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Forum: Rumours & News
15th Aug 2019, 13:06
Replies: 82
Views: 62,155
Posted By 3rd_ear

I've worked for a company who outsourced building...

I've worked for a company who outsourced building maint to CBRE; all existing staff were TUPed over with some exchange of positions within CBRE. Some of the electricians were seasoned old hands who,...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Jun 2019, 18:48
Replies: 51
Views: 32,716
Posted By 3rd_ear

Presumably instead of conventional landing gear,...

Presumably instead of conventional landing gear, it will have tele-castors.
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Apr 2019, 13:29
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,275,900
Posted By 3rd_ear

Ok, I'm with you - I've read most of this thread...

Ok, I'm with you - I've read most of this thread and yes, the intent of MCAS seems clear. Perhaps I wouldn't have reacted if he'd said "intended to be a handling qualities function" instead of...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Apr 2019, 12:24
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,275,900
Posted By 3rd_ear

Eeeeew! That gives me the heebies, it reeks of...

Eeeeew! That gives me the heebies, it reeks of disingenuity. Is he justified in what he says?
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Sep 2018, 17:49
Replies: 93
Views: 48,514
Posted By 3rd_ear

I would be utterly appalled if they weren't -...

I would be utterly appalled if they weren't - unless they've bullied their acquirer into submission on the basis of their scale and throughput (aka the richness of the pickings for the acquirer)....
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
13th Jul 2018, 09:16
Replies: 29
Views: 2,934
Posted By 3rd_ear

Ospreys for breakfast, lunch and tea in N5. They...

Ospreys for breakfast, lunch and tea in N5. They seem to like to orbit round the Emirates; 3 of them 10x on Wednesday lunch, same about 16x last night around 7pm, unknown n umber 7x this morning...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
1st Sep 2016, 15:37
Replies: 22
Views: 3,738
Posted By 3rd_ear

Thanks for your input, everyone. I've always...

Thanks for your input, everyone.

I've always been impressed by ATC, especially when the Heathrow "floodgates" open at 06:00 (always sounds frantically busy in a calm sort of way) and I thank you...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
1st Sep 2016, 14:25
Replies: 22
Views: 3,738
Posted By 3rd_ear

There is no reason to be uncivil - or arrogant. ...

There is no reason to be uncivil - or arrogant.

I think it's perfectly fair to wonder why two aircraft are vectored like that when there is evidently room not to. Is there not an issue with...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
31st Aug 2016, 10:51
Replies: 22
Views: 3,738
Posted By 3rd_ear

Yes, finally worked out Webtrak - there was 1900...

Yes, finally worked out Webtrak - there was 1900 ft vertical between them, not an awful lot horizontal. The A380 is so big (and so A319 proportioned!), it's difficult to scale between it and other...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
31st Aug 2016, 10:16
Replies: 22
Views: 3,738
Posted By 3rd_ear

Separation

I thought I'd drop this in here, rather than be flayed alive by the professionals elsewhere.

This morning, I was caught in a conversation in the street with a very non-geek woman and during this,...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
31st Aug 2016, 10:03
Replies: 12
Views: 2,299
Posted By 3rd_ear

Yeah, brain-fart on my part.

Yeah, brain-fart on my part.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
28th Aug 2016, 17:04
Replies: 12
Views: 2,299
Posted By 3rd_ear

That would have been the 29th August - I caught a...

That would have been the 29th August - I caught a distant snap of Memphis Belle over N16, wrong lens for that job though. ...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
28th Aug 2016, 10:28
Replies: 12
Views: 2,299
Posted By 3rd_ear

Thanks Dave, most informative. The old stuff...

Thanks Dave, most informative. The old stuff often tries to sneak across London but the engine sound always gives the game away - it's frustrating when I can hear them but not see them sufficiently...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
26th Aug 2016, 19:54
Replies: 12
Views: 2,299
Posted By 3rd_ear

B-25 over London?

This afternoon, 26/08/16, I am reasonably sure I saw a B-25 Mitchell heading south over Holloway. Not one I've seen before here, anyone else catch sight of it? It kind of went nicely with the Dragon...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Nov 2015, 19:37
Replies: 211
Views: 158,486
Posted By 3rd_ear

I recently had an interesting conversation with a...

I recently had an interesting conversation with a Russian engineer I've known for a number of years; according to him, he knows at least one of the investigators into this crash and apparently the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Nov 2015, 10:33
Replies: 48
Views: 28,710
Posted By 3rd_ear

I have to say, as a non-pilot, that I would not...

I have to say, as a non-pilot, that I would not be terribly keen to take control like that without quite a bit of altitude to cock it up in. It doesn't sound, from the article, as if there was much...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
24th Aug 2015, 11:36
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,031,362
Posted By 3rd_ear

@robin: re Farnborough 1952, it's a sad...

@robin: re Farnborough 1952, it's a sad coincidence that the organisers' response was to carry on directly after the accident with Neville Duke flying the nuts off a Hunter. That was a very different...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
23rd Aug 2015, 17:23
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,031,362
Posted By 3rd_ear

Experienced pilots, please tell us what's...

