From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.politics
Subject: Re: Breaking GNUS -- Cyclopean Morons Flying Blind
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2025 17:34:05 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-02-01 17:29, Dhu on Gate wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 15:22:32 -0800, Alan wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> And they were the three on board, aye?
No. Those were TWO of the three on board who were PILOTS.