It's like the F22: RFP 1981, Selected 1991, First flight 2001, Customer Acceptance 2005.

Meanwhile the Soviet Union disbands in 1991.

Does the Air Force run this program? Hey Wait! I mean they've almost selected the 767 to replace their 707's.

Did you ever stop to think that it was dread over the impending F-22 that put the last nail in the coffin of the F-22.

Whats the difference - with them gone we are slowly (not slowly enough) morphing into a semi-socialist state anyway.

Scoop

05-30-2013, 08:02 AM

#131262

qball

Gets Weekends Off

Joined APC: Mar 2011

Position: Cockpit speaker volume knob set to eleven.

Posts: 1,410

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schwanker

After watching that for hours, one does wonder how sweaty that thing gets

Which thing?

05-30-2013, 08:05 AM

#131263

Vikz09

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Joined APC: Feb 2007

Position: M88 B

Posts: 399

Quote:

Originally Posted by One Taco

New little AE for June 3rd. No specifics. Sooner than expected, though. Hopefully lives up to the title, and not full of displacements. That is all.

It's true just posted in the weekly trim tab. It says small AE to make staffing adjustments for fall of 13' and spring of 14'. Hopefully some forward movement in all categories. Selfishly, I hope it adds more md88/90 staffing into MSP.

05-30-2013, 08:09 AM

#131264

Bucking Bar

Can't abide NAI

Joined APC: Jun 2007

Position: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler

Posts: 12,014

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scoop

Did you ever stop to think that it was dread over the impending F-22 that put the last nail in the coffin of the F-22.

Whats the difference - with them gone we are slowly (not slowly enough) morphing into a semi-socialist state anyway.

Scoop

Well that, Star Wars, and their people seeing reruns of Dallas which led them to mistakenly believe we all lived like JR Ewing. They wanted some of that action.

You are right. 1% of them and us decided to live like a Saudi Prince and the rest of us entered the proletariat. Then someone figured out they could join the lumpenproletariat and live like the grasshopper.

If Disney released this cartoon today, the US Government would deem it hate speech.

Marx was mostly right.

05-30-2013, 08:10 AM

#131265

Bucking Bar

Can't abide NAI

Joined APC: Jun 2007

Position: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler

Posts: 12,014

Quote:

Originally Posted by galaxy flyer

The 90 degree Lazy 8s were standard stuff at B-52 IP school at Castle. Its been out of the course for years now.

Nobody, but nobody can refuel like BUFF drivers.

GF

Looks challenging