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Forum: Tech Log
4th Jun 2011, 23:54
Replies: 2,070
Views: 616,506
Posted By Gringobr

Quite irrelevant

Weather radar showing a wind of 316km/h today, down here in Brazil as a cold front arrives in full force

yfrog Photo : http://yfrog.com/cabt5j Shared by cristianonoro (http://yfrog.com/cabt5j)
Forum: Tech Log
30th May 2011, 21:50
Replies: 2,070
Views: 616,506
Posted By Gringobr

..

As a professional translator, assiste in Portuguese means to watch, as in watch TV, watch a football game etc.
I am almost 99% sure it is the same in French
It does not mean help or actually assist...
Forum: Tech Log
28th Apr 2011, 15:47
Replies: 2,546
Views: 938,026
Posted By Gringobr

FDR

No way can the FDR have separated on impact with the seabed, I do not believe even a heavy aircraft would sink so fast.. Therefore it is reasonable that it came off upon impact with the surface of...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Apr 2011, 10:26
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,544,265
Posted By Gringobr

I am alive

I believe this sort of thing will become standard with the proposed Gate to gate technology where computers will control al phases of flight
Flight plans will be gone
primary radar will be gone.
...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Apr 2011, 20:12
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,544,265
Posted By Gringobr

Change in dicussion??

Part of the plane where he was the black box flight 447 was located, say victims' families

The tail of the Airbus A-330, where the black boxes are located was flying from Paris to Rio de...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Apr 2011, 15:50
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,674,816
Posted By Gringobr

BEA report

found so close to the last know position, surely they should have searched there first, must have been with a 50km radius
Forum: Tech Log
4th Apr 2011, 13:38
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,674,816
Posted By Gringobr

found

A large part of the fuselage, with bodies inside, the engines and undercarriage have been found
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
7th Jan 2011, 17:53
Replies: 19
Views: 8,664
Posted By Gringobr

Suzeman

Plenty of sites
here is just one
50 Trigger Words and Phrases for Powerful Multimedia Content | Copyblogger (http://www.copyblogger.com/trigger-words/)
Forum: Tech Log
25th Nov 2010, 18:09
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,544,265
Posted By Gringobr

AF447 search to resume Feb 2011

O ministério francês dos Transportes anunciou nesta quinta-feira (25) que realizará uma nova etapa de busca, no fundo do mar, dos restos do voo da Air France AF447, que caiu no dia 1º de junho de...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
14th Aug 2010, 10:24
Replies: 12
Views: 4,802
Posted By Gringobr

Lear jet in the water Santos Dumont Brazil

A Learjet suffered problems moments after takeoff at Santos Dumont airport in Rio de Janeiro and ended up in the water
Anac: Santos Dumont é seguro e jato derrapar foi incidente...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Jun 2010, 01:13
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,544,265
Posted By Gringobr

Gwillie

I managed to download it and have it shared in Winmx..
Also, you could watch/download it using the BBC iPlayer from their site
If you are not in the UK you will have to use a proxy IP..
Forum: Tech Log
26th May 2010, 12:54
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,544,265
Posted By Gringobr

Lost: The Mystery of Flight 447

BBC 30 May

BBC - BBC Two Programmes - Lost: The Mystery of Flight 447 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sndh5)

Lost:The Mystery of Flight 447
BBC2 Sun 30 May 2010 22:00 &
Wed 2 Jun 2010...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd May 2010, 14:21
Replies: 568
Views: 318,320
Posted By Gringobr

Air NZ

I think the first accident to be filmed was Air NZ which flew into a mountain in Antarctica in 1979
Because it was a tourist, sight seeing flight, many passengers were filming it and the moment of...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th May 2010, 19:34
Replies: 1,543
Views: 857,595
Posted By Gringobr

..

I know I am going to get shot down for this, as I have seen it specifically stated otherwise, but is it possible the plane went into a sharp nose down attitude then flipped?
I cannot see any other...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th May 2010, 09:52
Replies: 1,543
Views: 857,595
Posted By Gringobr

Winglet

If it was missing a winglet, that would reduce furl consumption by at least 5% which could mean they ran out of fuel (lack of serious fire)
Forum: Tech Log
14th Apr 2010, 16:46
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,544,265
Posted By Gringobr

..

Use VLC player
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Apr 2010, 13:27
Replies: 1,004
Views: 515,590
Posted By Gringobr

another video

TV russa mostra imagens dos fragmentos de avião após queda (http://noticias.terra.com.br/mundo/noticias/0,,OI4373618-EI8142,00-TV+russa+mostra+imagens+dos+fragmentos+de+aviao+apos+queda.html)
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Apr 2010, 14:13
Replies: 18
Views: 4,391
Posted By Gringobr

.

