From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.politics
Subject: Re: Breaking GNUS -- Cyclopean Morons Flying Blind
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2025 15:22:32 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-02-01 14:56, Dhu on Gate wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 12:56:29 -0800, Alan wrote:
>
>> On 2025-01-30 21:40, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 20:41:42 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2025-01-30 20:23, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:12:04 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2025-01-30 15:51, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:36:40 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2025-01-30 14:52, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> All three in the military chopper that just went down
>>>>>>>>> were flying at night in a populated area wearing these:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00riBUfpQRRVqc/Optics-Helmet-Mounted-Military-Grade-Night-Vision-Goggles-Gen-2-NH91X-.jpg
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Seventy-odd people would still be alive if they'd been wearing
>>>>>>>>> equipment more suitable to their task:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/eokAAOSwZ~lZulB3/s-l1600.jpg
>>>>>>>> You lack anything resembling a clue.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can't read. ALL 3 were wearing night vision goggles.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Got a cite for that, Sunshine?
>>>>>
>>>>> Do your own homework, homey.
>>>> It's your claim, so it's your homework, Sunshine.
>>>
>>> Here you go:
>>>
>>> https://people.com/american-airlines-crash-reagan-airport-dc-night-vision-goggles-harder-see-expert-exclusive-8783101
>>>
>>> Dhu
>>>
>>
>> What the article says is actually that the "HAD" night vision goggles...
>>
>> ...not that they were USING them.
>>
>> Furthermore, you're taking Trump's alcoholic, incompetent Secretary of
>> Defense's word for it.
>>
>> 'Night vision goggles are available for Army aviators during nighttime
>> missions, but they are not always necessary, said [retired Army chief
>> warrant officer with more than 30 years experience in flying Army
>> helicopters] Koziol, who noted that he did not know if the pilots were
>> wearing the goggles during Wednesday night's flight.'
>>
>> And note that you can be wearing the goggles on your helmet...
>>
>> ...AND not using them.
>>
>> And just to be completely clear, they were wearing equipment very
>> different than what you presented.
>
> The 3 dickheads in the chopper weren't flying it.
>
It was a training flight with the instructor pilot having 1,000 hours of
experience and the "student" pilot having 500 hours of experience.
> It was an RPV, you cretin.
Riiiiiiiiiiight.