Pre takeoff checks completed, clear for takeoff.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/sjvgC1cKQGA

bob(from black rock) said:

Pre takeoff checks completed, clear for takeoff.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/sjvgC1cKQGA

Excellent.

Ta bob, looks good in HD (that cog control lower right).

Looks like we’re flying much closer to the valley walls & floor than is actually the case. Better not let Michael V see this vid :)

If one of those fighter type toff space cadets flies his F18 Hornet down my valley like that, worrying the cattle and stoping the chooks from laying, I’ll do more than smoke his kipper, I’ll string some cable across at 250 feet.

that’s living!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Fighters

a good movie for aerial scenes. mirage 2000s.

I remember in the air cadets they used to give us all that guff about how we shouldn’t do this or that and how in the event of an emergency we should do this or that – chances are we’d never make it out of the aircraft if we needed to use the parachute.

I remember someone had told me about how a pilot had given the stick over to a cadet and told him to bring the nose up, he yanked back hard on the stick to see what would happen and swore the wings actually twisted and waggled and the pilot shouted at him – I’m not sure if he was allowed to fly after that.

Peak Warming Man said:

If one of those fighter type toff space cadets flies his F18 Hornet down my valley like that, worrying the cattle and stoping the chooks from laying, I’ll do more than smoke his kipper, I’ll string some cable across at 250 feet.

just get some old microwave ovens with the doors ripped off and switch them on as they fly over , then fire a flare

just get some old microwave ovens with the doors ripped off and switch them on as they fly over

unlikely to do much with the sophisticated ecm and radar systems used today.

Boris said:

just get some old microwave ovens with the doors ripped off and switch them on as they fly over

unlikely to do much with the sophisticated ecm and radar systems used today.

Indeed… RWRs are very specific

Peak Warming Man said:

If one of those fighter type toff space cadets flies his F18 Hornet down my valley like that, worrying the cattle and stoping the chooks from laying, I’ll do more than smoke his kipper, I’ll string some cable across at 250 feet.

Good idea. They’ll know it was you, and they’ll come back time and again and drop concrete-filled bombs on your place. You could gather them up and build a redoubt out of them.

even the old sr71 systems knew what radar systems were used, used to fly a wild weasel in tandem to get the defence radars to light up then the sr71 went over to record the frequencies and locations.

would it be bomb proof though, p_p?

Boris said:

just get some old microwave ovens with the doors ripped off and switch them on as they fly over

unlikely to do much with the sophisticated ecm and radar systems used today.

I was thinking you’d spoof the machine into thinking it was being painted

I guess theres only one way of finding out

you could go hard core and get the cyclotron and horn straight out of either a dumped unit or buy a cheapie, get a few of these and put them into a wooden rig that can be moved around

microwave ovens used magnatrons i believe. also wrong frequency.

-a +e

Boris said:

even the old sr71 systems knew what radar systems were used, used to fly a wild weasel in tandem to get the defence radars to light up then the sr71 went over to record the frequencies and locations.

I am pretty sure that was the purpose, not so much to do anything but inject an element of doubt. That thing down there might be a plywood plane but it is emitting electrons, and maybe it is fancy new Russian kit. Just complicates the planners job, if there is something down there emitting and you are not sure what it is, best to avoid it.

Boris said:

microwave ovens used magnatrons i believe. also wrong frequency.

http://hackaday.com/2012/04/28/build-your-own-radar-system/

Boris said:

would it be bomb proof though, p_p?

Unknown, I’ve never done the experiment :)

I thought the SR-71 was a photography platform, not an elint platform

brief microwave hijack

What is it that stops the microwaves escaping? The black bit around the edge of the window of mine is cracked and falling out in great big lumps.

OCDC said:

brief microwave hijack

What is it that stops the microwaves escaping? The black bit around the edge of the window of mine is cracked and falling out in great big lumps.

the grill

the seal helps but all microwave ovens leak from new according to this fellah who was selling the detectors at some trade show I visited ages ago

OCDC said:

brief microwave hijack

What is it that stops the microwaves escaping? The black bit around the edge of the window of mine is cracked and falling out in great big lumps.

The honeycomb grill is smaller than the wavelength of the microwave …

wookiemeister said:

Boris said:

microwave ovens used magnatrons i believe. also wrong frequency.

http://hackaday.com/2012/04/28/build-your-own-radar-system/

the only time I’d use this if they were getting too noisy, then you’d spoof them into thinking they were in SAM alley as I shook my fist at them

OCDC said:

brief microwave hijack

What is it that stops the microwaves escaping? The black bit around the edge of the window of mine is cracked and falling out in great big lumps.

