Merlin enters squadron service
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To: Speechless Two
I’m sorry you feel the way you do. Your perception of me is wrong. Please read my post on the 18-degree thread addressed to RW-1.
Regarding how long we have been in the aviation industry or being associated with aviation I’ll show you mine if you show me yours. I started in 1949 and if you want to include aviation-training courses in high school we can go back to 1945. At 16 I lied about my age and was in the Air National Guard as a Gunner on A-26 Invaders.
I’m sorry you feel the way you do. Your perception of me is wrong. Please read my post on the 18-degree thread addressed to RW-1.
Regarding how long we have been in the aviation industry or being associated with aviation I’ll show you mine if you show me yours. I started in 1949 and if you want to include aviation-training courses in high school we can go back to 1945. At 16 I lied about my age and was in the Air National Guard as a Gunner on A-26 Invaders.
Senis Semper Fidelis
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Good Morning Ppruners,
Despite being a regular contributor to this Forum I tend to read only when deep technical discussions are being discussed, I read and learn quiet a lot from most of the people who make comments, I feel that LZ and NL despite being from different age sphere's both have massive amounts of information and skill that us mere mortals could only dream of having, why then when some body is not quite happy with some statement or input from another person does it degenerate into a personal attack on the unfortunate contributor, if you are unable to see both sides of any discussion you do appear to be a little blinkered, but that dont mean you are totally wrong, What is wrong is the nasty comments that abound if some one can't see the contributors point or explanation.
Remember attitude is everything !!!
My Regards to you all
Despite being a regular contributor to this Forum I tend to read only when deep technical discussions are being discussed, I read and learn quiet a lot from most of the people who make comments, I feel that LZ and NL despite being from different age sphere's both have massive amounts of information and skill that us mere mortals could only dream of having, why then when some body is not quite happy with some statement or input from another person does it degenerate into a personal attack on the unfortunate contributor, if you are unable to see both sides of any discussion you do appear to be a little blinkered, but that dont mean you are totally wrong, What is wrong is the nasty comments that abound if some one can't see the contributors point or explanation.
Remember attitude is everything !!!
My Regards to you all
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I have been flying helicopters for over 15000 hrs, including nearly 1000 on the EH101. I have been very happy to do that because I did not think too much about mechanical or structural failures. I have been trained to react to emergencies, but only to the ones I can do something about.
Lu, I greatly admire your technical knowledge and I enjoy your comments. I am also glad that someone is looking after my safety.
However, if there is nothing I can do about a particular problem, then I try to ignore it. I am too old to find an other job, and yet too young to retire. Therefore if you can do something about safety that I can't, good. Otherwise, I do not really want to know.
BIT
You want to know what pilots think of the 101 ? Well, I love it. I was involved in the maturity program of the aircraft and wish I could fly it again. I did things with it that I had never done with any other aircraft. I flew PP8 and PP9, wich were not "new" flying machines. We flew nearly 6000 accident and incident free hours.As far as I am concerned, the a/c delivered what was required.
[ 03 August 2001: Message edited by: Pat Gerard ]
Lu, I greatly admire your technical knowledge and I enjoy your comments. I am also glad that someone is looking after my safety.
However, if there is nothing I can do about a particular problem, then I try to ignore it. I am too old to find an other job, and yet too young to retire. Therefore if you can do something about safety that I can't, good. Otherwise, I do not really want to know.
BIT
You want to know what pilots think of the 101 ? Well, I love it. I was involved in the maturity program of the aircraft and wish I could fly it again. I did things with it that I had never done with any other aircraft. I flew PP8 and PP9, wich were not "new" flying machines. We flew nearly 6000 accident and incident free hours.As far as I am concerned, the a/c delivered what was required.
[ 03 August 2001: Message edited by: Pat Gerard ]
