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Until you open the shade and see a grease spot from somebody elses head.
Hopefully that's no longer an issue.
Just lick it clean.
Until you open the shade and see a grease spot from somebody elses head.
Hopefully that's no longer an issue.
We used to call that sort of thing “getting your gutter vitamins”. But I think it referred mostly to eating dirt on (well, off) the playground.Just lick it clean.
Just lick it clean.
The article gives me the impression that he works for UPS and his base for this rotation was Cologne, in case you’re wondering.Flying Freight In The Corona Crisis
I’ve never really considered myself to be an essential person. Of course, in the larger sense of community, we’re all essential. But outside of my immediate family and my pets, no one has ever considered me essential. That was until a few weeks ago when the U.S. government did. I have been working for a large overnight package/freight carrier for the past 30 years and at that moment, I received a field promotion from Freight Dog to Essential Personnel in the war on the COVID-19 virus.
A sad state indeed.On the night of our crossing, there was only one track in each direction, a direct reflection of the lack of traffic crossing the ocean with all of the airline groundings and travel restrictions in place. As I write this on March 31, I see only one track altogether. This is a very sad state but probably what we need to fight the pandemic.
The article gives me the impression that he works for UPS and his base for this rotation was Cologne, in case you’re wondering.
I came across it because I had been wondering about the North Atlantic Tracks in these strange times of extremely limited transatlantic air traffic. Here’s a part of what the author says:
A sad state indeed.
So they had a little bit of hydraulics and the control surfaces, but an out of control #1?An Antonov AN-124 had an uncontained engine failure at 1000' AGL after takeoff, inducing a bunch of secondary issues:
Lost all electric systems.
Lost instruments.
Lost brakes.
Lost thrust reversers.
Lost spoilers.
737 MAX: Boeing 'inappropriately coached' test pilots, say senators
Planemaker and US regulator may have tried to cover up important information relating to deadly crashes – official report
Have you read Clancy's "Red Storm Rising"? That immediately comes to mind. I think the model only exists because of the book...Anyone remember the crazy "stealth plane" models from that time we knew the F-117 existed but had no idea what it looked like?