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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Jul 2007, 23:38
Replies: 12
Views: 1,462
Posted By Swingwing

Thanks for the great and very helpful replies so...

Thanks for the great and very helpful replies so far everyone.

Lostpianoplayer - thanks particularly for your salient points around supervision and flying discipline. Without a "system" around...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Jul 2007, 03:03
Replies: 12
Views: 1,462
Posted By Swingwing

Private helicopter training / ownership

Dear All,

Hope someone has time and / or interest enough to give me some expert advice here.

My boss here at work (CEO of Big Bloodsucking Corporation Inc) will shortly retire to his estate in...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
8th May 2007, 09:26
Replies: 13
Views: 2,978
Posted By Swingwing

YesTam, I'm sorry you thought that was in any...

YesTam,
I'm sorry you thought that was in any way directed at you - quite the contrary in fact. I've found your comments on the QF bid and associated stuff really interesting (the hollow log thesis...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th May 2007, 11:48
Replies: 19
Views: 2,318
Posted By Swingwing

That photo is unmistakeable. It's a battery of...

That photo is unmistakeable. It's a battery of thronomisters! :}
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
7th May 2007, 10:40
Replies: 13
Views: 2,978
Posted By Swingwing

Spare me.

You know what? Sometimes the people on this board really give me the $hits.

The amount of whinging and expert commentary here from those whose skills start and finish with flying aircraft never...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th May 2007, 06:20
Replies: 120
Views: 14,052
Posted By Swingwing

'holic - my mistake, I misunderstood what you...

'holic - my mistake, I misunderstood what you were asking.



What you say would make sense if you were talking about a fund manager that was investing in a conventional way (picking stocks based...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th May 2007, 03:28
Replies: 120
Views: 14,052
Posted By Swingwing

Direct Anywhere: Exactly. They were...

Direct Anywhere:



Exactly. They were all sitting around in a daisy chain waiting for the other guys to sell and push it over 50%, so that they could spend the next fortnight arbitraging a few...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st May 2007, 23:10
Replies: 33
Views: 4,176
Posted By Swingwing

HH: Exactly. I voted yes, because I think...

HH:

Exactly. I voted yes, because I think the hedge funds will sell.

If the poll said "do you think the deal (in its present form) SHOULD go through?"

then I think the result would be 100%...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Apr 2007, 09:27
Replies: 6
Views: 779
Posted By Swingwing

ex-F111, how ex- are you? ex-Swingwing

ex-F111,

how ex- are you?

ex-Swingwing
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Apr 2007, 05:07
Replies: 73
Views: 18,960
Posted By Swingwing

I once heard a story about a 38SQN Caribou...

I once heard a story about a 38SQN Caribou climbing out of Richmond to the south west, into the teeth of a huge westerly gale - and consequently making good a ridiculously low groundspeed.
...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Apr 2007, 03:30
Replies: 13
Views: 1,617
Posted By Swingwing

I have said here previously that I don't think...

I have said here previously that I don't think the buyout is a good idea - gearing up a company to this level in an industry this volatile is asking for trouble.

Still, in answer to people like...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
12th Apr 2007, 23:10
Replies: 51
Views: 13,616
Posted By Swingwing

Mods - any chance we could sticky this post at all - perhaps until after the funeral?

PPruNe has way too much negativity on it these days - as sad as his passing is, a life this fully lived should be reflected on and celebrated by everyone who values aviation.

I was privileged to...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
12th Apr 2007, 00:48
Replies: 13
Views: 1,617
Posted By Swingwing

It's a goer.

Almost certain to get over the line now I think. Word has it that APA will today announce:
a) An extension to the acceptance date
b) A new acceptance threshold (70 or 75% apparently) at which the...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
3rd Apr 2007, 05:32
Replies: 4
Views: 1,351
Posted By Swingwing

Jet Lag

Found this on news.com and thought it might provoke some interesting discussion:

I guess I'm interested because for me personally, the idea that I would constantly be jet lagged (and that it would...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
30th Mar 2007, 03:20
Replies: 12
Views: 2,810
Posted By Swingwing

ratpoison you are way out of line.

ratpoison

you are way out of line.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
30th Mar 2007, 01:22
Replies: 133
Views: 13,749
Posted By Swingwing

Dutch Roll - precisely the way it should be I...

Dutch Roll - precisely the way it should be I think. The more a go-around is seen as routine, the less chance you've got of pushing a bad situation into a position from which you cannot recover.
...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
29th Mar 2007, 23:54
Replies: 133
Views: 13,749
Posted By Swingwing

Great post Centaurus - didn't see the programme...

Great post Centaurus - didn't see the programme myself, but this is what I log in to PPruNe to read - thought provoking discussion betwen professionals about flying, rather than slag-fests and bitch...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
29th Mar 2007, 23:37
Replies: 36
Views: 7,034
Posted By Swingwing

Captain QANTAS

Attention Dixon fans:

As most of you lot probably don't read the Financial Review, I thought I should draw your attention to today's feature in the AFR Magazine.

Subtitled "Captain QANTAS" it...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Mar 2007, 02:50
Replies: 7
Views: 1,669
Posted By Swingwing

CFIT?

