Now I'm not saying he did this... but one of his countrymen probably did. And I bet Barney knows who!
Cheers,
Sirhr
I think Barney's got some 'splainin to do!
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Now I'm not saying he did this... but one of his countrymen probably did. And I bet Barney knows who!
Cheers,
Sirhr
Wedge Tail turned in his talons and had his bill trimmed for the children. Bald eagle said Fuck Off.
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But Chicks Dig Baldy cause he's hung better.
Now I'm not saying he did this... but one of his countrymen probably did. And I bet Barney knows who!
Cheers,
Sirhr
I think its funny because its not even factually correct.
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The female wedge-tailed eagle weighs between 3.0 and 5.8 kg (6.6 and 12.8 lb), while the smaller males weigh 2 to 4 kg (4.4 to 8.8 lb).[2][5] Length varies between 81 and 106 cm (32 and 42 in) and the wingspan typically is between 182 and 232 cm (6 ft 0 in and 7 ft 7 in).[2][5] In 1930, the average weight and wingspans of 43 birds were 3.4 kg (7.5 lb) and 204.3 cm (6 ft 8 in).[6] The same average figures for a survey of 126 eagles in 1932 were 3.63 kg (8.0 lb) and 226 cm (7 ft 5 in), respectively.[7] The largest wingspan ever verified for an eagle was for this species. A female killed in Tasmania in 1931 had a wingspan of 284 cm (9 ft 4 in), and another female measured barely smaller at 279 cm (9 ft 2 in).[7] Similar claims, however, have been made for the Steller's sea eagle, which has also been said to reach or exceed 2.74 m (9 ft) in wingspan. Reported claims of eagles spanning 312 cm (10 ft 3 in) and 340 cm (11 ft 2 in) were deemed to be unreliable.[
The bald eagle has a body length of 70–102 cm (28–40 in). Typical wingspan is between 1.8 and 2.3 m (5.9 and 7.5 ft) and mass is normally between 3 and 6.3 kg (6.6 and 13.9 lb).[5] Females are about 25% larger than males, averaging 5.6 kg (12 lb), and against the males' average weight of 4.1 kg (9.0 lb).[2][9][10][11]
The size of the bird varies by location and generally corresponds with Bergmann's rule, since the species increases in size further away from the Equator and the tropics. For example, eagles from South Carolina average 3.27 kg (7.2 lb) in mass and 1.88 m (6.2 ft) in wingspan, smaller than their northern counterparts.[12] One field guide in Florida listed similarly small sizes for bald eagles there, at about 4.13 kg (9.1 lb).[13] The largest eagles are from Alaska, where large females may weigh up to 7.5 kg (17 lb) and span 2.44 m (8.0 ft) across the wings.[4][14] A pair of surveys of adult weights in Alaska showed that adult females there weighed on average 5.35 and 6.3 kg (11.8 and 13.9 lb), respectively, and males weighed 4.13 and 4.3 kg (9.1 and 9.5 lb) against immatures which averaged 5.09 kg (11.2 lb) and 4.05 kg (8.9 lb) in the two sexes
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The female wedge-tailed eagle weighs between 3.0 and 5.8 kg (6.6 and 12.8 lb), while the smaller males weigh 2 to 4 kg (4.4 to 8.8 lb).[2][5] Length varies between 81 and 106 cm (32 and 42 in) and the wingspan typically is between 182 and 232 cm (6 ft 0 in and 7 ft 7 in).[2][5] In 1930, the average weight and wingspans of 43 birds were 3.4 kg (7.5 lb) and 204.3 cm (6 ft 8 in).[6] The same average figures for a survey of 126 eagles in 1932 were 3.63 kg (8.0 lb) and 226 cm (7 ft 5 in), respectively.[7] The largest wingspan ever verified for an eagle was for this species. A female killed in Tasmania in 1931 had a wingspan of 284 cm (9 ft 4 in), and another female measured barely smaller at 279 cm (9 ft 2 in).[7] Similar claims, however, have been made for the Steller's sea eagle, which has also been said to reach or exceed 2.74 m (9 ft) in wingspan. Reported claims of eagles spanning 312 cm (10 ft 3 in) and 340 cm (11 ft 2 in) were deemed to be unreliable.[
The bald eagle has a body length of 70–102 cm (28–40 in). Typical wingspan is between 1.8 and 2.3 m (5.9 and 7.5 ft) and mass is normally between 3 and 6.3 kg (6.6 and 13.9 lb).[5] Females are about 25% larger than males, averaging 5.6 kg (12 lb), and against the males' average weight of 4.1 kg (9.0 lb).[2][9][10][11]
The size of the bird varies by location and generally corresponds with Bergmann's rule, since the species increases in size further away from the Equator and the tropics. For example, eagles from South Carolina average 3.27 kg (7.2 lb) in mass and 1.88 m (6.2 ft) in wingspan, smaller than their northern counterparts.[12] One field guide in Florida listed similarly small sizes for bald eagles there, at about 4.13 kg (9.1 lb).[13] The largest eagles are from Alaska, where large females may weigh up to 7.5 kg (17 lb) and span 2.44 m (8.0 ft) across the wings.[4][14] A pair of surveys of adult weights in Alaska showed that adult females there weighed on average 5.35 and 6.3 kg (11.8 and 13.9 lb), respectively, and males weighed 4.13 and 4.3 kg (9.1 and 9.5 lb) against immatures which averaged 5.09 kg (11.2 lb) and 4.05 kg (8.9 lb) in the two sexes
And then we have the golden eagle which tends to be a bit larger than ol' baldy.
