Those moderators thought they were so smart and mug, until the candidates returned fire! And those questions...fantasy football? For realz?

I do think the candidates did a nice job of further outing the mainstream medias liberal/progressive bias.

Quote from: Sleepingsquirrel on October 29, 2015, 10:03:21 PM

I've heard that the retract gear on this airplane was not necessary for efficient flight just a training aid for pilots. The picture may bear this out. Looks like it retracts just enough for a prop strike.

True - it is primarily for training value and brings only a small reduction in drag. 

The prop is wood core covered in fiberglass and designed to shatter to prevent engine damage.

The Russian design is extremely clever, lots of other neat little details - for example, the landing gear overcenters are designed such that if one collapses it overloads the other two so they cannot collapse. 

Also, the outboard aileron hinge bracket is mounted just low enough to keep wing structure from touching the ground if either main gear collapse.

The Yak is an amazing machine, love flying it.

'Gimp

I really like hearing about your Yak, and the CJ-6's.  Great info.  I'd love to have one but doubt I can swing it, well maybe someday.

I don't know about now, but when I was in England back in the seventies you could not say anything bad about the Queen in public or the bobbies might rap you on the head and cart you away.

So we don't have it all that bad.

Yet.

I find myself being VERY careful about what I say against the government on the internet, cellphones, and even land lines.  I do not trust my own government anymore, especially with my political leanings.  Look what happened at the IRS, EPA, NSA etc.  Government agencies with a poltical bias being used to punish conservatives, and/or spy on people.  It is starting to feel like Nazi Germany (Gestapo), or the Soviet Union (KGB).

I'm offended!!!




 

Quote from: Anthony on October 29, 2015, 06:18:13 AM

CNBC almost made some of the Republican candidates seem "Presidential" which is a hard thing to do.

What do you mean?  Everyone on the stage and every middle school class president is more presidential than our current Narcissist in Chief.

Yes, Obama is even less Presidential, but that doesn't make the GOP candidates "Presidential".  I don't think there is much gravitas there.  Lesser of two evils yet again.

I hate to say it, and some of my colleagues will jump on me I'm sure but the money is really starting to kill our political system.  The "donor class" is steering politics and government at this point and the citizenry be damned.  Remember Obama saying those on Wall Street should be in prison?  Who went to prison?  Where is Eric Holder working now? 

We're now seeing the money influence the polls on the "R" side of things in Iowa.  The Club for Growth did a huge buy to run ads against Trump and true to form his number have plummeted in Iowa.  I'll bet they thought it would help Jeb, but instead it boosted Carson to the lead.

The scary thing is a lot of money comes from media outlets, or those that own/run media outlets like CEO Brian Roberts at Comcast.  Comcast owns NBC, and MSNBC, as well as operating as a cable company.  Brian Roberts is an avowed leftist, Obama bundler, friend, and supporter.  NBC, MSNBC, and Comcast are all far left in bias.  This is the same as Disney who owns ESPN, and ABC in a partnership with Hearst Corp.  All leftist outfits, that promote leftist policy. 

Whenever someone pushes the government line on anything that limits personal liberty, you know you are being conned. That's why so many progressives wet their pants every time a new "scientific" finding is introduced. They LOVE anything that limits personal liberty, freedom to make one's own decisions on anything except abortion, and progressives seem to be obsessed with having someone to tell them what to do, think, and say.

The absolute trust in government, and government solutions that limit freedoms, and result into more control of the populace baffles me.  Government is NOT benign, and its purpose is to sustain itself, and grow, not solve problems.

I think a Tiger would be a good choice, or one of the Mooney M20 series.  My next plane maybe an M20C, E, or J.