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Still, the most badass Garmin ad is the photo of GPSMAP mounted in the cockpit of the Russian SU-24, while it flies close to the NATO's airspace without transpo
by durnygbur 7y ago
Still, the most badass Garmin ad is the photo of GPSMAP mounted in the cockpit of the Russian SU-24, while it flies close to the NATO's airspace without transponder switched on.
- sv123 7y agoWhere can I see that picture?
- durnygbur 7y agoThere is link in the Reddit discussion [1], unfortunately the original Estonian article is not available - it's probably about the Baltic Air Policing. Also Google search returns some results. [1] - https://old.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/51feuy/it_turns_out_that_there_is_a_simple_reason_why/ https://old.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/51feuy/it_turns_out...
- stordoff 7y agoPossibly these two: https://twitter.com/garmin/status/669341873895563264 https://twitter.com/garmin/status/669341873895563264
- closeparen 7y agoWow! This reminds me a lot of that old "Americans spent millions of dollars developing a pen that could write in space, and the Russians used a pencil" story.
- mtmail 7y agoNASA or tax payers didn’t spend the money, Fisher did and the pens cost around $3 USD https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-write-stuff/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-write-stuff/
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- thegagne 7y agoWhat? Not the Fantom!? https://youtu.be/qf-BNfmZq6E https://youtu.be/qf-BNfmZq6E