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Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
22nd Apr 2024, 07:53
Replies: 4,460
Views: 636,703
Posted By AES

Not so much an unusual type, but an interesting...

Not so much an unusual type, but an interesting source and sortie?? C130 "Super Hercules", Oman Air Force, "Reg." 506, heard & "seen" (FR24), climbing >21,000+ ft, close to Basel (Switzerland), en...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Apr 2024, 18:36
Replies: 704
Views: 195,960
Posted By AES

@neville nobody: You wrote, QUOTE: There were...

@neville nobody: You wrote, QUOTE: There were numerous MCAS events in the USA prior to the fatals ....... UNQUOTE:

I for one would be very interested in your supporting evidence for "numerous"...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Apr 2024, 17:39
Replies: 704
Views: 195,960
Posted By AES

I thought everyone in the industry knew - in...

I thought everyone in the industry knew - in respect of OEM items like engines (and many other items) Boeing is just like every other airframe manufacturer - they simply install whatever widget it...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2024, 14:06
Replies: 704
Views: 195,960
Posted By AES

Concur with posts #550-554. The airline I worked...

Concur with posts #550-554. The airline I worked for always had at least one "tech rep" based at the manufacturer (regardless of which manufacturer) when "our" new a/c were going down the line -...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
14th Mar 2024, 09:45
Replies: 41
Views: 13,737
Posted By AES

Thanks for that. I've seen the updated "SUST"...

Thanks for that. I've seen the updated "SUST" report.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
12th Mar 2024, 20:01
Replies: 4,460
Views: 636,703
Posted By AES

OK, thanks.

OK, thanks.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
12th Mar 2024, 14:52
Replies: 4,460
Views: 636,703
Posted By AES

Thanks. Wonder why over Switzerland though...

Thanks.

Wonder why over Switzerland though (no idea where it ended up, it was simply headed "in the general direction of" Geneva. I stopped looking so no idea where it was really going - AND if...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
12th Mar 2024, 09:01
Replies: 4,460
Views: 636,703
Posted By AES

Yesterday (Monday 11th March 2024) "seen" on...

Yesterday (Monday 11th March 2024) "seen" on Flightradar24 at approx midday local time, almost directly above my home (ca. 20 Km S.E. from Basel/Mulhouse):

Antonov 124-100 (says Fr24) at FL300, GS...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
4th Mar 2024, 11:06
Replies: 41
Views: 13,737
Posted By AES

@ helispotter: Thank you Sir. Quite correct, I...

@ helispotter: Thank you Sir. Quite correct, I did think the manufacturer is in Oz! I SHOULD Google the a/c!
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Mar 2024, 12:12
Replies: 41
Views: 13,737
Posted By AES

Question Thanks to all posters above who appear to be "in...

Thanks to all posters above who appear to be "in the know". That "knowledge" is in contrast to my own, which in the whole GA/"little aeroplane"/sky diving context is virtually nil.

Just for info,...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
19th Feb 2024, 16:38
Replies: 41
Views: 13,737
Posted By AES

Thanks for that ATC Watcher. Personally I do not...

Thanks for that ATC Watcher. Personally I do not "know him" these days (to a large extent I lost touch with the pilot when he started parachuting, and then flying himself; though we did have a pretty...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
19th Feb 2024, 15:39
Replies: 41
Views: 13,737
Posted By AES

Thanks for the v quick response. Don't know much...

Thanks for the v quick response. Don't know much about that a/c type (I am/was a big a/c bloke)!

But I shall certainly miss "Krigel" even though I haven't seen him for quite a few years now.
...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
19th Feb 2024, 15:25
Replies: 41
Views: 13,737
Posted By AES

Para drop flight accident

At approx 14.00 local, Sunday 18th February 2024, near "Flugplatz Grenchen" (Kanton Solothun, Switzerland) a "passenger aircraft" (per local newspaper reports) crashed just outside the airfield....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Jan 2024, 08:31
Replies: 18
Views: 2,481
Posted By AES

Re "In flight repairs": thnarg wrote, QUOTE:...

Re "In flight repairs":

thnarg wrote, QUOTE: Only it would have been in German, Sue, because that’s Alfred Eisenstädt’s photo of the Graf Zeppelin being repaired over the Atlantic. UNQUOTE:

In...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Aug 2020, 13:13
Replies: 30
Views: 5,371
Posted By AES

Thanks for the inputs folks. So I'm not just...

Thanks for the inputs folks. So I'm not just dreaming in my old age then thank you - although now you come to mention it Goldilocksk it certainly IS possible that one comes to the Castle AFTER the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Aug 2020, 09:22
Replies: 30
Views: 5,371
Posted By AES

Thks for the info re ANZ/"TE". I'm obviously well...

Thks for the info re ANZ/"TE". I'm obviously well out of date (NO surprises there)!

