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Dead Eye Dick said:
Actually, the pitch control, controls the aircraft’s speed when landing or descending. The use of engine power controls the rate of descent. It’s all a balance used to get the aircraft safely into ground effect where the pilot can then flare the aircraft, which stalls the wing and causes the aircraft to (hopefully) touch down.

In level flight, the pitch (elevator) is used to maintain level flight or to set the aircraft up for a descent or a climb.

if all this seems the slightest bit confusing, it is, but it is why airline pilots get paid crazy amounts of salary. They have to control a beast in a three dimensional space while being responsible for the safety of hundreds of people. Keeping in mind that humans are a natural to a two dimensional space. Gravity is the virtual constant. It never forgives.

Damn I miss flying. Hanging a little Cessna Skyhawk on its flaps, descending at 70 knots, having the numbers firmly in sight. Or a Cutlass, flys the same but a bit faster, more things to work with (constant speed prop, retract gear) having all of the above but with three green lights on the gear indicator. Better yet, flying a sailplane in a thermal, with a hawk or a buzzard. You checking him out and him checking you out.

I was never close to the top of the game, there are many pilots here who can eat my lunch, but if a fellow or a lady is born with the flying gene, it stays with you for life. My mother had it, I have it, our son has it.
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Obvious.... Those that don't have it should not be flying any type of airplane.
 
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With that said- I honestly don't see women ever being drafted until there's a drastic shift in society & DOD policy. The simple (and possibly unpopular) opinion/basis of that statement is dollars to doughnuts, it's a zero-sum game logistically speaking. Let's say out of 100,000 women drafted, go through boot camp and get orders for the next Vietnam war... what do you think a fair estimate would be of how many would become pregnant before they deployed with their unit? Move the needle into a few months of their deployment and being asked to take Hill 937, how many would become pregnant then? I guarantee that by having that option, it'll impact a unit's mission readiness far more than any minefield has ever had.

And this isn't meant to be a misogynist comment- just a statement of facts. Sticking with the Vietnam example, how many eligible men exercised whatever options they had available to them to avoid the draft? Whether it was by being a college student, eating tinfoil, declaring their homosexual, broke their legs, etc. They did it in droves because they didn't agree with being drafted for whatever reason and they were willing to do it. Not justifying it necessarily but just saying that I at least 'get it'. You suddenly fill the combat arms with 50% women (or is it birthing people now, I can't keep up with the present terminology/political correctness) and all they have to do is spread their legs and lay on their backs to get out of fighting a war.... again, probably not a popular opinion but you'd better believe that's going to happen in large numbers.

I'd have to imagine by now that the DOD has these statistics for Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, & Marines that span decades and the fact that they aren't boasting about it is rather telling on how damning the numbers likely are. Seems that you don't hear much about that type of thing since the tail hook scuffle in the early 90's if I'm remembering right. But I'm just a dude who has seen some things and those things shaped some opinions.

I will say that despite my comment's negative outlook- I absolutely believe that women can and should be able to serve in the military if they desire. I think it's fair enough to say that recent history has proven that women can and have made significant contributions in military service. I'd even give a thumbs up on if they want to serve in combat arms for that matter.

But until the pregnancy matter is addressed I just don't see it it happening drafting women into the military. I think the unspoken truth is not so much we can't send women into harm's way as a society as much as we can't accept sending pregnant women into harm's way. How to fix it? I don't know and don't have all the answers. Best I can come up with is to eliminate gender unique standards for the same job in the military. After that- I think that we had it right separating male and female units working towards the same goal 80-100 years ago. Outside of any of that being realistic- mandatory birth control maybe? IDK- but again, dollars to doughnuts as long as getting knocked up remains a get out of jail free card, that exit plan is going to be exercised heavily and I absolutely guarantee that the same male soldier can make that strategy a reality for 10 female military members over the course of a single 4 day weekend.

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Women, I worked with women all my life. Some worked for me, some I worked for. Some were great, some were a wasted fuck, only GOD knows why they were allowed to contribute to the gene pool. Most were ok.

Finishing my little career in our nation’s military, I became a member of the National Guard. Now I Wish I had stayed, but being young, I was stupid and didn’t. What I learned after returning and becoming a member of the “mixed” Guard was that women, for the most part, when in mixed units romanced the MARRIED Senior NCO’s. Leaving us to do our work and their work as well.

