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Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
22nd Sep 2016, 21:36
Replies: 15
Views: 5,469
Posted By Wageslave

FL010? Flight level 010?????? Seriously?...

FL010? Flight level 010??????

Seriously? Better stick to stamp-collecting!

Oh, this is spotters corner. Perhaps FL010 makes sense here....
;(
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Sep 2016, 21:26
Replies: 20
Views: 4,586
Posted By Wageslave

Wisley. Yes, it was apparently seen more...

Wisley.

Yes, it was apparently seen more cost-effective to divvy the runway up into 4 armco-barriered sections to stop kids racing their Cortinas on it and risk murdering aircraft in trouble than...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Sep 2016, 21:12
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,377
Posted By Wageslave

Jay Sata Quite so. My next question is this....

Jay Sata Quite so.

My next question is this.

Where exactly - I mean exactly, did the Spirit of Artifice end up in Winslow?

All the statements I can find suggest a loss of power immediately...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Sep 2016, 20:05
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,377
Posted By Wageslave

Quote; Wikipedia. My italics. Isn't this...

Quote; Wikipedia.
My italics.

Isn't this statement just a little bit more than simply disingenuous?

It implies that the film crew, support crew and sponsors were "often" invited to fly in the...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Sep 2016, 15:03
Replies: 42
Views: 12,908
Posted By Wageslave

The Tiger Club impressed on me the importance of...

The Tiger Club impressed on me the importance of wheeling-on both the Tiger Moth and the Stampe if there was any crosswind at all, but that it was a little less important with the Stampe due to its...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Sep 2016, 13:17
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,377
Posted By Wageslave

Another puzzle. If she is so hopeless as a...

Another puzzle.
If she is so hopeless as a pilot that she needs an ATPL passenger doesn't it seem odd that her team would allow her to fly royalty on joy-rides, as the now much edited Wikipedia...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Sep 2016, 12:33
Replies: 40
Views: 10,004
Posted By Wageslave

Coal was considered as a fuel at one stage in...

Coal was considered as a fuel at one stage in it's development, wasn't it?

SSD, you don't sound like someone with a great knowledge of aviation if you think the SR71 "flawed". Do you have any...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Sep 2016, 15:22
Replies: 60
Views: 20,449
Posted By Wageslave

No chance. It closed a couple of years ago.

No chance. It closed a couple of years ago.
Forum: Private Flying
21st Sep 2016, 10:44
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,377
Posted By Wageslave

Wikipedia. While all the did-she, didn't-she...

Wikipedia.

While all the did-she, didn't-she hoo-har rages on I find a nagging question in my head.

Why, why for Heaven's sake, would a Commercial pilot and instructor capable enough to fly...
Forum: Questions
16th Sep 2016, 22:06
Replies: 6
Views: 6,835
Posted By Wageslave

How is that relevant to what is recorded in a...

How is that relevant to what is recorded in a logbook?

Why would a Professional pilot need a column to record this at 1000, 10,000, 30,000 hrs?

Training trivia like that is recorded in many...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Sep 2016, 21:49
Replies: 9
Views: 2,217
Posted By Wageslave

No such thing on SK. S61 is a totally...

No such thing on SK.

S61 is a totally different matter. Required for Nr trimming on final approach due to a previous generation FCU, wasn't it? Bloody nuisance too when you had to complete a...
Forum: Questions
16th Sep 2016, 10:20
Replies: 6
Views: 6,835
Posted By Wageslave

Why not look up what parameters each juristiction...

Why not look up what parameters each juristiction requires you to record and see which logbook allows this. I very much doubt if either lacks the required fields.
There may also be fields that you...
Forum: Flight Testing
14th Sep 2016, 11:31
Replies: 6
Views: 4,486
Posted By Wageslave

Sadly the field of test flying is hazardous,...

Sadly the field of test flying is hazardous, especially in an airframe of largely unknown aerodynamic qualities and with completely unproven engines.
I say unproven because motorcycle engines though...
Forum: Private Flying
14th Sep 2016, 10:21
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,377
Posted By Wageslave

When/if she ever does a lecture tour here in UK...

When/if she ever does a lecture tour here in UK it might turn out to be thoroughly good entertainment.
Barracking from the cheap-seats or what?
Forum: Private Flying
13th Sep 2016, 08:46
Replies: 15
Views: 2,541
Posted By Wageslave

Respectfully suggest that "breaking" hard to...

Respectfully suggest that "breaking" hard to avoid a pigeon is not the wisest thing to do. You need to keep control of your aeroplane and it isn't worth risking "breaking" an aeroplane or its pax for...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Sep 2016, 08:39
Replies: 21
Views: 10,194
Posted By Wageslave

Dustcloud just the same. The rotors still need to...

Dustcloud just the same. The rotors still need to provide lift (thus downwash) in the flare, from that point of view nothing changes, its just that the energy to provide lift is taken from somewhere...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Sep 2016, 22:15
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,712,797
Posted By Wageslave

Why would a runway with massive runoffs be useful...