Last time I looked (I'm a bit out of date), CRM was meant to prevent CFIT!

At least, that's when CFIT was "Controlled Flight Into Terrain".

What does it mean now? If it's a new Human Factors...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Mar 2007, 02:35
Replies: 32
Views: 3,899
Posted By Swingwing

Buster - good question. And I'm sure you know the...

Buster - good question. And I'm sure you know the purpose of the horizontal stab, so thought the flaming was a bit unnecessary!:)

Short answer is yes - there's a whole lot of "mess" coming off...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
21st Mar 2007, 22:46
Replies: 76
Views: 10,514
Posted By Swingwing

Sorry to return to this topic, which has already...

Sorry to return to this topic, which has already been done to death.

However, I thought it was worth posting this excerpt from The Australian's Media section today - written by the newspaper's...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2007, 10:35
Replies: 46
Views: 12,746
Posted By Swingwing

For whoever asked earlier - F-111 - for ops...

For whoever asked earlier -
F-111 - for ops other than takeoff / landing / long range cruise, the rough rule of thumb is wingsweep in degrees to 10% of speed in KIAS.
so 350knots = 35 wing
500...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
19th Mar 2007, 23:37
Replies: 76
Views: 10,514
Posted By Swingwing

As I said before: Lowerlobe - you've made...

As I said before:


Lowerlobe - you've made my point perfectly, thank you.

Since you and your mates were kicked off the Cabin Crew forum you've been all over D&G and made it your business to...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
19th Mar 2007, 08:32
Replies: 76
Views: 10,514
Posted By Swingwing

What a load of utter horse%^&t that crikey stuff...

What a load of utter horse%^&t that crikey stuff is. Some people are so blinded by their hatred of Howard and Bush that they will believe almost anything if it could possibly put either in a bad...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2007, 01:53
Replies: 46
Views: 12,746
Posted By Swingwing

1) Yes, but less effectively. 2) No. ...

1) Yes, but less effectively.

2) No.

Reason?

Speed. Pure and simple.

Had to post to this thread simply because of my user name.:)
I don't have any experience flying the Tornado, but...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
16th Mar 2007, 03:26
Replies: 66
Views: 9,418
Posted By Swingwing

Noip, thanks for your views - glad some...

Noip,

thanks for your views - glad some people are able to put them in a civilised manner.



If you really think that a bit more work on brand is all that would have been needed to see off...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
16th Mar 2007, 00:19
Replies: 66
Views: 9,418
Posted By Swingwing

Gasket boy, Someone's been watching too...

Gasket boy,

Someone's been watching too many Michael Moore films and reading too many Socialist Worker newspapers I think.
Do you think GD can't already afford a $25m house if he wants one? Have...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
15th Mar 2007, 22:25
Replies: 66
Views: 9,418
Posted By Swingwing

Why would you sell Jetstar? There seems to...

Why would you sell Jetstar?

There seems to be an overwhelming assumption around these forums that the whole point of building up J* is to flog it off to EK / SQ / Tiger etc (including...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
15th Mar 2007, 00:10
Replies: 18
Views: 2,423
Posted By Swingwing

Devil's advocate here for a minute...;) There...

Devil's advocate here for a minute...;)
There are more than a few pilots here talking about hanging onto their shares. Presumably that means that they agree with Mr Dixon when he says that the...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
12th Mar 2007, 22:09
Replies: 19
Views: 4,112
Posted By Swingwing

Eastwest Loco, I always enjoy your...

Eastwest Loco,

I always enjoy your insightful posts, as they're dealing with part of the industry about which I know nothing. So I wonder if you mind me asking a question? (Sorry for minor thread...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
8th Mar 2007, 21:57
Replies: 25
Views: 4,270
Posted By Swingwing

RFDev (couldn't tell from your post if you were...

RFDev (couldn't tell from your post if you were still involved with the company)

- none of my beeswax really, but maybe someone with a bit of business (rather than technical) acumen can connect...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Mar 2007, 23:54
Replies: 13
Views: 1,101
Posted By Swingwing

I think it really depends on what you want out of...

I think it really depends on what you want out of it (which might sound an obvious thing to say, but bear with me).

Will having a business degree help you get a job in aviation? No.
Will having a...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Feb 2007, 22:09
Replies: 29
Views: 4,761
Posted By Swingwing

I reckon S-T is actually Maxine McKew. (S)he...

I reckon S-T is actually Maxine McKew.

(S)he won't have time to post while trying to unseat the Prime Minister.

See you after the election ****su - hope you get more votes in Bennelong than...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Feb 2007, 20:21
Replies: 23
Views: 4,801
Posted By Swingwing

Whizzwheel said: Uh - yeah. Right....

Whizzwheel said:


Uh - yeah.

Right.

Not.

Someone's having a lend of someone here I'm afraid.....
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
15th Dec 2006, 00:32
Replies: 39
Views: 6,360
Posted By Swingwing

YOu beat me to it, B A Lert - I was going to...

YOu beat me to it, B A Lert - I was going to start the same thread.

Let's review the situation:

* Private equity buyers (who are at the very least sophisticated and financially aware investors)...
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