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Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
2nd Feb 2017, 14:43
Replies: 226
Views: 145,539
Posted By Evening Star

Google Translate provides an interesting...

Google Translate provides an interesting perspective:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/48420878/Swiss.jpg
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
2nd Oct 2015, 07:36
Replies: 81
Views: 33,509
Posted By Evening Star

Some fantastic photos:ok:. Prompts a memory. ...

Some fantastic photos:ok:. Prompts a memory.

As a wet behind the ears graduate back in the last century and based in nearly the top floor of a Headingley office building, my window positioned...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Apr 2015, 10:33
Replies: 59
Views: 13,529
Posted By Evening Star

As a young lad doing my O-level Metalwork, that...

As a young lad doing my O-level Metalwork, that question did my head in ... how on earth did Henry Maudsley perfect his first precision screw cutting lathe from less accurate tools?
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
10th Dec 2014, 10:49
Replies: 6
Views: 4,286
Posted By Evening Star

Pick the right night and that surely counts as...

Pick the right night and that surely counts as camouflage?:8
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Jan 2014, 11:29
Replies: 19
Views: 4,576
Posted By Evening Star

Read that book as a teenager, then as a graduate...

Read that book as a teenager, then as a graduate surveyor working for the former PSA one of my first jobs was to update the list of graves in individual churchyards maintained by the Commonwealth War...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Oct 2013, 13:09
Replies: 16
Views: 3,245
Posted By Evening Star

Mid-90's. My then girlfriend, a surgeon, gets a...

Mid-90's. My then girlfriend, a surgeon, gets a secondment to 'reset babies heads' in a Melbourne hospital for six weeks and could I collect her from the airport on her way home. She emerges, after...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Jun 2013, 09:45
Replies: 46
Views: 12,988
Posted By Evening Star

Must admit to wondering about the outcome when...

Must admit to wondering about the outcome when the team announced a change in the lifting method, so particular well done:D. And got to love the comment attributed to somebody from the Museum, "We'll...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Oct 2012, 10:34
Replies: 42
Views: 21,429
Posted By Evening Star

Further news report, Pilot fatigue 'one of the...

Further news report, Pilot fatigue 'one of the biggest threats to air safety' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19837178).

Speaking as a passenger, while economics does play a tremendous part in...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
9th Oct 2012, 16:31
Replies: 16
Views: 4,210
Posted By Evening Star

Full praise to the BA pilot at DME who waved back...

Full praise to the BA pilot at DME who waved back at Miss ES when, as a shy toddler a few years ago, she decided while we were waiting in the departure lounge to wave at the pilots. In the unlikely...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th May 2012, 08:28
Replies: 17
Views: 3,604
Posted By Evening Star

As a newly qualified surveyor working for the...

As a newly qualified surveyor working for the late PSA back in the last century, my job was to be the expert from head office solving the insolvable problems. One of those was a problem with...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th May 2012, 23:26
Replies: 54
Views: 10,963
Posted By Evening Star

Milo, thanks for letting us know.:ok: ...

Milo, thanks for letting us know.:ok:

Interesting and sober programme.

"We went under the wires ... which were just above the bridge"!
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
21st May 2012, 12:57
Replies: 52
Views: 11,401
Posted By Evening Star

Any flight with the now sadly long gone Gill...

Any flight with the now sadly long gone Gill Airways. Friendly, helpful, positive experience, complete with cabin crew who always seemed to have genuine smiles rather than some plastic training...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
21st May 2012, 10:54
Replies: 16
Views: 2,338
Posted By Evening Star

Actually, I am not hard pushed to thing of...

Actually, I am not hard pushed to thing of probable examples in all walks of life ... :ooh:
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
8th May 2012, 21:14
Replies: 13
Views: 3,677
Posted By Evening Star

Ironically, downloaded GIMP a few days ago after...

Ironically, downloaded GIMP a few days ago after discovering that the version of elements on my Mac does not work after installing Lion last week. Only had a brief play so far and it strikes me as...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
8th May 2012, 19:56
Replies: 13
Views: 3,677
Posted By Evening Star

Dust removal software is incompatible with silver...

Dust removal software is incompatible with silver based monochrome film (works on the dye based film). As I understand it, the software uses the infrared channel and is confused by reflections from...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Jan 2012, 14:47
Replies: 38
Views: 6,565
Posted By Evening Star

KAL902 B707 in 1978 (as opposed to KAL007). The...

KAL902 B707 in 1978 (as opposed to KAL007). The two fatalities were due to the missiles fired by the SU-15, with no further fatalities during the subsequent forced landing. Some details here...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
27th Oct 2011, 18:07
Replies: 2
Views: 818
Posted By Evening Star

UK website hosting

The impending demise of MobileMe means I need to find a new host for my personal website. Has anybody got any recommendations/warnings for UK based hosts?
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
12th Oct 2011, 09:04
Replies: 3
Views: 1,580
Posted By Evening Star

BBC News...

BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-15270134) reporting as well, along with the Newcastle Airport response that all aircraft operated as normal. Nodded in agreement with the,...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
20th Dec 2010, 09:02
Replies: 0
Views: 572
Posted By Evening Star

SuperJet Loses Alitalia

Moscow Times, 20 December 2010:



One wonders about the politics behind this story ... Putin and Berlusconi are reputed to be best of buddies.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Oct 2010, 17:23
Replies: 46
Views: 30,057
Posted By Evening Star

I know this is thread drift in adding my...

I know this is thread drift in adding my comments, but recall vividly an interview with RB in, I think, the late 1970's when he recounted how he and some other Spitfires in Western Europe were flying...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
16th Sep 2010, 21:15
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,524
Posted By Evening Star

Sorted. Knew there would a simple solution. Many...

Sorted. Knew there would a simple solution. Many thanks.:ok:
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
13th Sep 2010, 10:51
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,524
Posted By Evening Star

Question Boot Camp problems

Have searched and could not find anything, although am sure this is not the first time the question has been asked.

Trying to install XP sp2 on a Leopard (10/5/8) iMac. Have managed to partition...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
9th Jun 2010, 08:04
Replies: 19
Views: 5,663
Posted By Evening Star

Can confirm that is the case. Applied right on...

Can confirm that is the case. Applied right on the edge of the 6 months (the Russians are a bit sniffy about the six months validity, so it is worth my while) and was prepared to lose that time). New...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th May 2010, 21:50
Replies: 13
Views: 2,024
Posted By Evening Star

Will believe it if it ever happens. However, if...

Will believe it if it ever happens. However, if there is a book that cries out for filming then it has to be 'Bomber'.

Just please, let it be as written ... RAF with no Flying Forts.
Forum: Tech Log
7th Apr 2010, 15:30
Replies: 4
Views: 1,015
Posted By Evening Star

There is a slowly emerging consensus concerning...

There is a slowly emerging consensus concerning ball lightning, although the phenomenon is difficult to study and, as PP points out, there are still those sceptical about the whole business. As SLF,...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
7th Nov 2009, 11:28
Replies: 23
Views: 4,329
Posted By Evening Star

And to think I felt bad last year after...

And to think I felt bad last year after forgetting to take the meter battery out of my otherwise fully mechanical FM2n when shooting the landing at SVO.:8



Until you have experienced the...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
3rd Nov 2009, 11:18
Replies: 23
Views: 4,329
Posted By Evening Star

Very impressive, although I do wonder if a video...

Very impressive, although I do wonder if a video camera counts as the electrical equipment one should not be using during take off and landing.:hmm:
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
7th Oct 2009, 21:39
Replies: 8
Views: 2,040
Posted By Evening Star

Second what strake is saying about Russian...

Second what strake is saying about Russian passengers and the potential scrum the second the flight has left the runway. Another good reason why I have a preference for the window seat. That said,...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
7th Oct 2009, 21:27
Replies: 21
Views: 3,912
Posted By Evening Star

Just be grateful you did not have to get out and...

Just be grateful you did not have to get out and help push start ... sorry, not a helpful reply, but it was too good to resist.:\
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
21st Sep 2009, 10:53
Replies: 40
Views: 20,334
Posted By Evening Star

Or six for that matter, like the infamous Tu-154...

Or six for that matter, like the infamous Tu-154 copy of the 727 and adapted for use on gravel runways:

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/8/5/2/1569258.jpg

Actually, do wonder...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
26th Jun 2009, 16:46
Replies: 4
Views: 910
Posted By Evening Star

Question Colour laser printers

Really hacked off with the excessive drinking habits of my inkjet printer. Notice that colour laser printers are now a good price, but normal bewilderment at choice. Criteria include reasonably...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Jun 2009, 17:37
Replies: 947
Views: 1,115,907
Posted By Evening Star

Yes, a big CB can. Amongst others, Liu and Zipser...

Yes, a big CB can. Amongst others, Liu and Zipser (Liu, C., and E. J. Zipser (2005), Global distribution of convection penetrating the tropical tropopause, J. Geophys. Res.,
110, D23104,...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Mar 2009, 21:39
Replies: 8
Views: 1,631
Posted By Evening Star

Cannot comment about aviation related degrees,...

Cannot comment about aviation related degrees, but would like to make some general comments from my experience as a lecturer for a series of courses offered in both classroom and distance learning...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Mar 2009, 22:13
Replies: 34
Views: 8,839
Posted By Evening Star

You mean 'Night Fighter' by C.F. Rawnsley &...

You mean 'Night Fighter' by C.F. Rawnsley & Robert Wright? Rawnsley was Cunninghams's operator on both tours (Blenheim/Beaufighter first tour, Mosquito second). Very well read copy here in my study...
Forum: Flight Testing
25th Feb 2009, 22:22
Replies: 13
Views: 3,580
Posted By Evening Star

Off thread, but West Yorkshire actually. Large...

Off thread, but West Yorkshire actually. Large number of low rise former munitions factory buildings and two tower blocks, the older of which (IIRC) had a more problematic roof. Well, even if it felt...
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