The last time I uploaded was several months ago and I had 39 out of 40 photos rejected of which most were taken in good light, at close distance, and using my normal photo gear and editing (with which I have 2000+ accepted). Since then I have lost the motivation to upload any more. Although I still ...
Jump to postInteresting that it was mentioned that this thread has not so many views. I remember the photography feedback forum was buzzing with activity years ago. Lately the threads I've started barely get any replies. As for the site, some key questions remain. - Why did so many "big name" photogra...
Jump to postMany of us have been there and have felt the exact same frustration. However when looking at your photos on Flickr I do agree with the screeners. Looking at the tailnubmers/letters, roundels etc many of them seem blurry. I've had the same issue at Davis Monthan, even in November and January. While ...
Jump to postI've uploaded to this site for 15 years and today had the most ridiculous rejection batch ever. When I was editing and uploading these I thought to myself - "how nice, it's a sunny day and blue skies, barely any heat haze and all the aircraft are close to me". Then after waiting 24 days (!...
Jump to postThe Su-30SM(2), Su-35S and Su-57 are all quite capable with a wide range of mission sets and weaponry plus some unique advantages when it comes to sensors, air to air missiles and maneuverablity. They just can't produce them in very large numbers. The Su-35 is at almost 200 produced, but the Su-30 ...
Jump to postThe Su-30SM(2), Su-35S and Su-57 are all quite capable with a wide range of mission sets and weaponry plus some unique advantages when it comes to sensors, air to air missiles and maneuverablity. They just can't produce them in very large numbers. The Su-35 is at almost 200 produced, but the Su-30 h...
Jump to postIt seems the engine was stuck at idle, or at the very least wasn't producing thrust. If this was due to a nozzle issue the fix for that is easy and fast, but if the engine itself was the problem then yea there was no speed or altitude for a restart. I know both of the pilots and they are both very p...
Jump to postIf the airline wants to profit on the DFW-RDU portion then they should have priced the LAX-DFW portion reasonably. There is no logical sense that LAX-DFW-RDU (across the whole country) would be cheaper than LAX-DFW other than price gouging and greediness. You could argue "well this is capitalis...
Jump to postI'm all for sites like skiplagged. Obviously not for everyone, and obviously not for every situation especially if you're traveling with anything that is even at risk of being checked at the gate. But, the airlines are greedy as hell, nickel and dime us for anything and everything they can think of ...
Jump to postZuni rockets, on Ukrainian SU-25's; https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukrainian-armed-forces-demonstrated-the-zuni-rockets-being-launched-from-the-su-25/ Some stunning footage, still limited to ballistic attacks, albeit the Zuni has more range and hitting power, besides sourcing Soviet era rockets is presu...
Jump to postThere are so many political gymnastics regarding the transfer of Western fighter jets to Ukraine. If there is such a political will to do so, doesn't it make more sense to just go to AMARC and start pulling some? There are literally a thousand aircraft there just doing nothing... It seems silly to m...
Jump to postIn regards to the Su-57, I see some comments here which are not entirely accurate. Until the end of 2022 there have been 10 flying prototypes/pre-production airframes and 6-7 production Su-57. There haven't been two write-offs, just one. And that is the crash of the first production aircraft in Dece...
Jump to postI got this rejected for dark, quality, heat haze, blurry. I can maybe work with the dark but why the other three? https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/5/6/9/7210965.jpg?v=v4a0dfcd24b6 There was a personal message that said the leading edge slats are blurry. I'm looking at the full size ver...
Jump to postThat is interesting, not least because it's happening so late in the life of the aircraft. On a related note, does anyone know why the airliner style 767-300 winglets weren't fitted to the KC-46? For the KC-46, the radar warning receivers are built into the wingtips. That's kind of silly, as I'm su...
Jump to postI figured after MH370 this would have been implemented a long time ago. Surprised the 2 hour limit is still the norm. Except that its been more than 24 hours since MH370 went down... That is irrelevant. If they had found MH370 somewhere in the Indian Ocean a few days after the crash they still woul...
