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DalTxHornFan

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  1. Thanks be to G-d for all of his blessings. Harrowing video from that airport.
  2. Funny how that discussion goes. But it's goodbye to A&M!
  3. I think that "couldn't care less" is the current idiom.
  4. WTF is happening on this thread?
  5. Maybe we have a new downtown going on? In Sunny North Austin, a 350-Foot Building Ain’t Nothing To Sneeze At https://austin.towers.net/in-sunny-north-austin-a-350-foot-building-aint-nothing-to-sneeze-at/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEp79hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQ6WdB1uWesk_OlxKZY1HIdYN0FgFYxoAz9Ag5KWfIjhlYFB4ehxZWmSig_aem_sQJOC6aYsc6iAXWXQSbKfQ&pro=jude@towers.net From the article:
  6. That sounds like a lot of work. Glad that I can drive my truck to the deer blind in West Texas and drink some bourbon in my coffee as the sun comes up!
  7. I've lived in Austin since some of those streets were first paved. Fuck anybody who is being a bitch on this thread. Sorry if obtuse. Despite what a Blue Blood area West Austin/Tarrytown may have become, there are lots of "normal" people that grew up there when it was just considered "North Austin" - I later grew up in Rosedale. North of 45th street was considered to be out in the sticks.
  8. Cook them frozen -- just like most old-school Tex-Mex joints do. That's why they always say "no substitutions!" They make up the enchilada plates in advance, cook them in an oven and then put a blap of rice and beans on the super-hot plate before serving.
  9. I've frozen them and cooked them weeks later with good results. I think freezing them keeps the tortillas from turning into mush.
  10. Long Boeing shareholder agrees!
  11. She was talented. They mostly showed as flying Cessna T-50s and Cessna-310s
  12. Flight level Zero. That's why altimeters are adjustable.
  13. Thanks for the correction. I misspoke - radial engines. There are some vintage planes that fly around GTU regularly.
  14. We have a couple of vintage planes that fly around here. I love hearing those rotary engines!
  15. Still several crashes blamed on icing since then. Don't know if the accident planes got the mods. But still a very solid plane. Can't beat P&W turboprops.
  16. 13 fatal accidents, killing some 500+ persons. Many of those accidents were obvious pilot error and/or were in Nepal or other third-world countries. Just spit balling here, but those planes have likely done 10,000,000 cycles by now. Pretty good record, I'd say.
  17. Similar ATR 72 crash in Nepal last year due to improperly feathered engines, but they lost control at a much lower altitude. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeti_Airlines_Flight_691
  18. The ATRs have a pretty good safety record, except for when they get flown into ice.
  19. The flight data seems to indicate the stall/spin started at 15,000 feet. Also lots of variation in their flight speed prior to the bad ending. It will be fascinating to figure this one out.
  20. How can you not get the nose down and recover at that altitude? Feathered prop, loss of control surfaces, weight and balance issues? Horrible video of that plane going down.
  21. Always with Japs (no racist!).
  22. Drove by The Pit it Georgetown today - 5 for $14.99 on the sign!
  23. Money Bags. With this guy:
  24. I grew up in Austin thinking that chopped beef sandwiches from The Pit were tits!
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