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Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Oct 2010, 02:11
Replies: 352
Views: 52,262
Posted By OVERTALK

Dutch Gunships Refusal to assist Aussie troops in contact

Some interesting comments on Ned Parsnip's snippet above can be found at

tinyurl.com/33zncyt

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Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2010, 05:49
Replies: 352
Views: 52,262
Posted By OVERTALK

Not sure why everybody is talking about tanks -Standard Political Distraction ploy?

08 Oct 2010
An Australian soldier is recovering in Afghanistan after he was wounded by an exploding roadside bomb, the Australian Defence Force (ADF)says.

The soldier from the Special Operations...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Oct 2010, 12:21
Replies: 35
Views: 10,549
Posted By OVERTALK

Wayne (Mendacity is my middle name)

IMHO one individual most likely to have disappeared mysteriously to the sound of a mind-numbing and shattering sound of global applause. The fact that he hasn't yet [AFAIK] is equally disturbing....
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2010, 10:59
Replies: 352
Views: 52,262
Posted By OVERTALK

I'm sure that it cheers the Taliban no end when...

I'm sure that it cheers the Taliban no end when they see such disruptive events and their consequences, but perhaps a primary objective should be to deny them their minor exhilarating victories by...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
17th Jun 2010, 12:50
Replies: 19
Views: 2,724
Posted By OVERTALK

But Steer Clear of Logitech USB devices

Whatever you do, don't buy a Logitech headset, plug it into a Win XP or Vista USB port and expect it to work.

One look at the manuals will tell you why. All Logitech stuff is now made in mainland...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jun 2010, 02:58
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,538,238
Posted By OVERTALK

At what point is the High Speed Protection nullified?

My interpretation of the intended thrust of CONFiture's post on High-speed Protection follows.

As Normal Law would've been in play when (and if) the A330 hit Mcrit, for these protections to have...
Forum: Tech Log
10th May 2010, 11:26
Replies: 2
Views: 1,034
Posted By OVERTALK

addressed here

Officials Continue to Equivocate About Flying in Volcanic Ash|Aviation Safety Journal (http://asj.nolan-law.com/2010/05/officials-continue-to-equivocate-about-flying-in-volcanic-ash/)

The ultimate...
Forum: Tech Log
10th May 2010, 03:27
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,538,238
Posted By OVERTALK

Just another theory.....

and as HarryMann said:
Astute .... unless there were onboard electrical disruptions....

All logical and tends to point to a structural failure (i.e. a partial loss of fuselage integrity causing...
Forum: Tech Log
7th May 2010, 05:29
Replies: 1
Views: 806
Posted By OVERTALK

A320 engines out DITCHABILITY?

FBW /APU starting and controllability?
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When the A320 went into the Hudson River, the Captain deviated from the checklist cadence and quite appropriately fired up the APU, more or less...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th May 2010, 05:24
Replies: 2,015
Views: 1,058,592
Posted By OVERTALK

But is anybody qualified to answer the question asked

........4 posts above
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Forum: Rumours & News
7th May 2010, 00:30
Replies: 2,015
Views: 1,058,592
Posted By OVERTALK

FBW /APU starting and controllability?

When the A320 went into the Hudson River, the Captain deviated from the checklist cadence and quite appropriately fired up the APU, more or less immediately after the birds hit.

This action kept...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th May 2010, 06:54
Replies: 272
Views: 60,402
Posted By OVERTALK

The Super Hornet Replacement's Flaws

Last fall, the Air Force announced that a F-16 Air National Guard unit in South Burlington Vermont was on a list of ten candidates to receive the F-35 when it is built and deployed. Not all of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2010, 23:12
Replies: 23
Views: 5,899
Posted By OVERTALK

Not Only But Also

To get a handle on the overall inequity, it must also be observed that:

a. Unlike politician's pensions, DFRDB is self-funded (deductions from pay throughout one's career)

b. Unlike pensions...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
17th Nov 2009, 16:11
Replies: 20
Views: 7,710
Posted By OVERTALK

Investigators a bit "RUSTY"???

Hmm, interesting indeed:

a. Steel cylinders

b. Lost into the ocean during the explosion

c. Nowhere in the report...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Nov 2009, 11:19
Replies: 23
Views: 5,899
Posted By OVERTALK

The Reason why the Silence is Deafening

CDF was told that he was NOT to comment upon the Report and has passed this on to the individual service chiefs.

One of the first major KRUDD FUDGEs.

It'd be nice if he ultimately had cause to...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Sep 2009, 05:03
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,284,096
Posted By OVERTALK

AF447 was going Faster or Slower? (than indicated)

Machinbird says: (of post 4426/4427 - link (http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/376433-af447-222.html#post5202948))

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Seems to fail the logic test for Occam's Razor. Up until the A/P disconnect,...
Forum: Tech Log
20th Sep 2009, 07:30
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,284,096
Posted By OVERTALK

I think he's straight out saying just that. A...