Prior to leaving the shores of the western hemisphere's continents and traveling at YOUR expense to the wonders of the Orient….The U. S. Army operated in the old fashioned way. The women did women’s work (sorry ladies) the men fought the bad guys. The women were pretty much kept on a very tight leash and the men faced serious charges, barging into the women’s quarters. At night we could meet up at the enlisted or NCO’s clubs and they were nice. We, being on our way to Vietnam sure appreciated it. But as said, they were Separate. Never had problems with sexual abuse because there never was that opportunity. No naval tail hook scandals, no, women getting raped while on the job, nothing…it worked.

When I returned, the Army as well as the rest of the nation was in a period of change. I came back to Ft Carson, and having left the tropics, 15 to 20 degrees BELOW ZERO with only a fatigue jacket and cotton fatigues was quite a shock. Learned to snow ski. In Louisiana if we get a couple of inches of snow a couple times a DECADE, it was a period of rough winters.

While there, we toured Colorado College. There were men inside women’s dorm rooms, socializing! When I was called to serve, a few years before, a man in a women’s dorm was cause for felony arrest. (And both being kicked out of school).

Getting a bit wordy here this morning. But the point. It’s all right for women to be in the Army. They have their place and they can meet a great need and do it very, very well. Today, with mixed units, not so much.

Folks, everyone, man women, white black asian can’t all be the same. Because we are not all the same. Good men regardless of race, do men things good. Good women, regardless of race do women things good. Some humans are leaders some are followers and some are wasted fucks.

Call me whatever name you like, but I am old enough to remember when the nation worked.
 
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I don’t law speak. But the verbiage appears to include the illegals. Just not the green cards, work visa, and foreign students here legally.
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Biden has been waiving his magic wand and making these “illegals” legal by no process other than his order.

Language and Legality are just things to be defined by the regime.

If you want to see them unravel their hard work of replacement make the fence climbers have the same obligations as citizens and the tide will start to flow south.
 
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pmclaine said:
Biden has been waiving his magic wand and making these “illegals” legal by no process other than his order.

Language and Legality are just things to be defined by the regime.

If you want to see them unravel their hard work of replacement make the fence climbers have the same obligations as citizens and the tide will start to flow south.
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Maybe they won’t be so quick to vacate if promised citizenship in “our democracy” and the holdings and properties of insurrectionists and traitors.
 
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Women, I worked with women all my life. Some worked for me, some I worked for. Some were great, some were a wasted fuck, only GOD knows why they were allowed to contribute to the gene pool. Most were ok.

Finishing my little career in our nation’s military, I became a member of the National Guard. Now I Wish I had stayed, but being young, I was stupid and didn’t. What I learned after returning and becoming a member of the “mixed” Guard was that women, for the most part, when in mixed units romanced the MARRIED Senior NCO’s. Leaving us to do our work and their work as well.

Prior to leaving the shores of the western hemisphere's continents and traveling at YOUR expense to the wonders of the Orient….The U. S. Army operated in the old fashioned way. The women did women’s work (sorry ladies) the men fought the bad guys. The women were pretty much kept on a very tight leash and the men faced serious charges, barging into the women’s quarters. At night we could meet up at the enlisted or NCO’s clubs and they were nice. We, being on our way to Vietnam sure appreciated it. But as said, they were Separate. Never had problems with sexual abuse because there never was that opportunity. No naval tail hook scandals, no, women getting raped while on the job, nothing…it worked.

When I returned, the Army as well as the rest of the nation was in a period of change. I came back to Ft Carson, and having left the tropics, 15 to 20 degrees BELOW ZERO with only a fatigue jacket and cotton fatigues was quite a shock. Learned to snow ski. In Louisiana if we get a couple of inches of snow a couple times a DECADE, it was a period of rough winters.

While there, we toured Colorado College. There were men inside women’s dorm rooms, socializing! When I was called to serve, a few years before, a man in a women’s dorm was cause for felony arrest. (And both being kicked out of school).

Getting a bit wordy here this morning. But the point. It’s all right for women to be in the Army. They have their place and they can meet a great need and do it very, very well. Today, with mixed units, not so much.

Folks, everyone, man women, white black asian can’t all be the same. Because we are not all the same. Good men regardless of race, do men things good. Good women, regardless of race do women things good. Some humans are leaders some are followers and some are wasted fucks.