Experienced pilots, please tell us what's happening here and whether that is what you'd expect or not Shoreham air crash: Man films Hunter hitting A27 road - BBC News...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
22nd Aug 2015, 14:16
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,031,362
Posted By 3rd_ear

There are now several videos showing the whole...

There are now several videos showing the whole thing, all of which leave me feeling rather sick. This is a grim accident; I'm disinclined to post any links to the videos, they'll no doubt be repeated...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
22nd Aug 2015, 13:28
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,031,362
Posted By 3rd_ear

Sussex police quoted as saying "several...

Sussex police quoted as saying "several casualties". This is a tragedy, I'm afraid. The reports of two cyclists killed and 4 cars hit are unconfirmed; it's not looking good though.
...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
22nd Aug 2015, 12:55
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,031,362
Posted By 3rd_ear

Hawker Hunter down at Shoreham

Twitter is full of reports of a Hunter down on the A27, two cyclists killed apparently, no news of the pilot yet. That's really sad for all concerned.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
19th Apr 2015, 13:26
Replies: 40
Views: 45,731
Posted By 3rd_ear

tread, I was fairly sure it was a single,...

tread, I was fairly sure it was a single, although checking the Islander profile it may be that I just couldn't see the engines - and when I actually heard it last year (directly above me) it did...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
19th Apr 2015, 09:16
Replies: 40
Views: 45,731
Posted By 3rd_ear

Sorry to drag this thread up from the deep -I...

Sorry to drag this thread up from the deep -I noticed on Friday, at some considerable height above North London, a very small single-engined aircraft chugging slowly around in a sort of random...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Dec 2014, 17:27
Replies: 1,178
Views: 812,009
Posted By 3rd_ear

You say that half in jest, Herod, but you hit a...

You say that half in jest, Herod, but you hit a nerve with me as that possibility has been on my mind.

In the May before the London Olympics, I was riding down an Islington back street one...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
15th Mar 2014, 13:29
Replies: 12
Views: 1,948
Posted By 3rd_ear

Alas, no Sunderland, but a hell of a coinkydink...

Alas, no Sunderland, but a hell of a coinkydink that this thread started just now - Vintage Aircraft (Fantasy of Flight in FL): Fujifilm X System / SLR Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2014, 10:48
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,388,199
Posted By 3rd_ear

The pilot thickens. Just out of curiosity,...

The pilot thickens.

Just out of curiosity, is there any public record of the last known conversation beyond the "Roger that" bit we've been allowed to know of? What was being acknowledged by that...
Forum: Questions
7th Jul 2013, 11:43
Replies: 34
Views: 7,793
Posted By 3rd_ear

Yankeeclipper (IANAP). Re. LHR - a couple of...

Yankeeclipper

(IANAP). Re. LHR - a couple of years ago with 120.4 on the scanner, beautiful April morning, there was a half-hour when the Heathrow Director was asking incoming pilots "Can you see...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Mar 2013, 07:46
Replies: 359
Views: 235,229
Posted By 3rd_ear

Excellent replies, thank you.

Excellent replies, thank you.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Mar 2013, 07:09
Replies: 359
Views: 235,229
Posted By 3rd_ear

This whole thing puzzles me. On one of the few...

This whole thing puzzles me. On one of the few sunny days in January, the sky was blue from horizon to horizon and any airliner visible left a non-persistent contrail if it left one at all. Wind...
Forum: Private Flying
28th Apr 2011, 17:10
Replies: 1
Views: 2,514
Posted By 3rd_ear

Yak crashes into Essex lake?

According to BBC News - Two feared dead after plane crashes into Essex lake (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13228734)

In which case, RIP crew and anyone know what happened yet?
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
22nd Feb 2011, 09:14
Replies: 2
Views: 1,009
Posted By 3rd_ear

Ah, that makes sense, thanks. One other...

Ah, that makes sense, thanks.

One other thing I noticed (unrelated) last night was a Thompson aircraft fly down from the north, do an apporoach to Gatwick and then fly off south-west, climbing to...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
21st Feb 2011, 20:40
Replies: 2
Views: 1,009
Posted By 3rd_ear

Titan Airways

Quick question, would David Cameron have used a Titan 757 to make his Cairo trip? Saw one on FR24 doing Stanstead - Gatwick and wondered.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Sep 2010, 11:35
Replies: 24
Views: 5,134
Posted By 3rd_ear

I'm incredibly impressed by the modesty of those...

I'm incredibly impressed by the modesty of those Few who have appeared in TV
interviews this week (including the Douglas Bader 1965 interview) and their deference to "the many" who enabled them to...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Sep 2010, 19:09
Replies: 122
Views: 96,128
Posted By 3rd_ear

Congratulations to the crew on that landing, very...

Congratulations to the crew on that landing, very reassuring. For those of us who have been following the UPS crash thread, notice 4 flight deck crew on this one - I wonder how much of a difference...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
7th Jun 2010, 20:07
Replies: 112
Views: 27,681
Posted By 3rd_ear

Hello Botters Spalcony, So there's my old...

Hello Botters Spalcony,

So there's my old dad, ex Sgt-Nav Blenheims, fall of France, May 1940 and he was not even 19, just about survived that for the freedom of all etc, and would have a word or...
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