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Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:43 pm
by Wolfman
NASA’s WB-57 aircraft had a belly landing at Ellington Field today…
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2026 2:22 pm
by Poohbah
Wolfman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:43 pm
NASA’s WB-57 aircraft had a belly landing at Ellington Field today…
First rule of aviation: try to avoid hitting fixed objects, such as the Earth, with the airframe. Hope everyone is okay.
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2026 3:38 pm
by Wolfman
Everything I’ve heard says the crew is fine.
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2026 10:59 pm
by jemhouston
Wolfman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:43 pm
NASA’s WB-57 aircraft had a belly landing at Ellington Field today…
I've seen it coming into for a landing a few times over the years. Thrilling sight
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2026 1:37 am
by Wolfman
NASA’s going to have to go beg Congress on bended knee for the additional money to repair the aircraft…
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2026 3:42 am
by Poohbah
Wolfman wrote: ↑Sat Jan 31, 2026 1:37 am
NASA’s going to have to go beg Congress on bended knee for the additional money to repair the aircraft…
Some duct tape (to hold in place the pieces that are moving and shouldn't), some WD-40 (for the pieces that are supposed to move and don't), and it's good as new!
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2026 12:36 pm
by jemhouston
Are we sure NASA will try to get it fixed or get a high altitude drone to replace it?
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2026 2:58 pm
by Wolfman
I don’t know.
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2026 7:37 pm
by Wolfman
OOC: Do we want our characters to react to the current situation in Iran?
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2026 7:52 pm
by Bernard Woolley
OOC: In the RDVerse I don’t think there would be any attacks on Iran.
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2026 8:05 pm
by Wolfman
OOC: Fair enough.
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2026 2:56 am
by Matt Wiser
OOC: Concur: A President Rick Scott wouldn't do it unless there was ample provocation (like closing the Strait of Hormuz).
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 3:34 am
by Matt Wiser
Saw this on CNN: the PLDP Government in Mexico has put up a monument to 214 passengers and 14 crew who were on board an IL-86 that was splashed in the final days of the Baja War. Those aboard were collaborators and family members who had fled to Mexico during the big war, and this was the last such flight: an F-22 splashed the aircraft SE of Mexico City two days before the coup that overthrew Ayala's regime and put the PLDP in power, then the cease-fire.
The monument notes the demise of "Progressive Americans who worked to bring Socialism to America during the Third World War." They got sent right to where they belong...
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 1:52 pm
by Wolfman
Matt Wiser wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2026 3:34 am
Saw this on CNN: the PLDP Government in Mexico has put up a monument to 214 passengers and 14 crew who were on board an IL-86 that was splashed in the final days of the Baja War. Those aboard were collaborators and family members who had fled to Mexico during the big war, and this was the last such flight: an F-22 splashed the aircraft SE of Mexico City two days before the coup that overthrew Ayala's regime and put the PLDP in power, then the cease-fire.
The monument notes the demise of "Progressive Americans who worked to bring Socialism to America during the Third World War." They got sent right to where they belong...
That monument needs to be bombed.
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 4:44 pm
by jemhouston
Wolfman wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2026 1:52 pm
Matt Wiser wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2026 3:34 am
Saw this on CNN: the PLDP Government in Mexico has put up a monument to 214 passengers and 14 crew who were on board an IL-86 that was splashed in the final days of the Baja War. Those aboard were collaborators and family members who had fled to Mexico during the big war, and this was the last such flight: an F-22 splashed the aircraft SE of Mexico City two days before the coup that overthrew Ayala's regime and put the PLDP in power, then the cease-fire.
The monument notes the demise of "Progressive Americans who worked to bring Socialism to America during the Third World War." They got sent right to where they belong...
That monument needs to be bombed.
JAG might not allow it.
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 5:12 pm
by Bernard Woolley
The idea of bombing monuments to the dead does leave me feeling a little uncomfortable.
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2026 1:42 am
by Matt Wiser
Not the only one with that feeling.
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2026 1:58 pm
by Wolfman
Good point.
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2026 2:32 pm
by Bernard Woolley
The collaborators I don't have particular sympathy for, but the family members are a different matter.
Re: General Discussion Thread
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 8:56 pm
by Poohbah
Bernard Woolley wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 2:32 pm
The collaborators I don't have particular sympathy for, but the family members are a different matter.
Most of their family members were, truth be told, lesser includeds, and were every bit as nasty as the late and unlamented Ayala regime allowed them to be. They were bugging out for a damn good reason.
But I wouldn't bomb the memorial.