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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Oct 2022, 14:48
Replies: 5
Views: 2,454
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

Oh well, still don't really understand why people...

Oh well, still don't really understand why people don't simply keep well clear of erupting volcanos. Even in piston and Britannia days, info was well promulgated by both AIS and Met offices. By the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd Oct 2022, 21:54
Replies: 5
Views: 2,454
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

BA009 Jakarta incident 24 June 1982

Many of us will recall the occasion when the BA 747-200 operating KUL PER lost all four engines when flying through high level contamination from the eruption of Mt Gulunggung not far to the East of...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Jul 2022, 08:40
Replies: 266
Views: 109,896
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

Looking back on my own airline career that began...

Looking back on my own airline career that began mid 1960s Being English, a working knowledge of core aviation French and Portuguese was protective. French perhaps easier for British with closer...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Jun 2022, 23:21
Replies: 41
Views: 7,793
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

I flew as a sprog short contract F/O with Air...

I flew as a sprog short contract F/O with Air Links during 1965. Four Argonauts and the last surviving Hermes. All pilots on individual short contract and three DFC holders that I knew about....
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Dec 2021, 16:59
Replies: 360
Views: 193,981
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

I'm not familiar with modern types such as the...

I'm not familiar with modern types such as the 777-300. ( Although, did fly DC10 and B744 over 20 years ago. ) My question: "Is it mandatory to engage flight director for take-off" ? Rotating...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
31st Oct 2021, 12:01
Replies: 6
Views: 2,146
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

....Depends what is meant by 'Private'. Owned,...

....Depends what is meant by 'Private'. Owned, leased or rented? V12 seems to know of 'hundreds' of private jets, but doesn't offer any checkable detail. Scottish owned PIK has offered free...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Oct 2021, 10:55
Replies: 12
Views: 4,040
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

Yup, Thanks I read that item as well.... Doesn't...

Yup, Thanks I read that item as well.... Doesn't really throw any light on what could have been the obtaining of any specific evidence concerning suspected structural failure.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
22nd Oct 2021, 09:16
Replies: 12
Views: 4,040
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

N690LS Turbo 690B Commander

28SEP21 Accident during aero survey sortie in which the 1975 registered aircraft may have suffered a catastrophic structural failure during the cruise at 15000ft. Appeared to have rapidly reduced...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Oct 2021, 17:25
Replies: 232
Views: 61,257
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

Yup.....I trained on Chipmunks, and loved them so...

Yup.....I trained on Chipmunks, and loved them so much I had done an extra @200 hours on the Chippie until my pocket money ran out. Later Piston Provost, a bit meatier, but it was Summer and used to...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd May 2020, 08:22
Replies: 1,808
Views: 3,082,161
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

.......Confess that I haven't read more than a...

.......Confess that I haven't read more than a couple of the initial comments, but that photo of the aircraft in flight stuck a note. Noticed a large bird in the background. I know nothing of any...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Nov 2019, 15:56
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,806,844
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

RUNAWAY STAB.....

I never got more glass and push-button qualified than my last nine years on the 744, thus well out of date on any later stuff. However I did begin my 707 school with Boeing at Seattle.
A 'Runaway...
Forum: Questions
22nd Feb 2019, 11:49
Replies: 6
Views: 1,407
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

JET STREAM CLAIMS

Currently on PPRuNe and Social Media, claims of an impressive Ground Speed achieved in the Jet Stream by a Virgin 'Dreamliner' twin has triggered an significant interest.
One or two British Tabloid...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Aug 2018, 12:53
Replies: 178
Views: 127,238
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

ALPINE FLYER........I suppose I was thinking...

ALPINE FLYER........I suppose I was thinking about that four engined Airbus that left somewhere in Australia for the Middle East having set a too low assumed temperature - or what ever system they...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Aug 2018, 06:54
Replies: 178
Views: 127,238
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

Have only speed-read all the above, but sometimes...

Have only speed-read all the above, but sometimes it can be a nasty shock at VR to realise something got missed out on the check list....like flaps or reduced thrust settings. A bit early to run out...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2018, 14:42
Replies: 28
Views: 15,372
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

Recalling our neighbour's mutterings about ETOPS...

Recalling our neighbour's mutterings about ETOPS in the 1990s, and assuming the Delta was operating ATL LHR in this manner, my wife wants to know if this smokey event counts as an engine failure...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2018, 14:09
Replies: 162
Views: 116,681
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

WHBM.......Curious to know who got that £1 BA...

WHBM.......Curious to know who got that £1 BA gave for BCal. That nice Lord King gave self and many others £12.15 for each of our shares, and treated the event as a merger....up to a point,...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Apr 2018, 09:52
Replies: 32
Views: 27,129
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

.......Having listened to a couple or three tales...

.......Having listened to a couple or three tales of squished up Cattle-Class rides, albeit on US internals, I'm not sure it would make much difference in a rapid evacuation scenario if one or two...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
25th Mar 2018, 10:08
Replies: 16
Views: 5,828
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

...What level of pax/freight was carried? ...