The pilot did not survive.
He was the most experienced of the group, with 3700 hours and more than 200 air show performances, including in the USA
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Apr 2010, 12:41
Replies: 18
Views: 4,391
Posted By Gringobr

Brazilian Air Force aerobatic crash

carb icing?
spacial disorientation?
Weather would have been similar to where I live, 27°C 70% humidity, dew point 21, except that airpórt is 900 metres asml (I am at almost zero)
temp would have...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
3rd Aug 2009, 12:09
Replies: 39
Views: 7,078
Posted By Gringobr

..

ITCZ ????
Forum: Tech Log
9th Jul 2009, 02:21
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,293,728
Posted By Gringobr

BEA

I can imgine the BEA committee sitting arguing in the same way we are , with nobody agreeing on anything, except that here we probably have more qualified people
Forum: Tech Log
8th Jul 2009, 14:43
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,293,728
Posted By Gringobr

Water temperature

The water temperature in the search area was 30°C
If that seems high to you English etc, it was 2° N of the equator, and I am here in southern Brazil, 26°S and 27°C is quite common in summer:)
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Jul 2009, 18:58
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,293,728
Posted By Gringobr

Watches

If any of the bodies had watches which stopped at the moment of impact, it might be interesting to know
Forum: Tech Log
25th Jun 2009, 11:32
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,293,728
Posted By Gringobr

Pilots body

Reliable local news here in Brazil says the pilots body and that of another crew member have been identified..Pilot, not co-pilot etc... but do not know if other crew member was a pilot or cabin crew...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jun 2009, 18:31
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,293,728
Posted By Gringobr

Floating bodies

Bodies may float if they do not have ruptured stomachs
Once ruptured, or after decomposition which may take up to 3-4 weeks, they will sink... which is why the big rush was on to find them, and...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jun 2009, 12:57
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,293,728
Posted By Gringobr

Autopsies

For those of us who know ( and love ) Brazil,it is probably just bureaucracy, I am sure the French will be given all the results,...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Jun 2009, 18:04
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,293,728
Posted By Gringobr

4 fractures

.............But... how comes the belts of the crew seats were not fastened?? Do we know anything about the passengers: i.e. if the belts on the seats they found were fastened, if the bodies showed...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Jun 2009, 14:22
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,293,728
Posted By Gringobr

Lost in Saigon

Up to this point in time, there is no real evidence of an inflight breakup. They could have impacted the water intact. The aircraft could have broken up during a planned ditching. There have been...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jun 2009, 22:41
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,293,728
Posted By Gringobr

What the bodies say

Some of this info is new.. Passengers unconscious due to decompression.
Aircraft hit the sea probably in a near horizontal attitude.
I am taking this information from a local magzine called Veja...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Jun 2009, 23:36
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,293,728
Posted By Gringobr

Autopsy results

Although this has been on the news here in Brazil for hours, I have not yet seen it mentioned here, I sent a post but did not get published here
basically most of the bodies had severe head...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Jun 2009, 23:26
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,293,728
Posted By Gringobr

Oxygen masks

Oxygen masks have been found from AF 447
No comment......
Peças e objetos do voo AF 447 - Álbum de Fotos - UOL Notícias (http://noticias.uol.com.br/album/090612pecas_album.jhtm?abrefoto=4)
Forum: Tech Log
12th Jun 2009, 15:23
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,293,728
Posted By Gringobr

autopsies

first results show no signs of burning or explosion (bomb, fire etc)
Most of the bodies were without clothes, the IML here says that indictaes the plane broke up in flight
none died by drowing, ie...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Jun 2009, 22:21
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,293,728
Posted By Gringobr

Autopsies

exames médicos legais are autopsies
One could think of it as legal medical exams, where legal means a medical exam that has to be legally done ( as in cases of unusual deaths)
Note autopsies are...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Jun 2009, 01:20
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,293,728
Posted By Gringobr

Faulty pitot tubes

Seems like Air France hve admitted they were faulty.

The finds came as French officials confirmed that the airliner may have lost control after its speed sensors were blocked by ice.
At the...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Jun 2009, 10:48
Replies: 947
Views: 1,116,274
Posted By Gringobr

Translations

I am a humble PPL, 200 hours, but I am English and have lived in Brazil for 20 years
I am a newbie here, but have read this site for years and never commented. I joined because I feel I may be able...
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