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Forum: Military Aviation
29th Aug 2015, 14:25
Replies: 1,757
Views: 987,590
Posted By Captain Kirk

A great many on here evidently have no clue - not...

A great many on here evidently have no clue - not unreasonably given the specialist nature of the discipline - and therefore I think it IS helpful to rule out some of the wilder theories that serve...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Aug 2015, 00:37
Replies: 1,757
Views: 987,590
Posted By Captain Kirk

Pabs... *sigh* not everything on here is...

Pabs... *sigh* not everything on here is conjecture and the AAIB do not have a monopoly on the experience used to determine the cause(s) of accidents. The video reveals a number of facts, not least...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2015, 20:16
Replies: 1,757
Views: 987,590
Posted By Captain Kirk

CM - I think your indignation is misplaced. If AH...

CM - I think your indignation is misplaced. If AH was the only casualty I would agree with you entirely that any premature comment is insensitive and unnecessary. But he wasn't. And scrutiny will...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2015, 15:40
Replies: 1,757
Views: 987,590
Posted By Captain Kirk

Thanks Courtney. To be clear though, once you...

Thanks Courtney. To be clear though, once you discount a bunch of causes you are left with just a few to decide between - I do think that the video provides enough to make some very clear deductions....
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2015, 13:47
Replies: 1,757
Views: 987,590
Posted By Captain Kirk

Courtney - I didn't say that the video presented...

Courtney - I didn't say that the video presented all of the facts but it certainly reveals enough to determine the basics; indeed, you very helpfully list most of them, but actually not all. Some...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2015, 00:58
Replies: 1,757
Views: 987,590
Posted By Captain Kirk

Wander - if the PFCs fail they revert to manual -...

Wander - if the PFCs fail they revert to manual - the controls are heavy but the ac is perfectly controllable. But, IIRC, as long as the engine is windmilling the hydraulic pump will be developing...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Aug 2015, 12:18
Replies: 1,757
Views: 987,590
Posted By Captain Kirk

It is very naive to imagine that an issue of this...

It is very naive to imagine that an issue of this gravity would not be discussed, or that the topic would not expand to embrace allied aspects, such as general considerations of risk.

And (IMHO)...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Aug 2015, 20:03
Replies: 1,757
Views: 987,590
Posted By Captain Kirk

LJ/Royalist - spot on. ATC - blimey, that...

LJ/Royalist - spot on.

ATC - blimey, that just looked like someone who had little idea of what they were doing...!
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Aug 2015, 19:57
Replies: 1,757
Views: 987,590
Posted By Captain Kirk

I've just watched the video again and the...

I've just watched the video again and the pull-out does appear to be a single-plane pitch (no rolling) so a gate height at the top would have been valid, providing that speed was under control. It is...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Aug 2015, 19:28
Replies: 1,757
Views: 987,590
Posted By Captain Kirk

Awful. And as others have already identified,...

Awful. And as others have already identified, very similar to GW in 99. A common factor is the difficulty of having a meaningful 'gate' in a rolling manoeuvre - a gate height is only valid if the...
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