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Forum: Military Aviation
11th Nov 2014, 21:27
Replies: 15
Views: 28,911
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

You'll never get logical argument or rational...

You'll never get logical argument or rational thought where the under-achieving class bigots choose to trash the imaginary upper classes for self-aggrandisement. The sick and interbred politics of...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
11th Nov 2014, 16:07
Replies: 17
Views: 7,181
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

With respect I can't believe anyone actually...

With respect I can't believe anyone actually believes that "they" don't want us to know where we are. (If so why would "they" allow windows?) Or GPSs for that matter.

That's straight from "we are...
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
11th Nov 2014, 16:02
Replies: 166
Views: 141,288
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

A combination of fatigue and habitually driving...

A combination of fatigue and habitually driving at a small fraction of their braking distance from the vehicle in front.
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Nov 2014, 13:32
Replies: 126
Views: 68,192
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

A 20 min 2 engine climb out of Guernsey with a...

A 20 min 2 engine climb out of Guernsey with a tail wind might well put Birmingham as close as any time wise in a s.e descent. It's the time that counts, not distance after all.

Interesting to see...
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
11th Nov 2014, 09:49
Replies: 166
Views: 141,288
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

How much good research has been done into flying...

How much good research has been done into flying under the influence as opposed to driving research being extrapolated into aviation?

To play Devil's advocate for a moment, aren't there...
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
1st Nov 2014, 14:36
Replies: 166
Views: 141,288
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

An interesting conundrum, this fluffy way of...

An interesting conundrum, this fluffy way of "dealing" with the problem by persuading the person to go sick.
Pilots who turn up to work under the influence almost certainly have a problem, a serious...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Nov 2014, 14:16
Replies: 12
Views: 16,908
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Am I right in understanding that the Chinese...

Am I right in understanding that the Chinese mind-set says you can't divert as you're not on emergency fuel so fly around in circles for an hour until you are and then we'll let you land?

And how...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Oct 2014, 13:45
Replies: 16
Views: 4,088
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Am I alone in wondering what "Replica" is? Not an...

Am I alone in wondering what "Replica" is? Not an expression I've come across before.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2014, 21:57
Replies: 9
Views: 2,462
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Tracks on the seabed? Do tell more...

Tracks on the seabed? Do tell more...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Oct 2014, 20:59
Replies: 9
Views: 2,462
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Sub Hunting in Sweden

I'm way out of date on this sort of thing. What are the practical aspects of finding a sub sneaking around Swedish shallow waters? What is the Swedish anti sub capability like, And what do the...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2014, 12:09
Replies: 75
Views: 19,816
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

As they were for the FAA in 1982 when I joined...

As they were for the FAA in 1982 when I joined (just five of them too). Allegedly the chop rate went through the roof when the Crabs went to graduates only, but I don't suppose that is easily proven.
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Oct 2014, 14:41
Replies: 22
Views: 8,614
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Future ISIS Air Arm? Shortly to become an...

Future ISIS Air Arm?

Shortly to become an Air Stump, I reckon.
Forum: Private Flying
15th Oct 2014, 22:05
Replies: 37
Views: 13,327
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Simple. It is illegal to use a mobile phone...

Simple.

It is illegal to use a mobile phone from an aircraft. (excepting licenced systems installed in airliners, obviously). To do so is an offence - probably a criminal offence and for very...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2014, 20:51
Replies: 7
Views: 2,886
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Should be enough to make hairs stand on the back...

Should be enough to make hairs stand on the back of you neck - the more I hear of the early Russian space program the more it astonishes me how they got away with it.

Read "Rockets and People", a...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2014, 20:48
Replies: 71
Views: 24,006
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Why on earth would anyone swap 20 yr old teased...

Why on earth would anyone swap 20 yr old teased out Hawks for 20 yr old teased out F16s?
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2014, 20:45
Replies: 81
Views: 27,966
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Even by reading his wiki page I can't see show a...

Even by reading his wiki page I can't see show a truck mechanic manages to afford a Spit. How ever did he do it?
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Oct 2014, 20:33
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,223,752
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Much as we all want to deny the possibility of...

Much as we all want to deny the possibility of the obvious (Mull of Kintyre, Battersea crane) and vehemently deny the guy(s) in question were even remotely fallible the fact remains that what looks...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Oct 2014, 20:11
Replies: 258
Views: 124,988
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

It is all very well treating this as though it...