Call me whatever name you like, but I am old enough to remember when the nation worked.
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The "culture" changed. Our enemies are applying the writings of Sun Tzu.
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"Less experienced First Officer"...

Another incident with a "Dutch Roll" just reported on SW Phoenix to Oakland flight end of May : "Two mid-air incidents"...




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Training future Pilots to fly The Southwest Way through four pathways
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First Officer in as little as two years after graduation.
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check out the dive

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hahahaha, omg. fucking retard.

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Yep, just like so many dem run cities, they're trying to pimp the construction of high density homeless housing around here. He's promoting an agenda, pure and simple.

But, you have to admit the he looks marvelous while doing it.......
 
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But it didn't hit the zero...
The second incident, I gather something was "engaged" that shouldn't have been (one of those switchy thingies to us non-pilots?). Was "hidden" (unreported) by airline until they discovered craft damage from the incident over two weeks later...
 
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pmclaine said:
Biden has been waiving his magic wand and making these “illegals” legal by no process other than his order.

Language and Legality are just things to be defined by the regime.

If you want to see them unravel their hard work of replacement make the fence climbers have the same obligations as citizens and the tide will start to flow south.
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I would clarify this - this admin.considers anyone who used the CBP app, had an encounter w/BP or interaction with a NGO, or asylum court date a decade from now to be "legal". That's why many of them think they can vote - just ask them.🤫
 
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Building an Election Watchdog Army: RNC Co-Chair Lara Trump Announces New Program to Train 100,000 Poll Workers and 500 Lawyers to Safeguard 2024 Election in November | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

In a groundbreaking announcement made last Friday in Detroit, Michigan, Lara Trump, the co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), revealed plans to build a formidable watchdog army.
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Doesn't matter when you have CISA in complete control of all things electronic.
 
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NYPD Offering $10,000 Reward for Hispanic Male 'Animal' Who Raped 13-Year-Old Girl in Broad Daylight at Park | The Gateway Pundit | by Cassandra MacDonald

The New York City Police Department is offering a $10,000 reward for information about the “animal” who raped a 13-year-old girl in broad daylight at a park in Queens on Thursday.
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No one intervened in broad daylight. This is what they achieved through Daniel Perry's persecution. They are actually proud of themselves.
 
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Military Draft Coming? House Passes Measure To Automatically Register Men For Selective Service​

The House of Representatives on Friday approved its version of the annual defense policy bill, effectively clearing the $883.7 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to move forward in a 217-199 vote which largely fell along party lines. Only three Republicans opposed it.

A number of 'controversial' amendments are part of it, setting up a further fight with Democrats as it moves forward, including a measure empowering the National Guard to crack down on the southern border.

But among the most interesting aspects to the bill for Fiscal Year 2025 is an amendment to the NDAA which automatically registers all draft-age male U.S. residents with the Selective Service System.
According to more background for this new Congressional push:

The automatic draft registration proposal was instigated by the Selective Service System (SSS) as part of its annual budget request to Congress, introduced by Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), “wholeheartedly” endorsed by HASC Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), and approved by voice vote of the full committee without audible opposition. The text of Rep. Houlahan’s proposal can be read here. Her office’s press release on the proposal can be read here.
Rep. Houlahan had been one of the leading advocates of proposals in previous years to expand draft registration to women as well as men. Her latest proposal for automatic registration of men only for a military draft indicates that she is more deeply committed to militarization than to any purported feminism.
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Sometimes we need a reminder that we are the only person standing between our family and evil.
Here's today's reminder.


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'I have no reason for what I did': Man accused of killing woman, four-year-old girl speaks

JACKSON, MS. - As he was being walked to a police vehicle for transport, the man who allegedly murdered a woman and her four-year-old daughter talked to reporters.
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Loranger kidnapping and murder suspect is son of convicted killer who killed self after 1994 police chase

DENHAM SPRINGS — Friday morning, Virginia Firmin was jolted back to the worst time of her life, nearly 25 years ago, by a call from her daughter.
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Dead Eye Dick said:
Women, I worked with women all my life. Some worked for me, some I worked for. Some were great, some were a wasted fuck, only GOD knows why they were allowed to contribute to the gene pool. Most were ok.

