From: Dhu on Gate <campbell@neotext.ca>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.politics
Subject: Re: Breaking GNUS -- Cyclopean Morons Flying Blind
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 07:59:47 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 17:34:05 -0800, Alan wrote:
> 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.
Mebbe. Prove it. Or fuck off. I could care less because you can't.
Dhu
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