I used to live right beside Dobbins AFB and see these things flying in and out all the time. Every once in awhile one would come in sketchy low near the tree line around one of the car dealers I worked for. It was enough to get everyone's attention most times, but not as much as whatever fighter they were producing at the base 15+ years ago. The fighters took off in pairs and went pretty much straight vertical directly over my house. Fortunately, the house was well isolated from the sound inside, but out... It made a good area to have a back yard auto body shop. Neighbors that could put up with those jets did not give a * about anything. Thanks for sharing Don.
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I believe the B-52 is also called the BUFF, Big Ugly Fat Fucker.
What’s the best way to keep a C-5 running?
Spoiler
Never turn it off.
How does it “use” reliability?
It consumes mechanics like a 40k spaceship
I rode in one of those half way around the world! The entire trip had 2 layovers and took like 48 hrs because the damn thing made two emergency landings shortly after take off from the first layover. According to the scuttlebutt, an engine stopped running and the other issue was that the rudder broke. Btw, the "passenger" seats are facing backwards and there are no windows. Most boring flight everrr.
HEY! IT'S FRED!!!!
Remember that.......remember him from youtube like 15 years ago? I'm making an obscure reference that annoyed everybody, even at the time.
Oh god I remember him, wonder whatever happened to the guy
Surprisingly enough, what most people never knew is that guy got his start just fucking around and making sketches with an amature troupe of friends.
And, assuming you were young enough to be the target demographic for their humor, they were actually pretty good.
It was typical teenager shit. The only sketch I remember was them doing ding-dong-ditch. Except in this version they didn't ditch. They'd knock, or ring the doorbell, and then do some weird awkward interaction when the door opens. But you gotta remember, this was 2006. Nobody knew why you'd show up on their doorstep with 5 cameras, and do this. Today you'd immediately ask what their youtube channel was. Back then it was like "wtf is happening right now???"
They also had a pickles song, and a taco song. Which I forget so much that I made up my own lyrics, and then one day stumbled on the old video only to find the lyrics I was remembering wasn't even close.
I sing "taco taco, and have another burrito!" Which is never once said.
The other interesting thing is that the whole act was totally stolen. Makemebad25 was doing the whole FRED bit waaaaaayyyyyy before FRED. He never called himself FRED, and he was a bit more adult with his Damian character, but otherwise it was a total ripoff.
And now, 15 years later, and neither one of them have been heard from in a decade. FRED looked 16 when he was famous, and Makemebad25 was like 22.
So I'm sure they're both balding dads by now.
I mean doesn't it have a cargo belly of a football field?
Fuck Lockheed and everything they ever did