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Forum: Rumours & News
8th Apr 2014, 15:27
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,264
Posted By Dai_Farr

Adding to things to improve detectability: A...

Adding to things to improve detectability:

A floatable transponder, activated by g and/or seawater, that can be interrogated by search aircraft equipped with I band interrogators. Most military...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Apr 2014, 14:58
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,264
Posted By Dai_Farr

Sound versus radio energy

I've been offline all weekend and a very quick peruse of the last couple of pages spurred me to produce the following "tome". Apologies if it is just repetition. I was a sonar specialist with the...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2014, 04:31
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,264
Posted By Dai_Farr

Unfortunately, radio waves are too attenuated by...

Unfortunately, radio waves are too attenuated by the medium of water to allow useful penetration from a RADAR detection point of view.

Semi metallic? I'm afraid it's the 64,000 dollar question. ...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2014, 03:35
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,264
Posted By Dai_Farr

Uncle Fred, others have posted the various tables...

Uncle Fred, others have posted the various tables of Beaufort wind scales, sea state, etc. All I can add is an experienced searcher's perspective. Firstly, I think the video posted very recently...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2014, 14:21
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,264
Posted By Dai_Farr

Red Plum Nice thinking but Red Plum is...

Red Plum

Nice thinking but Red Plum is correct. As a former Nimrod crew member, I'd say you would also need the name of the vessel to address it. Anyone listening to Marine Channel 16 would be...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2014, 14:29
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,264
Posted By Dai_Farr

Australopithecus It depends if your airline...

Australopithecus

It depends if your airline has been paying the bills. I worked for one that did not! But then you're into different problems like repatriation and is the money in the bank on...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2014, 14:12
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,264
Posted By Dai_Farr

MountainSnake There are a lot of naval and...

MountainSnake

There are a lot of naval and air assets out there. Some have an anti-submarine warfare capability and with it, an underwater acoustic capability. The areas west and east of the...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2014, 06:37
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,264
Posted By Dai_Farr

SAR question

I asked much the same in post http://www.pprune.org/8363027-post1109.html.

Since the responses were in the negative, I suggested a UN regional approach in...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2014, 02:31
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,264
Posted By Dai_Farr

Stanley11: China Flyer: Aircrew...

Stanley11:


China Flyer:

Aircrew react well to Standard Operating Procedures. Unfortunately, the challenge illustrated in the above quotes reveals a great difficulty that can arise when a...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2014, 01:04
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,264
Posted By Dai_Farr

Hypoxia

Just back on here after several hours. My sincere apologies if this is yet another repetition!! Before going to bed I read someone asking for something on hypoxia. From my own experience, here...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Mar 2014, 04:49
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,264
Posted By Dai_Farr

@ Long Time in CX: The video purports...

@ Long Time in CX:



The video purports to have been or contributed to someone's master's degree thesis. I couldn't comment. The fact remains, though, that since it was (and remains coz I just...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Mar 2014, 03:15
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,264
Posted By Dai_Farr

Interesting responses from onetrack and Stanley11...

Interesting responses from onetrack and Stanley11 here:

onetrack: and

Stanley11:

If a global UN Search and Rescue organisation were considered unpalatable, might REGIONAL SAR...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Mar 2014, 02:06
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,264
Posted By Dai_Farr

From earlier reports on here there appear to be...

From earlier reports on here there appear to be many assets out there. I have no doubt they are all very busy. But with nothing found at this late stage, they MUST ALL have been looking in the...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Mar 2014, 00:37
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,264
Posted By Dai_Farr

As SalNichols94807 commented, shallow water makes...

As SalNichols94807 commented, shallow water makes for a notoriously difficult acoustic environment. People familiar with the (wider) geographical area have stated on here that those waters are chock...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Nov 2010, 01:52
Replies: 22
Views: 8,131
Posted By Dai_Farr

I think most log book layouts were never designed...

I think most log book layouts were never designed to accommodate the peculiarities of todays ultra long haul operations.

Most of the basic operating regulations (and uniforms) stem from the...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Nov 2010, 07:00
Replies: 0
Views: 673
Posted By Dai_Farr

Are Flight Planning Considerations Altered Now That The UK Has No More Long Range SAR

Situation:

The RAF Maritime Nimrod project has been cancelled in total leaving the United Kingdom with

a. alarmingly reduced defence of her strategic nuclear missiles and boats AND
b....
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Oct 2010, 06:28
Replies: 2,041
Views: 560,872
Posted By Dai_Farr

I cracked a joke in the Kinloss Ops Station...

I cracked a joke in the Kinloss Ops Station Briefing Room, pre-flight, in the early 80s, having seen many military functions getting farmed out to civvies. "Ha!" I said. "Ha! Next thing you know,...
Forum: Freight Dogs
29th Oct 2008, 19:59
Replies: 9
Views: 1,843
Posted By Dai_Farr

Different industries, as well as different...

Different industries, as well as different sectors within a single generic industry, operate to what you might term fortune cycles. These cycles may or may not be in synch with each other.

House...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Oct 2008, 17:04
Replies: 8
Views: 2,774
Posted By Dai_Farr

Our correspondent, BOAC, set me off on a Google...

Our correspondent, BOAC, set me off on a Google search for his image. Hitherto, alas, to no avail, but there are still 150 pages to view...

En-route, however, I was diverted to one of many...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Oct 2008, 17:25
Replies: 8
Views: 2,774
Posted By Dai_Farr

According to my copy of AP3340, the Handbook of...

According to my copy of AP3340, the Handbook of Aviation Meteorology, contrails are likely to be visible when condensed water or ice particles are present in sufficient concentration to be seen. ...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jul 2008, 18:41
Replies: 52
Views: 16,334
Posted By Dai_Farr

I'm ex-Nimrod aircrew. In the 1980's I recall...

I'm ex-Nimrod aircrew. In the 1980's I recall rose-tinted specs being issued - don't laugh, it's true!

The idea was, whilst using the best sensor yet invented (the Mark 1 eyeball) in the vicinity...
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