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ivor toolbox 30th Aug 2018 06:45

Flux Capacitators....
 
You know how the news media grabs any comment as to a possible accident cause. . this will give you a giggle, sorry its one of those twitface links.
Here's one of Fox news finest reporting a light aeroplane mishap...

https://www.facebook.com/james.h.cost/videos/2051323811553711/

Ttfn

Pilot DAR 30th Aug 2018 11:04

In defense of the reporter, she did report that someone else had made that statement. The fact that a person she might have presumed to have more knowledge than she blew one past her is not really her fault - though still entertaining! If we have to have fake news, it may as well be funny!

pilotmike 31st Aug 2018 12:03

What on Earth is a Flux Capacitator?

Is it in any way associated with the well known and very useful flux capacitor, examples of which I regularly use in various electronic designs?;)

Fitter2 31st Aug 2018 13:10

Hi Pilotmike

Please can you give a reference to your time-travel patents so that I can have my patent lawyers check for infringements of prior art.

F2

flyingtincan 31st Aug 2018 13:15

Flux Capacitor - isn't that what Doc Brown used in Back to the Future?

dook 31st Aug 2018 14:54


What on Earth is a Flux Capacitator?
We must remember that these people are gaadaeem Yanks, so they are unable to spell.

AerocatS2A 1st Sep 2018 06:50


Originally Posted by Pilot DAR (Post 10237257)
In defense of the reporter, she did report that someone else had made that statement. The fact that a person she might have presumed to have more knowledge than she blew one past her is not really her fault - though still entertaining! If we have to have fake news, it may as well be funny!

But that’s not good enough. A reporter should do more than just report that somebody said something, they should also check that what was said was reasonable. The only exception to that would be when the statement is news itself (a politician saying something for eg).

Nurse2Pilot 1st Sep 2018 18:55

Source must be British.
Flux Capacitor = Flux Capacitator
Oriented = Orientated

Maoraigh1 1st Sep 2018 20:32

Was the statement "it was the flux capacitor" made by a (senior?) staff member of the operating company, in response to the reporter asking about the cause of the engine failure? Replying to her question with a straight face?
If so, my sympathy is with the reporter.
I'd not be certain that a FADEC engine doesn't have something called that, which can cause it to stop. To expect a reporter to check such technical details in a minor story is asking far too much.

meleagertoo 3rd Sep 2018 11:38

It always used to be blamed on the knurled flange-bracket.


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