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Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)

14th Feb 2006, 14:16

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An148 tested in very cold conditions

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Posted By GreatMe

There are still a reasonable number of light...

There are still a reasonable number of light aircraft manufacturers that make bi-planes. E.g. Aviat Aircraft still make the Pitts Special aerobatics bi-plane.

While I know that there have been...

Forum: Questions

6th Sep 2005, 15:50

Replies: 38

Safest form of travel?

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Posted By GreatMe

Looking at the set of statistics that I found...

Looking at the set of statistics that I found earlier, the bus and coach figures in the previously quoted statistics might have an extra 0 to many (i.e one order of magnitude too small).

Forum: Questions

6th Sep 2005, 14:25

Replies: 38

Safest form of travel?

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Posted By GreatMe

THese statistics are a few years old and show...

THese statistics are a few years old and show fatalities per traveller per billion km, journeys or hours:

per km

Air: 0.05
Rail: 0.6
Car: 3.1

per journey:

Forum: Questions

11th Feb 2005, 16:07

Replies: 17

Pollution by Big Jets - curious

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Posted By GreatMe

The big problem with the pollution caused by jets...

The big problem with the pollution caused by jets is less to do with how much pollution is released relative to things like cars and industry, but rather where it is released. This is because the...

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