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Search: Posts Made By: G&T ice n slice
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Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
2nd Jan 2015, 09:12
Replies: 7
Views: 3,180
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Isn't there something about a big red button, a...

Isn't there something about a big red button, a dog and a pilot?

The pilot is there to feed & water the dog and the dog is there to keep the pilot away from the big red button.
Forum: Questions
22nd Dec 2014, 08:21
Replies: 9
Views: 3,313
Posted By G&T ice n slice

I have found on occasion when driving long-ish...

I have found on occasion when driving long-ish distances in a variety of cars

(a) spare glasses - if left in the tray between front seats the main screws gradually unscrew themselves.
(b) cameras...
Forum: Freight Dogs
18th Oct 2014, 09:10
Replies: 19
Views: 6,821
Posted By G&T ice n slice

From ancient memory, we asked all the usual...

From ancient memory, we asked all the usual horsey-focused forwarders/agents to put their grooms through our in-house animal attendants' course after which they were then certified as supernumary...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
5th Oct 2014, 15:37
Replies: 17
Views: 5,940
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Using good ole great circle mapper DXB-UIO =...

Using good ole great circle mapper

DXB-UIO = 8904 miles
DXB-MAD-UIO = 8945 miles (=+0.5%)
DXB-AMS-UIO = 9149 miles (=+2.7%)
DXB-SAO-UIO = 10274 (+15.4%)
DXB-LAX-UIO = 11835 (+32.9%)...
Forum: Questions
17th Mar 2014, 09:33
Replies: 7
Views: 4,809
Posted By G&T ice n slice

(1) Thank you for replies and the additional...

(1) Thank you for replies and the additional links
(2) Sorry If I started "yet another" thread, only search engines actually hate me...
(3) Not sure why the link won't work so I'll try again...
...
Forum: Questions
16th Mar 2014, 18:10
Replies: 7
Views: 4,809
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Average Pax with bags weights

Hi, I am NOT a pilot.

I am trying to work some numbers and it seems that a lot of carriers are using a standard weight for the "average" passenger+carryons+baggage of 90 Kgs

This seems a bit on...
Forum: Flight/Ground Ops, Crewing and Dispatch
16th Mar 2014, 14:20
Replies: 3
Views: 1,525
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Hmmm... well after a lot more goggling...

Hmmm...

well after a lot more goggling (goggle hates me) I think I may not be sufficiently conservative

for those of you interested see:
...
Forum: Flight/Ground Ops, Crewing and Dispatch
16th Mar 2014, 13:01
Replies: 3
Views: 1,525
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Load assumptions pax & bags

HI,

I am trying to back-calculate some stuff from the answer (so to speak)

(A) WEIGHT I am deliberately being a bit conservative
(1) average male pax = 80 Kg
(2) average bags = 1 per pax = 20...
Forum: Freight Dogs
10th Mar 2014, 22:09
Replies: 10
Views: 4,288
Posted By G&T ice n slice

I think there were a couple of step-changes ...

I think there were a couple of step-changes

(1) the arrival of the DC10/L1011/747

(2) replacement of the above with the MD11 & 747 BUT on many routes the replacement of the above with the 767...
Forum: Freight Dogs
9th Mar 2014, 11:13
Replies: 10
Views: 4,288
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Looking at the Airbus online docs. the...

Looking at the Airbus online docs.

the forward hold has :
option (1) 20 LDC or 7 Pallets
option (2) 22 LDC or 7 Pallets

I'm guessing that would be combinations of
6 LDC 5 pallets
12 LDC 3...
Forum: Freight Dogs
7th Mar 2014, 21:13
Replies: 10
Views: 4,288
Posted By G&T ice n slice

I know. Without giving away trade secrets,...

I know.

Without giving away trade secrets, they're generally doing a LOT better than that on quite a few sectors, as far as I can tell.

I suspect that they are very nimble when it comes to...
Forum: Freight Dogs
7th Mar 2014, 20:50
Replies: 10
Views: 4,288
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Well, the A380 is a bit of an odd beast under the...

Well, the A380 is a bit of an odd beast under the floor.

Emirates are suggesting that for cargo 3 LDP pallets & 5 LDC

QANTAS are suggesting 5 LDP & 3 LDC

LDP= pallet 88 or 96 by 125
LDC=...
Forum: Freight Dogs
7th Mar 2014, 19:26
Replies: 10
Views: 4,288
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Hummm... trouble with trying to give a 'ball...

Hummm...

trouble with trying to give a 'ball park' type set of numbers is that no-one ever agrees with anything..

has to do with the "volume" payload as well as the "weight" payload. The volume...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
14th Jan 2014, 12:06
Replies: 25
Views: 3,832
Posted By G&T ice n slice

well, drat!, there goes my suggestion.... ...

well, drat!, there goes my suggestion....

(1) make sure you are all seated together (check the aircraft seatplan and try to get a 3-bank seat set if there is one)

(2) make sure you have...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
9th Dec 2013, 19:32
Replies: 7
Views: 3,261
Posted By G&T ice n slice

I never sleep when a passenger, someone has to...

I never sleep when a passenger, someone has to stay awake & keep praying.....
Forum: Freight Dogs
23rd Nov 2013, 21:43
Replies: 9
Views: 3,425
Posted By G&T ice n slice

We operated DC9-33RC for about 20 years. would...

We operated DC9-33RC for about 20 years. would swap between all pax and all cargo very frequently.

