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    AA jet and Military helicopter collide over Potomac

    or hubris, more likely
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    AA jet and Military helicopter collide over Potomac

    We'll have to wait and see what comes out of this. Ultimately, $h!t runs downhill and the ATC and pilots are at the bottom. I expect one of the corrective actions to come from this would be to fix this ridiculous situation where aircraft are routinely passing within close proximity to each...
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    AA jet and Military helicopter collide over Potomac

    I'm only pointing out my observation that the helicopter was not where it was supposed to be and did not follow the instructions from ATC. I think both were incidental and not because of negligence, incompetence, or on purpose. It's just what happened. Communication from the helicopter seemed...
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    AA jet and Military helicopter collide over Potomac

    ATC might have responsibility to direct traffic, but can't do too much to prevent someone from running a red light.
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    AA jet and Military helicopter collide over Potomac

    I realize that the rules would have to be different in the vicinity of high traffic areas like airports but I think there are requirements that aircraft keep considerable distance of separation during normal flight (several miles horizontal and 1000's of feet vertical). It seems the normal...
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    P8 overruns runway in Hawaii 2023

    Update from the incident. It took a while to figure it out https://www.twz.com/air/navy-scraps-p-8a-poseidon-that-ran-off-the-runway-in-hawaii-two-years-ago
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    California high speed rail

    That was pretty much my take on it.
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    California high speed rail

    Watched this on YouTube last night. My take is that all of the people currently and previously involved have lots of assurances that everything is okay and excuses for why it's exponentially over budget and behind schedule. It looks like this is a project where many, many people will spend...
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    California high speed rail

    You guys could use a logarithmic scale and really make a point.
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    California high speed rail

    'Pothole' repair funding is apparently being spent on something else, and not on paying for damage to cars that run afoul of them either.
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    California high speed rail

    I can drive from Cincinnati to Cleveland in 4 hours without speeding (3-1/2 hours, the way I drive). Ohio's last attempt to get funding for 'HSR' was for one-way time of around 6 hours, and cost around $3 billion. Past experience tells me the real numbers would be significantly slower and...
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    Air India 787 crashes on take off

    I see that is your 9,999th post. Let's see you do that 10K!!
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    Air India 787 crashes on take off

    Air France 447 and other incidents demonstrated that fly-by-wire (or whatever we call it) planes don't always do what the crew command. I don't like anything that removes full authority from the pilot to do what they are trained for, so to respond to unexpected complex situations. In a case...
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    'I’d get on in a heartbeat': Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)

    I'd say another test flight is in order. If that's successful, then the program will be operational only 10 years later than originally scheduled.
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    'I’d get on in a heartbeat': Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)

    Still shaking my head. It's hard to imagine how Boeing could have fouled this up so bad. I should just post this on the engineering failures and disasters forum. 'Doghouse' days of summer — Boeing's Starliner won't fly again until 2026, and without astronauts aboard
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