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  1. Mac

    Midair Collision - DC - American Airlines and Blackhawk

    I want to quantify this...Yes, ATC screwed up, but there is a big difference in "screwed up" and "at fault". It almost always boils down to "who could have prevented this?" In this case, I still focus on the helicopter.
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    Midair Collision - DC - American Airlines and Blackhawk

    Not sure about "changes" as the area is "established". This was piss poor planning 50 years ago. For some reason, no one builds an airport with any foresight. Every freaking airport gets built and people flock to it. If you want to create urban sprawl, build an airport. Then give it a few...
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    Let's talk life insurance

    I'm going to highjack this thread a bit. Social Security. This seems to change a lot. After 10 years of marriage, your spouse can apply take YOUR Social Security. This is a backup plan I have. I want my wife to take mine as it will be WAY MORE than her's. I have seen the Fed go back and...
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    Midair Collision - DC - American Airlines and Blackhawk

    There are lots of "controllers" you talk to, especially in busy areas. This area is Class Bravo airspace and has a lot of restrictions and requirements to transit it. Based on the proximity to the airport, they could have both been talking to tower or the airliner on approach and helo on...
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    Midair Collision - DC - American Airlines and Blackhawk

    And...pilots aren't listening to just one radio. In theater flying missions...we had 6 radios going. It would get ridiculous.
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    Midair Collision - DC - American Airlines and Blackhawk

    That video is very poor and lacks depth. You can't tell much other than "it happened." The video is only going to serve to feed conspiracy theorists...."Trump ordered a hit!" The left was already saying Mayorkas was on a flight into DCA and that he could have been targeted. SMH
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    Midair Collision - DC - American Airlines and Blackhawk

    ATC...definitely screwed up, but they were calling out. Having flown military aircraft, the H-60 specially (same helicopter), depending on the life of the aircraft and condition, radios can be really bad and hard to hear. It is reported the helicopter was on goggles. Kind of crazy to me being...
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    Trump's First Week Back

    The point is, they will not be allowed to stay in the US. They can take them back, or they go to prison. I'm all for more Sheriff Joe style prisons. Saying we don't like prisons or the crime wasn't that bad has led us to where we are now with accepting moral decay in our society.
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    Trump's First Week Back

    Here's the point. Colombia initially said the US could not bring back the Colombian citizens that were picked up in the US. Trump imposed tariffs. Colombia said ok...they can come back. So to further strengthen his position, Trump stated that illegals will be sent to Gitmo...a well known...
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    Midair Collision - DC - American Airlines and Blackhawk

    Almost all aviation accidents are human error. This was no different.
  11. Mac

    Best way to remove vinyl from body panels

    What have you guys found to be the best way to remove vinyl from body panels? I need to get this old stuff off so I can send the panels off to powdercoat.
  12. Mac

    Midair Collision - DC - American Airlines and Blackhawk

    So much speculation, none of it true. Still, a horrible tragedy.
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    Trump's First Week Back

    One week back and Trump is delivering! I'm getting EXACTLY what I voted for. - Mass deportations - Removal of DEI - Stop and reassessment of foreign aid - Government department reassessments - Firings of useless and obstructive people - Removal from the Paris Treaty - Tariffs - Reestablishing...
  14. Mac

    Illegals

    The left is dying over this. I'm getting EXACTLY what I voted for. I wish they'd start arresting US officials that are blocking, hindering, obstructing this in anyway.
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    Let's talk life insurance

    After 50, the clock is ticking and prices go up. In my opinion, life insurance is a personal matter and not every plan, fits everyone. Income, debt and medical issues/conditions are huge factors in what fits. When I retired, I "should" have gotten a policy but I was single and had no reason...
  16. Mac

    What movie are you watching now?

    Yeah...Not a LDS feel good movie...
  17. Mac

    It's Saturday Jan 25th 2025.. What is everyone doing this weekend?

    At Barrett Jackson looking at dream cars I can't afford...🤣
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    Illegals

    Can you say...Estoy sienda deportada
  19. Mac

    New Executive Order Affects Glamis

    Wash 4 this weekend until 0430. Then the let's throttle our bikes to the rev limiter for no fucking reason. And no...they weren't offering tacos. Deport.
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    New Executive Order Affects Glamis

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