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A Minty cheetah

A Minty cheetah

~C H E E~
DRGN Juno

DRGN Juno

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA -Sukhoi, 2020
In lighter news, this year in aviation history, space shuttle Enterprise (OV-101) flies for the first time, after being piggybacked to altitude and released by NASA's 747 shuttle carrier. Enterprise is the first of the six shuttles to be constructed, but it would never see space due to a lack of engines or proper heat shielding. Instead, Enterprise was a mule built to test various aspects of the orbiter, including glide behaviour during re-entry.

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Yes, I know that's Endeavour in the picture.

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Sairn

Sairn

Sairn the Majestic
DRGN Juno said:
In lighter news, this year in aviation history, space shuttle Enterprise flies for the first time, after being piggybacked to altitude and released by NASA's 747 shuttle carrier. Enterprise is the first of the six shuttles to be constructed, but it would never see space due to a lack of engines or proper heat shielding. Instead, Enterprise was a mule built to test various aspects of the orbiter, including glide behaviour during re-entry.

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Yes, I know that's Endeavour in the picture.

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For real though, that's some freakin cool history.
 
Groggy

Groggy

Hm!
DRGN Juno said:
In lighter news, this year in aviation history, space shuttle Enterprise (OV-101) flies for the first time, after being piggybacked to altitude and released by NASA's 747 shuttle carrier. Enterprise is the first of the six shuttles to be constructed, but it would never see space due to a lack of engines or proper heat shielding. Instead, Enterprise was a mule built to test various aspects of the orbiter, including glide behaviour during re-entry.

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Yes, I know that's Endeavour in the picture.

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I actually had no idea you could piggyback a shuttle on a plane like that.
Did they (succesfully) fly any more shuttles to space this way?

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DRGN Juno

DRGN Juno

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA -Sukhoi, 2020
Sairn said:
For real though, that's some freakin cool history.
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Why thank you. I have plenty more. Like this: This year in aviation history, Voyager II is launched. Its primary mission was to explore the gas and ice giants, starting with Jupiter in 1979, Saturn in 1981, Uranus (yeah, laugh it up) in 1986, and finally Neptune in 1989. With its primary mission complete, it was maneuvered to achieve Solar escape velocity. It has since left the heliosphere and entered what's known as the Interstellar Medium (ISM, or what's considered 'outside' of the solar system) in 2018. As of 2019, it has been in operation for over 42 years.

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DRGN Juno

DRGN Juno

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA -Sukhoi, 2020
Groggy said:
I actually had no idea you could piggyback a shuttle on a plane like that.
Did they (succesfully) fly any more shuttles to space this way?

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No, the 747 was only for transporting the orbiter from its alternate landing site at Edwards AFB (and in one case, White Sands, New Mexico) back to Cape Canaveral (and after the retirement of the shuttles, to their respective museums). All of them were launched vertically on the launchpad.
 
Groggy

Groggy

Hm!
Finally, the almighty 1977! On to some of the albums of this majestic year for music.

'Trans-Europe Express' by Kraftwerk
'The Clash' by The Clash
'Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols' by The Sex Pistols
'Animals' by Pink Floyd
'Talking Heads: 77' by Talking Heads
'Exodus' by Bob Marley & The Wailers
'Slowhand' by Eric Clapton
'Aja' by Steely Dan
'Bat Out Of Hell' by Meat Loaf
'Motörhead' by Motörhead
'Pink Flag' by Wire
'Heroes' by David Bowie
'A Farewell to Kings' by Rush
'News Of The World' by Queen
'Lust for Life' by Iggy Pop
'The Stranger' by Billy Joel
The Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack
'Decade' by Neil Young
And most notably, 'Rumours' by Fleetwood Mac. Fairly moody album, especially so when you read the story surrounding the making of the album. A masterpiece nonetheless.


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Ravofox

Ravofox

back to Aussie foxying!
DRGN Juno said:
*Changes the programming*

This year in aviation history, two 747s collide on the ruway at Tenerife's Los Rodeos Airport in the Canary Islands. At 583 casualties, it remains the worst aviation accident in history (the 9/11 attacks are worse, but classified separately in some circles). The 'Swiss cheese' model is often brought up to describe aviation accidents - the more holes there are that line up in each consecutive layer of safety, the higher the risk of an accident. In this case, the 'holes' leading to the Tenerife disaster are listed as follows:

1) Sudden onset of fog, blocking both planes and the control tower from seeing one another (though being solely on instrument flight, or IFR, visibility remained at legal minimums for takeoff)
2) Multiple radio messages in rapid succession, often with some messages "stepped on," meaning two stations attempt to transmit, resulting in neither being able to broadcast
3) Casual use of nonstandard terminology
4) The Pan Am 747 getting lost in the fog and unfamiliar airport layout
5) Los Rodeos ATC operating at higher capacity due to diversions to the airport after a bomb threat at a nearby airport
6) KLM's strict crew hour restrictions, pressuring the crew in what we officially call "get-home-itis"
7) The KLM's flight engineer failing to speak up further after questioning the Captain due to the difference in seniority
8) The KLM 747 opted to refuel while on ground at Los Rodeos, increasing takeoff weight, takeoff distance, and the intensity of the resulting fire

Several things changed about aviation in general following the collision, including standardization of English as the official language of aviation, mandatory readbacks of instructions, and dismantling of cockpit hierarchies in what would ultimately become crew resource management (CRM).

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We all know the real cause though. The captain of the KLM was too distracted by tulips:p

A Minty cheetah said:
Incoming Ravofox!!!
*prepares a boop*
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*boops you first!*:D

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A Minty cheetah

A Minty cheetah

~C H E E~
Ravofox said:
We all know the real cause though. The captain of the KLM was too distracted by tulips:p



*boops you first!*:D

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*boops your snoot with a tulip*
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*greedily noms the ramen*
 
Ravofox

Ravofox

back to Aussie foxying!
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