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Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Aug 2022, 08:23
Replies: 119
Views: 50,457
Posted By ExSimGuy

Thanks for the amendments -- Seems there's been a...

Thanks for the amendments -- Seems there's been a bit of twisting with the electric aircraft stories. There have been a lot of improvements in batteries for electric cars, and a lot more just in "lab...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Aug 2022, 22:18
Replies: 119
Views: 50,457
Posted By ExSimGuy

Apart from the "electric flying-boat" mentioned a...

Apart from the "electric flying-boat" mentioned a couple of posts earlier, I'm almost convinced that a short haul company in northern Europe was already taking pax distances of a couple of hundred by...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Aug 2022, 09:55
Replies: 119
Views: 50,457
Posted By ExSimGuy

NIL BY MOUTH -- Those pics look suspiciously like...

NIL BY MOUTH -- Those pics look suspiciously like aviation incidents rather than nuclear, As an "aviation person" I'm sure you are aware that one is far more likely to be in an accident on a highway...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Aug 2022, 09:19
Replies: 119
Views: 50,457
Posted By ExSimGuy

There's a company (British I think?) already...

There's a company (British I think?) already building a first test installation out in the far east ("big countries" have too much paperwork, much aimed at uranium systems).
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Aug 2022, 20:26
Replies: 119
Views: 50,457
Posted By ExSimGuy

Quote "Investigating a catastrophic crash, e.g....

Quote
"Investigating a catastrophic crash, e.g. around a crater, would be extremely hazardous. An urban crash even more so."

First of all my apologies for the spelling of "nuclear" in my original...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Aug 2022, 15:51
Replies: 119
Views: 50,457
Posted By ExSimGuy

Not LNG -- tHAT STANDS FOR "Lquefied Natural...

Not LNG -- tHAT STANDS FOR "Lquefied Natural Gas". Basically a variant of stuff that we use for our cookers and gas fires now, "Jet-A" is what we use for aircraft, which is as bad as...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Aug 2022, 09:06
Replies: 119
Views: 50,457
Posted By ExSimGuy

Fuel from salt water ? I can't see that unless...

Fuel from salt water ? I can't see that unless by using electrolysis.
As for algae -- maybe, but could it be grown in an area that we don't need for fuel?
You forgot to mention recaimed cooking...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Aug 2022, 08:06
Replies: 119
Views: 50,457
Posted By ExSimGuy

SAF

SAF Air in Africa ? ?
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Aug 2022, 06:48
Replies: 119
Views: 50,457
Posted By ExSimGuy

Not exactly news . . .

Apologies that I don't have references handy but in the 3 years since I last posted on this thread, a few companies are already flying scheduled short-haul passenger flight in North America and...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2020, 09:13
Replies: 179
Views: 121,367
Posted By ExSimGuy

I'm well past the age for flying ANYTHING but a...

I'm well past the age for flying ANYTHING but a SIM these days :O, but I'm still a British citizen (until Scotland separates from the UK and the "lunatics who have taken over the asylum" :ugh:) but...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Feb 2020, 17:32
Replies: 33
Views: 16,914
Posted By ExSimGuy

I've been on this forum for many years...

I've been on this forum for many years (decades!), and this rings bells -- I'm pretty sure this has come up (several times?) before :eek:
Surely this repeated subject should have been thoroughly...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Dec 2019, 10:36
Replies: 119
Views: 50,457
Posted By ExSimGuy

Question Hydrogen? Carbon-Fibre Tanks?

I bumped into a post on the BBC Site yesterday which I thought was interesting -- a hydrogen-powered drone that uses a Carbon Fibre tank. Not mucch "plus" at the moment, while most of our electricity...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Dec 2019, 17:11
Replies: 119
Views: 50,457
Posted By ExSimGuy

Lightbulb Don't they call that . . . . .

And the generator re-charged the batteries when descending too, so it could go on up and down for ever !:uhoh:
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Dec 2019, 11:27
Replies: 1,144
Views: 615,490
Posted By ExSimGuy

In other words - "We still have no idea ?"...

In other words - "We still have no idea ?" :ugh:
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Dec 2019, 08:27
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,784,810
Posted By ExSimGuy

Angry To paraphrase a long-standing tag-line -- "If...

To paraphrase a long-standing tag-line -- "If it's Boeing, I AIN'T going" :ugh:
I've been following "the Boeing safety story" --not just the MAX -- since the second crash and the whole sequence,...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Mar 2019, 16:03
Replies: 1,144
Views: 615,490
Posted By ExSimGuy

It was a really awful day for all of those...

It was a really awful day for all of those concerned, the victims on the ground and their friends/family, the pilot, the owners of the aircraft, and for Andy, who has had the results of the event on...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Aug 2018, 09:26
Replies: 178
Views: 126,883
Posted By ExSimGuy

An "interesting" thought about tests, but how...

