Plane geeks on the forums?
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Yes, another plane nut here. Used to be mainly into military stuff which was fueled by my family holidays to Scotland every year - I would always see USAF F-111's & F-15E's, as well as tons of RAF hardware. My best experience was briefly seeing a USAF B-1B bomber right over Ben Nevis! I asked around when I got back and it turns out there was some big joint exercise going on with the RAF.
I live in the US now and am only a few miles from a ANG base which is home to F-16's and Blackhawks, which I see flying around once in a while.
Now I'm really into commercial airliners mainly. In recent years I've flown on: 747-200, 747-400, 777-200, 737, 757, A319, A320, A330-200. My favorite has to be the 777, although I'm really looking forward to the new 787 and 747-8. And of course the A380!
I live in the US now and am only a few miles from a ANG base which is home to F-16's and Blackhawks, which I see flying around once in a while.
Now I'm really into commercial airliners mainly. In recent years I've flown on: 747-200, 747-400, 777-200, 737, 757, A319, A320, A330-200. My favorite has to be the 777, although I'm really looking forward to the new 787 and 747-8. And of course the A380!
chrismox said:
Hey mate! Not seen you on msn for a while, hope everythings good. Yup still in Phoenix, CPL XC this week hopefully, if the weather lets me. Nice and clear but temps of 45c cancel flying, as do the afternoon thunderstorms
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What are those Stealth fighters/bombers? They are big and black and kinda look like a triangle
These:
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And what ones best and are there very many in the world?
First one is Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk (59 were made) and second one is B-2 bomber or spirit (21 were made).
yes! im a big aircraft geek and always have been! Im especially fond of WW2 bombers but any aircraft will do. I always stop and look up at aircraft going overhead even when there just passenger jets. My mate "slap ed" on these forums is a big plane enthusiast also.
Regards
Doosht
Regards
Doosht
You should check the photography forum more often. Theres plenty of plane photographers in there with stunning shots.
Count me as part of the aeronautical geek brigade. I'm only captivated by the period onwards of the Second World War, though, and my interests are heavily biased toward military craft. Experimental prototypes a specialty.
Favourite jets include the Vulcan, (English Electric) Lightning, B-2 and modern Sukhoi fighters with 3D thrust vectoring. Very cool tech indeed.
Favourite jets include the Vulcan, (English Electric) Lightning, B-2 and modern Sukhoi fighters with 3D thrust vectoring. Very cool tech indeed.
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Actually used by medics to primarily reduce hypovolemic shock by keeping BP up. Also used as frac splints for limbs.
Pilots use G suits which have similarities but obviously inflate/deflate as required.
A nti
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T rousers
Actually used by medics to primarily reduce hypovolemic shock by keeping BP up. Also used as frac splints for limbs.
Pilots use G suits which have similarities but obviously inflate/deflate as required.
Aviation plays a very big part in my life. I've been flying since I was 16, got my private pilots licence when I was 18 and started work as an Air Traffic Controller at 19. Whilst it plays a very big part in my life I refuse to be called an enthusiast. Enthusiasts are those sad geeks who stand at the boundary fences making note of aircraft registrations and liveries. I have yet to meet a pleasent enthusiast, every one I have spoken to has been an extremely sad, ignorant know-it-all. Take this experience for exampe.
I arrived at the flying club at about 10 o clock in the morning. I spotted an 'enthusiast' standing at the boundary fence with his notebook, video camera, flask etc. I nodded him a hello and walked on up. I did all my flight planning, went and did my checks on the aircraft, hopped in and away I went. I flew to Galway that day which is about a 100 minute flight from Belfast Aldergrove. I landed in Galway, paid the landing fees, got myself a cup of coffee and a bacon butty then hailed a taxi into town. I spent a few hours in town before returning. The point of telling you all this is that I arrived back at Aldergrove at around 19:30 that evening. By the time I got everything wrapped up, paid the bill
() and headed down to the carpark, my friend the 'enthusiast' was still sitting there. He called me over to have a chat with him which I did.
