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Not 737 related, but i always wanted to get a look in one of those old Soviet IL's. My last month on the 757-767, I was in Caracas and a Cubana IL-62 ws at an adjoining gate, so I figured what the heck, I'll see if I can get in. The plane was already loaded and ready for departure, but they had about ten minutes, so they let me in the cockpit. Absolutely amazing. Four guys in the cockpit and it looked like something out of the 30's. Great conversation with them, but what a piece of trash. Always got a kick out of watching them land. They would often deploy the thrust reversers prior to touchdown, at about five feet. Bizarre.
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My daughter is getting married in two weeks, and on our property, so I'll be looking for tips. Between the ceremony and the reception, I just want to survive. So much planning and so many items to consider. Happy to write the check and be done with it.
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Buffalo News in financial trouble
sherpa replied to PromoTheRobot's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I think you mean Phil Ranallo. Very funny guy. Used to write the "What's up Harry" sports column. His bet stuff was Monday mornings after any Bills game. Delivered that paper for three years. -
There are so many factors that effect weather on a daily basis, but over time, it works out. One of the things that has a significant effect on weather at that latitude is the meandering nature of the jetstream during the mid-late spring period. The jet is extremely hard to predict over a 50 mile range, and the effects of weather if north or south of it are huge. By mid to late June it settles in to its normal summer range, and things get a lot easier. This time of year is is wandering hundreds of miles per day. Sometimes it effects WNY weather, and sometimes it doesn't. All of the other local effects, ie., lake effect, orthographic lifting etc., pale in comparison.
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Flying wing when both aircraft were surrounded by St. Elmo's fire. Seeing a rocket launched from Vandenberg AFB getting destroyed when it failed just outside the earth's atmosphere.
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I cook them both the same. Indirect with coals at 220 until meat reaches 120 internal. Then wrap the meat, open up all the vents and let the coal get blazing. Put the cut back on, directly over the flaming coals for about 1.5.- 2 mins to sear. Wrap and rest for 20 mins.
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Gas Prices Are Rising
sherpa replied to Trump_is_Mentally_fit's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
A good deal of yearly spring increases is systemic. Refineries have to switch to summer blends, which are more expensive, by May 1. It takes a bit of time to get this through the system, so you end up with an average $.51 increase on that alone. Almost always works itself out by Memorial Day. Nothing to worry about. The massive, and largely untapped shale and nat gas options will keep the lid on it, unless something political happens. -
Some great TBDism's following the draft!!
sherpa replied to Keukasmallie's topic in Off the Wall Archives
Look at the depth chart. For the offensive coordinator, it sure looks like a tough road to hold. -
They also have 32 767's, through a leasing company that have re-outfitted for cargo. Takes the guess work out of whether they intend to handle the big miles in their delivery system.
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Day to day I just wear a Casio Illuminator. For dress up days I wear a Sea-Gull, which I think is a quite classy, subtle instrument. Sea-Gull, leather band
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Any Random dates that stay in your head?
sherpa replied to Another Fan's topic in Off the Wall Archives
And today. I am Grandfathered for the first time. Abby was born at 6:30. Healthy and happy. -
From a wrestling magazine in the 60's, and I am doing this from memory. "Few who witnessed it will forget Bruno Sammartino picking up and throwing 400 pound Haystacks Calhoun out of the ring." Different time.
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Mr. Bookman, library cop, Seinfeld.
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Any Random dates that stay in your head?
sherpa replied to Another Fan's topic in Off the Wall Archives
9-11. I left New York on a 767 the day prior, and was flying back from San Francisco when it happened. We had taken off at 6AM Pacific time. Started getting frantic messages from the company on the cockpit printer. I turned around and diverted back to San Francisco. I had flown AA 77, Dulles to LA, almost continuously for the two years prior and took a check captain job a few months earlier. I knew I would know the crew that hit the Pentagon, and I had worked with all of them. Just an atrocious day. -
Charlotesville, VA.
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Also a 1000 vine vineyard, but not sure that counts in this thread.
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Four raised beds, 5 x16 each. A 12 x 8 greenhouse to get things started.
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Its always colder north and northwest, because air flows counterclockwise around a low. If you imagine a fan, placed sideways, and moving like all weather systems do in the Northern Hemisphere, which is west to east, you can easily see that preceding a low pressure system, which is what causes storms, the wind will be from the south and southeast, keeping temps warm, and providing moisture. Once the low passes, given the counterclockwise flow, the winds come from the northwest. Thus the colder temps after a storm. Take you index finger. Point at your monitor and move your index finger in a counterclockwise motion, going left to right. That's how it works.
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Just follow the jet stream. In late March and April it really moves, sometimes many hundreds of miles in a week. It forms a boundary as the Canadian and Arctic try to warm up. North of it is cold, south is warm. Look at it today.http://www.intellicast.com/National/Wind/JetStream.aspx Strong low in the northern central portion of the country. Guess where the bad weather is?
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Airline pilot, but 20 years flying long haul international trips that required rest breaks. A typical US to China trip would have you fly for three hours, break for three hours, and do that routine twice. Having done that for years, it has permanently altered my sleep schedule. I go to be early, (or until the Nats game gets out of hand), get up about 1AM, do my work, and go back about 4AM until 6. Unusual, but it works for me, and I have been unable to change it.
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Sleep is one of the most important, managed items for me. In my career, I had a position where we had to take rest brakes to sleep. Generally, four hours on, three hours off, and a comfortable sleeping environment was created, so you had to adjust to being able to fall asleep quickly and wake up quickly. My body became so adjusted to that, that in retirement, it keeps that same schedule. I never sleep more than six hours. Usually four and then I'm awake. I get the required amount over time, but I have to manage it. In addition, that career made me particularly sensitive to unusual noise, so anytime anything unusual sounds, even if it's something as simple as the heating system coming on, I wake up.
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Seattle postpones Kaepernick workout b/c of kneeling?
sherpa replied to Jobot's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Funny thing about wearing a uniform of a company. In the airline business, pilots are not allowed to purchase alcohol or be in a bar in uniform, nor is any employee in uniform allowed to wear anything political. Seattle is completely OK with not interviewing him in this instance. -
Not nearly what they used to be before they became a financial management company, and expanded to include basically anybody. Many of us core clients have left. Sickening to me how they play up the patriot theme. Way over the top.
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That isn't the hard part. The hard part is that the gov makes a fortune off of airline taxes. Airlines are taxed higher than alcohol or tobacco. 3.7 billion in 1990--->23 billion in 2016. Tax these trains at the same level and watch what happens.
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This kind of thing happens frequently, but doesn't get attention because it isn't publicized. The agents would tell the captain. That's how he gets notified. Departing on time is sometimes a judgement with a lot of variables, and sometimes not. If the captain knows the situation, there are a lot of ways to game the system to get someone on board who has at least checked in at the airport. On the other hand, sometimes its just not possible.