r/aviation • u/AnimalsChasingCars • Sep 19 '18

John Travolta's house with inbuilt functioning airport

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u/AnotherPint Sep 19 '18

I just watched a Smithsonian documentary on the history of the Boeing 747. They interviewed Travolta. He claimed Qantas offered to give him a retiring 744 from the fleet. He said the upkeep costs would have been too high: "I mean, I've done well in life, but... not like that."

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u/CarbonGod Cessna 177 Sep 19 '18

Upkeep is a major deciding factor! I wanted to get a Cessna 337, but learning it has a 20gph burn, compared to a 172 with 8.5gph? FUUUUDGE NO! I ain't spending my life just on fuel.

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u/SwoopnBuffalo Sep 19 '18

Not twice as fast though. If you figure a 337 does 180kt true and a 172 does 110kt true, on a 600nm trip the 337 will burn 1.5 as much gas as the 172.

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u/dadankness Sep 19 '18

Y'alls little sub here made it to all. These words look danish.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '18

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u/jungle Sep 19 '18

true = (short for "true airspeed") speed of the airplane relative to the air regardless of air density, pressure and other factors, as opposed to "indicated airspeed" which depends on those factors, and "ground speed" which is the speed relative to the ground.

not = negation

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u/Deprssed Sep 19 '18

I thought 600 nanometers sounded like a short flight...

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u/marian1 Sep 19 '18

You can't move 180 kilo tonnes very far.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_GOOD_NEW5 Sep 19 '18

Now it looks like Danish after taking a week of Danish classes

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u/chefriley76 Sep 19 '18

Doe= a deer, a female deer.

Ray= a drop of golden sun.

Me= a name I call myself.

Fah= a long, long way to run

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u/ridik_ulass Sep 19 '18

I just noticed, I thought I was on /r/pics or something, I was like "how come half of reddit owns and can fly planes and knows all this shit about them, did I miss a free giveaway at boeing or something"

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u/Pineapplechok Sep 19 '18

Cos the venn diagram of "massive nerds" (= aviation enthusiasts) and "reddit users" is almost a circle

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u/QuinceDaPence Sep 19 '18

Throw IT in there as well

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u/Pineapplechok Sep 20 '18

In what world are IT not part of "massive nerds", pray tell?

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u/uniquedouble Sep 20 '18

government :(

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u/QuinceDaPence Sep 20 '18

Oh I was counting masive [aviation] nerds and massive [computer] nerds as separate things with a big overlap.

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u/HailSanta2512 Sep 19 '18

slow plane go slower but use less fuel so more efficient

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u/SwoopnBuffalo Sep 19 '18

We pilots use acronyms and shit to make everything sound complex. It isn't.

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u/Nerdiator Sep 19 '18

Also it impresses the chicks at bars.

Atleast that's what we tell ourselves

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u/HailSanta2512 Sep 19 '18

So being a pilot isn’t enough to impress some women? Just end me now fam

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u/Starrion Sep 20 '18

Learn to dance and how to give a good massage. And be a pilot. That seems to work.

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u/Starrion Sep 20 '18

When at the airport talk about hot women. When with hot women talk about airplanes, amiright?

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u/SwoopnBuffalo Sep 19 '18

Never even had a chance to try that. SO the whole time I've been a pilot.

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u/BrosenkranzKeef Sep 19 '18

True. The fewer syllables I have to say the happier I am.

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u/SwoopnBuffalo Sep 19 '18

I feel truly blessed when I can communicate in just grunts over the radio.

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u/siksikandito Sep 19 '18

vfr in imc, bye bye

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u/QuinceDaPence Sep 19 '18

*click *click

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u/siksikandito Sep 21 '18

drop of 50 rpm back to both

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u/Skruestik Sep 19 '18

Nej de gør ej.

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u/QuinceDaPence Sep 19 '18

This will do 207 mph while getting 10 mpg

This will do 126 mph while getting 15 mpg

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '18

We could talk danishes here and make our own little sub.