The seals are one part of the containment. Throw it out and buy a new one.

Dropbear said:

OCDC said:

brief microwave hijack

What is it that stops the microwaves escaping? The black bit around the edge of the window of mine is cracked and falling out in great big lumps.

The honeycomb grill is smaller than the wavelength of the microwave …

But this is around the outside of that grill.

both. the guy behind controlled the cameras, ecm and electronic surveillance gear. the bays underneath could take various systems. he could even control the aircraft to a small degree, forget exactly how.

sibeen said:

OCDC said:

brief microwave hijack

What is it that stops the microwaves escaping? The black bit around the edge of the window of mine is cracked and falling out in great big lumps.

The seals are one part of the containment. Throw it out and buy a new one.

or salvage the microwave unit and wreak your fiery vengeance

OCDC said:

Dropbear said:

OCDC said:

brief microwave hijack

What is it that stops the microwaves escaping? The black bit around the edge of the window of mine is cracked and falling out in great big lumps.

The honeycomb grill is smaller than the wavelength of the microwave …

But this is around the outside of that grill.

You have no chance to survive make your time

sibeen said:

OCDC said:

brief microwave hijack

What is it that stops the microwaves escaping? The black bit around the edge of the window of mine is cracked and falling out in great big lumps.

The seals are one part of the containment. Throw it out and buy a new one.

That’s what I was afraid of.

It’s going to eat into (swidt?) my Clunes budget…

There endeth hijack.

Microwaves are so cheap these days I wouldn’t worry about trying to fix one.

http://www.amazon.com/Lockheed-Blackbird-Missions-General-Aviation/dp/1846038464

probably the best book on the sr71.

OCDC said:

sibeen said:

OCDC said:

brief microwave hijack

What is it that stops the microwaves escaping? The black bit around the edge of the window of mine is cracked and falling out in great big lumps.

The seals are one part of the containment. Throw it out and buy a new one.

That’s what I was afraid of.

It’s going to eat into (swidt?) my Clunes budget…

There endeth hijack.

Jaysus, you’ve got more money than Croesus, dig deep…err perhaps even a whole $200 worth, and buy a new one.

Steady on , Sibeen… I havnt got my BMW yet

It’s more the ICBF going shopping for one, and delivery aint a very good option with my work hours. And this one cooks really well and we’re so in tune with each other I can defrost chicken evenly without any of it starting to cook before it hits a proper pan.

you’ve got more money than Croesus

is that the guys name? i always call him crocuses. but then i’m mad about saffron.

I had to shut down a problematic computer once and it started singing “daisy”

I had to shut down a problematic computer once and it started singing “daisy”

Boris said:

you’ve got more money than Croesus

is that the guys name? i always call him crocuses. but then i’m mad about saffron.

Hahahahahahaha!

Excellent!

Boris said:

you’ve got more money than Croesus

is that the guys name? i always call him crocuses. but then i’m mad about saffron.

Is Saffron mad about you?

OCDC said:

It’s more the ICBF going shopping for one, and delivery aint a very good option with my work hours. And this one cooks really well and we’re so in tune with each other I can defrost chicken evenly without any of it starting to cook before it hits a proper pan.

Just go and buy one of the same brand as your old one. Ask the helpful staff at the electrics store if you can have the shelf display model because it’s already out of the box. That way it will fit neatly on the passenger seat of the car. The store can always open a new box out the back and get another display model.

see, i even did the quote in yellow.

Boris said:

see, i even did the quote in yellow.

Yes, very mellow.

party_pants said:

OCDC said:

It’s more the ICBF going shopping for one, and delivery aint a very good option with my work hours. And this one cooks really well and we’re so in tune with each other I can defrost chicken evenly without any of it starting to cook before it hits a proper pan.

Just go and buy one of the same brand as your old one. Ask the helpful staff at the electrics store if you can have the shelf display model because it’s already out of the box. That way it will fit neatly on the passenger seat of the car. The store can always open a new box out the back and get another display model.

Obselete model :-(

And a 2nd-hand one might be wookiefied or Bearified or worserer – Dazified!

party_pants said:

OCDC said:

It’s more the ICBF going shopping for one, and delivery aint a very good option with my work hours. And this one cooks really well and we’re so in tune with each other I can defrost chicken evenly without any of it starting to cook before it hits a proper pan.