Never seen that before, they are the largest bird of prey down here, I have seen them carrying off both lambs and foxes. Unfortunately the population was recently reduced.
Man charged over deaths of more than 100 wedge-tailed eagles in Gippsland
ABC Gippsland
By Kellie Lazzaro
Updated 12 Sep 2018, 10:17am
PHOTO: Victoria's environment department found 136 dead wedge-tail eagles after a search in Gippsland. (ABC Gippsland: Nicole Asher)
A man has been charged over the deaths of more than 100 wedge-tailed eagles found poisoned in Victoria's far east.
The 136 dead birds were discovered on a property at Tubbut, in far east Gippsland near the New South Wales border, in April.
It is alleged he used poisoned baits to kill the protected birds between October 2016 and April 2018.
The ABC understands he is not the owner of the Tubbut property involved.
He is facing two charges under the Wildlife Act 1975 and has been released on bail to face court at a later date.
The man was charged after a state-wide investigation involving more than 30 people.
The eagle carcasses were found in bushland and scrub on properties that covered about 2,000 hectares.
Victoria's Department of Environment Land Water and Planning (DELWP) said it was the largest case of wedge-tailed eagle deaths in the state's history.
"We would like to inform the community that investigations are ongoing, including forensic examination of evidence recently seized during searches of relevant properties," a spokeswoman said.
The deliberate killing of that many wedge-tailed eagles carries a maximum penalty of up to six months' imprisonment and fines totalling about $115,000.
The protected species are Australia's largest bird of prey.
I do see these quite often.
RAAF's Boeing E-7 Wedgetail
Man charged over deaths of more than 100 wedge-tailed eagles in Gippsland
ABC Gippsland
By Kellie Lazzaro
Updated 12 Sep 2018, 10:17am
PHOTO: Victoria's environment department found 136 dead wedge-tail eagles after a search in Gippsland. (ABC Gippsland: Nicole Asher)A man has been charged over the deaths of more than 100 wedge-tailed eagles found poisoned in Victoria's far east.
The 136 dead birds were discovered on a property at Tubbut, in far east Gippsland near the New South Wales border, in April.
It is alleged he used poisoned baits to kill the protected birds between October 2016 and April 2018.
The ABC understands he is not the owner of the Tubbut property involved.
He is facing two charges under the Wildlife Act 1975 and has been released on bail to face court at a later date.
The man was charged after a state-wide investigation involving more than 30 people.
The eagle carcasses were found in bushland and scrub on properties that covered about 2,000 hectares.
Victoria's Department of Environment Land Water and Planning (DELWP) said it was the largest case of wedge-tailed eagle deaths in the state's history.
"We would like to inform the community that investigations are ongoing, including forensic examination of evidence recently seized during searches of relevant properties," a spokeswoman said.
The deliberate killing of that many wedge-tailed eagles carries a maximum penalty of up to six months' imprisonment and fines totalling about $115,000.
The protected species are Australia's largest bird of prey.
I do see these quite often.
RAAF's Boeing E-7 Wedgetail
Always liked this Eagle:
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Fun to watch them fly.
A fookin complete hunk of shit to work on.
I hated those motherfuckers.
Saw my first one in St Louis (in Feb 1984) on my flight going from basic training to tech school.
Got to watch it take off and do a max climb out. Very impressive for an aircraft that became operational back around 1973-74.
Spent 5+ years out at Mountain Home AFB, ID working them leaky bastards.
I spent the majority of my career on the B-1B.
Watching that baby come over at .98 mach and going verticle to 13,000 will impress anyone. I always loved it when they would invert it back down to 3-4,000' and ram it home over the runway at 200' on full AB.
Got to watch it take off and do a max climb out. Very impressive for an aircraft that became operational back around 1973-74.
Spent 5+ years out at Mountain Home AFB, ID working them leaky bastards.
I spent the majority of my career on the B-1B.
Watching that baby come over at .98 mach and going verticle to 13,000 will impress anyone. I always loved it when they would invert it back down to 3-4,000' and ram it home over the runway at 200' on full AB.
Our Mirages also provided challenges, from the tech manual "Utilising the natural elasticity of the airframe, remove the water seperator". It did not fit through the access panel.
Looks like you got your revenge.............
US fast food chain Taco Bell has announced they will be opening 50 new stores in Australia.
Brisbane is currently home to the only Taco Bell in the country, but after “an overwhelming response” from customers, the chain is now set to expand in three states.
Southeast Queensland has been cited as a major location, however, where the remaining stores are established remains anyone’s guess, with Australian franchisee Collins Foods refusing to confirm specific details.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/taco-bell-announce-major-plans-australian-return-044624097.html
US fast food chain Taco Bell has announced they will be opening 50 new stores in Australia.
