Comments for Project Seven Alpha http://www.project7alpha.com American Airlines in Burma 1942 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:43:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Flight Attendant forced to land plane after co-pilot suffers mental breakdown. by lavonne http://www.project7alpha.com/2008/11/flight-attendant-forced-to-land-plane-after-co-pilot-suffers-mental-breakdown/#comment-231 lavonne Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:46:23 +0000 http://www.project7alpha.com/?p=165#comment-231 I fell for that headline yesterday and was disappointed when I read the story. It reminded me of an old Doris Day thriller I saw as a child. I was so scared during the landing sequence that my mother had to keep telling me, "It's only a movie. It's only a movie." I fell for that headline yesterday and was disappointed when I read the story. It reminded me of an old Doris Day thriller I saw as a child. I was so scared during the landing sequence that my mother had to keep telling me, “It’s only a movie. It’s only a movie.”

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]]> Comment on Sorry but I have to “KillaThrill” by Jon http://www.project7alpha.com/2008/11/sorry-but-i-have-to-%e2%80%9ckillathrill%e2%80%9d/#comment-229 Jon Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:08:45 +0000 http://www.project7alpha.com/?p=132#comment-229 OK, what you say makes sense. You obviously have a much better idea than the rest of us if you're a pilot. One question, though: Is the video totally fake, or could the various stunts be done with a good RC model and a skilled pilot? OK, what you say makes sense. You obviously have a much better idea than the rest of us if you’re a pilot.

One question, though: Is the video totally fake, or could the various stunts be done with a good RC model and a skilled pilot?

]]> Comment on F-4 Phantom Air Combat Maneuvering by chip http://www.project7alpha.com/2007/02/f-4-phantom-air-combat-maneuvering/#comment-228 chip Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:39:56 +0000 http://www.project7alpha.com/2007/02/25/f-4-phantom-air-combat-maneuvering/#comment-228 I've been your hero since flight school, go ahead admit it. I’ve been your hero since flight school, go ahead admit it.

]]> Comment on F-4 Phantom Air Combat Maneuvering by mac http://www.project7alpha.com/2007/02/f-4-phantom-air-combat-maneuvering/#comment-227 mac Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:38:08 +0000 http://www.project7alpha.com/2007/02/25/f-4-phantom-air-combat-maneuvering/#comment-227 my hero! my hero!

]]> Comment on Sorry but I have to “KillaThrill” by Chip http://www.project7alpha.com/2008/11/sorry-but-i-have-to-%e2%80%9ckillathrill%e2%80%9d/#comment-226 Chip Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:23:57 +0000 http://www.project7alpha.com/?p=132#comment-226 You are welcome. chip You are welcome. chip

]]> Comment on Sorry but I have to “KillaThrill” by Vicky http://www.project7alpha.com/2008/11/sorry-but-i-have-to-%e2%80%9ckillathrill%e2%80%9d/#comment-225 Vicky Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:38:05 +0000 http://www.project7alpha.com/?p=132#comment-225 I think I'd believe you before believing YouTube! Thanks for the info ... interesting ;) I think I’d believe you before believing YouTube! Thanks for the info … interesting ;)

]]> Comment on Federal Reserve Chairman, Dr. Ben Bernanke must be reading my blog. by Chip http://www.project7alpha.com/2008/10/federal-reserve-chairman-dr-ben-bernanke-must-be-reading-my-blog/#comment-224 Chip Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:59:27 +0000 http://www.project7alpha.com/?p=123#comment-224 Mark; I agree that the free market forces should be allowed to correct. I also think everytime the Prez or Fed speaks it spooks the market, in fact it is the subject of my next post (Post Stall Gyrations). Government interference is what started this mess via the sub-prime market. However I stand by my thesis that the size of the companies involved is the cause of government interference now. Had AIG just been one of many companies insuring Wall Street they would have been forced into Chapter 11. The free market would have been allowed to correct. I don't think that a free market can operate in a monolithic enviroment. For example; if the auto industry combines into one company or if the airline industry combined into one airline, neither would ever be allowed to fail. No matter how poorly they were managed the Fed would never let them fail, that is the political reality. One monolithic company for each industry is not an unbridled free market, it is communism. Competition is an important tenant of capitalism; let the weak fail. But again, I'm not an economist, I'm just a knucklehead pilot. I see things through the aviation prism. Thank you for your insightful response. I enjoy the discourse. chip Mark;
I agree that the free market forces should be allowed to correct. I also think everytime the Prez or Fed speaks it spooks the market, in fact it is the subject of my next post (Post Stall Gyrations).

