Global Eagle - And 'Global Beagle - Around Britain in a Virtual Autogyro'
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Great picture WGS. Perhaps the British Army should buy a dozen of them, keep 11 in the hangar for spares and fly one...sounds familiar
I am not sure about these rumours.... I reckon Barry is just waiting for a head wind to get going
The fans at home wait with baited breath for the next installment..time for another slice of Pizza!
I am not sure about these rumours.... I reckon Barry is just waiting for a head wind to get going
The fans at home wait with baited breath for the next installment..time for another slice of Pizza!
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Helicopter Hair
Next time I go to see my hair stylist I going to take this picture along and ask her to cut it like this...
I wonder if she could make the rotors turn as well?! WGS
I wonder if she could make the rotors turn as well?! WGS
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For some reason (one that I do not really want to know) I saw that hair-do on TV. If I recall rightly it was part of some kind of hairdressing competition and buried 'neath the hair and gel was a motor which span the "rotor", hence the wire leading to a battery/control device thingy.
Think I need to get a life...
Think I need to get a life...
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Sorry to interupt you all, but has anyone heard anything about Barry? 
Echo5,
Can you possibly give us a cut/paste on the caa article, I'm having probs/not allowed to download pdfs here.
Thanks.
Still no update from GE website.
Echo5,
Can you possibly give us a cut/paste on the caa article, I'm having probs/not allowed to download pdfs here.
Thanks.
Still no update from GE website.
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Yes SS is right we have no time for fun and joviality!
lets back to the subject...Errrr wot waz it again?
Be careful Teacher Sidley is watching..no more playtime kids otherwise its detention in Sid's own special room!
As reqwested Master Sidley
Ref Date Aircraft Type No of Type of Location On Board Deaths
No Engines Operation
158 22.05.94 Bell 206B 1 A Nr Gwytherin, Clwyd 4 3
Struck high ground in poor weather.
lets back to the subject...Errrr wot waz it again?
Be careful Teacher Sidley is watching..no more playtime kids otherwise its detention in Sid's own special room!
As reqwested Master Sidley
Ref Date Aircraft Type No of Type of Location On Board Deaths
No Engines Operation
158 22.05.94 Bell 206B 1 A Nr Gwytherin, Clwyd 4 3
Struck high ground in poor weather.
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Thanks vol, although the numbers don't seem to add up between that and TCs figures on page 11. Mind you having read a couple of his recent posts where the facts don't match reality............bless him. Must have been on holiday to Egypt this year!
By the way, if the weather was that bad, how come was TC there?
I think that incident can be put to bed now, thanks for the research Echo.
Vol, I can't see your pic at the mo, but if you want to see my 'special room' for real, just forget to hand in your homework one more time young fella me lad.
By the way, if the weather was that bad, how come was TC there?
I think that incident can be put to bed now, thanks for the research Echo.
Vol, I can't see your pic at the mo, but if you want to see my 'special room' for real, just forget to hand in your homework one more time young fella me lad.
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Well, I've had 4 different sources now tell me that it has all gone very quiet/cagey/closed ranks/non commental over at GE Ops. Even my roving reporter has not been in touch, so obviously something in the order of 'not too good' is happening.
An announcement is however, 'expected by Monday.'.............Monday, thats a whole weekend away!
What is going on? (or not as the case may be!)
On another questioning note, what is going to happen to the recently delivered stock of rugby and T shirts?
At least there was only a limited edition of 250 lighters!
An announcement is however, 'expected by Monday.'.............Monday, thats a whole weekend away!
What is going on? (or not as the case may be!)
On another questioning note, what is going to happen to the recently delivered stock of rugby and T shirts?
At least there was only a limited edition of 250 lighters!
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T-Shirts and Lighters
On another questioning note, what is going to happen to the recently delivered stock of rugby and T shirts?
At least there was only a limited edition of 250 lighters!
At least there was only a limited edition of 250 lighters!
They are going to stitch together all the shirts and make a giant balloon for the next round the world trip! They even have the lighters to lift it up! Well waste not want not, might as well have a second attempt...
Alternatively they could just use the lighters to burn all the shirts if run out of storage space...
WGS
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A giant balloon! Mmmmmm....
All you need to do is watch the David Niven film version and most of the planning would be taken care of.
Sponsored, of course, by Nimble bread and RB.
Some would say that the lighters wouldn't be needed for the hot air side of things!
All you need to do is watch the David Niven film version and most of the planning would be taken care of.
Sponsored, of course, by Nimble bread and RB.
Some would say that the lighters wouldn't be needed for the hot air side of things!
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its all over
there has been lots of guessing about the future of Global Eagle. Guess no more, it is over and thats it. watch for details on web site. Sorry folks, guess you will need a new thread now.
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Good point Vol;
The truth is too precious to tell everyone who asks.
We could be part of a news blackout while Barry gets out of the danger area, but if we don't know, we can't not tell!
sparks;
We are watching the website, however,from this insight into the latest GE website team meeting, I for one will not be holding my breath!
The truth is too precious to tell everyone who asks.
We could be part of a news blackout while Barry gets out of the danger area, but if we don't know, we can't not tell!
sparks;
We are watching the website, however,from this insight into the latest GE website team meeting, I for one will not be holding my breath!
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The latest word from the muskies isn't too good.
Different sources inform me of further delays due to weather and also of engineering problems beyond the teams capabilities.
Unconfirmed rumour, (pi$$ed), has it that the hangar the a/c was in suffered weather damage during one of the passing storms and no repairs were made to the building.
Hopefully it won't be too long before something can be confirmed.
Different sources inform me of further delays due to weather and also of engineering problems beyond the teams capabilities.
