The White House Helipad (Page 6 of 6)
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Originally Posted By Gamma762: Beef price is a result of the stupid Biden policy from 2 or 3 years ago the caused beef herds to not be regenerated. All the beef folks warned it would be a disaster years down the road, and it is. Originally Posted By Gamma762: Originally Posted By JQ66: Beef is another story. Beef price is a result of the stupid Biden policy from 2 or 3 years ago the caused beef herds to not be regenerated. All the beef folks warned it would be a disaster years down the road, and it is. Were the potatoes protecting us from cow farts or some such? |
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I have no problem with this. It looks good... Perhaps made the seal a little smaller and centered it, surrounded with white granite. Small nitpick. It’s good that it was privately funded… But I don’t care even if taxpayer money funded this. It’s a necessity given the new helicopters. They need a hard surface to land on. |
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Originally Posted By RLR350:Why does the amount of dirt moved matter? Well that was original antique dirt... now you've torn that up and replaced it with new dirt... that needs approval...  I'm not sure if it has already been asked/answered, but I've seen it reported as being marble, and I've seen it reported as granite... do we know which it is? Obviously marble would be a bit of a faux pas |
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Originally Posted By A_G: I don't care. The three red dots and sloshing through wet grass were a fucking disgrace. We're supposed to be the best, most powerful, richest, most advanced country in the history of the world and we couldn't have our chief executive land on a proper pad. Same with the ballroom. Nothing like having other heads of state sit in a fucking tent like a circus. first generation immigrants with barely any money do things better by renting banquet halls. These two things were LONG overdue. Agreed. |
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Originally Posted By Dboy11: Who actually built this thing, Clark? Russian oligarchs paid for it in order to hide the Epstein files underneath. Illegals did the work. 
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“America is a whorehouse where the revolutionary ideals of your forefathers are corrupted and sold in alleys by vendors of capitalism.”
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Originally Posted By TimeOnTarget: The downwash from a CH-47 or CH-53 is no joke. That's the reason you rarely see these big helicopters used for rescue work. You can knock a guy off a mountain very easily trying to hover over a steep slope. Originally Posted By TimeOnTarget: Originally Posted By Hesperus: There's an interview on the Fighter Pilot Podcast with a Marine 1 pilot. He answered the one question I've been wondering about. Why not go with a CH-53 for that job? The downdraft disturbs the plants in the Rose Garden. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/383325/D7C916AE-045B-4312-9B19-724DC1120138_jpe-3790913.JPG Looks like they had one at some point The downwash from a CH-47 or CH-53 is no joke. That's the reason you rarely see these big helicopters used for rescue work. You can knock a guy off a mountain very easily trying to hover over a steep slope. 
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Froot Loops are all the same flavor. They just taste like froot. Whatever the heck that is.
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Originally Posted By DavidY: I don't mean to brag, but I can afford $2.17 for a dozen jumbo at winco. Originally Posted By DavidY: Originally Posted By User55645: But the average American can't afford eggs... I don't mean to brag, but I can afford $2.17 for a dozen jumbo at winco. 
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“America is a whorehouse where the revolutionary ideals of your forefathers are corrupted and sold in alleys by vendors of capitalism.”
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Originally Posted By DavidY: I don't mean to brag, but I can afford $2.17 for a dozen jumbo at winco. Originally Posted By DavidY: Originally Posted By User55645: But the average American can't afford eggs... I don't mean to brag, but I can afford $2.17 for a dozen jumbo at winco. 
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Originally Posted By CleverNickname: I assumed they would put some lights around the edge of the pad or something like that. Yeah, I thought it would have some cool landing lights as well. Landing at (6:50)  Marine One's first arrival on the new helipad. |
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Originally Posted By CleverNickname: I assumed they would put some lights around the edge of the pad or something like that. Could be IR... 
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This is...a clue - Pat_Rogers
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