An "interesting" thought about tests, but how could that affect "real life"?
Would "automatic locking overheads" help, or would they cause more evac delays as pax struggled trying to get them open?...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Feb 2018, 10:41
Replies: 302
Views: 390,866
Posted By ExSimGuy

CFIT? It certainly supports suggestions of an...

CFIT? It certainly supports suggestions of an eroneous IAS - Pitot?
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jan 2018, 16:36
Replies: 208
Views: 181,480
Posted By ExSimGuy

Question To my understanding is that could have been that...

To my understanding is that could have been that his breath smelled or a number of other reasons for suspecting he may have been drinking.

All very well to discuss what our hypothetical course of...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
19th Jan 2018, 09:53
Replies: 84
Views: 40,220
Posted By ExSimGuy

Thumbs down As a regular SLF, but someone who has never flown...

As a regular SLF, but someone who has never flown a jet above about 20 ft ;) (back in my days at BA Cranebank)
I'd respectfully suggest that the above argument is (merely) a logistics issue, and not...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd May 2016, 14:11
Replies: 1,184
Views: 2,630,461
Posted By ExSimGuy

Signs of Charing on Material Recovered From "Crash Site"?

@ Edinburgher - I commented a couple of pages back (before BBC got hold of the video - from the link here?) that there did not appear to be any sign of burning or charring on the debris - but...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st May 2016, 15:22
Replies: 1,184
Views: 2,630,461
Posted By ExSimGuy

Years (many!) since I was "in the business", but...

Years (many!) since I was "in the business", but I wonder if anyone else noticed in the pictures of the debris...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th May 2016, 10:37
Replies: 1,184
Views: 2,630,461
Posted By ExSimGuy

"Facebook" - Mo ?

Mo122 - Can you enlighten as to the likely accuracy of the report above? Facebook is not exactly where I'd expect any "official" notification.

(Or am I behind the times ;) )
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
11th Apr 2016, 18:14
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,029,308
Posted By ExSimGuy

Seems fairly straight-forward to me ?

Seems fairly straight-forward to me ?
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
30th Mar 2016, 10:00
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,029,308
Posted By ExSimGuy

I would doubt that they would have had anything...

I would doubt that they would have had anything like as much easy, accurate, and rapidly-updated WX reports either when operating from a van in an open park.

But, we digress . . . . .
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Mar 2016, 07:21
Replies: 110
Views: 56,235
Posted By ExSimGuy

Angry Airport Security . . . .

If that is true, then it certainly won't be much encouragement for your PAX who indirectly pay your salary :ooh:
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
29th Mar 2016, 06:53
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,029,308
Posted By ExSimGuy

Probably a "formality". Unless they were...

Probably a "formality".

Unless they were aware that a tornado-strength gust was likely, I suspect that a court would be more inclined to agree that they had taken "all reasonable precautions" by...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2016, 16:45
Replies: 128
Views: 48,695
Posted By ExSimGuy

Question "self contained" - Why? :( The aircraft I...

"self contained" - Why? :(

The aircraft I worked on all had a separate supply of O2 for the flight deck :ugh:
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Mar 2016, 09:17
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,589,522
Posted By ExSimGuy

(Warning - "Politics") How is it that...

(Warning - "Politics")



How is it that Germany can have these "special laws", even if they are in conflict with the rules in the rest of the EU? As I understand it, UK is obliged under the EU...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2016, 11:54
Replies: 128
Views: 48,695
Posted By ExSimGuy

And both would carry a similar risk of collision...

And both would carry a similar risk of collision with an aircraft below - but with a "push the yoke forward quick" response, at least the crew of the troubled aircraft would have a chance of seeing...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2016, 11:29
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,589,522
Posted By ExSimGuy

"THIS VIDEO IS PRIVATE"

"THIS VIDEO IS PRIVATE"
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Mar 2016, 14:13
Replies: 30
Views: 17,527
Posted By ExSimGuy

I was flying out of USA one night, on board an...

I was flying out of USA one night, on board an airline that my daughter used to work for (as "staff" PAX) and noticed ice creeping across the wing as we taxied out. I alerted a Steward to this and...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Feb 2016, 20:07
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,589,522
Posted By ExSimGuy

Exclamation Japan Airlines Flight 350

I'm guessing that was initiated from a low altitude - on take-off or late approach. Not enough time for the other 2 crew members to prevent it.

For a "nice" high-energy crash it has to be higher...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Feb 2016, 19:23
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,589,522
Posted By ExSimGuy

Red face 2-person cockpit and safety (in general)

Back in the days when the 737 was first introduced, designed for 2-pilot operation, BALPA resisted this strongly on the grounds that "3 pairs of eyes is better than 2" during critical phases of...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Nov 2015, 18:42
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,029,308
Posted By ExSimGuy

Angel A & C

Sorry to hear that (PPL/IMC/Night) is now "late" - sounds like she was a wise lady :sad: - we could do with more journos like her.

ExSim
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