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Forum: Medical & Health
17th Jan 2023, 23:46
Replies: 7
Views: 1,277
Posted By fg32

Is it correct that the new standards are less...

Is it correct that the new standards are less stringent ?
What explanation has been given for the change ?
Forum: Rumours & News
19th May 2016, 10:29
Replies: 1,184
Views: 2,630,746
Posted By fg32

The named "rumour section" of a named "rumour...

The named "rumour section" of a named "rumour network". And yet still the eternal complaints against the presence of rumour. Laughable if not so tedious, and space-wasting. Rather like this.
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Mar 2014, 20:16
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

Seasat

Perhaps I should have pointed out the implications for MH370 more clearly in my previous reference to my involvement with Seasat in 1978.

If the military had that in 1978 (and it was built for...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Mar 2014, 16:26
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

CowgirlInAlaska Best I've seen, by miles ...

CowgirlInAlaska

Best I've seen, by miles
Tomnod (http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/mh370_indian_ocean/map/835894)
Two windows indeed. About 8m square?
It appears to be at lat -43.78731 lon...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Mar 2014, 16:09
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

Synthetic Aperture Radar

RichManJoe


Synthetic Aperture Radar is wonderful. I worked on it in early days.
The problem with radar is that a very narrow beam requires a very large antenna.
Too large for an aircraft.
So...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Mar 2014, 13:22
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

McLauchlin is the official Inmarsat spokesman. ...

McLauchlin is the official Inmarsat spokesman.
I'll just leave these here without comment:

McLauchlin (to Bloomberg):


Hunt for Jet Switches to Visual Search as Radar Empty - Bloomberg...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Mar 2014, 13:54
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

odoberon Maybe I'm confused, and my second...

odoberon

Maybe I'm confused, and my second interview was with Bloomberg. I had about seven interview windows open at one point.
Anyway, the link is there. Thats my source.

I'm confident he...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Mar 2014, 13:49
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

Pontius Navigator McClaughlan said it, but...

Pontius Navigator

McClaughlan said it, but he gave no evidence.
Later he has said the reason he said it is that "it would have been seen if it went north".
Firstly, thats an assumption,...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Mar 2014, 13:38
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

awblain Agreed. The only reasons I have...

awblain


Agreed. The only reasons I have seen against North are
"it would have been seen" - but how about the long transit across Indonesia?
And (more recently) "the pinger batteries will run...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Mar 2014, 13:27
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

Sorry oldoberon Both quotes are cut and...

Sorry oldoberon

Both quotes are cut and paste from the interview reports

IBTimes report of interview: Report 20 Mar
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Would Have Been Found If Communications Box...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 22:50
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

KLN94 You can't, it seems, directly. They...

KLN94

You can't, it seems, directly. They obscure it on purpose to prevent people picking and choosing and leaving coverage gaps. Maybe also to make clients pay who must choose.
There is a way to...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 22:35
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

glendalegoon I THINK I heard the minister in...

glendalegoon

I THINK I heard the minister in a Malaysian press conference say that all the cabin crew were in a union, but not the pilots. Only just audible, and a rapidly swallowed aside.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 20:26
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

Travel risk statistics

awblain


It's a personal choice, assessing risk, But I'm with Ettore…per journey.

Mind you - essential travel, and voluntary travel, might logically be assessed differently.
"Shall I go at...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 18:40
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

paull PPMAGENTO's arcs are guesses. Not...

paull


PPMAGENTO's arcs are guesses. Not because I say so. Because he says so. Look closely.

And in all these 6000 odd posts, and all my reading, I have never seen the number for any arc but...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 17:06
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

oldoberon Yes. On the probabilities I think...

oldoberon
Yes. On the probabilities I think they exist, and have been used. Available to some, but not to us.
And they are NOT as marked on PPMAGENTO's map. Those are guesses.

Just trying to...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 16:24
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

D.S. On more careful reading of your post, is...

D.S.
On more careful reading of your post, is see you were indeed using the word "ping" in a different sense. I should have concentrated harder on the context. Apologies. I shall take the liberty of...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 16:15
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

MagnusP I don't really think so. This is...

MagnusP

I don't really think so.
This is media garbage.
These images are not from a sensitive US source (implied "governmental") whose identity needs protecting. They are from a commercial...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 16:04
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

RetiredF4 Please lets not start a whole new...