Why would a runway with massive runoffs be useful in teaching short field technique? Surely you'd need a short field for that? At least, that's how I did it.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
12th Sep 2016, 21:58
Replies: 68
Views: 16,180
Posted By Wageslave

Airport "security" as in the pax-harrassment...

Airport "security" as in the pax-harrassment business is purely an empty theatrical statement that politicians are doing "everything humanly possible" to prevent an atrocity.
They know damn well...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2016, 14:30
Replies: 18
Views: 4,639
Posted By Wageslave

Historically the Russians have long had close...

Historically the Russians have long had close ties with Mt Athos, including an invasion of it in the 1920s (?).

Whatever the thug in the Kremlin's motives are you can be certain they are aimed...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2016, 11:57
Replies: 12
Views: 3,722
Posted By Wageslave

I can't imagine any air safety reason to be...

I can't imagine any air safety reason to be flying around E Anglia without nav lights. Manpads are in short supply around here...
One had his tip lights on so being invisible clearly wasn't part of...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
12th Sep 2016, 10:39
Replies: 14
Views: 4,895
Posted By Wageslave

Will they want training in landing, I wonder...?

Will they want training in landing, I wonder...?
Forum: Flight/Ground Ops, Crewing and Dispatch
12th Sep 2016, 00:34
Replies: 4
Views: 3,787
Posted By Wageslave

Didn't ask a question. zzz

Didn't ask a question.

zzz
Forum: Private Flying
12th Sep 2016, 00:20
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,377
Posted By Wageslave

Er, Stearman, wasn't it, before it got trashed? ...

Er, Stearman, wasn't it, before it got trashed?

So in the interest of accuracy let's agree it's made of steel and fabric.

But do go on, and on - Tracey...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Sep 2016, 00:13
Replies: 80
Views: 41,111
Posted By Wageslave

Thank God there are still some Captains with...

Thank God there are still some Captains with enough integrity to ensure the welfare of their crew. Those poor cc work without a break for hours on end esp on short flights and often have no time to...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Sep 2016, 23:40
Replies: 30
Views: 12,228
Posted By Wageslave

Sheet! We're banging our heads against a wall...

Sheet! We're banging our heads against a wall with people as blinkered as this! Are you seriously trying to compare those three as equally biased? On reflection, you can't be.
er - can you??? ...
Forum: Private Flying
11th Sep 2016, 10:41
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,377
Posted By Wageslave

he he! Best post yet!

he he!
Best post yet!
Forum: Flight/Ground Ops, Crewing and Dispatch
11th Sep 2016, 10:34
Replies: 4
Views: 3,787
Posted By Wageslave

Dispatcher in Europe and most of the rest of the...

Dispatcher in Europe and most of the rest of the world is a poorly paid and thankless job carried out in all weathers typically by 20 somethings who haven't found a decent job yet. It involves...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Sep 2016, 20:48
Replies: 30
Views: 12,228
Posted By Wageslave

What exactly is Russia Today's angle on fatigue...

What exactly is Russia Today's angle on fatigue in Western airlines, I wonder? It doesn't strike me as a very independent-minded organ, to say the least.
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Sep 2016, 12:51
Replies: 12
Views: 3,722
Posted By Wageslave

Aha! So one had tip lights on - that's exactly...

Aha! So one had tip lights on - that's exactly what I saw - spectacular. But why do that with no nav lights? Is flying with no lights something the military does often? Why? If they'd had even dim...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Sep 2016, 12:46
Replies: 12
Views: 3,722
Posted By Wageslave

Aha! So one had tip lights on - that's exactly...

Aha! So one had tip lights on - that's exactly what I saw - spectacular. But why no nav lights? Is this something the military do often? Why? If they'd had even dim nav lights I'd have seen...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Sep 2016, 09:49
Replies: 12
Views: 3,722
Posted By Wageslave

V22 and Nav Lights

Last night two V22s passed my house some 10 minutes apart. It was about 2200, pitch dark with no significant moon. They were flying at an estimated 500 - 1000ft.
Neither appeared to be showing Nav...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Sep 2016, 09:33
Replies: 71
Views: 40,798
Posted By Wageslave

Sub 1000hr pilots in a complex type like that? ...

Sub 1000hr pilots in a complex type like that?
And just after an allegedly non-rated (rather derated) instructor with a stude stoofed their newly refurbed Longranger at Wilson.

Smells like a...
Forum: Freight Dogs
8th Sep 2016, 22:26
Replies: 18
Views: 5,578
Posted By Wageslave

Sounds like a job for a Caravan to me.

Sounds like a job for a Caravan to me.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
8th Sep 2016, 12:15
Replies: 19
Views: 3,617
Posted By Wageslave

Here is Lefty and his P38 in better days - before...

Here is Lefty and his P38 in better days - before it was defiled by turning it into a nasty soda-pop advert. Or should that be an advert for nasty soda-pop?
Harlingen, Tx. Easter 1977
...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Sep 2016, 09:39
Replies: 23
Views: 5,394
Posted By Wageslave

What a breathtakingly arrogant post from the OP. ...

What a breathtakingly arrogant post from the OP.

What has arrogance to do with it? The man has apologised for being the Senior man when the medics were prescribing a well known and well used drug...
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