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Forum: Military Aviation
5th Nov 2018, 13:24
Replies: 24
Views: 6,251
Posted By notfred

When I was in the Air Training Corps we got to...

When I was in the Air Training Corps we got to tour the Nimrod simulator and asked about the N button. We were simply told "We don't talk about that", which I think most of us understood what it was...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Aug 2018, 17:27
Replies: 117
Views: 27,806
Posted By notfred

Is there a risk that this churning on the...

Is there a risk that this churning on the controls could result in a similar failure to AA587?

Aircraft weigh many tons, that's a lot of momentum going on. How on earth do people think they need...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Feb 2018, 15:07
Replies: 302
Views: 390,567
Posted By notfred

No airspeed available is very different from...

No airspeed available is very different from recognising that you have one available but it is wrong.
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jan 2018, 13:42
Replies: 236
Views: 264,386
Posted By notfred

Given that any thrust reversers are a "bonus" in...

Given that any thrust reversers are a "bonus" in the landing, why make it asymmetric? Wouldn't the handling be easier to say all working or all non-working?
Forum: Canada
1st Dec 2017, 19:15
Replies: 22
Views: 9,562
Posted By notfred

Air Transat failed passengers stuck on 2 flights...

Air Transat failed passengers stuck on 2 flights at Ottawa airport, agency decides - Ottawa - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/air-transat-delay-decision-day-1.4426687)

The CTA has...
Forum: Canada
11th Aug 2017, 13:48
Replies: 22
Views: 9,562
Posted By notfred

Can you elaborate a bit on how things work - Is...

Can you elaborate a bit on how things work - Is it enough for the pilots to request refuelling over the radio? Or does the airline's ground handling agent have to get involved?

I'm wondering if...
Forum: Canada
10th Aug 2017, 17:33
Replies: 22
Views: 9,562
Posted By notfred

And now the CTA is going to hold a public inquiry...

And now the CTA is going to hold a public inquiry on August 30-31
CTA inquiry to look at 'troubling' situation on stranded Air Transat flights...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Sep 2016, 01:36
Replies: 1,758
Views: 2,131,254
Posted By notfred

It doesn't matter if the TOGA switch is inhibited...

It doesn't matter if the TOGA switch is inhibited after WOW, the GA procedure includes verify thrust which this crew simply did not do.

Consider if it had been a more normal GA as all airline...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Jan 2016, 17:53
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,671,015
Posted By notfred

Yup, I lived in Bristol in the 80's. On a nice...

Yup, I lived in Bristol in the 80's. On a nice summer's day with the wind in the right direction if we were out in the garden we could hear a faint "buboom" followed by the sight of Concorde overhead...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Jul 2014, 20:29
Replies: 1,147
Views: 486,402
Posted By notfred

Good point, they would have needed to manually...

Good point, they would have needed to manually add power. Even if they were confused like me :) and pressed TOGA then the lack of response would surely trigger them to pushing the levers forward.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Jul 2014, 16:57
Replies: 1,147
Views: 486,402
Posted By notfred

They are staring at 4 reds on the PAPI and not...

They are staring at 4 reds on the PAPI and not going around. Do you really think changing from speed tape to a dial is going to make them go around?

The lack of go around is the big problem here....
Forum: Canada
21st Jun 2013, 18:14
Replies: 0
Views: 2,079
Posted By notfred

Westjet wingtip scrape at YOW

WestJet wing tip clips grounded plane at Ottawa airport - Ottawa - CBC News...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jun 2013, 18:55
Replies: 52
Views: 23,768
Posted By notfred

Report out

Report is out:
Transportation Safety Board of Canada - Aviation Investigation Report A10H0004 (http://www.bst-tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2010/a10h0004/a10h0004.asp)
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jul 2012, 17:03
Replies: 1,316
Views: 400,944
Posted By notfred

Buffet

I'm not a pilot, but have read the full report.

One thing I found interesting in the report was that the pilots may have mistaken the stall buffet for overspeed buffet (as mentioned in post 308)...
Forum: Tech Log
29th May 2012, 17:08
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,671,015
Posted By notfred

Sir James Hamilton obit

Saw the obituary for Sir James Hamilton with heavy emphasis on the design of Concorde's wing, thought others here might be interested:
Sir James Hamilton - Telegraph...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Nov 2011, 17:03
Replies: 1,412
Views: 469,227
Posted By notfred

If not then it can probably be deduced from...

If not then it can probably be deduced from noises picked up on the cockpit area mike channel of the CVR.
Forum: Tech Log
20th Oct 2011, 17:51
Replies: 1,412
Views: 469,227
Posted By notfred

Believed it was a static problem?

From the article that started this thread

I haven't seen anyone address this comment yet. They knew they had lost air speed indication, but from this comment I think they believed that they had a...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Aug 2011, 13:50
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,665,057
Posted By notfred

West Caribbean 708 similaritites

Saw an episode of "Mayday" on TV over the weekend concerning West Caribbean 708, an MD-82.

Report: West Caribbean MD82 at Machiquez on Aug 16th 2005, did not recover from high altitude stall...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Feb 2011, 18:38
Replies: 1,357
Views: 808,277
Posted By notfred

Prop states

If all 3 were bent I'd agree, but with the top one straight, those bottom ones could be bent by sliding / digging in to the ground.

I'd agree with that. Also compare with the other side which...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Dec 2010, 14:46
Replies: 1,964
Views: 1,332,755
Posted By notfred

Engine 4 also non-normal

One thing that came out of the interview that I was not aware of was that Engine 4 was also in a degraded mode.

So number 2 burst, chunks cut some wiring to number 1 which goes in to a degraded...
Forum: Tech Log
29th Nov 2010, 18:07
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,671,015
Posted By notfred

Engines and touch-and-go

I found a reference (via Wikipedia) to 67 Olympus 593 built in total.
The Rolls-Royce SNECMA Olympus 593 Concorde Engine - the fascinating full story of the Olympus 593 Mk610 from concept to service...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Oct 2010, 20:21
Replies: 20
Views: 9,648
Posted By notfred

What to do

If the masks don't drop it's going to be because there is no need for supplemental oxygen. The only thing remaining is dealing with the sudden pressure changes on the body.

I'm SLF but from my...
Forum: Tech Log
24th Sep 2010, 17:03
Replies: 1,524
Views: 741,440
Posted By notfred

Main cause

I don't think the low level had anything to do with the accident. If you read the report, they basically recovered from the first stall due to low speed but then stalled again due to trim against the...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Sep 2010, 13:53
Replies: 1,524
Views: 741,440
Posted By notfred

Need to set trim

When I read the whole report what struck me was that even with everything that was done wrong, I think they almost saved it at the end and would have made it if it was not for the trim being against...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Aug 2010, 20:15
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,671,015
Posted By notfred

Thanks Brit312 and ChristiaanJ. Living in...

Thanks Brit312 and ChristiaanJ.

Living in Bristol we used to see her go over on the way in to LHR and on a quiet day with the wind in the right direction we could sometimes here a very faint...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Aug 2010, 16:56
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,671,015
Posted By notfred

Concorde intercept

It was a Lightning that intercepted Concorde from behind:

English Electric Lightning Site - Story of the Month (http://www.lightning.org.uk/archive/0410.php)

I was in the Air Training Corps in...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Aug 2010, 15:07
Replies: 2,686
Views: 1,136,379
Posted By notfred

Virus in maintenance computer

Reports that failure correlation computer was infected with trojans and also Spanair took 24hrs to enter failures in to the system.

Spanish original:
El ordenador de Spanair que anotaba los...
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