They still have the structural mounts for the Buran......wishful thinking???
Those actually aren't the mounts for the Buran:
I sit corrected....must be flow splitters of some sort.
What they ARE is a question for someone much much smarter than me (Tony?)! All I know is what they aren't. Helpful, right?
What they ARE is a question for someone much much smarter than me (Tony?)! All I know is what they aren't. Helpful, right?
Tony is smarter than you?
debatable. one of us sits at a desk all day, the other flies Piaggio's. Who sounds smarter now?
i capitalized Piaggio and Who
i'm pretty sure Teller would prefer not being called an anything nazi. and pressing the shift key is too much work
i'm pretty sure Teller would prefer not being called an anything nazi. and pressing the shift key is too much work
But not "debatable" and "one".
Plus, you know I'm kidding. I'm sure you are very smart. And I know Teller is a grammar / spelling / capital natzi.
At all things engineering, aerodynamics, science, and aviation - most decidedly yes. At typing...apparently not.Tony is smarter than you?
The people who boss us both around?debatable. one of us sits at a desk all day, the other flies Piaggio's. Who sounds smarter now?
i'm pretty sure Teller would prefer not being called an anything nazi. and pressing the shift key is too much work
HA, no worries, but thanks for standing up for me, Tony. I think I actually did refer to myself in that way when talking to Kim. I think that's the only way in which someone can be called a Nazi without it being strongly insulting. At least, I take it to mean that I am always correct in my grammar and punctuation, almost to a fault.Tony, I think I'm quoting him on that statement.
Haha, at least you're polite enough to say you could insult me, but then to not ACTUALLY insult me.If I knew you better I might venture a comment on your intelligence, but I'm way too polite to do that........as far as you know. With Buran in place, they look like they are designed to split air flow.....but then that is a guess.
The used to come in to IWA once every month or two while I was down there; hauling industrial generators. They'd land on the outboard runway, taxi to the far numbers and shut down. And there they'd sit, on the runway, for the week. Then a tug would come turn them around, and they'd blast off in the opposite direction. Ridiculous airplane!I watched them depart from KPIA and they used the ENTIRE 10,124 runway.At rotation you could see just a sliver of light below the wings and fuselage, which did not grow larger. The a/c merely got smaller.
They were carrying three Caterpillar Mining trucks, DIRECT Siberia.
Now now, play nice...Yay, I'm not in trouble now. Thanks, Matt.
Tony - I told you so. Neener neener.
Now now, play nice...
I would have said an oxygen rich atmosphere is #1, but Tony can be #2.OK fine.
Tony, you are the single greatest asset to aviation.
Matt, you are the second greatest.
You could just always type in Caps Lock, Tony.
One of the two uses capital letters in his posts.....
Just sayin'