User talk:Skyraider1

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Season's tidings!
To you and yours, Have a Merry ______ (fill in the blank) and Happy New Year! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 01:54, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Pardon tardiness
Pardon my late response to your act of kindness. I've been so caught up in editing, I just blanked out on it. Well, belated sincere Thank you FOX 52 (talk) 05:45, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks
I just want to thank you for your modifications on Sikorsky H-34, my English is rusted... lol -- Friday83260  (On discute ?)  06:30, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

About Ion Thruster Edit
Hi, there I have seen you removed an edit about the propulsive efficiency for the Ion thruster which I posted a few weeks ago (I was an anonymous user then). Maybe my edit is not perfect, however the paragraph in this article is completely irrelevant (you can also look at the talk section, somebody else noted it), for somebody with a degree in physics there is no such thing as a "vehicle velocity", velocity is always relative to a reference. The formulas used within the paragraph are formulas which are derived for propulsive efficiency within an athmosphere (in an athmosphere it is common practice to name vehicle velocity its velocity relative to the athmosphere). In a vaccum (in space) this formula is no longer valid, and Ion thrusters are used almost exclusively in space (due to their small thrusts).

Maybe you may think that I do not have any reliable sources (altough some good physics books could do), but then remove this propulsive efficiency paragraph which has really nothing to do in this article then. Sjaure (talk) 12:55, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Solar Dynamics Observatory
Hi,, I noticed your edit. To explain what I did: the Camilla the Chicken page refers to "Camilla", hence my edit. In the meantime I changed the link on the page to Camilla Corona. Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 04:57, 5 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the explanation, Lotje- that makes a little more sense now. Out of context, I was having a difficult time understanding the connection between a chicken (didn't realize SDO had any sort of rubber chicken mascot) and a solar observatory- I almost didn't realize your edit was in good faith. Changing the link on the page to Camilla Corona, as you did, is probably more useful to a reader in the long run anyway. Thanks again for the note. Cheers! Skyraider1 (talk) 10:58, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

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bruh
Just stop. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lolgainz (talk • contribs) 15:58, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

Tallapoosa F-105s
Don't know how to get you info. However there are two F105 thunderbolts in Tallapoosa GA in the veterans park. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.172.57.173 (talk) 20:40, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

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Season's Greetings
To You and Yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 14:57, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

Merry, merry!
From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 21:37, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Greetings!

Thanks for your interest! I do not believe in edit wars either, but I also think that there should be more reason given for the deletion of a contribution. The goal of the Second Life Museum of Nuclear Warfare is actually to expand the use of virtual worlds as an educational tool, and it is my hope that virtual exhibits will someday be treated with the same respect as real life ones. I welcome further discussion, and if you want to visit the museum, I invite you to do so. Thanks!! :)

Otaku155 (talk) 19:17, 8 January 2017 (UTC) 


 * Thanks. The civility is much appreciated, Otaku155. We've exchanged perspectives- that's all I intended to accomplish at this point. I would ask one more thing: review and be careful of WP:NOTPROMO- seems you have a personal interest in this Second Life Museum project, which could be at odds with this guideline. Use caution. Cheers! Skyraider1 (talk) 22:24, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

I have read that VERY carefully lol; I will simply state that as long as no money is being made, there is no promotion. Neither I, nor the museum, have anything to gain simply from being mentioned on wiki, and all posts are factual. Thanks so much for your help :) Otaku155 (talk) 23:30, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

USNS Mercy (T-AH-19)
Naval auxiliaries are in non-commissioned service, distinctly seperate from commissioned warship. Being non-commissioned they carry the hull prefix USNS as opposed to commissioned USS. Coffee Atoms (talk) 19:50, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I did not realize that, Coffee Atoms. My mistake- thank you for correcting. Cheers! Skyraider1 (talk) 19:55, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Season's Greetings
...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 00:31, 24 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks Bzuk! Apologies for the late reply, have not been active lately. Stay warm! Skyraider1 (talk) 02:30, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Response to your enquiry
Skyraider1, Not sure how to message you (I've spent 15 minutes trying to figure it out!!), but regarding your enquiry to me: "I noticed you recently updated some information in the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment article, but without providing an updated source. Adding your source to the information you updated will help keep the article in line with Wikipedia's verifiability policy" which concerns the reentry of the Grace 2 satellite and the prediction of upcoming reentry of Grace 1. Thanks, I'd actually thought of that when I submitted the edit. Problem is accessing that info requires a user name and password at https://www.space-track.org/auth/login so wouldn't do anyone any good unless they have an account with Space-Track. Would you suggest I cite that now? Eventually reentries will appear here: http://www.aerospace.org/cords/reentry-predictions/upcoming-reentries-2-2/ which is a non-restricted site (no password required) or finally here under 2018: http://www.aerospace.org/cords/reentry-predictions/past-reentries/ which I can cite once they show up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xapie128 (talk • contribs) 21:00, 13 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the reply, Xapie128. Looks like another editor already took care of updating the sources in that article, so no worries. I'm not really sure either on how to cite a source that requires a login, good question. If I figure it out I'll get back to you. Cheers! Skyraider1 (talk) 21:56, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Grace 2 reentry & Space-Track
I see whoever did cite Space-Track, and of course clicking that link asks for a login. Xapie128 (talk) 23:43, 13 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Xapie128, I looked around at Wikipedia's guidelines, and there's a short paragraph about Access to sources. Short answer: even if a log-in is required, a site like that could be used as a source. I don't have an account on Space-Track, but if it seems to follow the rest of the WP:RS guidelines, then no issue using it. So feel free to use it as a source in the future. Hope that helps! Cheers! Skyraider1 (talk) 02:56, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

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