As a pax you would only have known if you were aware of a very slight (less than 3mm) movement of...
Forum: Freight Dogs
9th Nov 2013, 08:56
Replies: 34
Views: 17,487
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Evergreen Press Release...

Evergreen Press Release (http://www.evergreenaviation.com/p_releases/110813.html)

and to save you going through here's the text:

As has been previously reported in the press, Evergreen's...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
18th Oct 2013, 17:35
Replies: 14
Views: 3,552
Posted By G&T ice n slice

well, I've check in Jetblast and it looks like...

well, I've check in Jetblast and it looks like the thronomister has gone out of factory spec, which suggests possibly an old version with the flanged adaptor module, rather thasn the later versions...
Forum: Freight Dogs
28th Sep 2013, 21:09
Replies: 8
Views: 3,890
Posted By G&T ice n slice

The immediate question I have is "how did he get...

The immediate question I have is "how did he get it all outt there?"
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Sep 2013, 17:56
Replies: 13
Views: 3,071
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Sorry, been tied up with a bunch of rubbish (work...

Sorry, been tied up with a bunch of rubbish (work stuff)

Anyhooo..

Silhoute reminded me very much of Bob Hoover's Shrike somehow. It def wasn't a C130, much too quiet!

I don;t know much...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Sep 2013, 23:23
Replies: 13
Views: 3,071
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Just curious : 23:45 very low a/c over West Cumbria

Just wizzed overhead in the pitch dark and well below the clag.
I'd guess about 200' agl - came up from the s.w. & over Distington and then headed n.e. over Lillyhall landfill.

sounded a bit like...
Forum: Freight Dogs
12th Sep 2013, 19:34
Replies: 4
Views: 4,020
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Well, I found it interesting... but then I'm...

Well, I found it interesting...

but then I'm a P.S.L.B.W.N.F.
Forum: Tech Log
12th Sep 2013, 19:16
Replies: 45
Views: 24,389
Posted By G&T ice n slice

I assume : ...

I assume :
http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR82-05.pdf
Eastern Airlines Flight 935 1981-09-22
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jun 2013, 16:23
Replies: 53
Views: 14,404
Posted By G&T ice n slice

When I worked there it was knows a British...

When I worked there it was knows a British Overstaffed Airways Corporation.

Then it was rolled up with those grammar school and secondary modern oiks from BEA and it was never the same
Forum: Freight Dogs
17th Jun 2013, 17:26
Replies: 2
Views: 2,572
Posted By G&T ice n slice

see conditions of carriage on the back of the AWB...

see conditions of carriage on the back of the AWB

Oh, wait, now we're all e-freight, umm, errr..
Forum: Freight Dogs
13th Jun 2013, 20:30
Replies: 3
Views: 3,849
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Seems like its Air Express & Regional which is...

Seems like its Air Express & Regional which is some sort of offshoot for domestic cargo of QANTAS Freight
Forum: Freight Dogs
17th May 2013, 19:24
Replies: 4
Views: 3,276
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Looking at the MASKargo site their A330F...

Looking at the MASKargo site their A330F configuration used to be both a schematic plus text, but now it's only text as :
Main 22 pallets 293 m3 125" x 88" or 125" x 88" or 16/20 ft pallet or their...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th May 2013, 20:35
Replies: 71
Views: 17,483
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Scorchio! ?

Scorchio! ?
Forum: Freight Dogs
4th May 2013, 21:30
Replies: 1
Views: 2,027
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Paging Cargo Matatu

Could you have a look at the "Bagram" thread and see what you think of the tie-down used.

I'm not current anymore, but I'm not happy with what I see.

Cheers
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
4th May 2013, 21:28
Replies: 752
Views: 608,277
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Anyone know Cargo Matatu? I'd like his...

Anyone know Cargo Matatu?

I'd like his opinion on the apparent loading method.

I am mere humble cargo ground grunt, and no longer "current" with tiedown but I am uncomfortable with what I see....
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Apr 2013, 16:17
Replies: 36
Views: 19,827
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Hmmm - ground cargo type person since 1969. ...

Hmmm - ground cargo type person since 1969.

The best way to be safe is to accept DG. I know it sounds counter-intuitive but if you accept DG what you do is to catch 99.9999% of the DG officially,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Apr 2013, 20:42
Replies: 44
Views: 8,479
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Of course the other O.W.T. is that the things...

Of course the other O.W.T. is that the things only ever got airborne because of the curvature of the earth....(just in case you hadn't heard them called that)

HS Trident a.k.a. the HS...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Apr 2013, 19:40
Replies: 44
Views: 8,479
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Wasn't the system installed so accurate that they...

Wasn't the system installed so accurate that they had to have the nosewheel gear offset from centreline, because otherwise the wheels would go banging over all the runway centre-lights, jarring the...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Apr 2013, 11:40
Replies: 2,185
Views: 1,034,441
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Hummmm well I don't fly, maintain, or have...

Hummmm

well I don't fly, maintain, or have any technical association with aircraft, but I have got 40-odd years of airline employment behind me, and us ground-grunts do pick up stuff.

but when...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Mar 2013, 17:02
Replies: 2,185
Views: 1,034,441
Posted By G&T ice n slice

Anyone any signals from anywhere as to whether...

Anyone any signals from anywhere as to whether the aircraft & associated risk is currently insurable, even with the "firebox" ?
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