Finishing my little career in our nation’s military, I became a member of the National Guard. Now I Wish I had stayed, but being young, I was stupid and didn’t. What I learned after returning and becoming a member of the “mixed” Guard was that women, for the most part, when in mixed units romanced the MARRIED Senior NCO’s. Leaving us to do our work and their work as well.

Prior to leaving the shores of the western hemisphere's continents and traveling at YOUR expense to the wonders of the Orient….The U. S. Army operated in the old fashioned way. The women did women’s work (sorry ladies) the men fought the bad guys. The women were pretty much kept on a very tight leash and the men faced serious charges, barging into the women’s quarters. At night we could meet up at the enlisted or NCO’s clubs and they were nice. We, being on our way to Vietnam sure appreciated it. But as said, they were Separate. Never had problems with sexual abuse because there never was that opportunity. No naval tail hook scandals, no, women getting raped while on the job, nothing…it worked.

When I returned, the Army as well as the rest of the nation was in a period of change. I came back to Ft Carson, and having left the tropics, 15 to 20 degrees BELOW ZERO with only a fatigue jacket and cotton fatigues was quite a shock. Learned to snow ski. In Louisiana if we get a couple of inches of snow a couple times a DECADE, it was a period of rough winters.

While there, we toured Colorado College. There were men inside women’s dorm rooms, socializing! When I was called to serve, a few years before, a man in a women’s dorm was cause for felony arrest. (And both being kicked out of school).

Getting a bit wordy here this morning. But the point. It’s all right for women to be in the Army. They have their place and they can meet a great need and do it very, very well. Today, with mixed units, not so much.

Folks, everyone, man women, white black asian can’t all be the same. Because we are not all the same. Good men regardless of race, do men things good. Good women, regardless of race do women things good. Some humans are leaders some are followers and some are wasted fucks.

Call me whatever name you like, but I am old enough to remember when the nation worked.
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Well said sir.

-LD
 
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The signs that read “No Cruising” and prohibited U-turns were installed in 1997 when neighbors allegedly complained about gay men stalking back and forth in vehicles looking for "dates" in certain residential areas.


In other words, the signs interfere with the gay pastime of "cruising" (sexual solicitation). Whether or not they were actually posted specifically to ward off gay people is not confirmed, but the simple act of obstructing LGBT people from doing whatever they want to do is now considered "homophobia" by progressives.
 
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The signs that read “No Cruising” and prohibited U-turns were installed in 1997 when neighbors allegedly complained about gay men stalking back and forth in vehicles looking for "dates" in certain residential areas.


In other words, the signs interfere with the gay pastime of "cruising" (sexual solicitation). Whether or not they were actually posted specifically to ward off gay people is not confirmed, but the simple act of obstructing LGBT people from doing whatever they want to do is now considered "homophobia" by progressives.
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Again, I say...

 
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Some of you budding entrepreneurs need to print this out and file it away.
Your opportunity will come in the not too distant future..... Right here in America.
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The Dutchman who gets Nike and Lego into wartime Russia’s stores​

PARIS, June 15 (Reuters) - Nike stopped selling its sportswear to Russia soon after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine over two years ago. But that hasn’t stopped footballstore.ru, an online sports retailer owned by Russia’s Zenit soccer club.
Among the dozens of Nike-branded items the site offers are the U.S. sportswear maker’s Phantom GT2 Elite soccer boots, for 29,999 roubles, or around $330.
The man who got these shoes to Russia is Wijnand Herinckx, a 40-year-old Dutch citizen who lives in Moscow. Since the conflict began, Herinckx has built a thriving business that provides Russian consumers with Western goods whose makers have pulled out of Russia.

United States Top 100 Imported Consumer Products – Imported Consumer Products

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What is in this for American's ?

US pledges major aid package for Ukraine energy sector​


US Vice-President Kamala Harris has pledged a $1.5bn (£1.18bn) package of aid to Ukraine, mostly for the country's energy sector.

The funding, announced at a Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland, will help repair infrastructure damaged by Russian bombardments.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that half of the country's power-producing capacity had been destroyed in the war.

He has called on Western countries to provide more air defences to protect both energy infrastructure and urban population centres, and some have responded.

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US pledges major aid package for Ukraine energy sector

The vice-president promises $1.5bn, more than half of which will help restore war-damaged infrastructure.
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