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Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jan 2024, 10:41
Replies: 118
Views: 68,819
Posted By 911slf

Pepper spray is useful if you seriously expect to...

Pepper spray is useful if you seriously expect to encounter bears. My son did some serious back country travelling in Canada and took one with him. If I recall correctly you could hire one and if it...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Jan 2024, 14:38
Replies: 132
Views: 72,378
Posted By 911slf

Naive question. If you know you are low on fuel,...

Naive question. If you know you are low on fuel, is it practicable to squeeze every last drop out of some tanks in order to have a more significant quantity left in the tank you are using, or is it...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
27th Nov 2023, 12:14
Replies: 55
Views: 12,404
Posted By 911slf

Well yes, but

It depends on what you have happen to you. Get seriously injured in any accident and the NHS will pick up the pieces, very few private sector hospitals will want to know. They are often good at...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Sep 2023, 18:09
Replies: 48
Views: 11,551
Posted By 911slf

Wirth extra fin(n)

Wirth extra fin(n)
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jun 2023, 10:09
Replies: 71
Views: 13,666
Posted By 911slf

B36

I pity the guys who had to change the spark plugs on that. If I have this right, 6 engines each with 28 cylinders each with 2 spark plugs = 336. Up a ladder, in Alaska!
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Jun 2023, 11:13
Replies: 20
Views: 2,939
Posted By 911slf

Someone drove a Nissan Leaf into me. A non...

Someone drove a Nissan Leaf into me. A non automated electric car. She told me "It just shot off all by itself". She managed to drive into parked vehicles in marked parking bays on both sides of...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2023, 18:22
Replies: 370
Views: 127,886
Posted By 911slf

Unless anyone knows better: there is nothing of...

Unless anyone knows better: there is nothing of consequence a balloon can see that a satellite cannot see, and the US forces can likely listen in to any radio transmissions from the balloon, gaining...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2023, 20:23
Replies: 164
Views: 65,394
Posted By 911slf

I suppose it has to be mostly about...

I suppose it has to be mostly about personalities. I would like to know what exactly the ship and its aircraft can do, and how exactly it would react to real threats. Short of signing up for the...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Jan 2023, 09:50
Replies: 155
Views: 50,171
Posted By 911slf

A parallel for you. My son used to go caving. ...

A parallel for you. My son used to go caving. No emergencies but events included:

• the water in a fast flowing stream was ankle deep on the way in but waist deep on the way out
• some vandal...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Dec 2022, 09:32
Replies: 107
Views: 14,480
Posted By 911slf

Apparently larboard is the side from which a ship...

Apparently larboard is the side from which a ship would be loaded, from middle English latebord. Clearly wiser to say "port" which will not be misheard.

As for me, I am sinister rather than...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Nov 2022, 10:12
Replies: 22
Views: 6,740
Posted By 911slf

What is the switch marked "DANGER". I have itchy...

What is the switch marked "DANGER". I have itchy finger syndrome!
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Nov 2022, 12:39
Replies: 52
Views: 9,381
Posted By 911slf

If you want to be ultra-pessimistic read Jim Al...

If you want to be ultra-pessimistic read Jim Al Khalili's book "Sunfall" which postulates a coronal mass ejection hitting Earth just at the point when the magnetic field passes through a temporary...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Aug 2022, 10:14
Replies: 75
Views: 25,996
Posted By 911slf

The second battle is the one the Turks like to...

The second battle is the one the Turks like to focus on because it was decisive (for a few centuries at least). It's anyone's guess as to when the next battle will be fought.

I claim no expertise...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Aug 2022, 10:47
Replies: 75
Views: 25,996
Posted By 911slf

History not only repeats, it gets worse

A few years ago on holiday in Istanbul I went to the military museum. On display was what was claimed to be the original Ottoman flag flown at the battle of Kosovo in 1448 (but it looked like a...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jul 2022, 22:14
Replies: 62
Views: 18,300
Posted By 911slf

Yes, agreed. On further enquiry freeboard is the...

Yes, agreed. On further enquiry freeboard is the height above the sea up to which there needs to be watertight bulkheads and watertight doors. I can imagine hangars, and even more so the load decks...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jul 2022, 10:40
Replies: 62
Views: 18,300
Posted By 911slf

Freeboard?

Is the height of the deck above water not called "freeboard"? Wikipedia says the beam of this class is 134 feet.
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jun 2022, 16:35
Replies: 296
Views: 138,038
Posted By 911slf

oxygen masks and beer

This is too good to not have another outing.

Carling Black Label - Dambusters (1989, UK) - YouTube
Forum: Military Aviation
13th May 2022, 20:50
Replies: 155
Views: 29,752
Posted By 911slf

Luckyrat. Go to Hull for your holidays. ...

Luckyrat.


