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Forum: Tech Log

5th Aug 2011, 17:31

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AF 447 Thread No. 5

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Posted By jimbeetle

airtren: Be very careful on how you...

airtren:

Be very careful on how you interpret very fine differences on the BEA graphs. I believe the slight dip in the altitude one you have referred to over the past few days is a...

Forum: Tech Log

23rd Jun 2010, 16:33

Replies: 3,893

AF 447 Search to resume

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Posted By jimbeetle

SaturnV, But according to the BEA press...

SaturnV,

But according to the BEA press release on June 2nd (http://www.bea.aero/en/enquetes/flight.af.447/pressrelease02june2009.php), "The Brazilian authorities have confirmed to the BEA that...

Forum: Tech Log

22nd Jun 2010, 21:35

Replies: 3,893

AF 447 Search to resume

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Posted By jimbeetle

No not really. The back-drift analysis from the...

No not really. The back-drift analysis from the locations where debris and bodies were found do strongly suggest that 447 went down "somewhere" fairly close to its last know position.

But why...

Forum: Tech Log

5th Jun 2010, 19:02

Replies: 3,893

AF 447 Search to resume

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Posted By jimbeetle

Thanks for taking the time to answer my...

Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions, auv-ee. It's great to have go-to folks to help explain all this arcane stuff.

Yeah, absolutely crazy. I found the bit of the feed I watched...

Forum: Tech Log

4th Jun 2010, 22:31

Replies: 3,893

AF 447 Search to resume

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Posted By jimbeetle

auv-ee, A couple of very uninformed...

auv-ee,

A couple of very uninformed questions (hence the need to ask).

The oil industry has a fleet of ROVs like the 12 that are working on the Gulf spill. They're working at just shy of a...

Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

22nd Jan 2010, 16:07

Replies: 21

U S Air Diverted

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Posted By jimbeetle

Okay, as an innocent 17-year-old young kid he...

Okay, as an innocent 17-year-old young kid he might not have been exposed to others' sensitivities, but for him this was absolutley normal behavior. Remember, we're talking about New York City here,...

Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

16th Jan 2010, 18:40

Replies: 85

Are male passengers perverts?

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Posted By jimbeetle

There have been quite a few instances in the...

There have been quite a few instances in the states over the past few years of females having affairs with or molesting minor children (I think we've had three over the past year in the NYC school...

Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

15th Dec 2009, 15:15

Replies: 4

Miami

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Posted By jimbeetle

If you have to stay at the airport I'd strongly...

If you have to stay at the airport I'd strongly suggest one of the hotels just south of it as at least you have a bit of a water view. Just checked and the Hilton on the Blue Lagoon is going for USD...

Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

4th Nov 2009, 22:20

Replies: 15

Hearing Aids on Exit Seats (UK CAA)

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Posted By jimbeetle

Yeah, this has to be situation dependent. ...

Yeah, this has to be situation dependent.

Though I think I hear perfectly fine, I got hearing aids about ten years ago when the Veterans folks on this side of the pond told me I needed them. An...

Forum: Tech Log

17th Jul 2009, 19:16

Replies: 4,593

AF447

Views: 3,282,324

Posted By jimbeetle

IMU vs IRU

First post after finding this thread about 150 or so pages ago, so be gentle.

From everything I've read here and other sources, the IR part of the ADIRUs only rely on gyros -- and do not include...

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