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Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
27th Oct 2012, 16:36
Replies: 24
Views: 8,256
Posted By stepwilk

Be delighted to. Simply read the name of the...

Be delighted to. Simply read the name of the site: Professional Pilots Rumor Network. Something needs to be done to rid it of the comments of amateurs, wannabes, gamers, children and--perhaps...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
27th Oct 2012, 13:11
Replies: 24
Views: 8,256
Posted By stepwilk

It's sad to watch the decline of this website. ...

It's sad to watch the decline of this website. It wasn't that many months ago, still, that it was relatively active. Now we're down to the occasional new thread, most of which are re-posts of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Oct 2012, 14:28
Replies: 15
Views: 2,517
Posted By stepwilk

I know it was cold, but can the guy in the...

I know it was cold, but can the guy in the Sabre--photo #5--actually be wearing a fur-lined parka?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Oct 2012, 17:58
Replies: 24
Views: 9,465
Posted By stepwilk

I'm sure he meant widebody...

I'm sure he meant widebody...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Oct 2012, 17:39
Replies: 98
Views: 47,682
Posted By stepwilk

Having many hours of street and track time in a...

Having many hours of street and track time in a wide variety of Porsches from 356s to a 917, being a committed Porschephile, and having written a book about one Porsche ("The Gold-Plated Porsche"), I...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Oct 2012, 21:28
Replies: 3
Views: 1,181
Posted By stepwilk

You're on guard...I mean aviation history and...

You're on guard...I mean aviation history and nostalgia. You need to post in a flight-instruction or private-flying forum.

I'd try to help anyway, but we don't use any of those funny Q-things in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Oct 2012, 19:44
Replies: 24
Views: 9,465
Posted By stepwilk

Anybody going to apologize to Rigga?

Anybody going to apologize to Rigga?
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Oct 2012, 22:19
Replies: 35
Views: 14,673
Posted By stepwilk

Gary Shteyngart is not just a nameless "author,"...

Gary Shteyngart is not just a nameless "author," he's a hugely admired, famous and respected satirist. That Op-Ed piece was like Kurt Vonnegut writing one, were he still alive. AA couldn't possibly...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Oct 2012, 07:52
Replies: 45
Views: 12,063
Posted By stepwilk

Case closed.

Case closed.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Sep 2012, 14:55
Replies: 51
Views: 16,216
Posted By stepwilk

I suspect it's absolutely on schedule. The...

I suspect it's absolutely on schedule. The Saturday flight, whether it's specified anywhere or not, will be the first -public- flight. Only a fool would sell tickets to a "first flight" and then...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Sep 2012, 16:22
Replies: 50
Views: 12,854
Posted By stepwilk

Serial womanizing is naughty? spent half my life...

Serial womanizing is naughty? spent half my life doing it, then got married.
Forum: Questions
27th Sep 2012, 12:57
Replies: 16
Views: 3,246
Posted By stepwilk

I assume that if you were using a totally...

I assume that if you were using a totally mechanical, batteryless, spring-wound little Bell & Howell 8mm, you could argue that it neither used nor produced electricity so should be allowed, but I...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Sep 2012, 17:37
Replies: 50
Views: 12,854
Posted By stepwilk

At some point post-Betty Bach and before the...

At some point post-Betty Bach and before the actress I've never heard of, Dick was also heavily involved with his book agent, Eleanor Friede. Can't remember if he married her or not.
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Sep 2012, 12:49
Replies: 1,316
Views: 401,631
Posted By stepwilk

Pretty funny. We're more than a thousand posts...

Pretty funny. We're more than a thousand posts into this thread and people are posting stuff that was probably on page two. ("How could they stall????" "How could the pitots have iced???") Soon...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Sep 2012, 12:25
Replies: 71
Views: 18,632
Posted By stepwilk

The point of this whole thread, originally, was...

The point of this whole thread, originally, was that he was unable to get that information.
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Sep 2012, 21:58
Replies: 518
Views: 213,948
Posted By stepwilk

You're right, of course. Avianca. Happened 50...

You're right, of course. Avianca. Happened 50 miles from where I'm sitting.
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Sep 2012, 20:19
Replies: 518
Views: 213,948
Posted By stepwilk

For what it's worth, way longer than "a few years...