Jump to postHi everyone, Trying to plan a Caribbean trip with the in-laws in late November, but they live in Milan. I was wondering if there is a good way to check flights which are convenient to take from Milan, Venice or Rome to anywhere in the Caribbean. Basically a direct flight (whether regular airline or ...
Jump to postI figured after MH370 this would have been implemented a long time ago. Surprised the 2 hour limit is still the norm. In fairness to MH370, the issue with it wasn’t recording time limit, but where the hell the CVR is in the first place. Yes of course. But I remember in the days after MH370 there wa...
Jump to postI figured after MH370 this would have been implemented a long time ago. Surprised the 2 hour limit is still the norm.
Jump to postGang membership isn't totally down to "moral failings," just like alcohol and drug dependency aren't down to moral failings either. Gang membership isn't correlated with "[being] easily manipulated [or] unmotivated," in many cases it's a life people are born into. Their father w...
Jump to postThis attitude suggests an extremely simplistic understanding of human nature and intrinsic motivation. And to your earlier point, no, nihilism does not simply start to dissipate when one starts losing people around them as examples. It is actually likely to intensify further. Yes, human nature is c...
Jump to postThe death penalty is no deterrent to murder, why do you think it will stop gang members who are under the threat of death anyway? Realistically, how many people receive the death penalty nowadays for murder? Sure, it doesn't stop 100% of murders but it does decrease them I think. Lets ask ourselves...
Jump to postI disagree. Little Johnny from the hood will be unlikely to risk a death sentence for selling an 8-ball on the corner. Yes, most police states in the world eliminate drug problems. And we don't have to become a police state in every way. Those rules can only be applied for the drug problem. Mmmm I ...
Jump to postEven as an American, it's wild. It's almost entirely drug ads full of happy smiling people dancing through fields because SHINGLES DOESN'T CARE--side effects include splitting of the perineum (ie tearing yourself a new one). Obviously to some extent drug companies feel all this advertising is worki...
Jump to postI disagree. Little Johnny from the hood will be unlikely to risk a death sentence for selling an 8-ball on the corner. Yes, most police states in the world eliminate drug problems. And we don't have to become a police state in every way. Those rules can only be applied for the drug problem.
Jump to postWe can still learn a thing or two from some of the countries we love to hate in this world... The answer is simple. Impose super long sentences or even the death penalty to anyone smuggling or selling hard drugs. You'll see a lot less people who will risk selling.
Jump to postI make no claims as to how this was done. I guess for me the more interesting part is the aviation topic. The Drive sums it up pretty nicely in terms of what was lost and what was there.
Jump to postWe will never know the exact count of what was destroyed in the blast because Russia will never tell the truth about anything. I can't interpret the photos well enough to challenge either of you (What is your source for what was there in February?) so as far as I'm concerned, the guy on twitter's o...
Jump to postHere is a guy claiming: 8 Su-27 planes, - 6 Мi-8 helicopters, - 5 Su-24 planes, - 4 Su-30М planes, - 1 Іl-20RT plane, - 4 ammo depots. The "before" satellite photos clearly show: 13 Su-30SM (before the war started this unit had 12 SU-30SM. In March one was lost, or at least the pilot clai...
Jump to postI'm not saying it is technically impossible for a HARM to be integrated into the MiG-29 or Su-27 or even the Su-25, but given what we've seen so far it is highly unlikely. I'm voting on the ground based launch as a much more probable scenario. As for the explosions at Novofedorovka as usual there ar...
Jump to postCan we say for sure that NATO did have MIGs that have NATO standard harware? If they did, then it would have been done as retrofit kits. Define "NATO standard hardware". If it is simple stuff like IFF, then yes. But nothing more than that, not even on the German MiG-29s. They were used ma...
Jump to postYes GDB, you're right about the US supplied Mi-8/17 (ex-Afghan). I had forgotten about those. As for the rest I completely agree, more than likely any benefit from jet donations have been potentially for parts. That's why I said combat effectiveness has been "close to zero". Many of the pa...
Jump to postIt seems like a lot of overly optimistic assumptions are being made here. Just because something is in the news as a discussion point doesn't mean it is happening or is effective in any meaningful manner so far. 1) A few months ago it was discussed how Bulgaria had donated Su-25s. I guarantee you th...
