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Old 03-26-24, 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Sitting in stop and go traffic on the van wyk, stress level all the way high. Seriosuly, this stretch of road is pathetic.
NYers call it the Van Weep expwy for good reason. I haven’t taken a flight in or out of JFK in decades.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
What do you mean?
Isn't that what happens in video games?
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Isn't that what happens in video games?
I don't know. I haven't played any in ages.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Watching GMA now. Incredible.

It’s baffling. Two pilots on board, how the hell do you hit a bridge support column head on?
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
It’s baffling. Two pilots on board, how the hell do you hit a bridge support column head on?
I read that the boat lost propulsion. If that happens and it is floating with the current/tide, it would have no steerage.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
I read that the boat lost propulsion. If that happens and it is floating with the current/tide, it would have no steerage.
Ah- I hadn’t seen that.
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That is unreal. Ship that size is going too fast anyway as it approaches a bridge.
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was the ship built by boeing?
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
was the ship built by boeing?
And the bridge was built with an erector set or maybe Legos.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
That is unreal. Ship that size is going too fast anyway as it approaches a bridge.
Sometimes you have to go faster to maintain steerage. For example, if the current is 4 knots and you are going in the same direction of the current, then you have to go faster than 4 knots in order to be able to steer and change direction.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
was the ship built by boeing?
Curious, when you are flying do you have to be going faster than the wind speed when flying down wind in order to not stall (or whatever you would call it) and avoid falling to the ground?
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Old 03-26-24, 09:21 AM
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A lot of top 4 seeds in the sweet 16. Cream rising to the top or something else? You decide.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
And the bridge was built with an erector set or maybe Legos.
Victim blaming. Sad.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Well, well. Turns out that my Geoguessr guess, with the only clue being a BBQ place, was only an hour off.

Pretty good, eh?


You were off by 3 states!
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Sometimes you have to go faster to maintain steerage. For example, if the current is 4 knots and you are going in the same direction of the current, then you have to go faster than 4 knots in order to be able to steer and change direction.
Time to watch the The African Queen again.
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
It’s baffling. Two pilots on board, how the hell do you hit a bridge support column head on?
You have probably heard this by now, but the lights on the vessel went out just before the strike. My guess is that it lost maneuverability earlier and finally all power.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
If you were on twitter, you would know.

https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/stat...46230310056446

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Originally Posted by indyfabz
You have probably heard this by now, but the lights on the vessel went out just before the strike. My guess is that it lost maneuverability earlier and finally all power.
I saw that yah. The ship issued a mayday call which helped in having fewer people on the bridge I read as well.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Curious, when you are flying do you have to be going faster than the wind speed when flying down wind in order to not stall (or whatever you would call it) and avoid falling to the ground?

Huh. I’ve never given that a thought before. There would still be air going over the wings, so life would be created, but probably not enough lift to sustain flight so you would descend. Stalling is only relative to angle of attack. This is making my head hurt.


Gliders land with tailwinds.

Back in my CFI days my favorite thing to do was slow flight in high winds. We would be at about 56-57 knots into a 70 knot head wind and fly back wards, I would then retract the flaps while keeping the back pressure and allow the wing to drop. It was fun, for me at least.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Victim blaming. Sad.
It looks like that's what the law does.

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101, heading for a high of 105. Feels like 111.
April and May are our hottest months. Come Thursday a high of 86. Almost sweater weather.
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Originally Posted by Gyro
Time to watch the The African Queen again.
My exact thought, except I just DID watch it last week!
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Huh. I’ve never given that a thought before. There would still be air going over the wings, so life would be created, but probably not enough lift to sustain flight so you would descend. Stalling is only relative to angle of attack. This is making my head hurt.


Gliders land with tailwinds.

Back in my CFI days my favorite thing to do was slow flight in high winds. We would be at about 56-57 knots into a 70 knot head wind and fly back wards, I would then retract the flaps while keeping the back pressure and allow the wing to drop. It was fun, for me at least.
If the plane is moving at 100 knots in a 100 knot tailwind, how could the wings generate any lift?

I don't know the answers to these things other than what I've experienced sailing. For example, if I'm going dead down wind in a sailboat at 3 knots in a 3 knot wind, then I'm just getting pushed and the sails (foils) are not generating any lift.
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