I think he's straight out saying just that. A Mach encounter due to speed sneaking up to the high side unobserved could lead to a pilot mistaking its characteristics for stall buffet and lowering the...
Forum: Tech Log
24th Jun 2009, 02:59
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,284,096
Posted By OVERTALK

Some Technical Clarification

No matter how much you computerize and automate and digitize via pressure-sensing transducers, the pneumatically derived values of pitot pressure (dynamic plus static) come from the same sources....
Forum: Tech Log
15th Jun 2009, 11:06
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,284,096
Posted By OVERTALK

TCAS affected by Pitot Icing? Why should it be?

Graybeards said (at

post 1549 (http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/376433-af447-78.html#post4997293) that:


It would appear that some are flummoxed by the TCAS failure msg on ACARS (TCAS...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Jun 2009, 15:20
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,284,096
Posted By OVERTALK

Explanation for the Airspeed Anomalies/Discrepancies

Lots of discussion about pitot tubes instantly icing up as an explanation for the airspeed disparities/anomalies? There's a much simpler (Occam's razor) explanation - if you go back to first...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Jun 2009, 13:04
Replies: 947
Views: 1,114,575
Posted By OVERTALK

Sounds like Belgique was on the right track....

in his post #718 (http://www.pprune.org/4971555-post718.html)

See the link in that post.

Investigators are saying the aircraft stalled into a loss of control at height (inference being too...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Feb 2008, 11:44
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,136,556
Posted By OVERTALK

The cavitation damage to the engines' HP fuel...

The cavitation damage to the engines' HP fuel pumps would seem to indicate incipient fuel starvation - or at least aeration - for whatever reason. Cavitation damage occurs when the pumps lose their...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jan 2008, 13:34
Replies: 451
Views: 289,726
Posted By OVERTALK

Missing the (any?) POINT here

Chris Scott
So you're saying that UNCTUOUS could read the GE AD's message (below) and yet still assume that the PS3 and P3B sense lines were fuel lines that incorporated weep holes that would...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jan 2008, 23:11
Replies: 307
Views: 182,340
Posted By OVERTALK

UNMuddling the Thinking HERE

In response to the post by OVERTALK at #268 (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3855375&postcount=268) of this thread,



However to quote further (below) from the AD itself, it would...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jan 2008, 15:14
Replies: 307
Views: 182,340
Posted By OVERTALK

FAA AD AD 99-27-15 of 11 Jan 2000 (link...

FAA AD AD 99-27-15 of 11 Jan 2000 (link (http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAD.nsf/0/b51bf59705afd3e4862568820061cbea)) a situation applicable to GE engines on the 777 addressed a...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Dec 2007, 12:25
Replies: 54
Views: 25,299
Posted By OVERTALK

Two Air France B777-300ER planes grounded in two...

Two Air France B777-300ER planes grounded in two days
Source; http://www.crash-aerien.com/www/news/article1.php?id=7193&check=0
Paris (France) - For the second time in two days, an Air France...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2007, 11:42
Replies: 71
Views: 25,600
Posted By OVERTALK

EM, the original Bloodaxe is doing what? ...

EM, the original Bloodaxe is doing what?
Battles in Iceland?? Que (i.e. not still on Tucano at Linton?)
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Nov 2007, 11:08
Replies: 22
Views: 8,091
Posted By OVERTALK

As reported to the world by whom (on what date?)

As reported to the world by whom (on what date?)
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Nov 2007, 10:43
Replies: 97
Views: 17,062
Posted By OVERTALK

Some graphics

http://www.designnews.com/articles/images/DN/20071026/CA6494612_B.jpg
http://www.designnews.com/articles/images/DN/20071026/CA6494612_C.jpg...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Oct 2007, 10:30
Replies: 5
Views: 1,695
Posted By OVERTALK

#9 ADF Course? What year did they pass out?...

#9 ADF Course?

What year did they pass out? 1928?
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Jul 2007, 04:12
Replies: 112
Views: 20,403
Posted By OVERTALK

Generational

Non-ETOPS and without the APU, I guess they'd be down to single generator (or does A330-200 have an HMG?). Doubt it.
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Whether the FDR and CVR would be powered by the Ram Air Turbine after the loss...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Jun 2007, 00:29
Replies: 7
Views: 1,393
Posted By OVERTALK

Beech 200(?) at Paraburdoo?

Passengers survive WA plane emergency
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Passengers on a charter flight have escaped injury after their plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Paraburdoo Airport, in Western Australia's...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Jun 2007, 14:27
Replies: 6
Views: 4,720
Posted By OVERTALK

Why the Stall Management Yaw Damper Computer?

EssexBoy said
and described here (http://sjap.nl/Tips/27-3.pdf)..... but it's supposedly not an airborne anomaly - and shouldn't knock out the PFD.
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So don't really see how that relates to this...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th May 2007, 10:17
Replies: 75
Views: 26,966
Posted By OVERTALK

The MD-11 Smoke Checklist

The LongBeach MD-11 Bulletin on the MD-11 Smoke Checklist (http://www.iasa.com.au/folders/sr111/Bulleteinrtf.html)
from this link (http://www.iasa.com.au/folders/Telltale_Docs/)
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Mar 2007, 06:03
Replies: 24
Views: 12,149
Posted By OVERTALK

Crack-Pots

Does anybody really believe that a wind gusting to a maximum of 48 MPH could pit a windscreen sufficiently to make them crack - courtesy of some fine grit?
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And do it on all four windscreens of...
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