Go to Hull for your holidays. Russians don't know how to pronounce "H" and they call it Goole - really! If they ever target it, they will miss.

Don't go to Goole!!!

If you want...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th May 2022, 19:17
Replies: 57
Views: 27,276
Posted By 911slf

Only one fully qualified pilot?

If the FO is new and not fully qualified, is it the case that there should be a third pilot on the flight deck? If the captain is incapacitated, it makes no odds whether he/she is a qualified...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Mar 2022, 19:42
Replies: 84
Views: 28,312
Posted By 911slf

I would like to think that nuclear weapons would...

I would like to think that nuclear weapons would not be mistaken for anything else - but what about this story? B-52 mistakenly flew with nuclear bombs - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Nov 2021, 14:03
Replies: 72
Views: 15,149
Posted By 911slf

Some in safety better than arbitrary number with casualties

Some are always going to make it. Most are not going to be sent back. If we showed willing by setting up an immigration/asylum centre in France and agreed to take "N" where "N" is somewhat less than...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Sep 2021, 22:43
Replies: 22
Views: 4,887
Posted By 911slf

On motion simulators, I recall an amusement...

On motion simulators, I recall an amusement arcade ride where you simulated a combat mission from an aircraft carrier. Expensive at £3 a go but it had 360 degree motion in pitch and roll and was...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Jun 2021, 23:32
Replies: 21
Views: 4,498
Posted By 911slf

Cheapest scheduled helicopter flight

A winter return flight to Lundy from Hartland point cost £137 per person in an Agusta 109. It is only a seven minute flight though - which is fine if you really want to go to Lundy in the winter. ...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th May 2021, 09:56
Replies: 30
Views: 9,050
Posted By 911slf

Well ,yes but...

If I understood this report correctly the offender is 20 now but was 17 when the offences took place in 2018. They were basically the swapping of nude photos. Probably 40% of teenagers do this. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Apr 2021, 19:34
Replies: 88
Views: 20,306
Posted By 911slf

In post 60 I should have called the unit I was...

In post 60 I should have called the unit I was using poundals, not pounds force. Otherwise correct. I am more accustomed to metric.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2021, 22:49
Replies: 88
Views: 20,306
Posted By 911slf

I forgot that one pound force is the force...

I forgot that one pound force is the force exerted by a mass of one pound under gravity of one foot per second^2, not earth gravity of 32 feet per second^2.

Divide my figures by 32. 80,000/32 =...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2021, 16:02
Replies: 88
Views: 20,306
Posted By 911slf

momentum same in both directions

It always was the same. It's the kinetic energy that kills you.

Imagine a ten pound gun firing a one ounce bullet at 1600 feet per second. It will recoil at ten feet per second. Momentum is 10*10...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jan 2021, 16:41
Replies: 449
Views: 128,123
Posted By 911slf

Nothing to prove

When I was a young and junior civil servant I was told that a retired army major was going to be on my staff. I had my concerns but he was absolutely fine to work with. He did not feel he had...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Dec 2020, 14:08
Replies: 1,502
Views: 546,821
Posted By 911slf

Quite a few of the animals at Doncaster Wildlife...

Quite a few of the animals at Doncaster Wildlife Park arrived by air. Lions and tigers and bears - oh my!
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Dec 2020, 18:43
Replies: 39
Views: 13,003
Posted By 911slf

Not true about Brexit

Probably more in this link than you are willing to read, but it gives chapter and verse on why your statement is not true.
...
Forum: Questions
6th Jul 2020, 11:16
Replies: 12
Views: 6,152
Posted By 911slf

If you have to be at 160kt to four miles and 'on...

If you have to be at 160kt to four miles and 'on speed' at 1,000 feet (3 miles?) how much can you slow down in one mile? My guess is maybe 20kt. Presumably you don't use airbrakes. Does this mean...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Mar 2020, 00:26
Replies: 30
Views: 10,943
Posted By 911slf

Sunken glandys

See Private Eye. Brainless and headless!
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
26th Jan 2020, 15:58
Replies: 14
Views: 2,168
Posted By 911slf

40% alcohol by volume is 70 degrees proof spirit...

40% alcohol by volume is 70 degrees proof spirit in UK, or 80 degrees proof spirit in USA. This is the most common strength in UK, higher strengths are available. This will easily light, as I...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Dec 2019, 15:44
Replies: 50
Views: 34,013
Posted By 911slf

I dare say that it is often necessary to go...

I dare say that it is often necessary to go supersonic when intercepting something cruising at around M 0.8. Given the amount of fuss this generated, does anyone seriously believe there is an...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Nov 2019, 08:46
Replies: 38
Views: 15,443
Posted By 911slf

The lack of an aircraft carrier when apparently...

The lack of an aircraft carrier when apparently they were always needed is indeed a matter of public record.

To have only four submarines over a thirty year period is running dangerously close to...
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