The General Chat Thread (2016-2022)

[Lullabelle]

No sunshine but still very

 

[Yorky]

No sunshine but still very

Still sunny here. 37°C but only 53% humidity.

 

[caseydog]

Still sunny here. 37°C but only 53% humidity.

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That is a pretty normal summer humidity for North Texas. Hot, but not too humid. It is not as hot in Houston/Southeast Texas, but the humidity is way higher. It can be 85F/29C down there, and feel a lot worse than 95F/35C here because of the humidity down there.

CD

 

[MypinchofItaly]

Best display team in the World in my opinion, as a Brit I am supposed to say that the Red Arrows are the pinnacle, but their show is pedestrian, and lacks the action and humour of the Frecce Tricolore.

I’d love to attend at a Red Arrows show, I am a fan of things like these. Each country has a different approach about it, this is what I am always interested to.
I admit that Frecce Tricolore are particularly exciting to watch, I shiver when they fly above our heads or when they have this show in Rome, pretty evocative

 

[caseydog]

Here is a cool video of the US Air Force Thunderbirds (F-16 Fighting Falcons) and the US Navy Blue Angels (F/A 18 Super Hornets) flying together over NYC. The cool thing is that a lot of the video is shot from inside the cockpits. You can really get an appreciation for how hard it is to fly that fast and that close. There is also some video of in-flight refueling.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JESy0CnYPw


CD

 

[rascal]

Here is a cool video of the US Air Force Thunderbirds (F-16 Fighting Falcons) and the US Navy Blue Angels (F/A 18 Super Hornets) flying together over NYC. The cool thing is that a lot of the video is shot from inside the cockpits. You can really get an appreciation for how hard it is to fly that fast and that close. There is also some video of in-flight refueling.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JESy0CnYPw


CD

I have friends who go to Oshkosh air show, they say it's amazing.

Russ

 

[Rocklobster]

Blue Angels...lol..that was a whole different thing where I came from..

 

[medtran49]

We have an air and sea show in Fort Lauderdale every year. It can get pretty annoying hearing the planes fly over if you are anywhere near their flight path when they are practicing.

 

[Yorky]

It's the 81st anniversary of "The Miracle of Dunkirk" today.

 

[Lullabelle]

It is just after 4am and I am sitting on the sofa, a dry tickly cough kept me awake so got up because I don't want to disturb tvc.

 

[rascal]

It's queens birthday on Monday so it's a pubic holiday here in three days. We are going on a road trip to akaroa one day to stock up on cheeses from barrys bay cheese factory.
Akaroa so an hour away and a quaint wee French settlement. The views are amazing.

Russ

 

[Yorky]

It's queens birthday on Monday so it's a pubic holiday here in three days. We are going on a road trip to akaroa one day to stock up on cheeses from barrys bay cheese factory.
Akaroa so an hour away and a quaint wee French settlement. The views are amazing.

Russ

I hope that you are going to take pictures!

 

[The Velvet Curtain]

Somebody is outside doing some mapping, he's a noisy bugger too.

 

[rascal]

Somebody is outside doing some mapping, he's a noisy bugger too.View attachment 64715

The all black team is not far away from being announced. Look for a guy called Leicester vianuku sp? His dad was in Leicester city the day they won a big game, so he named his son after your city. He plays for the crusaders ATM, my local team. I too,expect him to be named.

Russ

 

[caseydog]

Somebody is outside doing some mapping, he's a noisy bugger too.View attachment 64715

I love FlightRadar24. I like to look at the area over Dallas to see what's coming and going. This time of night, the sky is full of FDX flights, or FedEx. Quite a few UPS flights, too. Almost all the large aircraft in this capture are FedEx and UPS.

CD