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Forum: Military Aviation
5th Sep 2011, 11:25
Replies: 83
Views: 10,779
Posted By Arthur Rowe

Lightning Mate No, that is another lie to...

Lightning Mate

No, that is another lie to children. Don't presume, check. I go with Newton not Bernoulli. See below:

How Airplanes Fly (http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/airflylvl3.htm)

Fox 3...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Sep 2011, 17:20
Replies: 83
Views: 10,779
Posted By Arthur Rowe

There are only three forces acting on an aircraft...

There are only three forces acting on an aircraft in flight. Thrust, weight and total reaction. Lift and drag are just 'lies told to children'. They are artificially defined components of total...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jun 2010, 14:37
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,321,544
Posted By Arthur Rowe

Size is important

Tandemrotor.

BBC NEWS | UK | Chinook rescues helicopter (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7493547.stm)

OK, I agree, not twice as big!
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jun 2010, 14:43
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,321,544
Posted By Arthur Rowe

Tandemrotor. I have read this thread from...

Tandemrotor.

I have read this thread from the beginning. I believe that the cause of the Chinook crash will always remain unknown. The original findings of the Board of Inquiry should have been...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jun 2010, 06:58
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,321,544
Posted By Arthur Rowe

Eyewitness evidence

Unfortunately, even with an eyewitness who is being as honest as he can in his recollection of an event, it has been shown that eyewitness evidence is notoriously unreliable.

There is an...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st May 2010, 17:42
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,321,544
Posted By Arthur Rowe

Size and Speed

I am aware of the relative lengths of the Sea King and the Chinook. However, comparing their silhouettes I would still say the Chinook is about twice the size of the Sea King. Perhaps bulk is a...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th May 2010, 21:04
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,321,544
Posted By Arthur Rowe

I think that the evidence of the Yachtsman for...

I think that the evidence of the Yachtsman for the height and speed of the Chinook should be considered carefully as it may suffer from the effects of habituation and scale. He said that he was...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2009, 14:06
Replies: 32
Views: 6,636
Posted By Arthur Rowe

It is available as a DVD on Amazon at £19.59 but...

It is available as a DVD on Amazon at £19.59 but only one copy left when I looked. Entitled '40s Britain - Over Paid Over Sexed And Over Here'.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Mar 2009, 16:43
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,321,544
Posted By Arthur Rowe

Flipster, I agree with everything you say in your...

Flipster, I agree with everything you say in your post. Unfortunately there has long been a philosophy in the RAF to 'blame the pilot' in the event of an accident. I am reminded of an accident to...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2009, 15:17
Replies: 59
Views: 21,760
Posted By Arthur Rowe

IIRC there were two JP accidents during low level...

IIRC there were two JP accidents during low level aero display practices, both at Linton. One involved the barrel roll, shown at Post 27, where it was thought a poor horizon led to the pilot not...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Sep 2007, 15:56
Replies: 383
Views: 118,754
Posted By Arthur Rowe

Christopher Isherwood: The common...

Christopher Isherwood:

The common cormorant (or shag)
Lays eggs inside a paper bag.
You follow the idea, no doubt?
It's to keep the lightning out.

...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Dec 2006, 16:13
Replies: 35
Views: 11,490
Posted By Arthur Rowe

An old (Irish) instructor of mine used to comment...

An old (Irish) instructor of mine used to comment after a particularly smooth landing (his) 'as smooth as a cat p1ssing on glass'. Never heard it before or since.

I like the way Google is...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Aug 2006, 15:35
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,321,544
Posted By Arthur Rowe

cazatou I think you are misinterpreting a...

cazatou

I think you are misinterpreting a very sound low-level navigation technique.

Select your intended waypoint close to a feature of vertical extent. That way you can use the feature...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Aug 2006, 15:16
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,321,544
Posted By Arthur Rowe

cazatou In your post 2557 of 15 August 06 you...

cazatou
In your post 2557 of 15 August 06 you refer to the position of the lighthouse being 'misplotted'. Could you explain what you mean by this - on which chart was it misplotted? What is the...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th May 2006, 08:17
Replies: 18
Views: 3,253
Posted By Arthur Rowe

Hunter lung

As Busta points out 'Hunter lung' was a problem in the 1960s. The oxygen regulators fitted at the time had a potential problem in that if a failure occurred in the bellows the system would deliver...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Mar 2006, 10:03
Replies: 32
Views: 4,159
Posted By Arthur Rowe

Reminds me of the hand written amendment to AP129...

Reminds me of the hand written amendment to AP129 (anyone remember that?) - 'delete Hicopleter, insert Hecilopter'.
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