Pinboard: bookmarks for maciej tagged 'aviation'

Entertainingly idiotic aviation blog - suggests requiring infants buy seats and screening everyone outside airports to reduce the tragic incidence of things that already don't happen

idiot aviation nyt
december 2007 by maciej

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Airliners.net Photos: Russia - Air Force Tupolev Tu-160

nice fans!

aviation mil ru
october 2007 by maciej

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Estimated new A380 model - bigger, longer, etc.
airbus aviation img
october 2007 by maciej

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Any Fastener That Fits
risks mil aviation
august 2007 by maciej

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Flying Magazine - Night Carrier Qualifications

great article about a first night carrier landing

mil aviation pantsfilling navy marine
august 2007 by maciej

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MIG29 flight report

big texas dude describes his ride in one at an airshow

aviation mil mig29 russia
april 2007 by maciej

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US in talks over biggest missile defence site in Europe | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited

creep central station

missile sdi mil poland us politics aviation hurr
april 2007 by maciej

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In-flight upset; 240km NW Perth, WA; Boeing Co 777-200, 9M-MRG

serious software error in 777 avionics causes a near-stall. No one expected a certain instrument to ever fail off-scale high.

risk software aviation 777 australia report
april 2007 by maciej

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Flying Saucers Explained

interesting speculation on certain kinds of UFOs as fauna

space bio exobio alien ufo scifi aviation
january 2007 by maciej

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Военная литература : Мемуары : Яковлев А. С. Цель жизни
telenok aviation toread chamberlain russian
october 2006 by maciej

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eXile - Issue #248 - Venezuela: Enchilada of Evil - By Gary Brecher

To make a plane a man can fly in, you need to spend really sick amounts of money, whereas missiles that can acquire that plane as a target, follow it through chaff and EW countermeasures and kill it, are relatively cheap (and getting cheaper).

war aviation mil uav war_nerd rant
october 2006 by maciej

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Braniff Airlines Flight 250 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

example of an airliner brought down by extreme turbulence

aviation disaster turbulence
october 2006 by maciej

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United Airlines Flight 629 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

another example of plane bombed to collect insurance. This was inspired by the Albert Guay affair

bomb us aviation risk
october 2006 by maciej

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Albert Guay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1950's plane bombing in Quebec, by a man eager to kill off his wife and get insurance money. Three people hanged(!) as a consequence

bomb aviation disaster quebec canada crime
october 2006 by maciej

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Летчик-стажер погибшего “Ту-154”: “Не убивайте! Не убивайте!”

analysis of the recent russian airliner crash. Crew tried to hop over a thunderstorm to save fuel

aviation disaster risk russian ru
october 2006 by maciej

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Ultima Thule

flying to china in a window seat over the north pole

brr arctic self-promotion blog aviation
september 2006 by maciej

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The Gimli Glider / Air Canada

"It's a sound that Bob and I had never heard before. It's not in the simulator."

BONG aviation risk canada metric rescue
september 2006 by maciej

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Figure 1. New Cross-Polar Routes Via The North Polar Region

diagram of nyc->asia polar routes. I wonder what the reason is behind the kinks in manchuria and mongolia

aviation map polar airline travel
september 2006 by maciej

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Business flies around air travel restrictions - 09/02/06 - The Detroit News Online
aviation commerce war_on_terrah ha crapitalism
september 2006 by maciej

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Five years after 9/11, question is: Could it happen again? (9/1/06)

utterly inane article in the ARE YOUR CHILDREN SAFE? vein

9-11 terrorism fearmongering aviation war_on_terrah blather
september 2006 by maciej

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Security As Theater

old rant

blog self-promotion aviation security risk dhs
august 2006 by maciej

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CBC News: Muslim doctor wants apology from U.S. airline

more arbitrary air panic hijinks

aviation risk flying_while_muslim war_on_terrah religion
august 2006 by maciej

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Mutiny as passengers refuse to fly until Asians are removed | the Daily Mail

passengers now doing their own panic-based screenings

war_on_terrah mob doh aviation risk
august 2006 by maciej

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CNN.com - Passenger describes dramatic events on diverted flight - Aug 17, 2006

more detail on the poor crazy vermont woman who hates freedom

risk aviation ha war_on_terrah tsa idiot
august 2006 by maciej

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CNN.com - Fighter jets escort diverted flight to Boston - Aug 16, 2006

crazy lady tries to pee in plane, makes weird comments, fighter jets are dispatched

war_on_terrah idiot risk aviation
august 2006 by maciej

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Holiday flight diverted after bomb scare

someone scrawls a bomb threat on a barf bag, plane diverted

war_on_terrah aviation risk disproportionate
august 2006 by maciej

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Flight diverted to Tampa after passengers report concerns

the terror is coming from INSIDE THE BATHROOM

war_on_terrah idiot jumpy aviation tsa
august 2006 by maciej

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Mass murder in the skies: was the plot feasible? | The Register

good editorial on the terror scare

aviation chem debunk war_on_terrah register explosives synthesis risk
august 2006 by maciej

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Suspicious liquid found at W.Va. airport

"pregnant" woman with islamic headgear, bottle of water, explosive fetus. America kept safe again.

dhs idiot aviation war_on_terrah
august 2006 by maciej

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Anger as father ejected from US

arbitrary INS stupidity to British people accused of flying while brown

war_on_terrah dhs abuse aviation borders
august 2006 by maciej

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C-130 Aircraft Carrier Operations

photos of a test-flight program operating a C-130 from a carrier in the 1960's

crazy aviation navy mil wtf
august 2006 by maciej

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Aerospaceweb.org | Ask Us - Ground Effect and WIG Vehicles

neat photos of ground effect planes, including the Russian monsters

aviation cool lift physics russian engineering
june 2006 by maciej

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Animation of proposed artificial horizon design change

left shows current US standard, right shows proposed update to eliminate the graveyard spiral trap

risk aviation design ui img
may 2006 by maciej

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AeroNews - Design-Induced Errors in Flight Controls

"In this situation, the vestibular sensations can be so compelling that the pilot will reverse his visual attitude reference for the brief remainder of his life."

design risk aviation disaster perception
may 2006 by maciej

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Renesys Blog: Tracking Plane Flight on Internet

neat info of how boeing struggles to provide minimal latency on its in-flight internet service

aviation blog internet tech
april 2006 by maciej

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Polar routes

the nitty gritty of the new high-latitude airline routings to asia

aviation nav geo
april 2006 by maciej

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Mother lode of interesting usenet postings

lots of good stuff in aviation and nukes, probably more

aviation reference usenet nukes computing cool
april 2006 by maciej

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Transcript of United 811, depressurized 747 emergency landing

harrowing, interesting reading. Nine died, safe landing

aviation disaster transcript
april 2006 by maciej

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The Risks Digest Volume 24: Issue 24

nice short first-person account of hypoxia training

aviation risk bio climbing
april 2006 by maciej

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Halteres - insect guidance system

neat vestigial wing flappy thing that helps flying insects see straight

insect flight biophysics aviation cool
march 2006 by maciej

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Air Safety Week: Crash From Dual Engine Flameout Spurs Wide Ranging Review

hotrodding pilots take an empty commuter plane to 41,000 feet and stall it, hijinks ensue

aviation accident idiot ha
march 2006 by maciej

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SAC stories

some of these are fun. Note especially last one, a discussion of the dangerous near-miss due to a breakdown in what were thought to be independent comm links

nukes sac aviation history mil
february 2006 by maciej

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