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Forum: Military Aviation
14th Nov 2022, 11:37
Replies: 55
Views: 54,022
Posted By Unixman

People here might be interested to know that the...

People here might be interested to know that the dedicated centre for veteran's orthopaedic care, the Headley Court Veterans’ Orthopaedic Centre at the RJAH, was opened for business on Friday...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Sep 2022, 18:52
Replies: 1
Views: 503
Posted By Unixman

Linking a compass to a specific aircraft.

Just thinking of buying a WW2 O.2.B compass which was (probably) from a Lanc.

Anyone know if there is a way of linking the compass (via the serial number) to a particular aircraft?

The serial...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Jun 2022, 17:33
Replies: 88
Views: 23,705
Posted By Unixman

And it is all over ...

Welsh Government announced today that they are withdrawing funding for the Ynys Mon - Cardiff service with the loss of 7 jobs.
...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
12th Feb 2022, 20:12
Replies: 10
Views: 5,616
Posted By Unixman

Strange happenings over the Eastern Med

Royal Jordanian RJA112A circling off Cyprus; Wizz3017 diverted to Larnaca;
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
7th Feb 2020, 18:37
Replies: 8
Views: 1,203
Posted By Unixman

The Cloud .... Just hunt around for the best deal...

The Cloud .... Just hunt around for the best deal ....
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
29th Oct 2018, 22:34
Replies: 3
Views: 923
Posted By Unixman

If I understand you correctly then you would need...

If I understand you correctly then you would need to look at a program such as Postfix which should do what you want.
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Jun 2018, 21:40
Replies: 89
Views: 35,262
Posted By Unixman

Before I moved into IT I was a biochemist and...

Before I moved into IT I was a biochemist and looked at the rate of alcohol metabolism. The following is from a paper published in 2012.

"Although rates vary widely, the “average” metabolic...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th May 2018, 19:02
Replies: 55
Views: 54,022
Posted By Unixman

Further update. A campaign has been started to...

Further update. A campaign has been started to raise £1m for a dedicated Veteran's Orthopaedic Centre at the RJAH. Details (including how to donate) here:
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Oct 2016, 12:49
Replies: 316
Views: 60,956
Posted By Unixman

Why not somewhere like Upper Heyford ? Excellent...

Why not somewhere like Upper Heyford ? Excellent transport links (M40 and a railway are very close), decent length of runway .... I expect to be shot down though :-)
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
7th Jun 2016, 17:03
Replies: 2
Views: 4,201
Posted By Unixman

BA Gibraltar Abort

Getting reports that a BA flight from Gibraltar to London has aborted on take off. Local social media says that it was a bird-strike.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Mar 2015, 11:23
Replies: 4,104
Views: 2,536,258
Posted By Unixman

No they are not. But they seemed to have been...

No they are not. But they seemed to have been jobsworths in preventing a very sick child from urgently getting to the hospital for a live-saving operation.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Mar 2015, 10:36
Replies: 4,104
Views: 2,536,258
Posted By Unixman

The MAXIMUM viability time for a liver is about...

The MAXIMUM viability time for a liver is about 12 hours - maybe a little longer if you are very lucky. (Kidneys can be kept for considerably longer so are less urgent). Typically storage times for...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Mar 2015, 10:09
Replies: 4,104
Views: 2,536,258
Posted By Unixman

For organ transplants, any delay is critical and...

For organ transplants, any delay is critical and that hour could easily have caused the organs to have become useless. Simple as that.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Mar 2015, 09:40
Replies: 4,104
Views: 2,536,258
Posted By Unixman

"Laws are for the guidance of wise men and the...

"Laws are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools." Solon the Lawgiver ....
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Dec 2014, 09:23
Replies: 183
Views: 42,163
Posted By Unixman

Why on earth aren't regular hair tests performed...

Why on earth aren't regular hair tests performed in the military, especially for those who are in positions of very high responsibility? Cocaine (and its metabolites) will show up in the hair long...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jul 2014, 12:52
Replies: 1,644
Views: 2,234,748
Posted By Unixman

Then expect a full scale fight for the wreckage....

Then expect a full scale fight for the wreckage. The separatists are edgy, semi-trained ( apart from a core of serving Russian military ) and they also know that they f*cked up. Sending any form of...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Jul 2014, 13:59
Replies: 1,644
Views: 2,234,748
Posted By Unixman

Numpty question: is it possible to detect any...

Numpty question: is it possible to detect any tampering with the data on a FDR/CVR?
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Mar 2014, 14:49
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,179,787
Posted By Unixman

Anybody know if HMS Echo has arrived in the...

