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Why We Don't Have To Worry Too Much About Russian Aircraft Carrier Opns, or "Oooops, Comarade"
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Posted on 02/04/2011 3:49:01 PM PST by MindBender26
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To: MindBender26
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posted on
02/04/2011 3:49:51 PM PST
by
MindBender26
(Fighting the "con" in Conservatism on FR since 1998.)
To: MindBender26
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posted on
02/04/2011 3:50:31 PM PST
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GeronL
(http://www.stink-eye.net/forum/index.php)
To: MindBender26
One of the commentators on YouTube said he was landing not taking off and the arrester cable broke. It wasn’t his bad, apparently.
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posted on
02/04/2011 3:53:28 PM PST
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sinanju
To: sinanju
Exactly, and that's why you go to full burner, so you can “go around,” not go swimming.
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posted on
02/04/2011 3:55:29 PM PST
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MindBender26
(Fighting the "con" in Conservatism on FR since 1998.)
To: MindBender26
LOL. I guess they don’t have the Right Stuff!
To: MindBender26
The flight deck of that carrier doesn’t look long enough for a recovery even if he had been at full power. The wire broke when he was only about twenty feet from the end of it.
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posted on
02/04/2011 3:57:13 PM PST
by
SeeSharp
To: SeeSharp
That’s why you fly it into the deck and maintain power until you stop.
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posted on
02/04/2011 4:06:56 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
("Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy." -- Ron Paul)
To: MindBender26
He did. The arresting cable broke.
Tell the crewmembers of the George Washington how enjoyable you think it looks.
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posted on
02/04/2011 4:06:56 PM PST
by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
To: MindBender26
That’s in case you miss the wire. It you catch it and have been slowed down before it breaks, you aren’t taking off again.
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posted on
02/04/2011 4:12:41 PM PST
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Oztrich Boy
(History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce - Karl Marx)
To: MindBender26
I’m no expert but it just doesn’t look like that’s an option on that ridiculously short flight deck.
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posted on
02/04/2011 4:13:52 PM PST
by
sinanju
To: MindBender26
Why are you video spamming an old video that has been posted here many times before?
=8-)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
And apparently for the same reason, the pilot wasn’t at full throttle when he missed the cable. You can see his attempt to power up just before going into the drink.
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posted on
02/04/2011 4:48:55 PM PST
by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: count-your-change
And apparently for the same reason, the pilot wasn’t at full throttle when he missed the cable. What got missed here was by you when you missed the point. The pilot did NOT miss the cable.
To: John Valentine
O.K. I see that now. Did he stay at full throttle?
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posted on
02/04/2011 6:47:10 PM PST
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count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: count-your-change
Maybe that’s why it broke?
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02/05/2011 12:45:07 AM PST
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BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: count-your-change
Did he stay at full throttle? It wouldn't have made any difference at all. His airspeed was so thoroughly bled off by the time the cable broke, he had no chance to get airborne again within the remaining deck distance.
To: John Valentine
I expect the pilot will have plenty of time to review his mistakes.
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posted on
02/05/2011 7:03:02 AM PST
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count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: count-your-change
What mistakes? This was by the book. I guess you might say he made a mistake by getting out of bed that morning.
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