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You guys, (seemingly), have a grossly exaggerated view on Elon Musk, based on his expression of a general opinion that he is not completely informed enough to make. Want to see an adult conversation of this? Probably not, 'cause it's not in your interest, but......Informed adults discuss Elon Musk comments

These people on this forum are crazy. What he said about the F-35 is old news. It's been discussed at length by very knowledgeable people involved in these issues. It's an opinion. That is all Through experience, I have learned to pay absolutely no attention to your views on the military or its use.

This is about Tesla. Anecdotally, there is a Tesla dealership in Beijing across the street from the silk market. I have been in there with a guy who owned a Tesla. He said the Beijing prices were 50% higher in Beijing becasue of Chinese anti US tariffs.

An opinion piece, and not at all completely informed on the issue. Has no impact.

No. I didn't work at the Pentagon. Had the opportunity to just before I got out as the aid to the three star admiral who buys all Naval Air stuff, ie weapons and airplanes, but nobody wants to work there, especially a newly wed west coast Navy guy. And of course we were privy to those plans. As I said, when we sailed into threat areas we would look at them. Again, when near Korea we would go over the North Korea stuff. When sailing through the Strat of Malacca we would not fly for those days and go over the Iranian stuff along with other middle east options when entering the Indian Ocean. We would adjust them based on the weapons and updates to those weapons that we had and what we knew they had, because these things change a lot. Of course a general plan on China exists, but it would include their known capability at the time, and how a general strategy would be carried out. But it would have very little specificity, as that would depend on the day and time of hostilities, and what assets we had and where they were on that day.

Not true. It was not faulty landing gear. It was caused by exactly what I suggested on Feb 20 in a page 2 post in this thread. It was an out of tolerance side load on the right main gear. She landed in an 1110' per minute descent, 7 degrees right wing down and 3 g's. A fighter lands on a carrier at 700'/min and on both gear at the same time, not forcing just one to take the entire load. An airliner lands at about 100'/minute normally, and on both gear. She got a gust at about 300', pulled the power back from about 64% to 44%, and when the gust ended, she never put the power back in, resulting in a grossly increassed sink rate which she never corrected.

One of your and Tibs' habits is suggesting, or in his case claiming, something that never occurred. I never denied the existence of such plans. In fact we would adjust some of them based on real time circumstances and capabilities. We would go over them whenever we entered an area of responsibility, ie., when we were near Korea we would go over the entire North Korea thing, and as I said, we would update and adjust them based on real time issues. What I am saying is that even if this was true, in the real world, any "plan" would depend immensely on the situation that day, and who was where, with a massive input from the current administration.

This is crazy on so many levels. Just idiotic. Any "Pentagon Plan" re China would completely depend on completely unknown, at this time, factors.

Years ago, I was doing a flight from Ft. Meyers Fl. through Raleigh and to Buffalo. When we got to Buffalo, I was at the door saying goodbye and Paul Maguire was leaving. I did not know he was on, but I recognized him and chatted for a minute or so. When he was gone, the no. 1 flight attendant told me he was really a nice guy. I asked her why she thought that and she told me that on the first flight from Ft. Meyers to Raleigh, there was a young mom who had a really upset toddler and the child was making a lot of noise, irritating the others around her in the first row of coach. When we landed at Raleigh, Maguire asked if there was room for her in first class and purchased an upgraded ticket to first for her. Evidently, the child slept the entire way to Buffalo. Just a nice guy.

The elimination of the Federal Dept of Education has been suggested since the mid 80's. Turning this issue back to the states and local govs has always seemed to make the most sense, as it is with most issues.

What, exactly, is an "economics official?"

Nonsense. Suggesting that vandalism is not a proper response is not pumping a stock. This entire action against Tesla is disgusting. Don't like the product? Don't buy it. Do intentional damage? Go to jail

Watch those closely. They grow fast, always an indicator of a weaker species. The roots are quite shallow, so when they get big they are highly susceptible to toppling over. Biggest problem is that their branches are quite weak and will break off with relatively small snow burden. Best to clear the snow off them early.

