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  • StalinistApologist [he/him]
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    edit-2
    2 years ago

    The town is called White Settlement :lmayo:

    https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/pilot-ejects-from-f-35-at-fort-worth-joint-reserve-base/3149776/

    "You never want to get that call that there is an aircraft down," Cook said. "We have a very fond spot in our community for the military. White Settlement is a military community."

  • Vampire [any]
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    2 years ago

    IMO, shouldn't have touched the nose to the tarmac. Should have kept it more level and landed on the wheels only.

    I will provide additional analysis for a fee.

  • Fartster [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    He now has permanent spinal damage and I get to pay for his pain pill addiction for the rest of my life fuck this communist country!

  • invo_rt [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Friendly rage reminder that the cost for US development and procurement of the US's F35 fleet is 412 Billion dollars and 1.3 Trillion dollars to maintain and operate them.

    • space_comrade [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Damn that's a lot of market efficiency. Must be the best, most efficient machine in the world.

    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      1.7 trillion dollars

      In 2022, NASA received almost $30 billion, and it's the space program that people think is too expensive.

  • redthebaron [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    like it is cool that they made a plane that is pretty much an ACME product

    • Parzivus [any]
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      2 years ago

      They were trying to land as quick as possible so they could repair sooner. Big brain stuff

  • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    lol my government has just bought three dozen of these novelty planes. for more than twice the normal market value.

  • Ecoleo [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Does this plane not have a fucking fuel cutoff lmao

    I'm just picturing the pilot flipping through a big Tesla touchscreen in there trying to find the right menu

    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It's time for you to press five buttons to access the basic functionality of your aircraft!

      I HATE MFDs I HATE MFDs

  • SaniFlush [any, any]
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    2 years ago

    All the Kerbal Space Program players out there suddenly feel better about their aerospace engineering failures.

    • Des [she/her, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      i could design whole series of launchers from scratch using every realism mod i could find, assemble 8 part interplanetary cruisers and massive stations but all my jets and rocket planes did shit like this video no matter what.

  • D61 [any]
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    2 years ago

    Me playing Top Gun on the NES and trying to land on the carrier. :guts-rage: