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watsonnostaw
Atlanta Thrashers
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Dec 16 @ 8:26 PM ET
probs my favorite pink floyd album.
- kicksave856

selections for the wheel of death 2021 will include all living members of that band
kicksave856
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: i love how not saying dumb things on the internet was never an option.
Joined: 09.29.2005

Dec 16 @ 9:10 PM ET
selections for the wheel of death 2021 will include all living members of that band
- watsonnostaw

oh wow, come on.
Bendecko
Location: Cave Putorium
Joined: 02.29.2020

Dec 17 @ 10:42 AM ET
Kick would like this. Nobody flies in one:



Last landing at the KSC SLF:


Launch of the one that's currently up there (time coded to just before launch):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRf2MTAlQTo&t=1437
watsonnostaw
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Dude has all the personality of a lump of concrete. Just a complete lizard.
Joined: 06.26.2006

Dec 17 @ 11:14 PM ET
kicksave856
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: i love how not saying dumb things on the internet was never an option.
Joined: 09.29.2005

Dec 17 @ 11:35 PM ET

- watsonnostaw

penguininnevada
Pittsburgh Penguins
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Joined: 09.01.2008

Dec 17 @ 11:48 PM ET

- kicksave856

dont encourage him
kicksave856
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: i love how not saying dumb things on the internet was never an option.
Joined: 09.29.2005

Dec 17 @ 11:51 PM ET
dont encourage him
- penguininnevada

Bendecko
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Dec 18 @ 9:49 AM ET

- watsonnostaw

That is a SCAN 30, AKA a Grumman G-44 Widgeon (a smaller version of the G-21 Goose):



r/n N4453, s/n 31, mainly built in 1951 but not completed until 1967:
FAA Registry Page for "N4453"

It was last prominently seen in public in 2016, when it was sold at an auction to an undisclosed buyer, though the FAA registration indicates they own it through the "Orlando Financial Corp," which has an address at KLEE in Leesburg, FL. It was sporting this red livery when sold:

Bendecko
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Dec 18 @ 10:30 AM ET


AGalchenyuk27
Location: He was responsible for the term “Gordie Howe hat trick”, where a player scored a goal, added an , NB
Joined: 02.05.2013

Dec 18 @ 10:44 AM ET



- Bendecko

RIP KS856
Bendecko
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Dec 18 @ 10:51 AM ET
RIP KS856
- AGalchenyuk27

At least the COVID didn't get him
kicksave856
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: i love how not saying dumb things on the internet was never an option.
Joined: 09.29.2005

Dec 18 @ 2:19 PM ET
there were no survivors.
Gramps28
Chicago Blackhawks
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Dec 18 @ 6:01 PM ET
penguininnevada
Pittsburgh Penguins
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Joined: 09.01.2008

Dec 18 @ 7:54 PM ET
there were no survivors.
- kicksave856

https://youtu.be/E_RWAc1uvUQ

No mask wearing trumper
watsonnostaw
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Dude has all the personality of a lump of concrete. Just a complete lizard.
Joined: 06.26.2006

Dec 18 @ 10:28 PM ET
https://youtu.be/E_RWAc1uvUQ

No mask wearing trumper

- penguininnevada

ok klinger
Bendecko
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Dec 18 @ 10:38 PM ET

- Gramps28

Something to consider doing whenever you come down to FL again?:



https://www.stallion51.com/
penguininnevada
Pittsburgh Penguins
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Dec 18 @ 10:52 PM ET
ok klinger
- watsonnostaw

ok stacee
kicksave856
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: i love how not saying dumb things on the internet was never an option.
Joined: 09.29.2005

Dec 18 @ 11:53 PM ET
https://youtu.be/E_RWAc1uvUQ

No mask wearing trumper

- penguininnevada

it's a (frank)ed up scene tho.

poor radar.
kicksave856
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: i love how not saying dumb things on the internet was never an option.
Joined: 09.29.2005

Dec 18 @ 11:53 PM ET
ok klinger
- watsonnostaw

Bendecko
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Dec 19 @ 2:22 AM ET
not a fan of planes.
- kicksave856

You'll like it when your pilot turns out to be an AI:

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a34978872/artificial-intelligence-controls-u2-spy-plane-air-force-exclusive/



PS: My cousin was a Dragon Lady driver for most of his AF career. Finished as an instructor in the T-38s at Lackland. He then flew for AA until his mandatory retirement not too long ago. But he has given up flying for fun. He bought a big boat, and is in the process of selling his homes so he and his wife can live on it. He's already sailed it along the entire east coast of the US, including the Gulf.
penguininnevada
Pittsburgh Penguins
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Dec 20 @ 11:39 PM ET
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Bendecko
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Dec 20 @ 11:46 PM ET
AGalchenyuk27
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Dec 21 @ 9:28 AM ET
Streit2ThePoint
Seattle Kraken
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Dec 21 @ 1:54 PM ET
Bendecko
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Dec 21 @ 2:11 PM ET

- AGalchenyuk27

Looks like the pilot in the foreground Hurricane is wearing a top hat. Churchill?

I read a decent book a good few years back about the WW2 workhorse. It was actually a memoir of a pilot who flew them.

He actually began flying Westland Lysanders before his squadron upgraded to Hurricanes. Now that was an interesting plane to fly into combat in that war. It had fixed gear and the guns were integrated into the main wheel spats:



They also had these little stub wings on the main undercarriage that served as bomb racks (see here and here).

Anyway, the book is called "The Flying Hours: The Compelling Memoir of Squadron Leader Andrew Millar DSO, DFC, and the Second World War Battle Against Japan" by Andy Millar (the pilot's son and namesake). It was a nice alternative to all of the Battle of Britain books that are out there. You see what it's like to carry out air combat in a somewhat forgotten part of the war.
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