From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.politics
Subject: Re: Breaking GNUS -- Cyclopean Morons Flying Blind
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 11:34:39 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-02-01 23:59, Dhu on Gate wrote:
> 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.
Done.
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