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    Image of UnicornMaster UnicornMaster
    07/02/09

    In reply to Cool Time Lapse Video of Atlantis Getting Mounted On Its 747 Mothership
    How many bolts do you think are holding the shuttle to the 747?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    07/02/09

    @UnicornMaster: None. They use a cool mounting system. you just have to make sure you put the Shuttle on right side up. Luckily the jet has instructions:
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    Image of CamilleBabakin CamilleBabakin
    07/02/09

    In reply to Cool Time Lapse Video of Atlantis Getting Mounted On Its 747 Mothership
    What a waste of time and money.
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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    07/02/09

    @CamilleBabakin: No, the Bush Administration was a waste of money. This is a thing of beauty.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    07/02/09

    @CamilleBabakin: If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. Didn't your Momma ever teach you manners?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    07/02/09

    @SteverMan: @Geisrud: Hey, hey. Let's be nice. I'm sure Camille has a WAYYY better solution to this problem, right Camille? Camille seems like someone who cares. Not like some idiots who run two dishwashers, rather than soiling their hands doing them by hand, and waste time, money, and water.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    07/02/09

    In reply to Cool Time Lapse Video of Atlantis Getting Mounted On Its 747 Mothership
    Wow, so it's like 5 days of foreplay, and on the 6th day, they got it on.
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    Image of farcedude farcedude
    06/16/09

    In reply to 20,500-Gallon Firefighting Boeing 747 Supertanker In Action
    I can totally see that thing plowing into the side of a smoked-in mountain, and making things amazingly worse. Also, I can't imaging it being able to make anywhere near reasonably quick avoidance maneuvers
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/16/09

    @farcedude: I doubt that this thing will be flying low enough to crash. However, I fail to comprehend how this is anywhere as effective as using smaller planes. I mean, it's a freaking jumbo jet, which means that:


    1. It's expensive to maintain.

    2. It has to carry it's own weight (so sacrifices proportionally more lift that could be used to carry water).

    3. It's jet-powered, so it's minimum speed is higher than might be optimal for water-pouring planes.

    4. It is hard to maneuver due to size.

    5. It can't refill at lakes, and since it's a freaking jumbo jet, it won't be able to land at most air fields either.


    So yeah... Or maybe I'm completely wrong.

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    Image of Bandit Bandit
    06/16/09

    In reply to 20,500-Gallon Firefighting Boeing 747 Supertanker In Action
    So how many are there in use?
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    06/17/09

    @Bandit: That depends. How much do you have in your checking account?
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    Image of Gillonde Gillonde
    06/16/09

    In reply to 20,500-Gallon Firefighting Boeing 747 Supertanker In Action
    How do they get the water into this thing?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    06/16/09

    @Gillonde: Another jet drops it in.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/16/09

    @Gillonde: Elephants.
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    Image of FredicvsMaximvs FredicvsMaximvs
    06/16/09

    @Gillonde: They fly it upside-down through clouds.
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    Image of Sean Scrooby Grube Sean Scrooby Grube
    06/16/09

    @Gillonde:
    Who cares. I'd be more impressed if it shot out 20,500 gallons of agent orange, or napalm, that way the fire has nothing left to get and it puts itself out.
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    06/16/09

    @Sean Scrooby Grube: You have no clue how napalm works.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/27/09

    In reply to The Interior of the Boeing 747 Intercontinental
    Why do they never talk about features that make it down to economy class?
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    Image of frigg frigg
    04/27/09

    In reply to The Interior of the Boeing 747 Intercontinental
    That's a very sultry looking plane.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/27/09

    In reply to The Interior of the Boeing 747 Intercontinental
    why? anyone know? not that i am in touch with the jetsetter crowd.
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    04/27/09

    In reply to The Interior of the Boeing 747 Intercontinental
    I wonder if the doors in the second photo make that Star Trek "Whoosh" sound when they open and close!
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    Image of fanboy.took.my.star fanboy.took.my.star
    04/27/09

    In reply to The Interior of the Boeing 747 Intercontinental
    this is great...if you can afford to make a trip outside of the usa...
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    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    04/27/09

    @urbanturban666: just shopped some round-trip tickets to Amsterdam for 600.00, that's ridiculously cheap
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    Image of freelunch freelunch
    04/27/09

    @switchblade saints: carazy
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    Image of ScottRose ScottRose
    04/28/09

    @switchblade saints: Yeah, the flights are great. It's that whole USD -> EU thing that gets me. (Actually, I just checked and it's not as horrifying as it was).
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    Image of frigg frigg
    04/22/09

    In reply to First Commercial 747 Is Now a Crappy Restaurant in Korea
    Even stranger, with recent cutbacks, it no longer serves food and you have to pay to use the bathroom.
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    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    04/22/09

    In reply to First Commercial 747 Is Now a Crappy Restaurant in Korea
    Couldn't they at least paint it? Why must it look like a rust-bucket?
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    Image of Nick Nick
    03/13/09

    In reply to Man Builds 747 Flight Simulator in His Warehouse, Earns Guinness Record
    Roger Murdock: Flight 2-0-9'er, you are cleared for take-off.
    Captain Oveur: Roger!
    Roger Murdock: Huh?
    Tower voice: L.A. departure frequency, 123 point 9'er.
    Captain Oveur: Roger!
    Roger Murdock: Huh?
    Victor Basta: Request vector, over.
    Captain Oveur: What?
    Tower voice: Flight 2-0-9'er cleared for vector 324.
    Roger Murdock: We have clearance, Clarence.
    Captain Oveur: Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?
    Tower voice: Tower's radio clearance, over!
    Captain Oveur: That's Clarence Oveur. Over.
    Tower voice: Over.
    Captain Oveur: Roger.
    Roger Murdock: Huh?
    Tower voice: Roger, over!
    Roger Murdock: What?
    Captain Oveur: Huh?
    Victor Basta: Who?
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    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    03/13/09

    In reply to Man Builds 747 Flight Simulator in His Warehouse, Earns Guinness Record
    (because Guinness will give out records for anything nowadays)


    As opposed to the old days when Guiness only gave out records for longest continuous strand of spaghetti and smallest playable chess set.

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