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Gatorubet

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  1. I should’ve been clearer about all the things I do not know, because I’m probably close to the last person who has any idea how those things work. Where I keep hanging up is the fact that it would be almost impossible for the flaps not to have been put in the up position upon takeoff due to the warning system. So if the flaps were up on the takeoff approach, and they did not appear to be in the proper position as the plane was descending before the crash, I’m trying to figure out how in the world those two things could exist together. The only thing I could come up with in my ignorant brain is some hydraulic failure that fubar’d the flaps from remaining in a state that allows lift. But I guess if the voice recorder turns out to be correct, and the pilot said they had no thrust, maybe the flap setting would not have made a difference, other than to change the glide angle and how many feet the jet traveled before it crashed.
  2. This give some interesting information, but I thought it very telling that if the pilots had not set the flaps correctly, a warning system would’ve alerted them. I know nothing about nothing, but I assume there’s a lot of wind resistance and pressure on the flaps as you approach takeoff speed. I also assume that the hydraulic system is what will keep the flaps up as the flaps experience the wind pressure wanting to knock the flaps down. The gear not continuing to be raised, and the flaps not being engaged properly, seem to indicate a sudden loss of hydraulic and electrical power right at takeoff - which could include simultaneous engine failure. It sounds like the plane shut down and all the pilot could do is call in and say we’re going down. Which sounds more like a Boeing problem than a pilot problem. I would much prefer a pilot problem.
  3. What clients may go with them, well, that’s a horse of an entirely different color.
  4. Keep supporting the patriarchy you knuckle-dragger - and do continue to completely ignore Mrs. Pibb’s contributions to society.
  5. Nothing says Master Race quite like grey socks and tactical sandals, a sunburn, and orange soda. j
  6. Is Spitthatblood still alive… or is she currently fighting Stephen Miller‘s wife for access to the South African racist idiot?
  7. Coastal:
  8. <If America was involved> ” I’d like to speak to the manager of the Iron Dome. Right now!”
  9. I read that in this voice.
  10. So…. drill baby drill?
  11. it is my fervent wish that someday his family gets survivor benefits.
  12. Except <checks notes> MontereyMX
  13. Bibi to Trump; The Cuck of the World
  14. Meh. Yeah, 50-49 for Trump in 2024 in over 65 year old. But 49% old dems fucked over.
  15. I’m just guessing, but judging from my ex Marine neighbor, I think there are a lot of MAGA supporters amongst the Jarheadi Tribe. They may have gutted the VA, and may plan to deport and shipped off the wife of your nine week old baby to a prison or a foreign country - - but for several months you were able to own the libs! Hoo-rah!
  16. So essentially we’ve DOGE’d the BLS to the extent they don’t have enough people to give accurate data and so their estimate of inflation that will wind up as the COLA interest increase for Social Security may be under reported. They now predict a 2.5 COLA. up .1 every month for three months. The interesting thing is this comes out with many months to go yet in the year. if July August and September are not that bad but October November December skyrockets - the olds are just fucked for 2026.
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