Jump to postHaving trouble with this photo. First it was rejected for "unbalanced crop" https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/7/4/6/6557647.jpg?v=v444e4480e84 I decided to center the fuselage and reuploaded. Now it was rejected for "poor crop at tail" https://imgproc.airliners.net/p...
Jump to postI've been getting it on my phone and laptop even if I clear it.
Jump to postDo Azerbaijan still use the MiG 25 Foxbat? They haven't been formally decommissioned and last I heard they were being upgraded by the same person who upgraded the Algerian Foxbats. Not anymore in Azerbaijan, and I can't recall seeing any Syrian examples in use during the war. Can you show these exa...
Jump to postI'm not sure where you're getting this information but it just isn't true. Nor is it in any way practical from a technical, logistical or financial point of view. They've already scrapped MiG-29s, Su-27s, MiG-31s by the hundreds and the types you're talking about are way older and more obsolete. A ...
Jump to postIt's completely untrue that the engines don't start if temps are higher than 32-34C. Literally they flew in hot summers for 40+ years without issue...
Jump to postI'm not sure where you're getting this information but it just isn't true. Nor is it in any way practical from a technical, logistical or financial point of view. They've already scrapped MiG-29s, Su-27s, MiG-31s by the hundreds and the types you're talking about are way older and more obsolete.
Jump to postThanks for telling me that. Do you know what there even used if they don't fly? I believe they use a Su-27UB or one of the prototype Su-30 aircraft as a chase plane now. Russian are in storage/reserve from what I know, but not used. Plenty of MiG31, plus modernised MiG31's in service. I think the G...
Jump to postI've done my research and that appears to be true. A very specialised MiG 25PU trainer. I've also found out that the Sukhoi KnAAPO facility still fly 2 ex Soviet Sukhoi SU-17 Fitters and the MiGremont aircraft repair plant in Ukraine still fly at least 1 SU-17UM3 "77 Yellow" in Ukrainian ...
Jump to postRussian are in storage/reserve from what I know, but not used. Plenty of MiG31, plus modernised MiG31's in service. I think the Gromov Research Institute has a specially configured aircraft testbed in service. I've done my research and that appears to be true. A very specialised MiG 25PU trainer. I...
Jump to postHow about a curious question which I guess doesn't warrant a whole separate thread. When it comes to building and servicing the F-35...are the fasteners metric system or Imperial? Would the aircraft technicians around the world all need to purchase inch-sized tools? I have a similar question for the...
Jump to postOnly Algeria still uses some. Russian ones stopped flying in 2013. Syria/Libya both stopped before the wars. Azeri and Armenian probably at least 10+ years ago. North Korea never had MiG-25s.
Jump to postInteresting. In general though I wonder why it is such a struggle for the F-35 to fly fast. You would think the combination of one of the most powerful jet fighter engines, along with a very clean aerodynamic layout would easily enable it to reach M2, and supercruise for prolonged periods. What am I...
Jump to postI wonder what it is on the F-35B and F-35C that limits the supersonic flight? And not on the F-35A..
Jump to postI know there is a thread already about the impact to aviation due to COVID-19, but this thread is about the relief flights ONLY. Examples are the Samaritan's purse DC-8 flights to Italy or Russia sending Il-76s with supplies to Italy, and etc. What other relief flights have there been to Italy and E...
Jump to postGiven that KC-767s already exist and are doing good work, I still don't completely understand how Boeing managed to screw it up so badly by trying to fix something that wasn't broken. They could have just taken the KC-767 and mass produced it.
Jump to postSeems like quite a waste of money to custom fit a helmet to the head of a pilot, and then if he chooses to switch squadrons, careers, or decides to retire that is half a million dollars down the drain. Unless there is a way to re-fit the helmet for the next pilot...
Jump to postPretty impressive to pass 1000 flight hours although if you’re assigned to deliver new aircraft from the factory to the respective units you probably clock up a lot of time, especially given 134 aircraft were built last year. Wonder if he just flies commercial back to Fort Worth or has to wait for ...
Jump to postWhy does the CCTV footage have a date of 2019-10-17??
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