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Forum: Rumours & News
12th Oct 2023, 16:56
Replies: 1
Views: 2,455
Posted By Connetts

Emergency at Cape Town (FACT) ?.

Does anyone know why Cape Town’s main runway has been closed this afternoon? The notice published for the public by ACSA merely refers to an aircraft that developed “technical issues” as a result of...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Jul 2023, 08:33
Replies: 18
Views: 2,221
Posted By Connetts

I am grateful for the insights above. I ought to...

I am grateful for the insights above. I ought to have made it clearer that I was interested in the crew especially on the flight deck in a decompression situation. Naturally the pilots and cabin crew...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Jul 2023, 19:41
Replies: 18
Views: 2,221
Posted By Connetts

Hypoxia

I have long wondered about this question, but before posing it I'd better explain who I am because I know enough to know that my question must be silly and yet I have no answer. I am an 87 year old...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
19th Mar 2018, 16:08
Replies: 43
Views: 19,105
Posted By Connetts

Court orders Guptas' jet to be grounded

Here's the latest developments......

https://mg.co.za/article/2018-03-19-court-orders-guptas-jet-to-be-grounded
...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
7th Jun 2017, 19:02
Replies: 21
Views: 7,327
Posted By Connetts

Turbulence causes mid-air panic on Kulula flight to Cape Town

Turbulence causes mid-air panic on Kulula flight to Cape Town | IOL (http://www.iol.co.za/news/turbulence-causes-mid-air-panic-on-kulula-flight-to-cape-town-9608928)

Life amongst the passengers...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th May 2017, 13:52
Replies: 30
Views: 14,547
Posted By Connetts

Loose Rivets comments: Well, Loose Rivets ...

Loose Rivets comments:

Well, Loose Rivets has committed a grave error of judgment which will be forgiven by few, having deliberately provoked a retired academic suffering acutely from ...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th May 2017, 11:02
Replies: 30
Views: 14,547
Posted By Connetts

I don't feel good disagreeing somewhat with...

I don't feel good disagreeing somewhat with DaveReidUK, and with Basil (post #2). PPRune has hosted me as an lurker and outsider for years now, and I am not comfortable with the feeling that I might...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th May 2017, 02:18
Replies: 30
Views: 14,547
Posted By Connetts

Ignorance of the law.......

Ignorance of the law is no defence to a criminal charge. By smoking when it was forbidden he was committing an offence.

The mental element here, which must be proved beyond all reasonable...
Forum: African Aviation
13th Jul 2016, 08:40
Replies: 5
Views: 8,101
Posted By Connetts

There is now more to the story: Pilots...

There is now more to the story:


Pilots did not enter hijack code? SA Airlink insists - Times LIVE...
Forum: African Aviation
11th Jul 2016, 15:11
Replies: 5
Views: 8,101
Posted By Connetts

Hijack? "Well, errrhh.... no, actually...!"

Airlink: Hijacking was an error transmission | Traveller24 (http://traveller24.news24.com/News/Alerts/airlink-hijacking-was-an-error-transmission-20160711)

I have just seen a scrolling newsflash...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Apr 2016, 15:07
Replies: 1,178
Views: 810,656
Posted By Connetts

A variation on the theme?

Drone smashes through office window, hits man | IOL (http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/drone-smashes-through-office-window-hits-man-2006991)

Drone smashes through office window,...
Forum: African Aviation
28th Mar 2016, 17:12
Replies: 1
Views: 4,124
Posted By Connetts

Tyre failure on takeoff at FACT, landing "bumpy" at FAJS...... hardly anyone upset

Passenger describes 'super bumpy landing' after tyre damaged | News24 (http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/passenger-describes-super-bumpy-landing-after-tyre-damaged-20160328)
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Nov 2015, 16:49
Replies: 12
Views: 4,778
Posted By Connetts

Thanks, Peekay4. I think that clarifies the...

Thanks, Peekay4.

I think that clarifies the laptop etc issue. I had not realised the difference between lithium-ion and lithium-metal, and in fact the ALPA document to which wanabee777 refers...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Nov 2015, 14:21
Replies: 12
Views: 4,778
Posted By Connetts

With apologies if this is an impertinent lay...

With apologies if this is an impertinent lay person's stupid question on a bulletin board of professionals, may I follow my own posting in the light of wanabee777's posting and the truly alarming...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Nov 2015, 09:46
Replies: 12
Views: 4,778
Posted By Connetts

Lithium batteries... merely a "mini" explosion??

Cape man thwarts mini explosion on plane - Western Cape | IOL News (http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/cape-man-thwarts-mini-explosion-on-plane-1.1948394#.Vk728TCi3Ls)

Surely this...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
26th Jan 2015, 13:44
Replies: 1
Views: 2,563
Posted By Connetts

This sort of thing?! Aerial Cape Town, South...

This sort of thing?!

Aerial Cape Town, South Africa, by Phantom 2 on Vimeo
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
27th Nov 2014, 09:48
Replies: 11
Views: 6,544
Posted By Connetts

When a man's gotta go, he's gotta go......

Mango Airlines passenger urinates in front of passengers on flight | Daily Mail Online...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2014, 17:43
Replies: 23
Views: 23,979
Posted By Connetts

SLF here, and so forgive what seems an obvious...

SLF here, and so forgive what seems an obvious question if one does not have a clear vision of the plan view.