Brisbane is currently home to the only Taco Bell in the country, but after “an overwhelming response” from customers, the chain is now set to expand in three states.
Southeast Queensland has been cited as a major location, however, where the remaining stores are established remains anyone’s guess, with Australian franchisee Collins Foods refusing to confirm specific details.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/taco-bell-announce-major-plans-australian-return-044624097.html
My least favorite part of working aircraft was how engineers built subsections and then merged them all together to form the aircraft.
Each sub-assembly was built fit a space, and things were built to fit into the sub-assembly.
Sub-assemblys were mated to form section and then covered in skin.
Somewhere along the line, the human factor was removed. You know it. It's the part where humans have to be able to reach, touch, repair, remove or reinstall items within those tiny spaces.
The engineers always said "well we built it to fit in there, and everything works".
What most of them didn't account for was we wouldn't be doing R&I on a test table. We would have to do the work with our heads stuck in a hole, on our backs working with our arms outstretched, blind to the work, bat hanging, you name it we had to just get it done.
Many times early in the B-1B program, we brought engineers in so they could see their fuckups.
Simply changing the location or position of something as little as 1/4" could make the difference in an 8 hour job becoming 2-3 hours or even under an hour.
Components on the A model moved from wide open space to being crammed into a hole with a dozen other assemblies owned by three or four shops. All requiring R&R plus operational checks.
We used to joke that it was all a revenge tactic because while the engineers were at work, enlisted guys were fucking their wives.
I guess payback really is a bitch.
Reading that again reminds me of troubleshooting a fuel transfer problem on the F-15C.
Going through the idiot blocks and doing the ops tests you'd get to like step 32 without showing any answer and it would tell you to go back to step one.
Go through the test again and back to step one.
Broken record... skip, skip, skip... Aaaaahggg!!!
F 18 refused to accept fuel one day, step 1 in the manual is defuel the aircraft, the guys that wrote the manual did not consider a fault that would cause that to not be possible. Had to get out the fuel system schematics and do it the old fashioned way. Identified four valves that could possibly cause the problem, they were in the bottom of two different fuselage tanks. We did get lucky at that point , only had to open one tank. We did have a bit of excitement when the guy I had doing the job slipped through the access panel and put his head in the fuel while crushing his breathing hose against the hatch.
I got to work on exactly one F-18. It was while I was stationed at Kunsan AB, Korea, 1999-2000.
The bird was Marine Corps from Iwakuni AB, Japan.
Something happened structurally to it and it could not fly. Rather than send a repair crew, they brought it to us (Fuel Systems Repair) to help disassemble it and pickle it for shipment stateside.
Spent a week with some maintenance Gyrenes (and the pilot/co-pilot stayed on to get their hands dirty) getting her prepped to fit in a crate.
The Marines did things much different than us and they had a hard time with all the safety rules that had to be followed when working in our environment.
A few reminders here and there got us going and we got the job done without incident.
Making comparisons between it and the F-16s we had, the Hornet was so simple and easy to work on.
The Hornet didn't have a shit ton of double and triple redundancy components installed. It made access as simple as could be.
I will however, give credit where it's due for the fuel line couplings used on the F-16.
Pretty much every aircraft uses the Wiggins 700 wig o flex coupling. It has 6 parts, plus two o-ring seals. It's almost impossible to install with one hand, but it can be done if you're creative.
Here's the part.
The F-16 uses a clamshell style clamp that many of you have seen or may even have used. Just look at your nearest Honda that has an intercooler installed.
Two parts and two o-rings. Simple, light weight and you can install them one- handed. If you're good, you can probably do one in each hand at the same time. Damn near idiot proof and they save a ton of time.
Anyway it was cool doing something a little different with the fellas from a different service.
The bird was Marine Corps from Iwakuni AB, Japan.
Something happened structurally to it and it could not fly. Rather than send a repair crew, they brought it to us (Fuel Systems Repair) to help disassemble it and pickle it for shipment stateside.
Spent a week with some maintenance Gyrenes (and the pilot/co-pilot stayed on to get their hands dirty) getting her prepped to fit in a crate.
The Marines did things much different than us and they had a hard time with all the safety rules that had to be followed when working in our environment.
A few reminders here and there got us going and we got the job done without incident.
Making comparisons between it and the F-16s we had, the Hornet was so simple and easy to work on.
The Hornet didn't have a shit ton of double and triple redundancy components installed. It made access as simple as could be.
I will however, give credit where it's due for the fuel line couplings used on the F-16.
Pretty much every aircraft uses the Wiggins 700 wig o flex coupling. It has 6 parts, plus two o-ring seals. It's almost impossible to install with one hand, but it can be done if you're creative.
Here's the part.
The F-16 uses a clamshell style clamp that many of you have seen or may even have used. Just look at your nearest Honda that has an intercooler installed.
Two parts and two o-rings. Simple, light weight and you can install them one- handed. If you're good, you can probably do one in each hand at the same time. Damn near idiot proof and they save a ton of time.
Anyway it was cool doing something a little different with the fellas from a different service.
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