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Is “flight director attitude indicator” an inside joke about flight directors?

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up vote 6 down vote favorite The flight director attitude indicator is the spacecraft equivalent of the attitude indicator (also called an artifical horizon) on an aircraft. Why was the "flight director" part added to the name? Is this some inside joke about cranky flight directors? Not really related: Attitude error needles on Apollo FDAI avionics share | improve this question asked Nov 18 at 8:12 Dr Sheldon 4,594 1 16 47 ...

Are there recent depictions of Al Qaeda and/or ISIS as villains in Marvel Comics (non-movies)?

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up vote 8 down vote favorite 3 After the tragedy of 9/11, Marvel had a few very iconic panels such as And Are there recent Marvel depictions (depiction prior to December 1st, 2018), that actually drew and not just mentioned in dialog, of Al Qaeda or ISIS as a villain in one of their comics? Books only, not interested in the movies. marvel comics share | improve this question edited Dec 5 at 18:56 Jenayah 12.4k 4 64 95 asked Dec 5 at 17:10 K Dog 457 3 15 ...