I’m just so upset there wasn’t a stealth fighter here, as I have my *what aircraft all I can see is blue sky* joke ready to be copied and pasted.
I’m also really annoyed there’s no contrails visible because, oh boy, do I have a real knee slapper for that..
I salute you. They also serve who pump fuel and load pallets….
in the early 90s i worked as a young man with a retired full bull colonel who had flown kc135s for SAC…flew in Vietnam, tanked everything from b52s on down….told me about dragging shotup phantoms back to Thailand out of cambodia (he wasnt allowed to fly over vietnam)
he was a great guy. Had a freaking gorgeous younger second wife…..long tall blond. You dang pilots!
ps. He did 30 years and had enough flying hemsaid. Did not go into the airlines because he was tired of it. He was one ofmthose guys who flew 8-10 hours a day, almost every freakin day…back when b52s flew circles over kansas 24 hours a day in case they had to bomb russia asap.
Fuck, I was standing at a train platform yesterday thinking this.
Every brick, every tile, every section laid down by a person; the raw materials taken from elsewhere and refined and mass produced.
It’s insane to look around and think that basically everything we see in the developed world: roads; pavements; houses and commercial buildings; lights; telecomm poles; power infrastructure..
It was all put down by men and women.
I can’t wrap my head around a fucking train platform, so the concept of how we mass produce aircraft is just inconceivable to me.
Working in aerospace, I can comprehend an aircraft far more easily than I can something like [Bankside Power Station](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankside_Power_Station) (now The Tate Modern) that's composed entirely of bricks.
and even crazier, our brain is mostly water and ions…how we can develop ideias and inventions just by the influx of ions and proteins that happens on cells is just insane.
Well for one thing, steel isn't a resource you just lying around on the ground, it needs to be processed. The base component ores aren't either, they have to be mined. There is a lot of plastic in there, which originates from deep oil reserves. Etc.
Yes, that's a silly pedantic response to a light hearted comment, but there you go
Think about this a lot. It's crazy! What else that's crazy though is how nature is still way ahead in some things. Earth's literally got an effective force field. Crazy. Do we have technology anywhere near that? One I always think about too, our bones and bodies self healing. Crazy. Don't think I've heard of any self healing materials that can match our own bodies. We've still got so much to discover!
Tankers aren't exactly build for crew comfort. The front part of the jet has... acceptable levels of noise insulation, but the aft cargo sections are quite loud.
And if you don't keep on top of the air conditioning it can literally be freezing from the knee down and sweltering from the head up. Plus, jump seats, and those are not comfortable for any length of time.
The 74 has the highest cockpit noise level among transport aircraft. And it doesn't originate in those beautiful engines. The airstream deflecting off the nose that misses most cockpit windows hits this old girl right on the windscreen due to the cockpit on the second floor.
Compared to the original Pratt and Whitney j57 engines it’s not loud at all. The CFM 56 engines on there now are actually detuned for structural reasons. It’s the non insulated avionics rack next to the decommissioned nav station that puts out about 93 decibels the entire flight…
If it's training you don't need two CATM, you only need one. They dont actually leave the aircraft, the C stands for captive, theyre reusable. You just leave two LAU's installed for weight and balance purposes.
Kind of makes sense as RCS is largely affected by broad surfaces areas for radar to bounce from and the missiles and pylons are quite pointy, at least from a frontal perspective.
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I like how every other comment is making “squawk 7500” or “Mr president” jokes. Looks like you’re flying a normal tanker to me. KC-135 maybe?
The real question, R or T?
All my homies hate T models
T models aren’t that bad, just don’t open the forbidden switch and you’ll be fine.
What's the forbidden switch on the T? :o
Nice try China.
They're not bad until you have to refuel one in Mildenhall with an all metal pantograph.
I’ve never had to use a pantograph but I hear they aren’t fun.
They're actually nice when they have a hose at the end. The all metal ones suck donkey balls.
> I love my office view Elmendorf 💪
When I hear Elmendorf, I think War Games.
