The rich? Sorry, but you can get a 1970s PA-28-151 for between the price of a Toyota Camry and a Toyota Avalon. I've seen them as low as $20k. Heck, a full IFR Cherokee 180 with a WAAS enabled GNS430, GPSMAP 696, GPSMAP 496, GI-106 CDI, you can get for $55k, and that's a lot less than a POS Toyota LandCruiser, and similar better fuel economy.
So for what you'd pay for a Toyota, you could buy your own airplane. Insurance, you're looking at probably $2000 per year. Save $1000-$1500 for your annual inspection/maintenance. Gas varies around the country, but its $3.82/gal near me, and the PA-28-161 I fly burns 8 gph and will cruise at 105kts happily, which puts it at 15mpg. With a tail wind you'll do much better.
Its not the extravagance that a lot of people think. You just have to find some level-headed aviation folks. We're out there.
I live in Kansas also, and have an advanced engineering position at a well known international company. I've really come to like it out here. Though I'd certainly like it more with your salary.:)
Feds are different. They have to spend more time than regular cops in weapons training, and with a few different firearms. I had the privilege of participating in a "training day" with FBI agents out of a large midwestern field office where we did target practice with the Glock 23 and MP5, and I got to observe a live-fire demonstration by the SWAT team. SWAT performed an apartment breach demo, where there were six people inside a one bedroom apartment. SWAT members were armed with full-auto M4s. The breach was over and every target was hit in the apartment in *seconds*. The interesting thing about FBI SWAT? Its a volunteer program. Regular agents volunteer and cycle in and out. I also got to witness their snipers at work. There were two milk jugs filled with water and hanging on a wire downrange. The agent in charge of the demonstration stated two of his snipers were "somewhere out there" and gestured to the wooded expanse beyond the range. We were asked if we could see them; nobody could. The agent counted down into his radio, and at the end of the countdown you heard two cracks so close together they were almost simultaneous, and the milk jugs were gone. The snipers were in full camo, with custom bolt action.308s, located about a quarter mile away. After the demo I got to talk to the SWAT agents and snipers. They were all nice, friendly, intelligent, regular guys. You'd never guess what they did for a living.
So if you're going to think a fed isn't that good of a shot, think twice.
I imagine a violent parking offense as screaming "MY PEUGEOT WONT FIT BETWEEN THIS CITROEN AND MERCEDES!" and then just ramming the Mercedes to move it out of the way.
"Sony wants nothing more than control. Google wants open phones. The two clash in many ways."
However, SonyEricsson has one of the largest teams of people dedicated to both Android platform and tool development. This team openly contributes a significant amount of work back to the Android Open Source Project.
The 6.2 and 6.5 diesels used in humvees are extremely reliable, very tolerant of a wide range of operating conditions, well known, easy to work on, and quite importantly cheap. The military isn't going to take all that and throw it out the window. Diesel electric is more complicated, harder to work on, probably not as reliable as the simple drive systems on existing vehicles, and much more expensive. In the name of being green? Not going to happen.
I have a humvee 6.2 powered Suburban, and in addition to being the most reliable vehicle I've ever had, when you look at the engine size and the gross weight of the monster, its also the most efficient. Curb weight of 6000 lbs, highway fuel economy of 22mpg.
Switching ammunition would be a nightmare. Stockpiles would become useless, and the cost of retooling factories would be huge. 5.56mm and 7.62 NATO are cheap and plentiful, replacing them would make the cost per round skyrocket.
Given the cost of an engine replacement program, how much time B-52s spend flying now, and the cost of fuel, it isn't economical to replace the engines. This argument was used for a while with KC-135s, until it became necessary for them to fly more. Now you have ancient KC-135s flying with nice big turbofans instead of JT8Ds or whatever they had before. If/when B-52s cross that boundary, they'll get new engines.
My Edge can go for two days without needing to be recharged. And if I wipe out, nothing happens to it, because its actually pretty tough. If an iphone touches the ground in a wipe out, its going to completely shatter.
I have a $150 MSI Wind netbook, great little machine. You're saying I should spend *four times* what my Wind costs for an *accessory* to "augment" my netbook? How exactly does it augment?
Because some people like guns, pickup trucks, enormous steaks, pizza, owning actual land without having to be royalty, the full gamut of climate and geography options, cultural diversity, high quality universities, advanced technology R&D opportunities, and being able to make a difference in how their country is run.
It is really dumb and it does cost the aerospace companies quite a bit.
