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@ Tom49801 « Wed 2:40:15 am »
has started a new topic: CSX Train Location Updates - May 2024
@ Jeff L « Wed 12:00:01 am »
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@ Jetlink « Tue 10:34:21 pm »
Also walked 2.25 miles on the Jordan Lake Trail before daughter #3 soccer game.
@ Jetlink « Tue 10:33:43 pm »
bikey complete. Ionia-Saranac lowell and return. 16.1 mph avg on the way there and 18.2 avg mph on the way back.
@ ~Z~ « Tue 10:46:51 am »
has started a new topic: BNSF derailment Gallup New Mexico - video of explosion
@ AARR « Tue 8:14:03 am »
Sounds good Z
@ ~Z~ « Tue 6:27:42 am »
About 45 mins biking in yesterday, rode round and round some condos and subdivisions as bike path in woods was very wet still.
@ AARR « Tue 6:14:12 am »
#2 B II BCKE
@ Jetlink « Tue 12:37:59 am »
bikey complete
@ Jeff L « Tue 12:00:01 am »
#1
@ Saturnalia « Mon 8:53:22 pm »
Haha indeed, just giving ya some crap. At least you can really claim to still be “flying” the B737 yourself since it isn’t fly-by-wire. Otherwise you could technically claim that the computers are doing the flying by interpreting the inputs
@ Jetlink « Mon 8:53:16 pm »
I respond in jest. I realize Alex was also posting in jest.
@ Jetlink « Mon 8:50:56 pm »
Saturnalia wrote: I thought the computers flew the plane, the pilots are just there to keep MCAS from nose-diving the aircraft into the ground??
Having watched the boeing FMC software attempt to descend while coupled to the autopilot and autothrottles many times I think we are all better of with a pilot onboard. Like with all forms of automation we aren’t quite to the level we need to be to fully automated yet. Also, we wouldn’t need MCAS at all if there were no pilots. It’s there for us, not the other way around.
@ fr8fiend « Mon 2:46:15 pm »
has started a new topic: Scenic places to railfan?
@ Saturnalia « Mon 1:47:52 pm »
I thought the computers flew the plane, the pilots are just there to keep MCAS from nose-diving the aircraft into the ground??

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