...What level of pax/freight was carried? Impressive if to be full routine payload.....and what is the seat pitch for cattle-class pax?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Mar 2017, 13:16
Replies: 36
Views: 11,593
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

Still have a throat mike in a box of junk in the...

Still have a throat mike in a box of junk in the loft. First used a couple from a war surplus shop near Leicester Square when at school, as cheap experimental guitar amp pick-ups. Used one briefly...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
19th Feb 2017, 12:31
Replies: 445
Views: 117,570
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

....Just stumbled on this thread when...

....Just stumbled on this thread when accidentally actioning 'Today's Posts'.

Skimmed page 1 only, and noted the acronym LGBTQI. I looked up LGBT a long time ago, but this would seem to imply a...
Forum: Cabin Crew
28th Dec 2016, 16:48
Replies: 11
Views: 4,581
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

...We have to sympathise with some of those...

...We have to sympathise with some of those diminutive young female cabin crew in the 'Far Eastern' section of the planet. Maybe we Westerners could lend them a few of ours. A couple of our senior...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Oct 2015, 10:05
Replies: 99
Views: 37,660
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

....Having just had a very quick scan through the...

....Having just had a very quick scan through the previous posts here, I can make a couple or three observations.....The pressurisation stuff was on the co-pilot's side, and was ( I seem to recall )...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Oct 2015, 08:27
Replies: 99
Views: 37,660
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

I flew the Air Links C4 Argonauts as a co-pilot,...

I flew the Air Links C4 Argonauts as a co-pilot, but won't claim to be much of an expert, since ground school was all afternoon, and six visual circuits at Gatwick was all the handling I got for a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Apr 2015, 14:13
Replies: 25
Views: 7,172
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

Around 1963, Dryhurst and Belsen were the names...

Around 1963, Dryhurst and Belsen were the names of CAFU examiners to take note of. I much later flew with Belsen's son John when he first joined Caledonian from the RAF. John explained to me the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Apr 2015, 07:08
Replies: 25
Views: 7,172
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

Not in same place as my log books at the moment,...

Not in same place as my log books at the moment, but it was a big treat to do my night test in a CAA Dove at Stansted. Sad to have missed the Dove for the instrument rating though. I heard a rumour...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Mar 2015, 15:22
Replies: 14
Views: 6,863
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

Sad to hear this. I have a handful of copies. ...

Sad to hear this. I have a handful of copies. The sound and look of large prop transports have always seemed more interesting to self than pure jets. Even five years flying Brits didn't seem as...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Jan 2015, 19:05
Replies: 105
Views: 63,903
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

Moving away during the first moments following...

Moving away during the first moments following push back in a DC10, I felt a slight bump......Called the ramp engineers back on company frequency to discover ONE tyre only burst or sudden deflate on...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
4th Nov 2014, 13:44
Replies: 12
Views: 5,908
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

....Whilst not qualified in any aspect of Airbus...

....Whilst not qualified in any aspect of Airbus or this airfield, the position that the aircraft ended up in, and from what looks like it could be the main runway, might have been a swift opening of...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
7th Sep 2014, 14:59
Replies: 9
Views: 1,507
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

Quoting previous comments of others on PPRuNe

When contributing to threads on PPRuNe, it can be useful to insert a quote from a previous person. This sentence or paragraph is then reproduced by copying and pasting to one's own post. This action...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Aug 2014, 08:41
Replies: 100
Views: 78,747
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

Those Grimes lights.....

....Thanks, Stilton. That saved me from trawling through old manuals buried in the attic. I remember as a co-pilot on detachment with Americans over 40 years ago, someone who flew B17s from England...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Aug 2014, 08:38
Replies: 100
Views: 78,747
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

....Whilst we are at it, can anyone remind me the...

....Whilst we are at it, can anyone remind me the name of those Boeing detachable cockpit lights that were on a flexible coiled chord, and could be swapped from a white to red lens?

The rumour...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
25th Aug 2014, 10:15
Replies: 57
Views: 20,190
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

Basil......Technically, BA and BCal was a merger....

Basil......Technically, BA and BCal was a merger. 12.50 per share.... ta.
Forum: Questions
25th Jul 2014, 08:37
Replies: 0
Views: 957
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

Ouagadougou Radar?

Ouagadougou Radar? We are accustomed to the cliché "Disappeared from Radar" when ever an aircraft comes to grief, whether on short finals to a remote jungle strip or en-route over 'First World'...
Forum: Questions
18th Mar 2014, 09:38
Replies: 3
Views: 1,633
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

Just wondering, that's all........ ...

Just wondering, that's all........

Increased fuel uplift would seem to make it even less likely that a 777 would file for an initial cruise FL of 450. Someone on another forum suggested a weight...
Forum: Questions
18th Mar 2014, 01:03
Replies: 3
Views: 1,633
Posted By ONE GREEN AND HOPING

Media versions of Boeing 777 performance

Trying to make sense of press and TV comments on the RR Boeing 777 performance in relation to the missing aircraft out of KUL. Maybe a real 777 dispatcher/pilot/engineer or similar can answer what...
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