"Hello there, nice flight?"
"Very nice thanks, I'm just back from Galway."
"I recorded your movement for you!"
"Really? Ummm......thanks?"
"Yeah it's a nice wee Piper Warrior that, lovely wee 160hp engine in it."
"Actually it's a 180hp engine, it's a Piper Archer III"
"Nah it's not, definitely a 160hp engine, I checked on the internet."
"You must have made a mistake, it's definitely a 180hp and it's an Archer, the warrior has a laminar wing as opposed to the Archers slab wing which you can plainly see."
(In a nasty tone) - "No you're wrong, I know what I'm talking about, I've been an enthusiast for 15 years"
"I've just spent over 3 and a half hours flying the thing today, I know what I'm talking about"
"You're wrong, all you bloody pilots are the same, a bunch of sad gits."
I'll not repeat what I said but a more suitable reply to that would have been "O RLY?" but the orly owl wasn't about at the time.
That's one of many encounters I've had with spotters/enthusiasts. The other type you get is the ones who argue about which fighters or military aircraft are best suited to the army. There's nothing wrong with a bit of discussion but some of them take it way too seriously. What I'd like ot know is how the hell they know how good Aircraft X is without flying the bloody thing
I arrived at the flying club at about 10 o clock in the morning. I spotted an 'enthusiast' standing at the boundary fence with his notebook, video camera, flask etc. I nodded him a hello and walked on up. I did all my flight planning, went and did my checks on the aircraft, hopped in and away I went. I flew to Galway that day which is about a 100 minute flight from Belfast Aldergrove. I landed in Galway, paid the landing fees, got myself a cup of coffee and a bacon butty then hailed a taxi into town. I spent a few hours in town before returning. The point of telling you all this is that I arrived back at Aldergrove at around 19:30 that evening. By the time I got everything wrapped up, paid the bill
() and headed down to the carpark, my friend the 'enthusiast' was still sitting there. He called me over to have a chat with him which I did."Hello there, nice flight?"
"Very nice thanks, I'm just back from Galway."
"I recorded your movement for you!"
"Really? Ummm......thanks?"
"Yeah it's a nice wee Piper Warrior that, lovely wee 160hp engine in it."
"Actually it's a 180hp engine, it's a Piper Archer III"
"Nah it's not, definitely a 160hp engine, I checked on the internet."
"You must have made a mistake, it's definitely a 180hp and it's an Archer, the warrior has a laminar wing as opposed to the Archers slab wing which you can plainly see."
(In a nasty tone) - "No you're wrong, I know what I'm talking about, I've been an enthusiast for 15 years"
"I've just spent over 3 and a half hours flying the thing today, I know what I'm talking about"
"You're wrong, all you bloody pilots are the same, a bunch of sad gits."
I'll not repeat what I said but a more suitable reply to that would have been "O RLY?" but the orly owl wasn't about at the time.
That's one of many encounters I've had with spotters/enthusiasts. The other type you get is the ones who argue about which fighters or military aircraft are best suited to the army. There's nothing wrong with a bit of discussion but some of them take it way too seriously. What I'd like ot know is how the hell they know how good Aircraft X is without flying the bloody thing
Scuzi said:
You get them in every walk of life though, whether their chosen subject is aircraft, graphics cards, trains etc....
Its a disturbing emptiness in the rest of their lives that makes them so desperate to be correct in a single area....
Needless to say, I dont like them.
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Whilst I don't collect registrations, I do take photos.
I often listen in on coversations I hear between these "spotters" and reading Scuzi's post ties in with what I find......
It seems most of them don't work in aviation but think they know it all and when you confront them with alternative info, they dispute it.
I often listen in on coversations I hear between these "spotters" and reading Scuzi's post ties in with what I find......
It seems most of them don't work in aviation but think they know it all and when you confront them with alternative info, they dispute it.