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    That's One Weird—and Huge—Motorhome

    USAF Boeing C17 Globemaster Is One Heck of a Machine
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/22/09

    In reply to That's One Weird—and Huge—Motorhome

    Jesus, are you sure that's just not a prop from the movie, "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman"? The, uh, unreleased X-rated version? (For the G-rated poster, this fuselage was swapped out with a car.)
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    Edited by bosskev at 07/22/09 2:21 PM bosskev was starred bosskev was unstarred
    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/22/09

    @bosskev: Crap and dammit! See how the new "image" button function just SCREWS UP images, cropping them randomly and wrongly? Yeah, I know you can click on the photo and have it go all Flashy to full-size, but (a) how many other people already know that, and (b) even if they do, how many will bother?

    PLEASE give us back the previously-included ability/option to use HTML tags to embed our photos directly so they DON'T get messed up, just like this one did.
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    07/22/09

    @bosskev: You can add inline images just like before, just beware that hitting the edit button will permanently remove all html formatting from your post. (even if you try to edit them back in)
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/22/09

    @TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.: "You can add inline images just like before..."

    I appreciate your thoughts but, no, it is NOT working, at least not for me. I've tried it several times now, doing it exactly as I've done hundreds of times before, and nothing. Photos never post even the first time, let alone to disappear, as you describe, during subsequent edits--they just never show at all.
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    Image of ithyphallus, bonks morrigan ithyphallus, bonks morrigan
    07/22/09

    In reply to That's One Weird—and Huge—Motorhome
    looks like someone's been to megaton of late. no souvenirs, fucking psycho wastelanders >:[
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    Bigbadbikernerd promoted this comment Edited by ithyphallus, bonks morrigan at 07/22/09 2:08 PM ithyphallus, bonks morrigan was starred ithyphallus, bonks morrigan was unstarred
    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    07/22/09

    @ithyphallus of his own will recommends Kotaco!...: Make sure there aren't any Supermutants hiding out in it too.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    07/22/09

    In reply to That's One Weird—and Huge—Motorhome
    Everyone has the fantasy of being able to turn their car into a plane in heavy traffic and simply take off, leaving congested lanes of traffic in the dust as you soar high above them.

    I wonder how much it'd cost to buy this thing and pepper the sides with Harrier style engines for vertical take off during rush hour? Hmmm.....
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    Image of sweetzombiejesus sweetzombiejesus
    07/22/09

    @frigg: I call dibs on copilot...
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    Lite: is on a boat. promoted this comment sweetzombiejesus was starred sweetzombiejesus was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/22/09

    @sweetzombiejesus: No, no, the proper word is Shotgun!

    And now you get to ride in the back.
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    Image of tok3ninja tok3ninja
    07/22/09

    @Lite: is on a boat.: Good to see you got your star back mate.
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    Image of Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus
    07/22/09

    In reply to That's One Weird—and Huge—Motorhome
    Somewhat fascinating my question is why did they remove the skin from the aircraft, I understand the rest of it being stripped down the skin removal just seems a bit odd.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/22/09

    @Die Fledermaus: I suppose the skin is one of the final steps in the construction, after the wings have been bolted on.
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    07/22/09

    @Die Fledermaus: Since it says it will be used for loading/unloading training, the skin was probably un important. They probably just needed a junk plane fuselage.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/22/09

    In reply to USAF Boeing C17 Globemaster Is One Heck of a Machine

    Best thing, however: Furry pilot seats.
    That they provide seats for furry pilots will be joyous news to the bears in my neighborhood.

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    Image of Zanzan42 Zanzan42
    05/22/09

    @bosskev: Isn't being a furry kind of a personal, non-work-related piece of information for the Air Force to be sharing about their pilots?
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/22/09

    @zanzan42, @jakebathman: You've obviously not seen the bears I run into. Even the longest of sleeves and highest of collars wouldn't hide the thickets thriving therein.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/22/09

    In reply to USAF Boeing C17 Globemaster Is One Heck of a Machine
    So it's a real life version of the cargo plane from Thunderbirds?


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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    05/22/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: F.A.B.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/22/09

    In reply to USAF Boeing C17 Globemaster Is One Heck of a Machine
    i remember growing up watching c-5s land in japan and in san antonio. never got to see a c-17 up close, but big planes are friggin sweet. look at all the buttons.
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    Image of rDub rDub
    05/22/09

    @misses preview button_Nick: I am in San Antonio now and get to play with these big planes one weekend a month ;)
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    Image of FЯeeMan FЯeeMan
    05/22/09

    @rDub: thanks for serving, rDub!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/22/09

    In reply to USAF Boeing C17 Globemaster Is One Heck of a Machine
    I once went to an air show to see the Thunderbirds in Ohio, and they had one of these bad boys wide open for us to take a look inside. Truly an awesome cargo jet.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    05/22/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: They being the airshow I presume? The Thunderbirds use a C-130 transport for their support crew. Complete with JATO demonstrations on some air fields.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/22/09

    @Captain Chaos Lite: This wasn't a Thunderbirds carrier. This was just a standard USAF gray-colored jet on the tarmac, along with lots of other planes and helicopters as an exhibit for the event.
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