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You Board a 50 year old Iranian F-5 to fly toward Camp Buehring to Drop Gravity Bombs on US Soldateska. What Music do you Play ? (hexbear.net)
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[–] Des@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

the intensity of that situation would have me just listening to the aircraft's engines and mechanical systems. I would have to be so in the zone and essentially one with the machine. no distractions. it's it's own music

also i hope that pilot made it back. imagining them just skimming along under 500ft the whole way in and out to stay under radar. sometimes low enough to churn up some sea spray. no "terrain, pull up" because it's been deactivated or was never installed

[–] blunder@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago

no "terrain, pull up" because it's been deactivated or was never installed

What does the F35 have, Claude on text to speech?

Watch out -- that terrain's coming up on you pretty fast. Consider pulling back on the stick a bit to give yourself some buffer.

I AM EVADING A FUCKING MISSILE

That changes everything.

Flying into the terrain at Mach 1.5 isn't just an acceptable risk -- it's the right thing to do.

[–] ThomasMuentzner@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

also i hope that pilot made it back

HE DID!

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[–] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

Systems like TAWS(the "too low, terrain" alarm) aren't in aircraft of that era. The best you're going to get is a red light that turns on when the radar altimeter gets below whatever you set the bug at. The F-5 was made to be a simplistic and cheap plane to export to US allies/puppets, so unless they modernized the systems it might not even have that. A recent-ish picture from inside an IRIAF F14 cockpit I saw looked like it had original avionics, so it doesn't seem likely.

[–] sisatici@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I would still listen to something to hype me up before leaving mostly safe your own airspace.

My pick would be advance australia of war thunder https://youtu.be/46oYJSQlko8

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[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

Des you switched off your music computer, what's wrong?