From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.politics
Subject: Re: Breaking GNUS -- Cyclopean Morons Flying Blind
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 09:59:35 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-02-03 04:05, Dhu on Gate wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Feb 2025 11:34:39 -0800, Alan wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> <https://www.npr.org/2025/02/01/g-s1-46002/washington-dc-airport-potomac-crash-black-hawk-military-crew>
>
> If I believed the NPR was anything other than what it is ...
And what do you BELIEVE it is?