The fleet needs to be grounded until that flaw is corrected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Willie Nelson Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 8 hours ago, Texas Lizard said: Compares to a newsman on a firing range, saying he was going full semi auto...I am still trying figure that one out... I go full semi auto all the time, just not with my cowboy guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 “Major Design Flaw” - that would be a great alias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 8 hours ago, Texas Lizard said: Compares to a newsman on a firing range, saying he was going full semi auto...I am still trying figure that one out... Texas Lizard It wasn't the newsman, it was retired Army Lt. General Mark Hertling, who used the phrase. A U.S. Military Academy graduate, among other things, he should know better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Perhaps he was making a joke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 I wonder how many $ Millions was spent on that study. All they had to do was take a model airplane with no fuel in it, toss it up in the air, and see what happens. Some people have the intelligence of a lawn chair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grass Range Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 The General probably had not fired a weapon since basic training Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 4 minutes ago, Grass Range said: The General probably had not fired a weapon since basic training Don’t believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grass Range Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Don’t believe it. I believe it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Mark Hertling, USMA ‘75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 You can glide with empty fuel tanks all the way to the crash site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 True statement, Noz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Smoken D said: I wonder how many $ Millions was spent on that study. All they had to do was take a model airplane with no fuel in it, toss it up in the air, and see what happens. Some people have the intelligence of a lawn chair. My lawn chair just saw that. It wants an apology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Smoken D said: I wonder how many $ Millions was spent on that study. All they had to do was take a model airplane with no fuel in it, toss it up in the air, and see what happens. Some people have the intelligence of a lawn chair. They are the smarter ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perro Del Diablo Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 7 hours ago, Smoken D said: I wonder how many $ Millions was spent on that study. All they had to do was take a model airplane with no fuel in it, toss it up in the air, and see what happens. Some people have the intelligence of a lawn chair. don't be insulting lawn chairs like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 20 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: I believe they determined that is correct by other flying objects! For example, the X-15 and the Space Shuttle orbiters had NO fuel tanks. Glide ration of a brick. Yet, for the most part they landed without incident. (Not including Challenger and Columbia, of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 16 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: The fleet needs to be grounded until that flaw is corrected The entire news media needs to be grounded until their flaws are corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 6 hours ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: My lawn chair just saw that. It wants an apology. One smart lawn chair, I apologize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 7 hours ago, Noz said: You can glide with empty fuel tanks all the way to the crash site. And you can beat the first responders there by at least 15 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 And the MSM people wonder why you and I are looking ...........strangely at reporters and their "News". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barleycorn, SASS #76982 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 On 3/5/2019 at 7:24 AM, DocWard said: It wasn't the newsman, it was retired Army Lt. General Mark Hertling, who used the phrase. A U.S. Military Academy graduate, among other things, he should know better. He will forever be General Full Semi-Automatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 On 3/5/2019 at 4:28 PM, Trailrider #896 said: the X-15 and the Space Shuttle orbiters had NO fuel tanks if the X-15 had no fuel tanks where did they store the engine's fuel? pilot's boots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKFOOT SASS #11947 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 On 3/4/2019 at 9:47 PM, Sedalia Dave said: Well when compared to the Model 7 Aeronca Model 7 Champion that is. When compared to this Model 7 it glides surprising well I had a 1946 Aeronca 7AC, when the tank was empty it would loose altitude but it did it VERY slowly. As a matter of fact, it did everything very slowly! Blackfoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 14 hours ago, Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L said: if the X-15 had no fuel tanks where did they store the engine's fuel? pilot's boots? I misspoke. Of course the X-15 had tanks for the liquid ammonia and liquid oxygen. However, when these were empty, or nearly so, on completion of its rocket engine firing, the plane became a "glider" and was landed deadstick. When the Shuttle fuel/oxidizer tank was emptied (or nearly so...they used some residual oxygen to tumble it into a destructive reentry path) and it deorbited and reentered the atmosphere, it became a glider. Neither bird had the capability to "go around" in the event of a "missed approach" to landing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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