From: "Dan Borer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Mark Wales"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<soaring@airage.com>
Subject: Re: Re: [RCSE] F-16 Flyby-Happy 4th of July
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 08:02:13 -0700
That's why we call those big four-bladed things 'fans'--when they quit
turning the crew starts sweating. Unless they are in an Orion and then
they
intentionally shut a couple of them off before they drop down to skim the
waves.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mark Wales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <soaring@airage.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 7:56 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [RCSE] F-16 Flyby-Happy 4th of July
> It's when that sound stops that you gotta start worrying!!! :-)
>
> Keith
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Wales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <soaring@airage.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 10:33 AM
> Subject: FW: Re: [RCSE] F-16 Flyby-Happy 4th of July
>
>
> >
> > But there's no sound better than that of a T-56/Turboprop swinging
on
the
> > wing of a C-130.
> > (The sound's of heaven)
> >
> >
> > Mark
> > (retired C-130 Crew Chief)
> >
> > Soaring Is Life!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>From: "Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Reply-To: "Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>To: <soaring@airage.com>
> >>Subject: Re: [RCSE] F-16 Flyby-Happy 4th of July
> >>Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 07:20:25 -0400
> >>
> >>Since when? As a professional pilot who has watched people build
and
buy
> >>homes closer and closer to airports that have been there for many >
>>tens
of
> >>years, and some a hell of a lot longer than that, I question their
> >>intelligence, education and common sense. Airports are and always
will
be
> >>good for the community, especially from a financial perspective!
And
> >>those that are home to military squadrons play an even more
important
> >>role! Most airports generate more steady-state revenue for the
local
> >>community than people ever seem to realize. And why is it that when
> >>people have to travel somewhere and choose to go by airline, the
average
> >>joe traveling public seems to always be complaining about how much
of
a
> >>pain it is to get to the airport because it's so far away, etc.
Everyone
> >>seems to want an airport nearby when it serves their personal
purposes,
> >>but are quick to condemn them if an airplane flies overhead. And
those
> >>that complain about ticket prices on airlines have no clue what it
costs
> >>to operate an airplane or airline. Airlines RARELY make much if any
profit
> >>at all. Most operate in the red! Airlines operate on such thin
margins
> >>that few people in their right mind would ever invest in one! The
> >>incredible lack of understanding and general ignorance of what's
involved
> >>in supporting and operating aircraft is not just limited to the
general
> >>public, but sadly also includes those that actually work in the
industry
> >>(It's all I can do to keep from blowing up when I listen on a >
>>discrete
> >>frequency to some airline pilots complaining about their contracts,
pay
> >>and benefit packages as we cruise along at 40,000' over the Atlantic
or
> >>Pacific routes sometimes). It's really a sad thing.
> >>
> >>*sigh*.... okay, I'll get off my soapbox now. Sorry to all for my
little
> >>rant off-topic...
> >>
> >>BUT.... before I go... how can anyone not be turned on by the sound
> >>of
> >>50,000 pound thrust G.E. or Pratt and Whitney engines in
afterburner,
even
> >>if it IS at O-dark thirty in the morning?
> >>
> >>Keith McLellan (crazy about every kind of flying machine imagineable
for
> >>over 43 years now)
> >>Captain
> >>New World Aviation
> >>
> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Copley"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>To: "Chuck Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <soaring@airage.com>
> >>Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 11:25 AM
> >>Subject: RE: [RCSE] F-16 Flyby-Happy 4th of July
> >>
> >>
> >>>Sound of freedom can really be obnoxious at times :-)
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