While I realise that my OP was off topic (nothing to do with the R. Thames) doesn't anyone else remember seeing...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Jul 2020, 11:53
Replies: 30
Views: 5,371
Posted By AES

Smile Thread drift - flying boats on the Medway at Rochester

As above, thread drift, but as a nipper (4 or 5 years old perhaps) I can remember driving down the old A2 (London-Dover) "Arterial road" (none of yer A2/M2 & big concrete bridges stuff then!) with my...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Jan 2013, 12:59
Replies: 20
Views: 31,416
Posted By AES

Thanks & best wishes for New Year

@MX Trainer,

I join all the others above in thanking you for an EXCELLENT piece of work (OK, 4 pieces of work!) which are 1st Class and clearly not a 5 min job!

All downloaded successfully...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th May 2011, 21:15
Replies: 16
Views: 3,750
Posted By AES

Ju 52s, Malkovitch, n things

Gents,
No mention by anyone yet of the Ju 52 featured - it looks like one of the 3 off a/c operated by JuAir, based in Duebendorf, just outside Zuerich (and incidentally the home of the original ZRH...
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
10th Mar 2010, 08:28
Replies: 10
Views: 4,249
Posted By AES

Sr T & Adat

I still haven't received my Flight this week. I have the following from my Google Alerts" for SR T, QUOTE:

Abu Dhabi investment company, Mubadala, is carrying out a review of its two maintenance...
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
2nd Mar 2010, 19:13
Replies: 10
Views: 4,249
Posted By AES

SR Technics

Gents,

It seems that there MAY be something in this rumour (from a daily news service), QUOTE:

Mubadala (UAE) considers integration of maintenance providers Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies...
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
27th Feb 2010, 12:32
Replies: 10
Views: 4,249
Posted By AES

SR Technics former employees

A350/B787

Where did you hear that rumour please?

Former employees of which particular part/site of SR Technics please?

Rgds
AES
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
13th Jan 2010, 21:11
Replies: 35
Views: 14,434
Posted By AES

SR Technics Stansted

Simonchowder

True unfortunately (and true before it was FLS - who remembers Aviation Traders?).

But one has to ask why. Can it REALLY be that all the people who work there are just a bunch of...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Dec 2009, 19:43
Replies: 393
Views: 139,384
Posted By AES

Current situation

Gents,

It gives me no pleasure whatsoever, but here is a direct quote from today's issue of Air Intel Daily News, dated 16th December - a source that I've found pretty reliable up to now.
...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
6th Nov 2009, 14:36
Replies: 7
Views: 3,078
Posted By AES

"Captain Retirement"

Good day one and all,

I hope this is in the right place. It's not my own and I'm not a pilot either, but in view of all the doom & gloom affecting virtually everyone in the business these days I...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Oct 2009, 15:29
Replies: 51
Views: 9,979
Posted By AES

Sidcot

Blacksheep,

It can't be a Sidcot can it? (Sidney Cotton, early WWII I'm pretty sure). That chap in the "Engine Bay" clearly comes from the pre-WWII era.

Sorry!

Krgds
AES
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Mar 2009, 15:47
Replies: 71
Views: 15,295
Posted By AES

sidevalve

Have just sent you a PM.

Krgds
AES
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
11th Mar 2009, 14:35
Replies: 35
Views: 6,436
Posted By AES

How about Harps & Double Basses? And then, only...

How about Harps & Double Basses? And then, only slightly smaller on the scale, there's Violas!

Really ...........

AES
Forum: Tech Log
8th Mar 2009, 11:12
Replies: 10
Views: 16,200
Posted By AES

re: ASFKAP

Taharbel,

As you'll see, just 2 mins before I posted ASFKAP also posted. Clearly we entirely agree with each other (and clearly, we've both "been there, done that!).

You can actually ignore...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Mar 2009, 11:06
Replies: 10
Views: 16,200
Posted By AES

re "Dents & Buckles Chart"

Taharbel,

There are some good answers above, but I take issue with one point - there IS a requirement that all damage (and repairs thereto) are recorded, as someone has already said. BUT...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Feb 2009, 10:25
Replies: 55
Views: 12,340
Posted By AES

"Top 10 Emergency Landings"

How about the BOAC B707 that had an engine fall off (into a reservoir) soon after TO from LHR in the late '60s/early '70s? There was a thread on here somewhere with a lot of detail just recently.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Oct 2008, 14:04
Replies: 18
Views: 6,925
Posted By AES

Jumbolino

I'm not Crossair but can definitely confirm that this was an official "name" given by the airline, probably the CEO (at that time Moritz Suter) when they 1st added BAe 146s to the fleet. A bit of...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Sep 2008, 08:01
Replies: 22
Views: 5,551
Posted By AES

4 axis motion

Spot on ZFT.

It was a "development" of the old 3 axis system, achieved by mounting the 3 axis motion onto a a pair of "linear bearings" - i.e. a sort of special "railway track" - to simulate Sway...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Sep 2008, 09:03
Replies: 22
Views: 5,551
Posted By AES

Smile Checklists

John,

This thread really takes me back!!

Something very similar was also fitted to the ANZ (then called NZNAC) F27 fleet. I remember them clearly 'cos I was responsible for (at the time) the...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Aug 2008, 20:26
Replies: 2,686
Views: 1,138,818
Posted By AES

What a load of C - - P

From Post No. 166:
QUOTE: Older aircraft crash more and suffer from more issues due to age and design features.
UNQUOTE:

Like many here I've seen more than my fair share of idiotic,...
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