Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

I feel dumb asking that but.... Is there civilian left around and in those village or the fighting are now on vast deserted empty lands ? We nearly always hear about elders who just don't want to evacuate because they rather die home as they can't really make a new life elsewhere, I imagine there m...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

About progress on the front... A top Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) spokesman on Wednesday claimed troops were continuing to advance following the recent liberation of the tactically important village Robotyne. Meanwhile, Kremlin-controlled information platforms reported that Ukrainian forces were s...

Re: 2023 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

Verstappen has been given a 5 place grid penalty at the Belgian GP. Each F1 car is limited to four gearboxes over the season, and Verstappen is the first driver to require a fifth assembly this year. https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/12928986/max-verstappen-to-take-five-place-belgian-gp-grid-...

Re: 2023 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

Verstappen has been given a 5 place grid penalty at the Belgian GP. Each F1 car is limited to four gearboxes over the season, and Verstappen is the first driver to require a fifth assembly this year. https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/12928986/max-verstappen-to-take-five-place-belgian-gp-grid-...

Re: Boeing KC-46 News, Production and Delivery Thread

I'm a bit confused, here on a.net I remember posters insisting USAF liked to have platforms dedicated to one mission therefore the cargo capability of a tanker was of little importance given the existing fleet of transport. Yet in the article it seems LMXT being able to deliver more fuel (it's prim...

Re: Boeing KC-46 News, Production and Delivery Thread

Here is an interesting perspective from a KC-46 crew that toured an MRTT at the Paris Air Show. They compare the pros and cons of each aircraft. https://breakingdefense.com/2023/07/from-cargo-to-cockpit-a-kc-46a-crews-thoughts-about-the-planes-potential-tanker-rival/ I'm a bit confused, here on a.n...

Re: Question for expats

French living in southern spain here, it's no surprise really that what I miss most is... CHEESE Don't get me wrong, Spain also have very good cheese, but so much less variety !! And for something more cultural, live music variety is lacking too. As much I've learned to appreciate Flamenco style I m...

Re: 2023 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

There is a lot of Internet chatter about the tires being changed and now degrade less. TV made it more about various drivers being good at preserving their tires. No idea which is the correct spin, but I don't like the idea of making changes during the season unless it's a major safety or fairness ...

Re: What Happened to the Boeing 797 Concept?

I don't understand this thread keeping going on, Calhoun made clear the chase for middle of the market was over. Instead they are focussing on the TBW design, which is noticeably smaller. What's the point to continue arguing on MoM, NMA or whatever big narrowbody / small widebody ? He declared as de...

Re: 2023 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

Otherwise, except for the first spot, decent race, we've seen nice move ! The track did allow for passing and side-by-side racing which is a great thing. Worth waiting confirmation during next race but right now it seems McLaren managed to design a efficient fix for their car. The commentators said...

Re: Icelandair confirms 13 A321XLR plus 4 additional on lease

Yeah but.... What about FISH ? Is there space enough in the cargo to move all the needed FISH ?? :white: :white: I don't even remember what the point was but old timers here will recall for sure :lol: Btw I searched quickly and couldn't find THE thread, does someone have it at hand ? I'd like to rer...

Re: 2023 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

The track limit penalties are simply ridiculous. With the technology embodied in those cars and in the sport there's much better thing to do than manually check and distribute penalties after the race. Physical stuff may be incompatible with other series requirements but there is others way to expl...

Re: 2023 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

The track limit penalties are simply ridiculous. With the technology embodied in those cars and in the sport there's much better thing to do than manually check and distribute penalties after the race. Physical stuff may be incompatible with other series requirements but there is others way to expl...

Re: 2023 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

The track limit penalties are simply ridiculous. With the technology embodied in those cars and in the sport there's much better thing to do than manually check and distribute penalties after the race. Physical stuff may be incompatible with other series requirements but there is others way to explo...

Re: 2023 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

I don't like the Sprint Shootout though, I just wish they would do a reverse grid and the Grid is set from qualifying. Too much to watch and it was on at 6am.. Reverse grid based on championship standings, not qualifying, and I would agree 100%. Sounds good, but it would be just artificial for ente...

Re: Twitter ending anonymous access?

Good posts above, I'm an avid tweeter reader but as you not chasing interactions. I don't mind having followers though, but even bots don't find me :rotfl: Grand total of 136 followers !! I don't use the "for you" or the trends, don't `post often, mostly replying so until today having Musk...