The best recent example is the Bell ARH-70 and 417 fiasco. Bell Helicopter was developing the ARH for the US Army as a replacement for the aging Bell OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopters. Obviously, since it was a military aircraft, a significant portion of the work was subject to ITAR restriction. Someone then had the bright idea of developing a new civilian helicopter based on ARH: the 417. Now here's the problem: Bell does most of the engineering for its civilian helicopters in Canada. Canada doesn't have nearly the same employment restrictions on foreigners who want to work in aerospace. Bell had an ugly mess on their hands: technology developed for the ARH couldn't be exported for use on the 417, which was supposed to be basically the same stupid helicopter. The ARH would get behind schedule as Bell asked civilian workers in Canada to work on something for the 417, and then they would integrate it into the ARH, even though the part was originally supposed to be designed for the ARH. They ended up with a derivative project that was trying to define its parent. This did not work out so well, and both the ARH and 417 were cancelled. In this case, everyone lost because of stupid ITAR restrictions: the Army lost their new helicopter, Bell lost a lot of money on two failed projects, and a lot of engineers lost their jobs.
Yeah, its hideously expensive because its extremely rigorous. Otherwise people die in a giant fireball. Would you fly in something if the builders just said, "meh, good 'nuff"?
"It's not like this is some external problem over which Garmen had no control."
Garmin can set specifications for the batteries and engineer their devices according to those specs. If a battery manufacturer delivers batteries out of spec but claims they are in spec, what do you expect Garmin to do about it? Its exactly on external problem, note that the battery manufacturer is paying for replacements.
What model did you have? Some 200 series units have the satellite lock time issue fixed with a GPS firmware update that you can do yourself with a tool available from their website.
I think its more likely that the batteries are just not very good and operating out of spec. Take apart a nuvi 7xx sometime and you'll see what I mean.
The technology and situational awareness augmentation available in a modern aircraft is incredible, but its scary to see what happens to some inexperienced pilots when you turn off their MFD.
Over the entire line, yes. However, once you get into the long stretches in Arizona and New Mexico, it can hit 90mph. I confirmed this back in 1998 with a GPS.
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Sure he can defeat the Navy's website. Let's see him try and defeat the 10" guns on a battleship, pointed at his house.
The rich? Sorry, but you can get a 1970s PA-28-151 for between the price of a Toyota Camry and a Toyota Avalon. I've seen them as low as $20k. Heck, a full IFR Cherokee 180 with a WAAS enabled GNS430, GPSMAP 696, GPSMAP 496, GI-106 CDI, you can get for $55k, and that's a lot less than a POS Toyota LandCruiser, and similar better fuel economy.
So for what you'd pay for a Toyota, you could buy your own airplane. Insurance, you're looking at probably $2000 per year. Save $1000-$1500 for your annual inspection/maintenance. Gas varies around the country, but its $3.82/gal near me, and the PA-28-161 I fly burns 8 gph and will cruise at 105kts happily, which puts it at 15mpg. With a tail wind you'll do much better.
Its not the extravagance that a lot of people think. You just have to find some level-headed aviation folks. We're out there.
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That isn't a deficiency of the Android platform. Complain to the phone manufacturers.
I live in Kansas also, and have an advanced engineering position at a well known international company. I've really come to like it out here. Though I'd certainly like it more with your salary. :)
Feds are different. They have to spend more time than regular cops in weapons training, and with a few different firearms. I had the privilege of participating in a "training day" with FBI agents out of a large midwestern field office where we did target practice with the Glock 23 and MP5, and I got to observe a live-fire demonstration by the SWAT team. SWAT performed an apartment breach demo, where there were six people inside a one bedroom apartment. SWAT members were armed with full-auto M4s. The breach was over and every target was hit in the apartment in *seconds*. The interesting thing about FBI SWAT? Its a volunteer program. Regular agents volunteer and cycle in and out. I also got to witness their snipers at work. There were two milk jugs filled with water and hanging on a wire downrange. The agent in charge of the demonstration stated two of his snipers were "somewhere out there" and gestured to the wooded expanse beyond the range. We were asked if we could see them; nobody could. The agent counted down into his radio, and at the end of the countdown you heard two cracks so close together they were almost simultaneous, and the milk jugs were gone. The snipers were in full camo, with custom bolt action .308s, located about a quarter mile away. After the demo I got to talk to the SWAT agents and snipers. They were all nice, friendly, intelligent, regular guys. You'd never guess what they did for a living.
So if you're going to think a fed isn't that good of a shot, think twice.
I imagine a violent parking offense as screaming "MY PEUGEOT WONT FIT BETWEEN THIS CITROEN AND MERCEDES!" and then just ramming the Mercedes to move it out of the way.
"Sony wants nothing more than control. Google wants open phones. The two clash in many ways."