Anybody know if HMS Echo has arrived in the search area yet? Gone very quiet on that front.
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2014, 21:33
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,179,787
Posted By Unixman

Could someone just run the following bit of...

Could someone just run the following bit of physics past them to see if I have got the important point about the Doppler shift right?

If the satellite was absolutely fixed then the Doppler shift...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2014, 09:37
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,179,787
Posted By Unixman

Whittle I prefer Sherlock Holmes's version:...

Whittle

I prefer Sherlock Holmes's version: "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?"
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2014, 17:20
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,179,787
Posted By Unixman

Anybody know what the US has on Diego Garcia...

Anybody know what the US has on Diego Garcia radar-wise?
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Mar 2014, 19:54
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,179,787
Posted By Unixman

This has just appeared in New Scientist (...

This has just appeared in New Scientist

( Mods feel free to delete if this is a repeat)

Malaysian plane sent out engine data before vanishing - tech - 11 March 2014 - New Scientist...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Mar 2014, 10:11
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,179,787
Posted By Unixman

awblain Sorry but that is wrong. It didn't take 2...

awblain Sorry but that is wrong. It didn't take 2 years to find the wreckage - bits were found within a few days ( including 50 bodies). What you meant to say that the data recorders took 2 years to...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jan 2014, 19:29
Replies: 39
Views: 7,021
Posted By Unixman

Ian Weaver - Blue Badge

As a disabled person myself I keep an eye out on the issues that injured and disabled people face.

This popped up on my Facebook page today:

RAF Veteran?s Blue Badge revoked | Rantosaurus...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Sep 2013, 17:34
Replies: 62
Views: 15,639
Posted By Unixman

The flypast in Gib by two Typhoons was especially...

The flypast in Gib by two Typhoons was especially welcomed this year .....
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Sep 2013, 12:24
Replies: 83
Views: 16,810
Posted By Unixman

I wonder whether an approach to the Heritage...

I wonder whether an approach to the Heritage Lottery Fund might be in order?
Forum: Medical & Health
2nd Sep 2013, 14:17
Replies: 16
Views: 2,485
Posted By Unixman

My late father (a GP) once said that he could...

My late father (a GP) once said that he could cure a cold in 7 days; left to itself it went away in a week .....
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Aug 2013, 18:53
Replies: 78
Views: 26,497
Posted By Unixman

You might prefer this extended version of the...

You might prefer this extended version of the Gibraltar sequence ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BunQvx4YsM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ztjKeKddnU

12 Squadron Buccaneers Exercise...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
25th Aug 2013, 09:28
Replies: 23
Views: 2,597
Posted By Unixman

Not sure if this is exactly the answer to your...

Not sure if this is exactly the answer to your problem but give it a go:

You have 10 switches. Put 5 on and 5 off. Does it work? If yes then the fault lies with the 5 that are off.

Reverse the...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
10th Aug 2013, 12:50
Replies: 31
Views: 3,075
Posted By Unixman

BOAC is talking a lot of sense. As someone who...

BOAC is talking a lot of sense. As someone who works for a VERY large IT firm (think HAL) I get asked such things frequently.

I would suggest something else: buy yourself a few meters of CAT-5e...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2013, 15:45
Replies: 158
Views: 37,678
Posted By Unixman

I agree with your last point. In many respects...

I agree with your last point. In many respects Churchill's most important victory was not against Hitler, but against Halifax who wanted to come to terms with the Germans. Halifax was no...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2013, 15:16
Replies: 158
Views: 37,678
Posted By Unixman

U-Boats in the confined, shallow waters of the...

U-Boats in the confined, shallow waters of the Channel would have found operating a nightmare - if not suicidal; the RN would have probably left the heavy ships in Scapa anyway, relying on the light...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2013, 11:52
Replies: 158
Views: 37,678
Posted By Unixman

Not in 1940. At that time the Luftwaffe had very...

Not in 1940. At that time the Luftwaffe had very poor anti-ship training - as the lack of success at Dunkirk demonstrated. (Later, of course, the Germans performed well with the VIII Fliegerkorps ...
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
12th Jul 2013, 16:25
Replies: 1,150
Views: 725,183
Posted By Unixman

BBC News - Heathrow closed after plane fire...

BBC News - Heathrow closed after plane fire (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23294760)
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
8th Jul 2013, 21:07
Replies: 33
Views: 4,634
Posted By Unixman

Vercingetorix .... Waste of time if there...

Vercingetorix ....

Waste of time if there are any Linux boxes around. You can assign arbitrary MAC addresses to interfaces,
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