It is all very well treating this as though it were just one mistake, a poorly executed g/a, but it wasn't. It was an appalling series of basic blunders and fundamental errors that began with the...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Oct 2014, 12:10
Replies: 258
Views: 124,988
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Whichever way you slice it this is a poorly...

Whichever way you slice it this is a poorly skilled Capt having a bad day out with an equally inadequate FO.

There is no way that a 13,000hr Capt with 1400 on type should be thinking "I should be...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Oct 2014, 13:20
Replies: 75
Views: 24,934
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

I understand clarkson has been on a final warning...

I understand clarkson has been on a final warning for some time. Maybe the foreign office will talk to Auntie and see this one is called in.

It must have been deliberately put about in Argentina...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Oct 2014, 13:06
Replies: 22
Views: 6,092
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Of the dozens of jetrangers I've flown none had...

Of the dozens of jetrangers I've flown none had any stiffness in the cyclic at all. I'd say stirring a bucket of oatmeal is overstating it. They always felt totally free to me.

If I felt a control...
Forum: Questions
4th Oct 2014, 12:52
Replies: 26
Views: 6,927
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

With just 1000hrs in a C208, all of it over...

With just 1000hrs in a C208, all of it over inhospitable bush I'd have no hesitation in supporting this.

There must be a huge untapped market out there for this sort of thing as long as it isn't...
Forum: Cabin Crew
1st Oct 2014, 08:52
Replies: 14
Views: 5,701
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Has anyone ever experienced this bizarre...

Has anyone ever experienced this bizarre behaviour elsewhere in life, or is remote 3rd party nut allergy restricted solely to aircraft?

How do these people ever visit a supermarket, bakery,...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
1st Oct 2014, 08:37
Replies: 30
Views: 9,422
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Last time I flew from Luton the first and only...

Last time I flew from Luton the first and only passport "check" was at the boarding gate.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
26th Sep 2014, 14:01
Replies: 17
Views: 9,614
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Declared an emergency due smoke and didn't...

Declared an emergency due smoke and didn't evacuate? That's brave. Or...
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
26th Sep 2014, 11:48
Replies: 121
Views: 27,691
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Ken, I'm afraid this whole thing is so riddled...

Ken, I'm afraid this whole thing is so riddled with unwarranted assumptions, mechanical and practical impossibilities it is turning into a bit of a joke.

Leaving aside the miraculously intact...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Sep 2014, 13:06
Replies: 44
Views: 15,215
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

20ft container trans Atlantic about £5000. Barely...

20ft container trans Atlantic about £5000. Barely even significant.
Forum: African Aviation
24th Sep 2014, 12:52
Replies: 864
Views: 1,088,234
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Identical to the US immigration form that asks if...

Identical to the US immigration form that asks if you are a terrorist or have ever been a member of a terrorist organization then? And then offers a "Yes" box to tick?

Africa doesn't have a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Sep 2014, 11:20
Replies: 15
Views: 4,540
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Didn't Harald Penrose write about seeing them as...

Didn't Harald Penrose write about seeing them as a boy in one of his books?
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Sep 2014, 11:07
Replies: 363
Views: 76,979
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

That may not be as simple as the sentence...

That may not be as simple as the sentence suggests...
Forum: African Aviation
21st Sep 2014, 11:02
Replies: 12
Views: 8,314
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Best of luck! Rather him than me!

Best of luck! Rather him than me!
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
20th Sep 2014, 16:02
Replies: 23
Views: 5,225
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

With the greatest of respect i think the...

With the greatest of respect i think the technical aspects of this are too much for any non 777 technical geek to take on and mistakes will be mercilessly trashed where anomalies like control...
Forum: Tech Log
20th Sep 2014, 15:20
Replies: 69
Views: 25,671
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Its the extraordinary roughness of some pilots'...

Its the extraordinary roughness of some pilots' braking that I find annoying, particularly the full-booted stomp to release an unnecessary auto brake, perhaps followed by complete relaxation of...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Sep 2014, 13:56
Replies: 46
Views: 11,086
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

Why Lightning and Foxbat? These are hardly...

Why Lightning and Foxbat? These are hardly contemporaries.

Surely Lightning and Mig 21 would be more like for like?
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
20th Sep 2014, 13:43
Replies: 121
Views: 27,691
Posted By Agaricus bisporus

You'd need a locomotive boiler to produce enough...

You'd need a locomotive boiler to produce enough steam to run the apu, even if it runs at all as white hot dry gas requires somewhat different fluid dynamics than warm wet steam. You don't get...
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