Just for general info, the vapor issue has been dealt with before on airliner fuel tanks. Without going into nerdy specifics, there were significant changes made to handle this issue in airplane fuel tanks after TWA 800, years ago. Jet fuel is also far less volatile than gasoline or avgas.

There's a few things to consider here. First, someone above stated that since they landed there would be little fuel. Not so. They were going to DFW and decided to land at Denver, having reduced thrust due to a no.3 engine vibration. The vibration was reduced to within tolerances, but they decided to go to Denver anyway. The likely reason they are standing on the wing is as follows: This fire didn't start until they were at the gate with the jet bridge attached. In a normal evacuation, which is pilot commanded, this command is given when the airplane is properly configured for it, and all the doors are armed, meaning the slides pop out when the door is opened. In this case, they would have all been disarmed, which the flight attendants do once parked, ergo, no slides unless manually deployed, and the plane was shut down. It is quite likely that a passenger or flight attendant saw the smoke and popped an overwing exit. Without the flaps down, which they would have been if planning an evac, the folks were reluctant to sump the six feet or so from the top to the ground. In this case, it is quite likely that someone decided to start the evac on their own.

I'm always a positive guy, and I think the ATC issue, still very good, is going to get better. Fixing the FAA, which is grossly negligent in the DCA midair, is going to be more difficult, but at least we know and have better people in place.

Yes, certainly, and I understand the angst. Still, statistically, the safest way to travel, corrupted by terrorists and the US consumer's demand for the lowest possible price, but it works.

Can any rational human tell me how an engine fire is political?

I would. I will, and I plan to.

Ya. Print another trillion. That will solve things.

As do major airlines, who have their own meteorology depts. It is true that rely on basic data from the NWS, but there has never been talk of completely eliminating that organization. Still, they are independent and produce their own product for their consumption. In addition, they operate and are interested on a very limited period of forecasting, and aren't really concerned beyond about 36 hours.

Nonsense. If airplanes "crash and burn," it will be because of either technical problems or human error, as always, and as was the tragedy at DCA. The FAA has been understaffed for years at the controller level, and has had a quota hiring and promotion system in place for the entirety of the Buttigieg realm. They spent money on renaming things and forcing useless, stupid social training programs on their employees, who laughed at them The FAA under Buttigieg had a bizarre hiring process, a major part of which was racial and sexual heritage. In fact an entire portion of the process was based on that.

Displaying the American flag upside down would get your ass kicked by any US military officer. It represents the country and its history, not a political view. Same as putting it on the ground. Intolerable, disrespectful, ignorant and disgusting.

Anybody know what is the correct amount of hurricane fly ins? Seems to me that not only can this be done with telemetry, but I've not seen a case made for what is required for protection.

I'm nit fixated on anything. If your are talking about Soleimani, it was you you brought him up. I merely pointed out the reason he was targeted, and that was an extremely valid target. I have no interest in defending Trump. I do have an interest in pointing out nonsense, like "fine people," suggesting he was stupid or aggressive to target a guy who was planning on killing numbers of Americans, and has led operations like that in the past. Claiming that a midair at DCA nine days after the inauguration during an operation that had been going on for years is somehow the result of the new Administration's policy is total ignorance. And I've never mentioned the ridiculous legal actions against him, politicians running on a claim that they should be elected so they can "get" him, trying to keep him off the ballot in a few states and other nonsense that wasted time and was not done to others. The fact that I didn't vote for him does not disqualify me from stating those things. As far as "relevance," this forum has no relevance whatsoever. It's an outlet that allows some interested people to put their views forward, but that has absolutely no relevance. Like most people here, I suppose, I lead a relatively busy life with family, friends and community work. This nonsense has no relevance on any of that, and you and your wingman, least of all.