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Netflix recommendations?

zipmartin said:
3000+ hours in the A-4 and the only time I really used the rudder was in a slow speed fight, or during T.O. & landing. Single engine, center line thrust, jet propulsion - rudder just wasn't really needed 90% of the time.
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Interesting reading about rudder and the Blue Angels. Coming from a rudder-first plane, I used it all the time for form micro-adjustments in the Buckeye. This article has some interesting anecdotes...

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Blue Angels: Contract Of Trust - William B. Scott

Blue Angels ‘Diamond’ Epitomizes Team’s Contract of Trust (Courtesy of Aviation Week & Space Technology/McGraw-Hill) William B. Scott, Pensacola, Fla. — Nov 13, 2006, p. 48 The 2006 air show season marks the U.S. Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration team’s 60th anniversary. Known for dynamic...
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Watching the slot move over on takeoff...

 
Valid point on dash 4 moving into the slot using rudder - cross controlling with the ailerons to keep wings level, probably the only time rudder use was really necessary in the A-4. I understand your point, coming from a multi-engine background, where rudder use is very important. I remember instructing in TA-4's and another IP talking about a stud using excessive rudder during formation flying. Turns out the stud had time in the civilian world flying gliders and was accustomed to employing large rudder inputs. My point is that minimal rudder use was the norm in the A-4, and why "Nordo" used the procedure he described to us. My only time in a Hornet was a few backseats when we were working with VFA-106 at Cecil, so I can't speak to present day Hornet formation scenarios.
 
Columbia: The Shuttle That Fell to Earth, originally a BBC production, streaming on HBO*. Doesn’t reveal anything new about the mishap, but takes the time to interview a lot of the crew’s families in detail - and it doesn't seem like it happened all that long ago until you see the kids that were grade schoolers at the time now being interviewed as adults and parents themselves. Also features several of the engineers who were involved in the foam strike analysis and tried to raise the alarm with management. I’d seen it once before in some other doc, but the moment when as part of the mishap investigation they finally fired a piece of ET foam at a wing leading edge panel to see what would happen, and it punches a hole big enough to stick your head through…you can hear audible gasps from the observers... Overall, well done doc and sometimes really tough to watch.

*I can’t bring myself to refer to it as “Max.”

 
I just watched the trailer to the Blues doc, and it seemed like stunning cinematography. Not knowing anything about that craft, I was mainly curious about how they got those shots. It seemed like the camera was right next to them (the high Alpha pass).

Impressive film work IMO. I intend to watch the whole thing this weekend.
 
Swanee said:
Land of Bad is.... Bad. Very bad. I watched it so you don't have to.

Russell Crowe should be embarrassed.
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Come on! I pretty much thought they modeled him after you. “Hey look! It’s @Swanee on TV!”

I was sure you’d like the predator love but get upset at the army rank on the AF NCO who should (as far a my understanding goes) be in a different trailer several states away.
 
Griz882 said:
Come on! I pretty much thought they modeled him after you. “Hey look! It’s @Swanee on TV!”

I was sure you’d like the predator love but get upset at the army rank on the AF NCO who should (as far a my understanding goes) be in a different trailer several states away.
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There was a lot of opportunity to get at least a couple of things right, only to fall flat on their face.

A Reaper guy with the callsign "Reaper"? Come on, we're bad, but we're not *that* bad.

The beard (folliculitis barbae is a magic word!), Hawaiian shirt, and a 60 year old O-3 who gives 35 year old O-6s the middle finger does sound very Guard like.

One of the military advisors for the film is in my squadron. He's less than thrilled. Apparently they didn't take any of his advice.

And the Hornet scene had at least 3 throttle slams, and they shot hellfires.
 
Swanee said:
There was a lot of opportunity to get at least a couple of things right, only to fall flat on their face.

A Reaper guy with the callsign "Reaper"? Come on, we're bad, but we're not *that* bad.

The beard (folliculitis barbae is a magic word!), Hawaiian shirt, and a 60 year old O-3 who gives 35 year old O-6s the middle finger does sound very Guard like.

One of the military advisors for the film is in my squadron. He's less than thrilled. Apparently they didn't take any of his advice.

And the Hornet scene had at least 3 throttle slams, and they shot hellfires.
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I could not get past the first 20'. It's too bad actually. Clearly had the resources technically to do better.
 
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