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Forum: Rumours & News
8th Oct 2012, 02:58
Replies: 59
Views: 19,178
Posted By bill_s

me too

Back in the late 70s, I had just rotated a well worn Cessna 150 off
the Buffalo, MN airport, when I found myself at the back of the cockpit.
For some reason, I released the yoke when the seat let...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Dec 2008, 02:58
Replies: 87
Views: 24,735
Posted By bill_s

I've never nodded off as a PPL, but have come...

I've never nodded off as a PPL, but have come close to leaving the freeway several
times. Massive caffeine does not seem to help, but a large dose of sugar will
keep me awake for hours. Like a...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Mar 2008, 14:45
Replies: 504
Views: 250,021
Posted By bill_s

More Brainless Journalism:

Inside Edition, a syndicated US newsmagizine program heavy on celebrities,
doing a predictable "scared pax" story, led off with "150 mile-per-hour crosswinds". This broadcast was Tues, yesterday. ...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Mar 2008, 05:11
Replies: 72
Views: 37,774
Posted By bill_s

What's being posited here is some compressor flow...

What's being posited here is some compressor flow degradation short of the classic compressor stall, where laminar flow collapses violently, with backwards flow due to the instantaneous combustion...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Mar 2008, 04:28
Replies: 30
Views: 8,992
Posted By bill_s

CCTV cameras are available, along with a whole...

CCTV cameras are available, along with a whole other raft of electronics, that simply plug into an Ethernet (wired) or wireless IP bus. We (NASA) use these in Antarctica to monitor our equipment...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Feb 2008, 01:31
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,139,041
Posted By bill_s

Relays

Some basics might help. An electromechanical relay is a coil of wire around a magnetic (iron) core, and a magnetic armature that moves one or more electrical contacts when the coil is energized.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Feb 2008, 05:10
Replies: 30
Views: 18,138
Posted By bill_s

So, what will a working GPS cost, and what will...

So, what will a working GPS cost, and what will it cost to ransom an aircraft, cargo and crew out of Iran? Or Syria?
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Feb 2008, 02:42
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,139,041
Posted By bill_s

another scenario

This poses some questions that I cannot answer, so comments from the qualified would be welcome.

Lets assume that the liquid in the wing tanks is a mixture of fuel and ice crystals. This fuel...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Feb 2008, 20:32
Replies: 4,932
Views: 1,727,075
Posted By bill_s

In my trade of fixing engineering cockups, it is...

In my trade of fixing engineering cockups, it is often more difficult to persuade management to bring in a fresh mind than it is to fix the bloody mess. And I have never heard the lot who invented...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
20th Feb 2008, 00:15
Replies: 21
Views: 8,122
Posted By bill_s

I heard this from a US reporter who was the only...

I heard this from a US reporter who was the only pax aboard a charter in northern Canada. The pax dosed off after takeoff, and awoke 30 min later to find both pilots snoring. When awakened, the...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Feb 2008, 02:08
Replies: 15
Views: 7,982
Posted By bill_s

From what I read, the original Stormscope...

From what I read, the original Stormscope determined lightning az via ADF techniques, and dist by strength of the signal. Being that lightning strokes can vary over a huge range in strength, more...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Feb 2008, 19:45
Replies: 124
Views: 73,919
Posted By bill_s

Adopted the slip method early in light singles...

Adopted the slip method early in light singles training because you could hold the attitude, with trims for the usual wind gradient, until the wheels hit,
at which time the fuselage was pointed...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Feb 2008, 04:03
Replies: 11
Views: 2,813
Posted By bill_s

Approx 5 yrs ago, was SLF on a DC-9 departing ORD...

Approx 5 yrs ago, was SLF on a DC-9 departing ORD , late Feb, abt
2300. Steady rain as we taxied out, changed to hvy snow, and the wings were snow-covered as we reached the runway. We took off...
Forum: Flight Testing
2nd Feb 2008, 19:10
Replies: 14
Views: 2,393
Posted By bill_s

I don't know if this adds much, but an early...

I don't know if this adds much, but an early ultralite, the American Eagle, had a pronounced phugoid at cruise. For those who never risked their lives in one, they had a swept tube-and-fabric wing...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jan 2008, 05:47
Replies: 451
Views: 289,897
Posted By bill_s

Tree:

The U.S. Antarctic program used Diesel Fuel Arctic (DFA) for everything
(jets, turboprops and helos, diesels of every size, and furnaces) up to some time in the 1990s, when they went to the US...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Jan 2008, 20:37
Replies: 451
Views: 289,897
Posted By bill_s

The Boeing site discussion of fuel waxing is...

The Boeing site discussion of fuel waxing is worth a read. It leads to one question regarding the 777:

"The 777 has a fuel temperature probe located between ribs 9 and 10 of the...
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