The wings must have been close, surely, what with their lengths and sweep-back?
Forum: ATC Issues
1st Apr 2014, 17:37
Replies: 1,636
Views: 2,454,366
Posted By Connetts

These are true: first happened to, and second...

These are true: first happened to, and second heard by, me.

I'm having a flying lesson and landing at EGTE one glorious, peaceful, sunny, dead-calm Devon evening in the club C152. I am still very...
Forum: North America
1st Oct 2013, 17:58
Replies: 14
Views: 2,754
Posted By Connetts

SLF here. I hate to spoil the fun, but what...

SLF here.

I hate to spoil the fun, but what happens if one drops a tablet?
Forum: African Aviation
18th Sep 2013, 09:41
Replies: 18
Views: 7,596
Posted By Connetts

Ryanair in the South African courts

From BEELD
Beeld : Always flying moet pasop (http://www.beeld.com/nuus/2013-09-10-always-flying-moet-pasop)

Always flying moet pasop

Redery...
Forum: African Aviation
4th Aug 2013, 19:43
Replies: 15
Views: 6,021
Posted By Connetts

Sorry if I startled the horses.... I just copied...

Sorry if I startled the horses.... I just copied and pasted the actual title in the news report.
Forum: African Aviation
4th Aug 2013, 18:51
Replies: 15
Views: 6,021
Posted By Connetts

11 BA planes grounded

11 BA planes grounded | Fin24 (http://www.fin24.com/Companies/TravelAndLeisure/BA-flights-in-SA-could-have-posed-danger-20130804)

"Johannesburg - Eleven aircraft of British Airways (BA) have...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jun 2013, 15:34
Replies: 165
Views: 89,437
Posted By Connetts

Going around

May I ask a question...perhaps questions.....

I'm a retired legal academic with some researched learned-journal publications in the use and misuse of criminal law in the context of aviation...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
15th Mar 2013, 16:12
Replies: 427
Views: 202,043
Posted By Connetts

No offence taken, Slowjet. However, your...

No offence taken, Slowjet.

However, your answer raises questions for me but I will not --at least, for the moment -- pursue the point as I feel that I may be thought to be intruding. Following up...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
12th Mar 2013, 16:09
Replies: 427
Views: 202,043
Posted By Connetts

Criminal liabilty of the ground engineer

I am SLF and a (now retired) legal academic with some publications in the criminal aspects of safety in aviation -- an interest I still feed by lurking on PPRuNe and being grateful for the...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
15th Jan 2013, 11:38
Replies: 48
Views: 21,597
Posted By Connetts

I am watching this discussion with avid interest,...

I am watching this discussion with avid interest, and I'm grateful for the "company" of Uncle Fred, Wiggy, and SeenItAll..

It is now clear to me that my musings in #34 are -- not to put too fine a...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
13th Jan 2013, 13:21
Replies: 48
Views: 21,597
Posted By Connetts

Thank you again, Uncle Fred, for the instructive...

Thank you again, Uncle Fred, for the instructive comments and the courtesy they came with.

On reflection, I think that I have probably been throwing dust in my own eyes by raising the hypothetical...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
12th Jan 2013, 14:43
Replies: 48
Views: 21,597
Posted By Connetts

Thank you, Uncle Fred, for the patient, avuncular...

Thank you, Uncle Fred, for the patient, avuncular and informative reply. I am grateful. ETOPS regulations have long intrigued me.

It seems, if I understand Uncle Fred correctly, that the possible...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
11th Jan 2013, 16:06
Replies: 48
Views: 21,597
Posted By Connetts

ETOPS?

SLF here -- a retired legal academic with some published research into criminal law aspects of flight safety and, I hope, enough understanding of the issues to ask a question which is not totally...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
11th Jan 2013, 08:40
Replies: 48
Views: 21,597
Posted By Connetts

Unplanned island break after engine failure

Unplanned island break after engine failure | News24 (http://www.news24.com/Travel/Flights/Unplanned-island-break-after-engine-failure-20130111)
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Nov 2012, 15:03
Replies: 1
Views: 1,084
Posted By Connetts

OR Tambo - fuel contaminated

Johannesburg - The fuel pipeline to the OR Tambo International Airport has been contaminated and rendered unfit for use by airlines, the Airports Company SA (Acsa), said on Thursday.

Fuel crisis...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2012, 09:09
Replies: 456
Views: 211,645
Posted By Connetts

I'm self-loading freight.... now, an aged...

I'm self-loading freight.... now, an aged bitterly frustrated (by youthful circumstances beyond my control) wannabe from following the career I was designed for, which was to fly professionally...
Forum: Questions
4th Mar 2009, 09:17
Replies: 8
Views: 1,869
Posted By Connetts

Article link

Sorry..... yes, of course I'll send a copy as an attachment (there may well be no www link accessible outside an academic library and its restricted-access resources), but do realise that legal...
Forum: Questions
4th Mar 2009, 09:07
Replies: 8
Views: 1,869
Posted By Connetts

Goeie moré, BelArgUSA...

Goeie moré, BelArgUSA (http://www.pprune.org/members/113788-belargusa). Ek's baie dankbaar vir jou hulpsaam berig..... en ja -- ek het 'n mooi uitsig oor Tafelbaai en Tafelberg.

One problem of...
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