RetiredF4
Please lets not start a whole new cascade of misunderstanding based on casual reading of PPMAGENTO's map. The arcs other than the red one at 8.11 are GUESSES. No such arc information has...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 06:23
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

Yawn said Indeed, but did you see my...

Yawn said


Indeed, but did you see my previous post where I suggested a different interpretation?
If this Aussie find turns out to be a red herring, thoughts might turn to the Northern Arc...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 03:15
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

I have found something so ridiculous it just has...

I have found something so ridiculous it just has to be a stupid coincidence, but the logic is so good, I feel compelled to share it with you, even at risk of upsetting the mods.

Question…..If the...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2014, 22:27
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

For anyone wishing to explore exactly where the...

For anyone wishing to explore exactly where the inmarsat "arcs" are located.
This is a detailed description of how to use Google Earth to do it.
No speculation, no hypotheses. Just instructions,...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Mar 2014, 09:29
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

According to China.org.cn, 19 families have...

According to China.org.cn, 19 families have signed a joint statement saying that their family members' cell phones connected, but the calls hung up. The relatives have asked Malaysia Airlines to...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Mar 2014, 00:14
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

Perfect nosedive, engines off? How fast?

And of course, we can extend my previous crude argument to an engines-off perfect nose dive. The thrust provided by the weight will be three times that previously provided by the engines, giving a...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Mar 2014, 23:52
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

Fastest possible descent rate? People have been asking….

For those keen to discuss shortest possible time of descent, and hence to assume a full throttle vertical dive, we can calculate very crudely, incorporating air resistance, thus:

Thrust to weight...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Mar 2014, 22:44
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,210,031
Posted By fg32

"Yes, 40s is about right for an object released...

"Yes, 40s is about right for an object released with no initial velocity.

If an aircraft pitches down, however, some part of the horizontal velocity becomes the initial velocity (100% if it goes...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Nov 2013, 10:33
Replies: 1,147
Views: 486,946
Posted By fg32

Fire truck killing recumbent survivor

Am I the only one who has closely examined the existing video footage?

One can clearly see the moment this person is crushed. The vehicle manoeuvring, the fireman who discovers the body, looking...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jul 2013, 08:42
Replies: 2,403
Views: 2,196,782
Posted By fg32

I think , obgraham, you are looking at the wrong...

I think , obgraham, you are looking at the wrong video.
"Neither foam truck moves during the video" makes this certain.

This video is the most comprehensive:

San Francisco Boeing 777 Plane...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Jun 2009, 14:40
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,284,500
Posted By fg32

BOAC said This is too much. This thread...

BOAC said

This is too much.
This thread has seen more than half a million hits.
At an average of 3 views per day per person for a week, that suggests that about 20,000 people are viewing.
Do...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Feb 2009, 21:25
Replies: 2,015
Views: 714,840
Posted By fg32

Could someone knowledgeable please help out by...

Could someone knowledgeable please help out by describing what changes occur in the forces required from the stabilizer during the change to flaps 15?

To a simpleton like me it might seem that it...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Feb 2009, 20:35
Replies: 2,015
Views: 714,840
Posted By fg32

NTSB briefing: crew briefed ils approach to...

NTSB briefing:

crew briefed ils approach to 23 Buffalo
discussed vis 3m snow and mist
at 16000 vis hazy so requested 12000
shortly after cleared to 11000
FDR showed airframe de-ice selected...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Aug 2008, 08:56
Replies: 2,686
Views: 1,138,663
Posted By fg32

md80fanatic: Please look more carefully - it...

md80fanatic:

Please look more carefully - it is not a wing. It is a small rear piece/flap from the starboard stabiliser, outboard of that photographed still attached to the tail assembly. The...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Aug 2008, 14:10
Replies: 2,686
Views: 1,138,663
Posted By fg32

a restatement for those coming to the thread late

New arrivers to the thread may keep finding references to the "in air mode" hypothesis.
To prevent the same questions again and again it might be useful to explain that it goes roughly like this...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jan 2008, 14:13
Replies: 307
Views: 182,344
Posted By fg32

my two penn'orth after silently reading every post

I make no apology for posting what some of you may brand "speculation" on a website named "Rumour Network". Surely every rumour is speculative.

I have read and considered every single post in both...
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