I’m just so upset there wasn’t a stealth fighter here, as I have my *what aircraft all I can see is blue sky* joke ready to be copied and pasted. I’m also really annoyed there’s no contrails visible because, oh boy, do I have a real knee slapper for that..
There could be 3 F-35s in that picture and we'd never know because we can't see them.
I mean how would you even know if there is a stealth fighter there or not? It's stealth afterall, duh
Normal day of a tanker. nice catch on the KC-135!
Yes, definitely looks like KC-135. Not the size of 747 wing.
I salute you. They also serve who pump fuel and load pallets…. in the early 90s i worked as a young man with a retired full bull colonel who had flown kc135s for SAC…flew in Vietnam, tanked everything from b52s on down….told me about dragging shotup phantoms back to Thailand out of cambodia (he wasnt allowed to fly over vietnam) he was a great guy. Had a freaking gorgeous younger second wife…..long tall blond. You dang pilots! ps. He did 30 years and had enough flying hemsaid. Did not go into the airlines because he was tired of it. He was one ofmthose guys who flew 8-10 hours a day, almost every freakin day…back when b52s flew circles over kansas 24 hours a day in case they had to bomb russia asap.
Am I the only one to make a towers joke
Humans made those things out of stuff we found lying on the ground. So wild when you think about it.
haha this thought hits me very very often, especially looking at things like the LHC, like, come on now guys how've you done this
Fuck, I was standing at a train platform yesterday thinking this. Every brick, every tile, every section laid down by a person; the raw materials taken from elsewhere and refined and mass produced. It’s insane to look around and think that basically everything we see in the developed world: roads; pavements; houses and commercial buildings; lights; telecomm poles; power infrastructure.. It was all put down by men and women. I can’t wrap my head around a fucking train platform, so the concept of how we mass produce aircraft is just inconceivable to me.
Yeah, I stared at a fucking lightbulb for almost 10 minutes last night thinking this same thing.
How many thoughtful people does it take to change a light bulb?
Three. One to change the lightbulb and two to see each other for who they really are.
I didn't expect an /r/aviation thread to throw me into an existential crisis but here we are
Funny, i had the exact same realization also at a train station just looking at the tracks and thinking about the amount of raw materials needed.
Ludwig Boltzman thought about this stuff **too** much and it didn't turn out well... https://media.snopes.com/2021/06/textbook_opening.jpg
Working in aerospace, I can comprehend an aircraft far more easily than I can something like [Bankside Power Station](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankside_Power_Station) (now The Tate Modern) that's composed entirely of bricks.
To be specific with the LHC, we found some stuff underground, and we moved it to a different bit of underground *very precisely*
and even crazier, our brain is mostly water and ions…how we can develop ideias and inventions just by the influx of ions and proteins that happens on cells is just insane.
Forcing these materials together with other materials
We made rocks that can think by etching elaborate runes on them.
Computer processors are rocks we tricked into thinking and doing math
It really is
Uh.. yeah.. not quite, but i like the thought
Explain it better then
Well for one thing, steel isn't a resource you just lying around on the ground, it needs to be processed. The base component ores aren't either, they have to be mined. There is a lot of plastic in there, which originates from deep oil reserves. Etc. Yes, that's a silly pedantic response to a light hearted comment, but there you go
in the ground then
Exactly. It's silly and pedantic nitpicking.
iron ore or oil can exist just on the surface but all was probably extracted long ago
Humans made those things out of stuff we found *IN the ground
That went right over your head, didn't it?
Well ackchyually 🤓
Think about this a lot. It's crazy! What else that's crazy though is how nature is still way ahead in some things. Earth's literally got an effective force field. Crazy. Do we have technology anywhere near that? One I always think about too, our bones and bodies self healing. Crazy. Don't think I've heard of any self healing materials that can match our own bodies. We've still got so much to discover!
How loud are these? Considering how old the airframe is and how noisy the CFM 56 are on our A319 I'd imagine them to be quite loud
They fly over me often, it’s nothing really out of the ordinary. Certainly not when compared to freight 747’s
I think he was talking about on the inside
Yep lol my mistake
Tankers aren't exactly build for crew comfort. The front part of the jet has... acceptable levels of noise insulation, but the aft cargo sections are quite loud.
