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Forum: Rotorheads
25th Jan 2022, 13:53
Replies: 47
Views: 13,300
Posted By Rockhound

It's sad to see Enstrom closing its doors for...

It's sad to see Enstrom closing its doors for good. I'm a geologist and in 1982 we used a 280C (from Les Hélicoptères Verreault, now defunct, I believe) for geological survey work between Baker Lake...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
15th Dec 2017, 20:31
Replies: 89
Views: 95,007
Posted By Rockhound

Agree with J.O. Non-technical eye-witness...

Agree with J.O. Non-technical eye-witness accounts of aircraft accidents must be treated with extreme caution. That both engines would fail seems very odd but obviously the aircraft failed to gain...
Forum: Canada
27th Mar 2017, 01:21
Replies: 47
Views: 28,582
Posted By Rockhound

Sam, My intention was merely to disabuse...

Sam,
My intention was merely to disabuse Airbubba of the notion that Montreal FIR controllers may be deficient in English language skills.
Forum: Canada
27th Mar 2017, 00:37
Replies: 47
Views: 28,582
Posted By Rockhound

English language skills at Montreal ATC

I can assure Airbubba that the Montreal, Quebec, controllers all speak English completely fluently.
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Dec 2016, 10:49
Replies: 484
Views: 592,851
Posted By Rockhound

According to the BBC, the CVR revealed there was...

According to the BBC, the CVR revealed there was a problem operating the flaps, resulting in loss of control.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Jul 2016, 18:45
Replies: 28
Views: 15,971
Posted By Rockhound

a330pc, So are you saying those unlucky souls...

a330pc,
So are you saying those unlucky souls had to wait three days to get out of HOU?
Of course serviceability problems can arise in new aircraft but they're more likely in aircraft that are well...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Jul 2016, 13:40
Replies: 28
Views: 15,971
Posted By Rockhound

You can't expect anything better when you operate...

You can't expect anything better when you operate an aging (to use a polite word for clapped-out) fleet. The aircraft involved was C-FCAB, a 28 year-old 767-375ER. The rest of the AC 767 fleet...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
24th Jun 2016, 20:43
Replies: 4
Views: 2,856
Posted By Rockhound

BA92 YYZ-LHR Diversion June 22

BA92 (or 5CA), a B744 (G-CIVJ), departed Toronto Pearson (YYZ) at 2257Z on June 22, bound for London Heathrow (LHR). About an hour into the flight, they made a U-turn over Quebec Province and headed...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
31st Mar 2016, 14:39
Replies: 80
Views: 61,310
Posted By Rockhound

Idiotic report by Stephen Puddicombe on CBC Radio...

Idiotic report by Stephen Puddicombe on CBC Radio this morning. Apparently he was astonished by the preliminary pronouncement of an NTSB investigator on the scene, who surmised that it looks to have...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2016, 15:18
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,642,853
Posted By Rockhound

Are we missing the point?

Surely all this talk about breaching Germany's strict privacy laws is missing the point. It seems to me the physician(s) who examined Lubitz and had serious misgivings as to his health should have...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Jan 2016, 14:22
Replies: 48
Views: 29,086
Posted By Rockhound

Memories of the 747

I remember my first flight in a 747, FRA-JFK on TWA in 1970. After landing I waited until the other pax had disembarked, then wandered upstairs and gazed in wonderment through the open door of the...
Forum: Canada
31st Aug 2015, 00:26
Replies: 21
Views: 12,416
Posted By Rockhound

The press release gives the impression that these...

The press release gives the impression that these 767s are new, from Boeing.
As I understand it, all four aircraft are used and formerly belonged to the Qantas fleet.

Rockhound
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Apr 2015, 14:26
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,642,853
Posted By Rockhound

Thank you, 737er, for posting that piece from The...

Thank you, 737er, for posting that piece from The New Yorker by psychiatrist Gary Greenberg. I'm no psychiatrist or psychologist but there's no mistaking good common sense, of which you can never get...
Forum: Canada
30th Mar 2015, 21:26
Replies: 19
Views: 6,723
Posted By Rockhound

Crash? What crash?

Multycpl,
Dear me, do my eyes deceive me? Surely you're not maligning the People's Airline??
In a press conference on Sunday, Air Canada's COO, Herr Klaus Goersch, spoke as follows (this is...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Mar 2015, 23:55
Replies: 473
Views: 479,736
Posted By Rockhound

"Some damage...hard landing"

There was a totally unbelievable announcement made by Air Canada's Chief Operating Officer, Klaus Goersch, at a press conference somewhere (Halifax airport?). Well, unbelievable if it wasn't for the...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Jan 2015, 16:28
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,491,794
Posted By Rockhound

Stall warnings on AF447

Roseland,
In reference to your post #857, you are incorrect when you claimed that the stall warnings on AF447 stopped shortly after the captain re-entered the cockpit.
The stall warning sounded a...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2014, 17:26
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,379,150
Posted By Rockhound

Andrasz (post #372) The advisory on the MAS...

Andrasz (post #372)
The advisory on the MAS website that contact with MH370 was lost at 0240 local is obviously in error, perhaps unintentional or a misinterpretation.

Rockhound
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Jul 2012, 22:32
Replies: 1,454
Views: 254,165
Posted By Rockhound

Hi JCJ, Just read your last post. I confess I...

Hi JCJ,
Just read your last post.
I confess I know nothing about playback of a CVR tape. I just naively assumed that if the audio quality is not the best, different interpretations may result....
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Jul 2012, 22:21
Replies: 1,454
Views: 254,165
Posted By Rockhound

I checked back to read JCJ's earlier post (#185)...