Unconfirmed rumour, (pi$$ed), has it that the hangar the a/c was in suffered weather damage during one of the passing storms and no repairs were made to the building.
Hopefully it won't be too long before something can be confirmed.
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Truth time
Can confirm that Barry has said that there was damage to the aircraft but nothing terminal. He does not want to fly it anymore and plans are inhand for an extraction of Barry and the aircraft back home,endex. This is the truth,belive me.
As i am sure anybody who has been involved with aviation will understand an unwilling pilot is harder to fix than any aircraft."You can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink"-point a 45 at its head"start supping dobin!" and watch it drink!
As i am sure anybody who has been involved with aviation will understand an unwilling pilot is harder to fix than any aircraft."You can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink"-point a 45 at its head"start supping dobin!" and watch it drink!
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Well I have no insider info to pass on but if the rumours are right it sounds like a bad day, you know what I mean like when you go out and you think did I lock that door???
Of course if all is well Monday then great but if not which I feel is odds on... then if I was a rational thinking person these thoughts would cross my mind, of course they are my thoughts and I would not say them out loud
Now I fear due to the lack of info this project has finally ground to a halt..sadly...This is no Paula job of stopping because she wasn't going to win either, either the elemnts got the better of Barry and the team or ......is it some thing else?
Now I have watched this thread and trip with great interest, however what has puzzled me and caused some concern is that every hiccup or slight problem has been treated as a major setback..What happened to the old Bulldog spirit of finding the answer to the problem and beating it rather than letting it beat you?
I fear that "heart" wasn't really fully into this and it was done without full commitment, Oh I know loads of money and personal sacrifices etc etc, but if this was the case surely you would have been even more determined? Was it like one of my Mom's old dinners. looked great but half way through you realised it was too much to stomach..and you look for the family dog to help out?
Or maybe you did'nt fancy it Barry??
What right do I have to ask these questions....Every right !
I fear you may have lost yours so heres a replacement for you
Of course if all is well Monday then great but if not which I feel is odds on... then if I was a rational thinking person these thoughts would cross my mind, of course they are my thoughts and I would not say them out loud
Now I fear due to the lack of info this project has finally ground to a halt..sadly...This is no Paula job of stopping because she wasn't going to win either, either the elemnts got the better of Barry and the team or ......is it some thing else?
Now I have watched this thread and trip with great interest, however what has puzzled me and caused some concern is that every hiccup or slight problem has been treated as a major setback..What happened to the old Bulldog spirit of finding the answer to the problem and beating it rather than letting it beat you?
I fear that "heart" wasn't really fully into this and it was done without full commitment, Oh I know loads of money and personal sacrifices etc etc, but if this was the case surely you would have been even more determined? Was it like one of my Mom's old dinners. looked great but half way through you realised it was too much to stomach..and you look for the family dog to help out?
Or maybe you did'nt fancy it Barry??
What right do I have to ask these questions....Every right !
I fear you may have lost yours so heres a replacement for you
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Despite all this speculation and versions of the truth, which we come to expect at prune, I find it strange that there has been nothing coming out of GE Ops, (who I know monitor this thread).
Because of this, we can only assume that there is some sort of coverup action going on for damage limitation further down the line.
I truely hope that the reason is genuine and not the reason that has been bantered around fairly liberally at the moment, both here and elsewhere in the outside world.
Maybe tomorrow.
Because of this, we can only assume that there is some sort of coverup action going on for damage limitation further down the line.
I truely hope that the reason is genuine and not the reason that has been bantered around fairly liberally at the moment, both here and elsewhere in the outside world.
Maybe tomorrow.
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Update.
Well readers,
Tomorrow is today, which means these night shifts just fly by, literally!
The latest update from the GE website is interesting;
Moved back for inspection ! Seems to me that the a/c is not in a flying state at the moment.
Even so, would it not be cheaper, (for a cash strapped project), for an engineer to fly to Guwahati (rtn) to inspect the a/c, rather than transporting the a/c crated up with all relevant red tape, admin, time etc. just to be inspected?
If the a/c is OK then that leg will have to be flown again, obviously. Perhaps the descision has already been made.
This sounds pretty terminal to me, despite my contact informing me things aren't as bad as we are being led to believe.
As this is growing, so it seems, to an end, I'd like to introduce you all to my roving reporter in India. As you can see, he is a fellow aviator and is able to keep up with Barry, as long as the headwind isn't too strong!;
Not quite sure what he means when he invites me over for a bum bahji to go with his creamy korma !
Tomorrow is today, which means these night shifts just fly by, literally!
The latest update from the GE website is interesting;
As at:1000Z - 2004-10-11
The aircraft is to be moved back to Delhi for a full inspection, after an initial inspection found the aircraft had been subjected to flood damage. Full report will be available shortly.
The aircraft is to be moved back to Delhi for a full inspection, after an initial inspection found the aircraft had been subjected to flood damage. Full report will be available shortly.
Even so, would it not be cheaper, (for a cash strapped project), for an engineer to fly to Guwahati (rtn) to inspect the a/c, rather than transporting the a/c crated up with all relevant red tape, admin, time etc. just to be inspected?
If the a/c is OK then that leg will have to be flown again, obviously. Perhaps the descision has already been made.
This sounds pretty terminal to me, despite my contact informing me things aren't as bad as we are being led to believe.
As this is growing, so it seems, to an end, I'd like to introduce you all to my roving reporter in India. As you can see, he is a fellow aviator and is able to keep up with Barry, as long as the headwind isn't too strong!;
Not quite sure what he means when he invites me over for a bum bahji to go with his creamy korma !
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Not quite sure what he means when he invites me over for a bum bahji to go with his creamy korma !
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