People are losing their minds over this flight cutting across Florence: https://thepointsguy.com/news/alleg...3455255&utm_source=FACEBOOK&utm_medium=social
The only things open right now in my area are two gas stations and several Waffle Houses, all of which have lines going around the restaurant. Both gas stations and waffle houses are cash only. The gas station is a fucking madhouse, easily over 70 people in there. I ventured inside and only bought the most important things needed to survive.
Wasn't there something like that the last time we had a major hurricane here in the US and someone on the board tried to discuss how dumb it was to try and @Nettdata basically schooled the guy so bad on general physics that he never came back?
AND I STILL SAY HE COULD’VE KILLED ALL THISE PEOPLE FLYING INTO A HURRICANE!!!! EXPERTISE BE DAMNED!!! It was like SLF’s treadmill-plane theory, only the person who was wrong didn’t have a ban hammer to use on the correct people.
Meh, in this case, it seems like they kind of fucked up, but not in a dangerous way. The Delta flight last year was at the very edge, and very well timed, well away from the eye, and was just fantastic logistics more than anything. These guys got pretty close to the "bad shit". If I had to guess, I'd say it probably wasn't a dangerous flight, but it would have been pretty bumpy. These guys are a super cut-rate airline, so my guess is that some shitty flight prep guy in the air ops center forgot to file the proper flight plan and the pilots just followed it. In the end, the pilots wouldn't have blindly followed it if it appeared dangerous, but they normally wouldn't deviate from a "head office" filed flight plan unless they had good reason to (emergency landing, etc). Hell, maybe they were happy for the excuse not to have in-flight services... saves them on some more cash.
The new bbq grate is working out quite well. Lots of soaked up heat, great cooking results. The only thing that isn’t working is the large spacing I have between the ridges, so I just got a sear grate to sit on top. I’m beyond happy with how it’s working.
Yes. All that matters is the amount of airflow over the wing. Go look at STOL aircraft competitions (usually won by insane Alaskan bush planes), and with enough wind you could take off without any ground speed. You’d just levitate off if the ground.
Hope ya’ll are enjoying your Saturday night. Ribs, a thermos of rum and coke, F1 qualifying (followed by today’s UFC Fight Night), in what has to be one of the last hot, humid nights of the summer. (84 degrees and high humidity)
He's not kidding: Once I saw that, I'd immediately thought how cool it'd be to see the famous DRACO compete in it.
Ha. No, tasty pork ribs that have been in the sous vide for a couple of days. Way tastier than cat... welding or otherwise.
Even if the physics works, I can't imagine it's a great business decision to have a flightload of passengers look out the window and see a fucking hurricane.
For sure. Like I said, I think they fucked up, but not to the point of putting people in danger. Passenger comfort was probably conpromised, to say the least. If they had done something dangerous, rather than uncomfortable, the FAA would have stepped in.
All you have to explain to people is “Look...the fucking WHEELS don’t make the plane run down the runway. They have no drive shaft. What propels it does.”
I flew Allegiant from Fargo to Phoenix one time. They pack the seats in their planes closer together to get more passengers. I'm 5' 10" and my knees were smashed against the seat in front of me. I felt bad for the old couple next to me, they both were over 6' tall. Never again.