And if you don't keep on top of the air conditioning it can literally be freezing from the knee down and sweltering from the head up. Plus, jump seats, and those are not comfortable for any length of time.
When you’re inside of one you have to wear hearing protection.
The 74 has the highest cockpit noise level among transport aircraft. And it doesn't originate in those beautiful engines. The airstream deflecting off the nose that misses most cockpit windows hits this old girl right on the windscreen due to the cockpit on the second floor.
Compared to the original Pratt and Whitney j57 engines it’s not loud at all. The CFM 56 engines on there now are actually detuned for structural reasons. It’s the non insulated avionics rack next to the decommissioned nav station that puts out about 93 decibels the entire flight…
Your coworkers look aggressive.
They have the RBF. But they are nice people.. Usually. 🤭
Interesting that the 2 closer F-35s have 2 pylons installed but only one missile on it.
Third one does too…:budget cuts🤣
Or does it mean they used one? Or 3?
I misread that as "they have used ones" 💀
🤣😂…..could be either but being a veteran and knowing our gov….im saying budget cuts🤣😂
That’s classified.
If it's training you don't need two CATM, you only need one. They dont actually leave the aircraft, the C stands for captive, theyre reusable. You just leave two LAU's installed for weight and balance purposes.
Maybe to mask their true radar signature?
Even more interesting is that the wingtip Sidewinders don't affect RCS that much apparently
it's the opposite, you'll almost never see f-35s in the air without something that changes their radar signature.
RCS doesnt matter here, changing it would actually be welcome
Kind of makes sense as RCS is largely affected by broad surfaces areas for radar to bounce from and the missiles and pylons are quite pointy, at least from a frontal perspective.
Hello Mr president
Correct me if I'm wrong but there's no USAF printed on top of VC-25As Wings
Idk bro it was a joke
r/woooosh amk woooosh
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Awesome.
Incredible shot
did someone squawk 7500...
Don't need to when you a fill station
Where is this?
Sky.
Earth
My guess is Alaska based on the markings on the planes
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Snoopy, stay out of this. :)
All i want for Christmas is a 707 type
Don't let your dreams be dreams. AWACS still flies
For now.
Well, lately, A-50's tend to fall from the sky more often than E-3's
Facts.
I got to live the dream; I spent some time in the jump seat of an AWACS during Northern Edge 17, flying out of JBER.
Erm actually ☝️🤓 it’s based on the Boeing 367-80 not the 707.
You still get the 707 type for it though.
>I love my office view I also love your office view.
The view from the Boom Pod is better....imo
Especially for takeoff and landing! ...or so a friend told me....
Busted the ADIZ again, huh?
Somebody needs to write a jingle/song or cadence about “lil fat amy.”
Hey look our only fully operational tanker
Good thing Boeing paid more money than Airbus to make sure the KC-46 could continue to let us down.
What could have been.
POV: You spaced out forgot to check in with ATC
Every pilot’s dream beautiful picture thx 👌👌👌
NKAWTG!!! Nobody!
If that's your office, where is your stapler?
Is the carpet black or barf colored
Are those F-35s in a two tone paint scheme? Super cool!
I don't know what you mean. I only see a wing with the engines....
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Neither
Not too shabby..
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Former maintainer here. Fuel loads up to 170,000 pounds weren't unheard of.
At a glance they looked like Bucs. I need to put my glasses on.
Beautiful. You lucky swine. Those clouds below look a bit solid to me. 😉
I am honestly more mesmerised about the land you are flying over
Dope AF!
NKAWTG
Photo goes hard as fuck
Woah
Saw the F35 last year at a local airshow, thing is like a rocket with wings Insanely loud, feel it rumble through your chest when it does a low pass!
Awesome 👏🏾
I'll bet the other airplanes office view is worlds better, aside from the fact they have to look at a tanker and not fighters.
What’s the hole on the side of the outboard engine do?
Hey bub, that’s not an office. You are in a fucking fighter jet.
I’ve never seen counter shaded f-35s.