I checked back to read JCJ's earlier post (#185) concerning what the captain is supposed to have said about cunims.
Otelli writes that the weather and visibility since takeoff from Rio have been...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Jul 2012, 21:40
Replies: 1,454
Views: 254,165
Posted By Rockhound

According to the blurb on the back of Erreurs de...

According to the blurb on the back of Erreurs de Pilotage 5, Otelli is a demonstration pilot, with 14000 hours total time, leads an aerobatic team, is an instructor in aerobatics, and has written a...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Jul 2012, 14:07
Replies: 1,454
Views: 254,165
Posted By Rockhound

CONF, According to Otelli, at 00:44:49 the...

CONF,
According to Otelli, at 00:44:49 the captain says:
On va pas se laisser emmerder par des cunimbs...This differs from the BEA final report transcript:
On n'a pas été emmerdé par les cunimb...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Jul 2012, 18:49
Replies: 1,454
Views: 254,165
Posted By Rockhound

CONF iture, Re the "prends ça" exclamations:...

CONF iture,
Re the "prends ça" exclamations: Otelli attributes the ones at 2:11:55 and 2:11:57 to the captain, whereas the BEA attributes them to the PNF. I would think the BEA version is correct....
Forum: Tech Log
19th Jul 2012, 14:04
Replies: 1,454
Views: 254,165
Posted By Rockhound

Lyman, What I said about the C chord generator...

Lyman,
What I said about the C chord generator burning out was tongue-in-cheek. I know nothing about how it functions. As I said, does it really matter?
JCJ,
Regarding the meaning of the captain's...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Jul 2012, 22:55
Replies: 1,454
Views: 254,165
Posted By Rockhound

Slats, It is completely incomprehensible why...

Slats,
It is completely incomprehensible why the captain, after he was summoned back to the cockpit by his crew, made no effort to take control. Indeed, for much of the time he seemed to be little...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Jul 2012, 16:03
Replies: 1,454
Views: 254,165
Posted By Rockhound

I have no idea what Lyman has been smoking. His...

I have no idea what Lyman has been smoking. His suggestion that the female voice was Bonin's is ludicrous. According to Otelli, the four transmissions in a female voice recorded on the CVR came...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jul 2012, 19:23
Replies: 1,454
Views: 254,165
Posted By Rockhound

The rough ride - be it due to weather, stall,...

The rough ride - be it due to weather, stall, whatever - was sufficiently intense to alarm the cabin crew, who called the flight deck on several occasions, at 2:10:55.9, 2:10:59.4, 2:11:02.3, and...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jul 2012, 19:01
Replies: 1,454
Views: 254,165
Posted By Rockhound

Philip, I think you have confused the cast of...

Philip,
I think you have confused the cast of characters. The captain's name was DuBois, the left-seat copilot was Robert and the right-seat copilot was Bonin.
When the captain left the flight deck...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jul 2012, 13:59
Replies: 1,454
Views: 254,165
Posted By Rockhound

Lyman, Yes, my question was rhetorical. I fail...

Lyman,
Yes, my question was rhetorical. I fail to see what the temperature has to do with how the crew handled the last four minutes or so of "flight".
Slats wrote: The captain seemed very slow to...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jul 2012, 02:05
Replies: 1,454
Views: 254,165
Posted By Rockhound

What possible significance is the temperature in...

What possible significance is the temperature in the cockpit?
Why was there not a proper handover to the captain when he returned to the cockpit?
When he entered, he asked "What are you doing?" The...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Jul 2012, 10:55
Replies: 1,316
Views: 403,049
Posted By Rockhound

SLFinAZ, Indeed, jcj - Rockhound's 'pilot' was...

SLFinAZ,
Indeed, jcj - Rockhound's 'pilot' was talking out of his seat cushion.

Actually he was entirely correct.
So...in the early stages of the upset the statement is entirely correct...
...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jul 2012, 19:04
Replies: 1,316
Views: 403,049
Posted By Rockhound

Thanks for taking the time to respond, Jcjeant...

Thanks for taking the time to respond, Jcjeant and BOAC.
What about the following remedy for the situation?:
throttling back one engine to force a wing drop, to drag the nose out of its 40-degree...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jul 2012, 15:50
Replies: 1,316
Views: 403,049
Posted By Rockhound

The July 6 edition of The Globe and Mail,...

The July 6 edition of The Globe and Mail, Canada's so-called "national newspaper", carried what I thought was a poorly-written, incomplete and therefore misleading story on AF447 and the BEA report....
Forum: Tech Log
18th Dec 2011, 03:37
Replies: 1,412
Views: 472,436
Posted By Rockhound

In response To Mr Optimistic's query, there is no...

In response To Mr Optimistic's query, there is no indication whatsoever in Otelli's account that the captain at any time realised they were in some form of degraded law. He seemed totally nonplussed...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Dec 2011, 22:42
Replies: 1,412
Views: 472,436
Posted By Rockhound

Lyman, It seems to me that, by somehow gaining...

Lyman,
It seems to me that, by somehow gaining access to the output of both the CVR and FDR, Otelli has stolen a march on the BEA. I doubt that the BEA's final report will provide much that has not...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Dec 2011, 16:29
Replies: 1,412
Views: 472,436
Posted By Rockhound

The Popular Mechanics article that Alain in...

The Popular Mechanics article that Alain in Thailand helpfully posted in post #705 is essentially a synopsis of Jean-Pierre Otelli's book "Erreurs de Pilotage 5", which includes the complete CVR...
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