Inmate Central: Waterskiing in China. Looks like fun. by free.ranger

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Topic - Waterskiing in China. Looks like fun. - free.ranger 16:25:58 10/22/18 ( 33)

RE: I always wanted to buy a big twin amphibian - bean 19:35:57 10/23/18 ( 3)
- Last summer I saw a black Catalina lining up over Sydney Heads for a landing in the harbour - JDK 19:59:14 10/23/18 ( 2)
  - RE: for that I guess I could live with monkey coffins nt - bean 20:27:10 10/23/18 ( 1)
    - I would! Nt - JDK 02:31:31 10/24/18 ( 0)
In the background! - JDK 18:11:25 10/22/18 ( 28)
- Just like the Russian copy of the C-5 Galaxy - E-Stat 06:47:58 10/23/18 ( 15)
  - Hmmmm... Antonov is NOT a Russian company - Victor Khomenko 16:26:37 10/23/18 ( 6)
    - Yes - E-Stat 17:26:40 10/23/18 ( 5)
      - It has impressive service history - Victor Khomenko 18:46:05 10/23/18 ( 4)
        
        Getting parts - E-Stat 06:02:47 10/24/18 ( 3)
        
        The legendary F-1 - Victor Khomenko 06:23:15 10/24/18 ( 2)
        
        Actually... - E-Stat 07:39:58 10/24/18 ( 1)
        
        RE: Actually... - Victor Khomenko 08:12:32 10/24/18 ( 0)
  - RE: Just like the Russian copy of the C-5 Galaxy - JDK 14:07:28 10/23/18 ( 7)
    - RE: Just like the Russian copy of the C-5 Galaxy - pictureguy 18:50:54 10/23/18 ( 6)
      - Concordes were a fairly common sight in London in the 80's - JDK 19:06:45 10/23/18 ( 5)
        
        RE: Concordes were a fairly common sight in London in the 80's - pictureguy 19:10:14 10/23/18 ( 4)
        
        They did not break sound barrier over land - Victor Khomenko 06:25:53 10/24/18 ( 3)
        
        From Heathrow they would regularly take off to the East, climbing over west London - JDK 15:54:02 10/24/18 ( 2)
        
        That was not sonic boom - Victor Khomenko 18:24:18 10/24/18 ( 1)
        
        I've had booms - JDK 19:10:25 10/24/18 ( 0)
- Pratt and Whitney F117 engine high-bypass turbofan - FenderLover 20:47:50 10/22/18 ( 6)
  - They didn't try! - JDK 21:14:49 10/22/18 ( 5)
    - "Quite a pedigree." Yes... one of the dumbest plane projects - Victor Khomenko 16:33:23 10/23/18 ( 4)
      - RE: "Quite a pedigree." Yes... one of the dumbest plane projects - JDK 17:03:27 10/23/18 ( 3)
        
        That one never had a role - Victor Khomenko 18:41:37 10/23/18 ( 2)
        
        nice lookin' aircraft though - mhardy6647 18:38:27 10/26/18 ( 0)
        
        RE: That one never had a role - JDK 19:36:34 10/23/18 ( 0)
- well, the engine nacelles are very different - mhardy6647 18:34:22 10/22/18 ( 4)
  - Yep, they must have started copying before the Boeing winglet upgrade ;-) - JDK 18:41:36 10/22/18 ( 3)
    - Chinese probably had "access" to the Boeing design team (nt) - Steve O 18:46:08 10/22/18 ( 2)
      - it's those danged extra chips, innit? (nt) - mhardy6647 18:55:38 10/22/18 ( 1)
        
        Could be... - Steve O 20:09:03 10/22/18 ( 0)