I don't remember what this was like. Raptor is too generic. Thanks.

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I'm not doubting eagles couldn't do this or that they don't live in Canada. I've been knocked over by an eagle on the west coast when someone threw their salmon left overs after cleaning it.

What I am saying is: Golden Eagles aren't found in Montreal, usually. Falcons, hawks, smaller raptors, yes. Eagles that size would make new in Montreal even before it started picking off kids. =)

The raptor saying "peace out bitches" made me giggle quite a lot.

Fun fact: It has been proposed that raptors actually used their claws in a similar manner to their namesake birds of prey - by hooking onto their prey and pinning them under bodyweight. Either way, they probably didn't kill their prey before starting to eat it

Oh, and velociraptor means swift seizer. Thanks wiki.

Important to know the facts should you ever be a victim of a raptor attack. Even if the facts only serve inform you of just how painful your death is about to be.

>> ^spoco2:

promote this because I never knew these were guys in suits (obviously not all the shots). I love the using the right techniques for the right shots mentality of Jurassic Park.
Absolutely one of my favourite escapist films and just stunning CGI that still holds up today.
Do it right and it lasts forever


Ditto. It's amazing!

Lockheed is the main contractor. They sub out some of the wings and tail section to Boeing. Pratt & Whitney make the engines. While the original order for the planes was over 200, I believe that has been cut in half (or more) since that. They usually have 3 engines per plane to make it easier to keep the plane going if an engine needs repair (there's 2 engines in the F/A 22, ones similar to the 1 engine in the Joint Strike Fighter). The F/A 22 project was the project before the Joint Strike Fighter, so a lot of the technology was shared between the projects.
>> ^Yogi:

>> ^radx:
Ria Novosti had an article about it the other day. Didn't expect the US press to pick up up so soon, to be honest.

Well who makes the F-22 Raptor? It's Lockheed Martin right? Built in conjunction with Boeing too huh...hmmm I wonder if the two largest receivers of government military contracts will get a pass in the media.
That is until the horde because too loud to ignore.

>> ^bareboards2:

The very first minute of this report says these planes have never been used in combat.
Why we are risking the lives of these pilots for a training plane? It is seriously nuts.
I think of it as penis waggling. Boys and their toys. Even the pilots said they were happy to fly again at first.
Who in the Pentagon is so invested in keeping these in the air and why? It isn't rational.


Dunno about penis waggling, politicians of all genders are generally of the mindset if we paid for something we should use it no matter how wasteful/dangerous/stupid it is.

That's why so many projects end up going over budgets and never working, because they are too "invested" either corruptly or politically to say enough is enough.

They need a bunch of kids getting cancer or born with birth defects (BP oil spill and all those non-harmful chemicals they dumped in the water *wink wink nudge nudge*), or a school being demolished by a plane falling out of the sky to give them the proof they need to not look like they screwed up in the first place and instead look like they gave it a chance but obviously the people advising them are fools...never the politician or people in charge.....never.

We're talking about the same people who generally promote family values and hetero relationships while they are heading to the restroom for a little rough and tumble with a random dude they just met or whatever other devious example you want to use. Bunch of corrupt mfers basically, who give no shits about you until it makes them look bad when they don't.

>> ^bareboards2:

The very first minute of this report says these planes have never been used in combat.
Why we are risking the lives of these pilots for a training plane? It is seriously nuts.
I think of it as penis waggling. Boys and their toys. Even the pilots said they were happy to fly again at first.
Who in the Pentagon is so invested in keeping these in the air and why? It isn't rational.


Strongly disagree. If we didn't train pilots for this vehicle and suddenly we had a serious need for the it, the voice of dissent would be, "Why didn't we train pilots for a jet that could save our asses in a pinch and that we invested billions of dollars into?"

It's like in Ong-Bak when he's trained in martial arts and then told not to use martial arts. The violence of it is evil, but the threat within and without to forces that would otherwise seek to conquer, are deterred by their presence. If we had a peaceful society where we didn't need to constantly attack the shit out of each other, do we stop training pilots and soldiers? Hell no is the answer. That's the best way to get fucked over by the next big threat.

I also don't believe that we don't use the F-22. Lies within lies. They have an agenda and they don't need to whistle blow on everything surrounding it.

The way I understand it and I havent watched the video yet, is that the F-22 is still experimental it's not finished, it's not a training plane it's just still incomplete. They've been working on this plane for years.

>> ^bareboards2:

The very first minute of this report says these planes have never been used in combat.
Why we are risking the lives of these pilots for a training plane? It is seriously nuts.
I think of it as penis waggling. Boys and their toys. Even the pilots said they were happy to fly again at first.
Who in the Pentagon is so invested in keeping these in the air and why? It isn't rational.

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>> ^radx:

Ria Novosti had an article about it the other day. Didn't expect the US press to pick up up so soon, to be honest.


Well who makes the F-22 Raptor? It's Lockheed Martin right? Built in conjunction with Boeing too huh...hmmm I wonder if the two largest receivers of government military contracts will get a pass in the media.

That is until the horde because too loud to ignore.

>> ^kulpims:

wings


Yep, Thanks.

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I do not know what so search for, but it is a doop.

Edit- ahh I might of been thinking of this : http://videosift.com/video/F-22-Raptor-taking-off-25-seconds-of-pure-awesomeness