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For what it's worth, the RJDC guy quit Comair last week. He put up a letter in the crewroom that said, and I'm paraphrasing:

"I see no future for Comair. The end is very near. I could be wrong, but I doubt it. Good luck, I'm outa here!"

Boomer,

I appreciate the conciliatory sentiment, but it took more than one person IMO to press forward with the RJDC and I also believe there were an awful lot of quiet supporters...IOW, it wasn't a one man show.

BTW, I also have a sense that he is probably correct about Comairs future. Good luck to you.

Boomer

03-09-2011 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by georgetg (Post 960854)

http://gallery.me.com/georgetg/10046...12996938230001

Why does the top of the orbiter look vaguely familiar?

Something about those curves...

OK, now I remember where I've seen that before:

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Originally Posted by Jesse (Post 948543)

http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1297871989

Boomer

03-09-2011 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 961216)

I know, but he's the guy that everyone knows by name.

I'm guessing the whole RJDC thing must have reached a head before I got here, because I can honestly only count a half dozen times where a captain has mentioned the RJDC to me. I still don't know what the goal was.

cessna157

03-09-2011 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 961125)

Impressed and proud.

Wow, that thing blasts off, orbits the earth at mach 20, comes screaming back in and lands in what looks like 5000ish feet according to that distance remaining sign. My hats off to the shuttle. :D

They touched down 2,100 feet down the runway at 195 knots, no they did not stop in 5,000 feet. They are towing it back to the OPF. They usually use up about 10,000 feet.

cessna157

03-09-2011 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Columbia (Post 960828)

Next stop for her, Wright Pat AFB.

Are you certain? I thought I had heard that she was headed to the Smithsonian, Atlantis to Dayton, and there was still speculation on Endeavour

forgot to bid

03-09-2011 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by cessna157 (Post 961235)

They touched down 2,100 feet down the runway at 195 knots, no they did not stop in 5,000 feet. They are towing it back to the OPF. They usually use up about 10,000 feet.

Don't ruin the fun! parachutes and retro rockets.

Boomer

03-09-2011 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 961265)

Don't ruin the fun! parachutes and retro rockets.

They landed her in 400 feet once using JATO bottles and a soccer field.

80ktsClamp

03-09-2011 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 961267)

They landed her in 400 feet once using JATO bottles and a soccer field.