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« Reply #14745 on: August 22, 2009, 03:20:30 PM » |
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More B-52 geekage.
the wingtips on a B-52 flex a total of 32 feet.
I saw a program about the 747. That was about 10m!! WTF!!! That's far too scary to think about. I am in no way scared of flying but this particular stat is one that I try to forget. |
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« Reply #14746 on: August 22, 2009, 06:19:25 PM » |
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More B-52 geekage.
the wingtips on a B-52 flex a total of 32 feet.
I saw a program about the 747. That was about 10m!! WTF!!! That's far too scary to think about. I am in no way scared of flying but this particular stat is one that I try to forget. If they didn't flex they'd snap, it's the same reason that skyscrapers sway. |
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« Reply #14747 on: August 22, 2009, 06:23:27 PM » |
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Right then. A couple of questions from an aircraft idiot both concerning the B52.
Firstly can it actually take off and land from that aircraft carrier? I know it looks ridiculously impossible but they obviously got it on there somehow.
If it doesn't take off and land from there how the f**k did they get it on there.
Question 1 obviously assumes that Tikay wasn't levelling with his "not photoshop" comment.
Secondly how big is it compared to a 747? I've seen one of them in real life so I could get an idea of scale if I knew this.
Cheers
its about 2/3rds the length of a 747 and pretty similar wingspan. As to that pic i am baffled, it cant land/take-off from there you were right. Crane FFS How! It just seems so unlikely, as it appears to be, if it needed new parts surely it would be easier to take the parts to the A/C/ |
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« Reply #14748 on: August 22, 2009, 06:27:43 PM » |
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Right then. A couple of questions from an aircraft idiot both concerning the B52.
Firstly can it actually take off and land from that aircraft carrier? I know it looks ridiculously impossible but they obviously got it on there somehow.
If it doesn't take off and land from there how the f**k did they get it on there.
Question 1 obviously assumes that Tikay wasn't levelling with his "not photoshop" comment.
Secondly how big is it compared to a 747? I've seen one of them in real life so I could get an idea of scale if I knew this.
Cheers
its about 2/3rds the length of a 747 and pretty similar wingspan. As to that pic i am baffled, it cant land/take-off from there you were right. Crane FFS How! It just seems so unlikely, as it appears to be, if it needed new parts surely it would be easier to take the parts to the A/C/ I can't imagine a crane with a boom long enough to reach out to the middle of that deck carrying something so big and heavy. |
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« Reply #14749 on: August 22, 2009, 06:38:35 PM » |
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 The original pre-photoshop? |
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« Reply #14750 on: August 22, 2009, 06:54:01 PM » |
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The original pre-photoshop? I can't see it. |
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« Reply #14751 on: August 22, 2009, 07:09:39 PM » |
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The original pre-photoshop? Width and height tags don't work. |
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« Reply #14752 on: August 22, 2009, 07:13:30 PM » |
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[19:44:40] Oracle: WE'RE ALL GOING ON A SPANISH HOLIDAY! TRIGGS STABLES SHIT!
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« Reply #14755 on: August 25, 2009, 09:58:28 AM » |
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« Reply #14756 on: August 25, 2009, 10:11:16 AM » |
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http://tineye.com/search/1c1d9f28e3052f73a4a7cf4b735f126635018a00TinEye is the dog's licky bits for checking the validity of photos or seeing if an image has an 'original' source.
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« Reply #14757 on: August 25, 2009, 01:06:04 PM » |
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Yup - the B-52 on the A-C was a fake. I wased whoosheded.
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« Reply #14758 on: August 25, 2009, 04:22:39 PM » |
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« Reply #14759 on: August 25, 2009, 11:05:20 PM » |
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