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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 7, 2017 11:58:56 GMT 12
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Sept 7, 2017 17:29:54 GMT 12
Watched some of the videos of flights into the eye of Irma - Damn! I gotta ask: What do you replace an Orion with? Another Orion! Mr Lockheed, please start up the line again, there's a real gap that needs to be filled
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Sept 7, 2017 18:38:38 GMT 12
Those hurricanes are getting bigger too. I guess they'll be able to rebuild the airport for the next mega-hurricane to destroy. Global warming, eh?  |
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Post by camtech on Sept 7, 2017 19:28:02 GMT 12
No such thing said POTUS
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Post by isc on Sept 7, 2017 22:53:49 GMT 12
johnyfalcon, when our Orions (if)end their days with the RNZAF, and are replaced with something, the hurricane chasers will be down on them, and they'll fly another 50 years. isc
ps, you'll know when they are to be sold, they'll get an update and overhaul, the works about a year before they go.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 7, 2017 23:49:37 GMT 12
The Orions will definitely not last another 50 years, there is a distinct lack of parts to keep them flying, which is why we are about to replace them with P-8's.
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Post by exkiwiforces on Sept 8, 2017 0:43:04 GMT 12
Those hurricanes are getting bigger too. I guess they'll be able to rebuild the airport for the next mega-hurricane to destroy. Global warming, eh? On the NT ABC news tonight they said the latest one is bigger than the island of Tasmania and the other behind this one is also just as big as well! The other half said WTF and I said don't speak too soon as we still our wet season to come yet. |
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Post by Mustang51 on Sept 8, 2017 7:47:36 GMT 12
Definitely things have changed weather-wise since I was a kid
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Sept 8, 2017 13:48:42 GMT 12
 CLICK ON THE MAP TO READ THE LATEST INFO.And there's another HUGE hurricane tagging along right behind it. I wonder how the flat-earthers/anti-warmalists/climate-change-deniers explain away multiple 500-year storms in such a small period of time? |
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Post by ZacYates on Sept 8, 2017 15:21:33 GMT 12
Anyone else beginning to worry for Kermit and Fantasy of Flight?
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Sept 8, 2017 15:32:41 GMT 12
The thought has crossed my mind over the past 24 hours.
I've got a Washington Post subscription, so as well as receiving the e-versions of the print edition (ads & all), I've been getting regular email updates.
That is one extremely destructive and scary storm.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Sept 8, 2017 15:51:15 GMT 12
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Sept 8, 2017 18:15:36 GMT 12
Anyone else beginning to worry for Kermit and Fantasy of Flight? Yep, more than once... |
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Post by isc on Sept 8, 2017 22:47:34 GMT 12
That and the rest of Florida. isc
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Post by ErrolC on Sept 8, 2017 22:58:43 GMT 12
@airlivenet: BREAKING Sint Maarten Princess Juliana Airport 'reopen for military use' airlive.net/irma/ pbs.twimg.com/media/DJMKFMjW0AAlYCD.jpg |
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