Government interference is what started this mess via the sub-prime market. However I stand by my thesis that the size of the companies involved is the cause of government interference now.

Had AIG just been one of many companies insuring Wall Street they would have been forced into Chapter 11. The free market would have been allowed to correct.

I don’t think that a free market can operate in a monolithic enviroment. For example; if the auto industry combines into one company or if the airline industry combined into one airline, neither would ever be allowed to fail.

No matter how poorly they were managed the Fed would never let them fail, that is the political reality. One monolithic company for each industry is not an unbridled free market, it is communism. Competition is an important tenant of capitalism; let the weak fail.

But again, I’m not an economist, I’m just a knucklehead pilot. I see things through the aviation prism. Thank you for your insightful response. I enjoy the discourse. chip

]]> Comment on Federal Reserve Chairman, Dr. Ben Bernanke must be reading my blog. by Mark Anderson http://www.project7alpha.com/2008/10/federal-reserve-chairman-dr-ben-bernanke-must-be-reading-my-blog/#comment-223 Mark Anderson Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:02:53 +0000 http://www.project7alpha.com/?p=123#comment-223 I have to disagree with you. Just like "sub-prime" mortgages didn't bring the economy down. In fact, let's take handing out bad loans to their logical conclusion: people engage in acts of charity and give away money. Does charity cause sudden revelations of malinvestment? Hardly. Anti-trust laws are not about creating competition (i.e., the anti-thesis of monopoly). Anti-trust laws are used to actually create monopolies and cartels. It is through government power that yet more power is consolidated. The way to ensure fair competition is through an unbridled free-market. I particularly disagree with your explanation of the problem. What does the SIZE of a firm have anything to do with anything? There is a serious problem when firms so LARGE fail entirely. That the ENTIRE firm fails, rather than just CUTTING BACK, means that it wouldn't matter if it was one entity, or broken up into 10 different entities. So the SIZE of the firm has nothing to do with anything. The CULPRIT IS BEN BERNANKE HIMSELF. The problem is the debasement of our currency, i.e., inflation, which artificially suppresses interest rates, thus triggering malinvestment and malconsumption. The recession was unavoidable as soon as the Fed created "liquidity." The problem is now being made worse EVERY time Ben Bernanke or Henry Paulson or the Congress act. We need to get these people to stop acting out, STOP creating "liquidity," and LET THE FREE MARKET SET INTEREST RATES. By keeping interest rates artificially low, this is only going to create many more severe problems. I have to disagree with you. Just like “sub-prime” mortgages didn’t bring the economy down. In fact, let’s take handing out bad loans to their logical conclusion: people engage in acts of charity and give away money. Does charity cause sudden revelations of malinvestment? Hardly.

Anti-trust laws are not about creating competition (i.e., the anti-thesis of monopoly). Anti-trust laws are used to actually create monopolies and cartels. It is through government power that yet more power is consolidated. The way to ensure fair competition is through an unbridled free-market.

I particularly disagree with your explanation of the problem. What does the SIZE of a firm have anything to do with anything? There is a serious problem when firms so LARGE fail entirely. That the ENTIRE firm fails, rather than just CUTTING BACK, means that it wouldn’t matter if it was one entity, or broken up into 10 different entities. So the SIZE of the firm has nothing to do with anything.

The CULPRIT IS BEN BERNANKE HIMSELF. The problem is the debasement of our currency, i.e., inflation, which artificially suppresses interest rates, thus triggering malinvestment and malconsumption. The recession was unavoidable as soon as the Fed created “liquidity.” The problem is now being made worse EVERY time Ben Bernanke or Henry Paulson or the Congress act. We need to get these people to stop acting out, STOP creating “liquidity,” and LET THE FREE MARKET SET INTEREST RATES. By keeping interest rates artificially low, this is only going to create many more severe problems.

]]> Comment on Project Seven Alpha, American Airlines in Burma 1942: Galley copy complete! by Chip http://www.project7alpha.com/2008/09/project-seven-alpha-american-airlines-in-burma-1942-galley-copy-complete/#comment-214 Chip Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:09:43 +0000 http://www.project7alpha.com/?p=96#comment-214 Thanks, LaVonne! Chip Thanks, LaVonne!

Chip

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