Re: 2023 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

StarAC17 wrote:

I don't like the Sprint Shootout though, I just wish they would do a reverse grid and the Grid is set from qualifying. Too much to watch and it was on at 6am..

Re: Future Medium-size Tactical Cargo (FMTC) News and Discussion Thread

So now it can also take the FASETT name (Future Air System for European Tactical Transportation). Few things, capabilities and configuration needs are being assessed and target is the replacement market kicking in next decade. “Many of these aircraft are coming toward the end of their lifespan and t...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Revelation wrote:

Things are moving very fast right now. Too early to say, but maybe the frog is finally boiled.

Re: Airbus: No A350 Stretch In The Next 3 Years

https://i.ibb.co/h2bxqv1/A35-KL-CASM.png Any questions please ask. I have a question, maybe a dumb one sorry :angel: What's the reason for the peak they all share at 3,000 miles ? Absolutely not a dumb question at all, it's effectively an artifact of a decision made during the building of the model...

Re: Airbus: No A350 Stretch In The Next 3 Years

flipdewaf wrote:

Any questions please ask.

Re: 2023 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

Quali ended up with a few changes than what I wrote. I didn't know FP3 got shut down early. In any case, I won't spoil the quali results, here's a link for those who want to know: https://racingnews365.com/2023-f1-monaco-grand-prix-qualifying-results Quali was quite exciting to say the least and th...

Re: Boeing KC-46 News, Production and Delivery Thread

With all the issues surrounding the RVS is there a long term plan to automate the entire boom refueling system as has been successfully tested in the A330 tanker? Yes, the RVS 2.0 is specifically designed for automation. That is one of the gains the USAF has made in the upgrade, since it was not pa...

Re: Airbus A400M News, Production and Delivery Thread

I know the wing pods have a limited number of flight hours available yet they decided to equip all aircrafts with it for the mission ! The only obvious reason is they did refuelling missions, or at least may have had to do some. Is this mentioned in the discourse at some point ? A photo posted on a...

Re: Boeing KC-46 News, Production and Delivery Thread

Here is an interesting video series from the Edwards Air Force Base Flight Test Squadron, who are evaluating the KC-46 RVS 2.0. They construct and carry out the test missions that are designed to explore corner cases and stress the system. Part 1: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X3BWV3kjmZg Part 2: h...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Believing RU version means Ukraine's cunning plan was to kill Vlad with a small drone attacking a flag pole on a buidling where he's not ? Am I getting this right ?

Re: Airbus A400M News, Production and Delivery Thread

I did not find any discussions about that (which in itself does not necessarily mean anything) - however the GAF A400M regularly refuel Counter Daesh planes from Jordan anyway (like French Rafales) so I assume they are fully equipped with missile defense systems and are those which are fully missio...

Re: Airbus A400M News, Production and Delivery Thread

I know the wing pods have a limited number of flight hours available yet they decided to equip all aircrafts with it for the mission ! The only obvious reason is they did refuelling missions, or at least may have had to do some.
Is this mentioned in the discourse at some point ?

Re: Boeing’s tanker losses top $7 billion

The one thing that is certain, is the MRTT RVS system was already in service, so that problem would not have occurred with the KC-45. However as things have worked out, the USAF gets the upgraded vision system included, that will be a forthcoming option on the MRTT. Just for confirmation, I'm not s...

Re: 2023 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

Also the sprint race has to be changed. At least one pit stop and half the distance of a normal race. The current F1 package isn’t designed for a 100 km race, it’s designed for a 300 km race. In a regular race, tactics come into play at the moment the current sprint race is finished. :checkeredflag...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

It seems that there are no limits to the depths to which some human beings will sink. If they felt they would very likely be subject to trial for their crimes at some time in the future, would they still commit those crimes? Given they feel likely they'll be dead in a close future I don't think fea...

Re: 2023 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

A grid start with light cars for 2 laps was always going to be a mess (Sargeant on DeVries was shameful), but as said above there's no solution to please everyone. The last red flag was absurd though at that point just do the two laps behind SC and call it a day, 15min wait to clean the track just f...

Re: 2023 F1 Season News and Discussion Thread

I think excluding elements of the cap is actually fine : the issue is with performance gap between cars themselves, not the race operations. So I don't have problems with driver salary being excluded, nor team principal (he's not directly involved in car design). Right, but it's the top three (non-...