Just go and buy one of the same brand as your old one. Ask the helpful staff at the electrics store if you can have the shelf display model because it’s already out of the box. That way it will fit neatly on the passenger seat of the car. The store can always open a new box out the back and get another display model.

maybe you could even just steal it.

OCDC said:

party_pants said:

OCDC said:

It’s more the ICBF going shopping for one, and delivery aint a very good option with my work hours. And this one cooks really well and we’re so in tune with each other I can defrost chicken evenly without any of it starting to cook before it hits a proper pan.

Just go and buy one of the same brand as your old one. Ask the helpful staff at the electrics store if you can have the shelf display model because it’s already out of the box. That way it will fit neatly on the passenger seat of the car. The store can always open a new box out the back and get another display model.

Obselete model :-(

And a 2nd-hand one might be wookiefied or Bearified or worserer – Dazified!

Nah I mean the newest model but from the same manufacturer as your old one. So the controls and the layout will be similar.

Can you leitch that yellow?

party_pants said:

OCDC said:

party_pants said:

Just go and buy one of the same brand as your old one. Ask the helpful staff at the electrics store if you can have the shelf display model because it’s already out of the box. That way it will fit neatly on the passenger seat of the car. The store can always open a new box out the back and get another display model.

Obselete model :-(

And a 2nd-hand one might be wookiefied or Bearified or worserer – Dazified!

Nah I mean the newest model but from the same manufacturer as your old one. So the controls and the layout will be similar.

This is a two dial beast, no fancy schmancy electronics. So yeah, probably time I upgraded from my kero-powered machine… Might update the kero-powered fridge too…

OCDC said:

This is a two dial beast, no fancy schmancy electronics. So yeah, probably time I upgraded from my kero-powered machine… Might update the kero-powered fridge too…

Ah well, I can’t help you then.

Can you leitch that yellow?

what?

revelations ch2 v4 mentions a two dial beast with a thousand faces

Boris said:

Can you leitch that yellow?

what?

looks like it.

Hmmmn

party_pants said:

Hmmmn

blah.

I haven’t a clue what you lot are on about with this leitch so i’ll just go stealth.

party_pants said:

Hmmmn

Clever!

:)

Donovan Leitch: “I’m just mad about saffron”

i thought that might have been the connection but i had forgot his name.

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

Hmmmn

Clever!

:)

Well, that’s my learning for today, I didn’t know leitch was a colour.

it isn’t. font colors in html sometimes don’t recognise the color you put in and just make it something else.

font color mauve

Seems to revert to last used colour if color is unknown.
Let’s do a test

blah

party_pants said:

blah

Bizzare

see. i told you.

Boris said:

see. i told you.

Yes, yes you did. Well spotted!

party_pants said:

party_pants said:

blah

Bizzare

PMSL!

wookiemeister said:

I remember in the air cadets they used to give us all that guff about how we shouldn’t do this or that and how in the event of an emergency we should do this or that – chances are we’d never make it out of the aircraft if we needed to use the parachute.

I remember someone had told me about how a pilot had given the stick over to a cadet and told him to bring the nose up, he yanked back hard on the stick to see what would happen and swore the wings actually twisted and waggled and the pilot shouted at him – I’m not sure if he was allowed to fly after that.

At an Australian military airfield that shall remain nameless in an transport-type aircraft that shall not be specified way back in the 1980s, a pilot who was paying off put an aircraft through an impromptu aerobatics display over the airfield. Upon landing, the maintenance crew berated him and said that now they would have to strip down the airframe and inspect it for stress, since the airframe was not certified for aerobatics (though the airframe limits were never exceeded).

Pilot subsequently replied: “Well, you better inspect all of them because I have done it with most of them!”

Dropbear said:

I thought the SR-71 was a photography platform, not an elint platform

Primarily photo-recon but did have some ELINT capabilities.

Obviousman said:

Dropbear said:

I thought the SR-71 was a photography platform, not an elint platform

Primarily photo-recon but did have some ELINT capabilities.

One hell of an aircraft. If you ignore the fuel leaks when on the ground.

A TCP packet goes into a bar and says to the barman, “Hello, I’d like a beer.”
The barman replies, “Hello, you’d like a beer?”
“Yes,” the TCP packet says, “I’d like a beer.”

How the hell did that end up in here?

Sorry.

Low flying….