Nah, it was never thought to be aerodynamically impossible. It was mechanically impossible because the flapping hinges on the rotor head didn't allow it. As I understood it, you would lose control authority when going inverted.
These days with rigid rotor heads loops and rolls are possible, but are still outside the approved fight envelope. These stunts are done on a limited use registration, essentially the same as test flights.
I personally first saw this done in the mis 80's at an air show. That certainly was not the first time it was done.
I have never understood lip filler. It's like those idiots who inject oil into their muscles. How anyone can find that a turn-on...it just looks like it hurts.
In my 40s I had a small growth on my face my dermatologist wanted to burn using a special CO2 laser. The only laser in town belonged to this big plastic surgery clinic. Okay, whatever. So I'm this fat middle-age engineer on his way to work in Hawaiian shirt, jeans, and sneakers. I walk into a posh plastic surgery clinic waiting room.
It was like the waiting room scene from "Beetlejuice".
Six late middle-aged women were already seated. They are all clearly very rich, 60+ trying to look 20... and very mentally ill. Two women had eating disorders and were Nazi concentration camp skeletal. Every face was a mask frozen by botox, pulled back tight, and shored up by plastic inserts. The boobs were all gigantic Zeppelins covered in sun-damaged skin. Imagine smuggling 1950s leather gym basketballs under a silk blouse.
My impression was these women were not trying to attract men. I think their motive was 80% mental illness and 20% social-status competition. The women were so super-rich that "having work done" was just how they show off wealth. It was just something they did every six months or so. The way I'd get a hair cut, they'd go have their entire face burned off with chemicals.
I'd never seen anything like it before or since. I found out later these women were probably not locals. They most likely had flown in from big cities just to see this surgeon due to his reputation. So I was seeing a concentrated sample of the worst nuts from North America.
#10 is the 'Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm of Germany and Kawasaki of Japan. Twin engine and can perform basic aerobatics. Cool machine and is used as a medivac helicopter as the engines are up high, so easy to load patients via the aft of the fuselage...
#3: we used to do that growing up in the Panama Canal Zone. Some rivers that drain into the Canal had large concrete open culverts for the last few hundred yards or so to minimize erosion and prevent mudslides. The slope was gentle at first and then a lot steeper closer to the Canal, with a deceleration pond at the bottom of the slope before spilling over into the Canal. Moss would grow on the bottom of the culvert, making it ideal for sliding.
The guy in #3 would be teased if he did that at (what we called) The Slide. The idea was to go all the way down on your feet.
A jackhammer puts a lot of wear and tear on the operator; this doesn't. It might be quieter. It looks like there is a steel wire mesh reinforcing the concrete; this cutter cuts that, although not flush. A jackhammer might leave you with a bunch of chunks of concrete still held together by the mesh until you cut it all up in a separate operation.
#10 "that is aerodynamically impossible!" iykyk!
ReplyDeleteNah, it was never thought to be aerodynamically impossible. It was mechanically impossible because the flapping hinges on the rotor head didn't allow it. As I understood it, you would lose control authority when going inverted.
DeleteThese days with rigid rotor heads loops and rolls are possible, but are still outside the approved fight envelope. These stunts are done on a limited use registration, essentially the same as test flights.
I personally first saw this done in the mis 80's at an air show. That certainly was not the first time it was done.
I thought someone would get it.....
DeleteIt's a quote from the 80s movie Blue Thunder.
Perfect example why American women are their own worst enemy when going out to get drunk. They have ZERO situational awareness. "Muh independence."
DeleteHeh. I got it.
Delete("What does the F. E. stand for?")
#7. Bob Riddle original driver of Hurst Hemi Under Glass, watch the vid where he rolls it with Jay Leno in the car.
ReplyDeleteI don't know where #3 is, but I want to do it!!!!!
ReplyDelete#10 Vietnam vet pilot, maybe
ReplyDelete#2. "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son"
ReplyDeleteDean Wermer
#9 is cool, but why?
ReplyDeleteJust a way to lock the door and have the key not be typical or obvious.
Delete3 I've gone over the low rise dams on the Muskingum for thrills. Not quite as high or steep. Gone over them in a rubber raft after a heavy rain too.
ReplyDelete#5 - "You no call me after sleepover - you number one asshole !!"
ReplyDeleteI have never understood lip filler. It's like those idiots who inject oil into their muscles. How anyone can find that a turn-on...it just looks like it hurts.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. It's nightmare fuel.
DeleteIn my 40s I had a small growth on my face my dermatologist wanted to burn using a special CO2 laser. The only laser in town belonged to this big plastic surgery clinic. Okay, whatever. So I'm this fat middle-age engineer on his way to work in Hawaiian shirt, jeans, and sneakers. I walk into a posh plastic surgery clinic waiting room.
It was like the waiting room scene from "Beetlejuice".
Six late middle-aged women were already seated. They are all clearly very rich, 60+ trying to look 20... and very mentally ill. Two women had eating disorders and were Nazi concentration camp skeletal. Every face was a mask frozen by botox, pulled back tight, and shored up by plastic inserts. The boobs were all gigantic Zeppelins covered in sun-damaged skin. Imagine smuggling 1950s leather gym basketballs under a silk blouse.
My impression was these women were not trying to attract men. I think their motive was 80% mental illness and 20% social-status competition. The women were so super-rich that "having work done" was just how they show off wealth. It was just something they did every six months or so. The way I'd get a hair cut, they'd go have their entire face burned off with chemicals.
I'd never seen anything like it before or since. I found out later these women were probably not locals. They most likely had flown in from big cities just to see this surgeon due to his reputation. So I was seeing a concentrated sample of the worst nuts from North America.
#2 ... Bambi don't take no shit.
ReplyDeleteBambi: "He's gonna eat me!"
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Not if Bambi eats him first.
DeleteReferencing #5
ReplyDelete#10 is the 'Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm of Germany and Kawasaki of Japan. Twin engine and can perform basic aerobatics. Cool machine and is used as a medivac helicopter as the engines are up high, so easy to load patients via the aft of the fuselage...
ReplyDelete#10 nope. #6 delicate lips are feminine and beautiful. Another tragic trend. #8 perfect timing, courtesy, the Universe.
ReplyDeleteSome cool, some weird, some what the hell
ReplyDelete#3: we used to do that growing up in the Panama Canal Zone. Some rivers that drain into the Canal had large concrete open culverts for the last few hundred yards or so to minimize erosion and prevent mudslides. The slope was gentle at first and then a lot steeper closer to the Canal, with a deceleration pond at the bottom of the slope before spilling over into the Canal. Moss would grow on the bottom of the culvert, making it ideal for sliding.
ReplyDeleteThe guy in #3 would be teased if he did that at (what we called) The Slide. The idea was to go all the way down on your feet.
It's a wonder any of us survived childhood, isn't it?
Delete#4: Somehow I have the feeling a jackhammer would still be quicker.
ReplyDeleteA jackhammer puts a lot of wear and tear on the operator; this doesn't. It might be quieter. It looks like there is a steel wire mesh reinforcing the concrete; this cutter cuts that, although not flush. A jackhammer might leave you with a bunch of chunks of concrete still held together by the mesh until you cut it all up in a separate operation.
Delete#6 - Looks like a red engorged monkey butt
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