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tod
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response 5 of 95:
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Jan 11 21:45 UTC 2006 |
I love this rain
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happyboy
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response 6 of 95:
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Jan 11 22:12 UTC 2006 |
i'm turning into a mushroom.
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tod
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response 7 of 95:
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Jan 11 22:19 UTC 2006 |
heyba mamba!
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happyboy
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response 8 of 95:
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Jan 12 09:29 UTC 2006 |
lol
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mcnally
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response 9 of 95:
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Jan 25 22:03 UTC 2006 |
The latest from Ketchikan:
Details are sketchy but apparently a military jet of some sort has crashed
about four or five blocks from here, near the power plant. I'll post more
later if I learn anything interesting.
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tod
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response 10 of 95:
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Jan 25 22:12 UTC 2006 |
I'm just seeing alot of fog on the cam, Red Green.
http://www.earthcam.com/usa/alaska/ketchikan/
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mcnally
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response 11 of 95:
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Jan 25 22:55 UTC 2006 |
Word has it that the pilot(s?) ejected and that there is probably
unexploded ordinance of some sort aboard.
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tod
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response 12 of 95:
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Jan 25 23:03 UTC 2006 |
Hey Skipper. Do you think we should warn the professor and the others on the
island?! ;)
That sounds crazy, Mike. I can't find anything on your local newspaper's
website about it nor in the national media.
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naftee
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response 13 of 95:
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Jan 26 00:21 UTC 2006 |
unlucky
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mcnally
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response 14 of 95:
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Jan 26 00:46 UTC 2006 |
For once #13 may be appropriate.. Rumors are still flying and it's
hard to say exactly what happened but the version that's now circulating
claims that the pilot's chute didn't open and that he was found dead in
his ejector-seat assembly.
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twenex
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response 15 of 95:
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Jan 26 00:50 UTC 2006 |
The Rumour Mill certainly throws up Enigmatic Variations.
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mcnally
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response 16 of 95:
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Jan 26 00:59 UTC 2006 |
Also, I've heard conflicting stories about the plane. Original reports
claimed it was a USAF fighter of some sort but the latest version of the
story is that it was a privately-owned Czech-made fighter/trainer.
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eprom
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response 17 of 95:
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Jan 26 01:20 UTC 2006 |
It was probably a soviet MiG and our HAARP weapon system took it out.
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tod
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response 18 of 95:
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Jan 26 12:55 UTC 2006 |
Maybe it was a Leer and a grouse took it out
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nharmon
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response 19 of 95:
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Jan 26 15:17 UTC 2006 |
http://www.adn.com/front/story/7391193p-7303450c.html
A small private jet crashed into a Ketchikan neighborhood at midday
Wednesday, killing the pilot who was found about 100 yards from the
wreckage, held fast in his ejection seat, authorities said.
The jet, a Czechoslovakian-made Albatros L-39, is one of several types
of former Soviet-bloc warplanes popular with some aviation enthusiasts
and collectors.
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From the sound of it in the article, the aircraft made a nose-first
crash into the ground after a steep dive. This may suggest the crash was
icing-related. The story says the pilot was not from Alaska, so he may
not have been familiar with Alaskan weather, and the icing hazards that
come with it. He waited until the very last moment before ejecting.
Alaska State Police says no flight plan was filed. This, as much as
anything else, tells you a lot about the pilot.
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tod
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response 20 of 95:
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Jan 26 17:21 UTC 2006 |
It also is a scary prospect to think folks can go out and buy an Albatros for
crashing into residential neighborhoods.
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mcnally
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response 21 of 95:
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Jan 26 18:16 UTC 2006 |
re #19: I'm not sure about the "no flight plan" thing -- the reports
that we got up here say he was en route from Palmer, AK (near Anchorage)
to San Diego (by way of Seattle) but made an unplanned landing in Sitka
and then decided to continue his trip with fatal results.
If he was really flying without a flight plan that actually causes me
more concern about our national security than it does about the likelihood
that military aircraft enthusiasts falling out of the sky in ex-Soviet
fighters are going to become a serious public nuisance. Can you really
fly a foreign-made fighter jet over US territory, without a flight plan,
for several hours, without any sort of response from our air defense?
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tod
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response 22 of 95:
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Jan 26 18:41 UTC 2006 |
Maybe his stereo was up and he didn't hear the distress beacons from ATC.
*snort*
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mcnally
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response 23 of 95:
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Jan 26 18:56 UTC 2006 |
Hey, it's hard to fly one of those things with Kenny Loggins screaming
"Ride into the Danger Zone!" in your ear...
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albaugh
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response 24 of 95:
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Jan 26 18:57 UTC 2006 |
Drift: At a tour 20+ years ago at the to-be-opened Fermi 2 nuclear power
plant in Monroe, MI, the guide mentioned that the plant had been built /
reinforced to withstand a direct hit / crash by a Boeing 747 jet (what with
Metro airport just up the road a bit).
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nharmon
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response 25 of 95:
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Jan 26 19:13 UTC 2006 |
NORAD tracks aircraft entering US and Canadian airspace passes through
whats called the Air Defense Identification Zone. Anything that does so
without permission is intercepted by military aircraft. Since this
flight originated in the US, it is considered a regular flight.
Also, I think what the Alaska State Police meant by a "flight plan" was
a formal flight plan that is filed with the FAA before a flight. It is
optional for most non-instrument flying, but a lot pilots prefere to
file them anyway as an insurance policy. You see, the plan includes a
place to specify an estimated time of arrival, and 30 minutes past that
they begin activating search and rescue.
As for folks being allowed to buy and fly these things, I don't think
its any more of a big deal than being able to buy and fly say, a Learjet.
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slynne
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response 26 of 95:
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Jan 26 19:34 UTC 2006 |
NORAD tracks Santa too!
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scholar
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response 27 of 95:
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Jan 26 19:57 UTC 2006 |
Poker Tracker autorates me as a rock because, after 776 hands, I've only
raised preflop 4.77% of the time and you need to do it 5% of the time or more
to be called tight and aggressive. :(
POST FLOP< THOUGH< I"M VERY AGGRESSIVE>
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tod
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response 28 of 95:
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Jan 26 20:42 UTC 2006 |
re #23
LMAO
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bru
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response 29 of 95:
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Jan 27 05:53 UTC 2006 |
The head of one of the major auto industries up here bought a russian
made fighter jet a few years back and flew it for recreation. Then he
belly flopped it onto the runway at detroit when he forgot to lower the
gear.
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