However, SonyEricsson has one of the largest teams of people dedicated to both Android platform and tool development. This team openly contributes a significant amount of work back to the Android Open Source Project.
Oklahoma gets hit much worse. Up here in East Central Kansas, hail is practically nonexistent. I've only seen it once in the 10 years I've lived here.
The 6.2 and 6.5 diesels used in humvees are extremely reliable, very tolerant of a wide range of operating conditions, well known, easy to work on, and quite importantly cheap. The military isn't going to take all that and throw it out the window. Diesel electric is more complicated, harder to work on, probably not as reliable as the simple drive systems on existing vehicles, and much more expensive. In the name of being green? Not going to happen.
I have a humvee 6.2 powered Suburban, and in addition to being the most reliable vehicle I've ever had, when you look at the engine size and the gross weight of the monster, its also the most efficient. Curb weight of 6000 lbs, highway fuel economy of 22mpg.
Switching ammunition would be a nightmare. Stockpiles would become useless, and the cost of retooling factories would be huge. 5.56mm and 7.62 NATO are cheap and plentiful, replacing them would make the cost per round skyrocket.
Given the cost of an engine replacement program, how much time B-52s spend flying now, and the cost of fuel, it isn't economical to replace the engines. This argument was used for a while with KC-135s, until it became necessary for them to fly more. Now you have ancient KC-135s flying with nice big turbofans instead of JT8Ds or whatever they had before. If/when B-52s cross that boundary, they'll get new engines.
My Edge can go for two days without needing to be recharged. And if I wipe out, nothing happens to it, because its actually pretty tough. If an iphone touches the ground in a wipe out, its going to completely shatter.
As someone who loves that museum and tries to stop in whenever I'm in Reno County, I would certainly donate to the cause.
I have a $150 MSI Wind netbook, great little machine. You're saying I should spend *four times* what my Wind costs for an *accessory* to "augment" my netbook? How exactly does it augment?
"The thing is, they took all those things and did them better than everyone else."
If they have seen far, it is because they have stood upon the shoulders of giants.
Because some people like guns, pickup trucks, enormous steaks, pizza, owning actual land without having to be royalty, the full gamut of climate and geography options, cultural diversity, high quality universities, advanced technology R&D opportunities, and being able to make a difference in how their country is run.
That's the biggest DA-40 I've ever heard of!
It is really dumb and it does cost the aerospace companies quite a bit.
The best recent example is the Bell ARH-70 and 417 fiasco. Bell Helicopter was developing the ARH for the US Army as a replacement for the aging Bell OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopters. Obviously, since it was a military aircraft, a significant portion of the work was subject to ITAR restriction. Someone then had the bright idea of developing a new civilian helicopter based on ARH: the 417. Now here's the problem: Bell does most of the engineering for its civilian helicopters in Canada. Canada doesn't have nearly the same employment restrictions on foreigners who want to work in aerospace. Bell had an ugly mess on their hands: technology developed for the ARH couldn't be exported for use on the 417, which was supposed to be basically the same stupid helicopter. The ARH would get behind schedule as Bell asked civilian workers in Canada to work on something for the 417, and then they would integrate it into the ARH, even though the part was originally supposed to be designed for the ARH. They ended up with a derivative project that was trying to define its parent. This did not work out so well, and both the ARH and 417 were cancelled. In this case, everyone lost because of stupid ITAR restrictions: the Army lost their new helicopter, Bell lost a lot of money on two failed projects, and a lot of engineers lost their jobs.
Parent is absolutely correct.
Looks like some folks with mod points are abusing them by downmodding people they don't agree with.
Yeah, its hideously expensive because its extremely rigorous. Otherwise people die in a giant fireball. Would you fly in something if the builders just said, "meh, good 'nuff"?
"It's not like this is some external problem over which Garmen had no control."
Garmin can set specifications for the batteries and engineer their devices according to those specs. If a battery manufacturer delivers batteries out of spec but claims they are in spec, what do you expect Garmin to do about it? Its exactly on external problem, note that the battery manufacturer is paying for replacements.
What model did you have? Some 200 series units have the satellite lock time issue fixed with a GPS firmware update that you can do yourself with a tool available from their website.
I think its more likely that the batteries are just not very good and operating out of spec. Take apart a nuvi 7xx sometime and you'll see what I mean.
A CFI that can't use an E6B scares me.
The technology and situational awareness augmentation available in a modern aircraft is incredible, but its scary to see what happens to some inexperienced pilots when you turn off their MFD.
Over the entire line, yes. However, once you get into the long stretches in Arizona and New Mexico, it can hit 90mph. I confirmed this back in 1998 with a GPS.