For what it's worth, way longer than "a few years ago." United DC-8 going in to Portland in the late 1960s, if memory serves. Can't remember if the captain had a gear-indicator problem or what, but...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Sep 2012, 17:00
Replies: 71
Views: 18,632
Posted By stepwilk

As a pilot, I understand that.

As a pilot, I understand that.
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Sep 2012, 16:12
Replies: 71
Views: 18,632
Posted By stepwilk

Better to look silly than...worse.

Better to look silly than...worse.
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Sep 2012, 13:41
Replies: 71
Views: 18,632
Posted By stepwilk

But it is the most logical assumption, right? ...

But it is the most logical assumption, right? And after all, that's exactly why the captain wanted to know what was going on. Was there a bomb on board or not?

This shouldn't be so hard to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Sep 2012, 22:56
Replies: 50
Views: 12,854
Posted By stepwilk

Well, the track would have been called...

Well, the track would have been called "Transcend," I hope.
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
14th Sep 2012, 21:50
Replies: 16
Views: 5,107
Posted By stepwilk

This attitude is exactly what has increasingly...

This attitude is exactly what has increasingly made PPRuNe useless.
Forum: Questions
12th Sep 2012, 01:44
Replies: 16
Views: 3,246
Posted By stepwilk

Nobody seems to understand that the "all...

Nobody seems to understand that the "all electronics off" demand has nothing to do with stray bits and bytes confusing the FMS or whatever.

It's because the airlines want passengers to be at...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Sep 2012, 14:43
Replies: 50
Views: 12,854
Posted By stepwilk

Okay, non-life-threatening head injury.

Okay, non-life-threatening head injury.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Sep 2012, 14:30
Replies: 50
Views: 12,854
Posted By stepwilk

Richard Bach injured

Author/pilot Richard Bach hurt badly enough to be hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries in the crash of his homebuilt seaplane.

Author Richard Bach injured in plane crash | Local News |...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Aug 2012, 05:00
Replies: 10
Views: 6,632
Posted By stepwilk

Isn't the point of this that they forgot to turn...

Isn't the point of this that they forgot to turn on the transponder, which magically bloomed six seconds after they were asked to confirm that the xpdr was on? Or maybe they just recycled it and now...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Aug 2012, 17:13
Replies: 1,316
Views: 401,631
Posted By stepwilk

Bingo. Because I was discussing Burnelli's...

Bingo. Because I was discussing Burnelli's airplanes with an aerodynamicist the other day, and he even laughed and wrote, "Don't confuse Burnelli with Bernoulli..."
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Aug 2012, 16:34
Replies: 1,316
Views: 401,631
Posted By stepwilk

And your theory is the old Burnelli Principle or...

And your theory is the old Burnelli Principle or the current air-displaced-downward theory?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Aug 2012, 06:06
Replies: 70
Views: 25,231
Posted By stepwilk

So did the Swedes.

So did the Swedes.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Aug 2012, 20:28
Replies: 2
Views: 1,994
Posted By stepwilk

QF32 book

Richard Champion de Crespigny's book "QF32" is out and available electronically, at least in the U. S. (and I assume Australia, where it was published and is also available in hard copy). ...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Aug 2012, 21:52
Replies: 18
Views: 6,699
Posted By stepwilk

RONed in Rawlins, Wyoming one night, the next...

RONed in Rawlins, Wyoming one night, the next morning while I was checking weather, there was a big bang out in the FBO's hangar. The young woman driving the tug, pulling out the State Government's...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Aug 2012, 18:58
Replies: 18
Views: 6,699
Posted By stepwilk

Actually it was originally said that the towbar...

Actually it was originally said that the towbar connector was at fault, not the driver. Typically, they're two different people.
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Aug 2012, 17:33
Replies: 18
Views: 6,699
Posted By stepwilk

I heard Atlantic.

I heard Atlantic.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Aug 2012, 16:26
Replies: 24
Views: 5,857
Posted By stepwilk

I would assume that Packard made its own cranks.

I would assume that Packard made its own cranks.
Forum: North America
13th Aug 2012, 01:04
Replies: 1
Views: 3,230
Posted By stepwilk

"Airplane catches fire..."

Airplane Catches Fire Before Takeoff at Sea-Tac - ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/airplane-catches-fire-takeoff-sea-tac-16991032#.UChRuWNrgz4)
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