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Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
11th Jun 2002, 15:48
Replies: 0
Views: 721
Posted By llamas

I strongly suspect . . .

. . . that this has been here before.

But if you have time on your hands, why not go to this site

Edited

llater,

llamas
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jun 2002, 22:22
Replies: 48
Views: 13,181
Posted By llamas

Lou Scannon wrote: "His name was Neville...

Lou Scannon wrote:

"His name was Neville Norway actually. He decided to use the name "Shute" (his mother's maiden name) so that his boss, Mr B. Wallis and his firm, Vickers, wouldn't know that...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jun 2002, 15:40
Replies: 48
Views: 13,181
Posted By llamas

Nopax - that's the one. At the risk of...

Nopax - that's the one.

At the risk of terminal thread drift - fans of Nevil Shute may be interested to know that his first new book in more than 40 years has just been published. Entitled "The...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jun 2002, 11:49
Replies: 48
Views: 13,181
Posted By llamas

I have my doubts about a coverup, myself. ...

I have my doubts about a coverup, myself.

However, there is a most interesting coincidence regarding the fate of the Comet.

A certain British novelist wrote a very popular novel in 1948, which...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jun 2002, 12:16
Replies: 209
Views: 19,173
Posted By llamas

That's "Glaser Safety Slug". Not "Glasser". It's...

That's "Glaser Safety Slug". Not "Glasser". It's a little hard to take a voluminous screed like this seriously when the trade name of a recommended product is repeatedly mis-spelled.

Having...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Jun 2002, 18:08
Replies: 52
Views: 8,966
Posted By llamas

We've already seen "where will it end?" ...

We've already seen "where will it end?"

People like Mary Schiavo have been ringing the bell about safety and security for years, Before 9-11, no doubt most people thought she was paranoid, too.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Jun 2002, 17:59
Replies: 209
Views: 19,173
Posted By llamas

Amen to every word that Mr Greeneberg wrote, and...

Amen to every word that Mr Greeneberg wrote, and thanks for posting it.

I worry a whole hell of a lot more about some religious fanatic sitting next to me with a sharpened ball-point pen in his...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Jun 2002, 17:44
Replies: 52
Views: 8,966
Posted By llamas

What Holden said. I've spent far too much of...

What Holden said.

I've spent far too much of my life as SLF.

As with brain surgery and doing brake work on my truck, I want someone in command - not someone who's trying to make me happy.

I,...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Jun 2002, 11:49
Replies: 52
Views: 8,966
Posted By llamas

Let's assume that Duster is the guy, shall we? ...

Let's assume that Duster is the guy, shall we?

So he's the pilot in command. The key word is "command". Borrowing from military usage, "command" means that he is responsible for every single thing...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
20th May 2002, 11:31
Replies: 32
Views: 5,302
Posted By llamas

Post From an awfully long way away, but more than...

From an awfully long way away, but more than passing familiar with Headcorn - I would only add a quote from the novel "An Old Captivity", by Nevil Shute, in reference to complaints of aircraft noise...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd May 2002, 13:24
Replies: 87
Views: 77,229
Posted By llamas

Post Thank you, FL, for an excellent summary of how...

Thank you, FL, for an excellent summary of how this played out before the Recorder.

I think those participants who suggest that the ASU and its officers were stupid, or naive, or negligent, need...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
26th Apr 2002, 14:39
Replies: 23
Views: 2,484
Posted By llamas

Question Chocks Wahay - Test Pilot sounds like a...

Chocks Wahay - Test Pilot sounds like a fascinating book. Can you name the author, please? There's several by that title in ABE and I can't tell which one it is that you mean.

Tx,

llater,
...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd Apr 2002, 18:24
Replies: 60
Views: 9,272
Posted By llamas

Re: Addendum

This may seem like a contentious response, but it is not.

Regarding this:

" . . . . a teenager to be shot and killed by police because his car was mistaken for one used as a getaway car by...
Forum: Questions
23rd Apr 2002, 17:59
Replies: 51
Views: 13,253
Posted By llamas

Post Thank you, folks, I must have had a dyslexic...

Thank you, folks, I must have had a dyslexic moment when I typed in my search parameters.

Any ideas about Howden?

llater,

llamas
Forum: Questions
23rd Apr 2002, 15:58
Replies: 51
Views: 13,253
Posted By llamas

Question I can tell that this has to be the place to ask...

I can tell that this has to be the place to ask these two questions:

1) Does Sherburn-in-Elmet airfield still exist, and if so can anyone provide some form of directions? Searching a bit hard from...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Apr 2002, 14:02
Replies: 43
Views: 13,353
Posted By llamas

Post No quibble with what arcniz describes, except to...

No quibble with what arcniz describes, except to add that there's a reason that towers like the WTC and such were not built using the structural concrete-curtain wall techniques of eg the Pirelli...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
19th Apr 2002, 11:16
Replies: 60
Views: 9,272
Posted By llamas

Post Well, the recent FAA reports about the numbers of...

Well, the recent FAA reports about the numbers of weapons &c still making it past security post-9-11 are troubling, no two ways about it. Perhaps someone in the know can post data regarding the...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Apr 2002, 21:55
Replies: 43
Views: 13,353
Posted By llamas

Post Not that I know a dam' thing about it, but . . . ...

Not that I know a dam' thing about it, but . . .

The Pirelli building is, as I understand, an all-stressed-concrete structure, not a steel-frame-and-concrete structure as, for example, the WTC...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
17th Apr 2002, 15:47
Replies: 23
Views: 2,484
Posted By llamas

I would recommend "Round the Bend" by Nevil Shute...

I would recommend "Round the Bend" by Nevil Shute , who in addition to being a dam' fine novelist, founded his own aircraft manufacturing company (Airspeed, later absorbed during WW2 by DH), was...
Forum: Questions
17th Apr 2002, 15:35
Replies: 19
Views: 981
Posted By llamas

Post Yeah, they didn't do a thing for R101, but, hey,...

Yeah, they didn't do a thing for R101, but, hey, never say die, what?

llater,

llamas
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
17th Apr 2002, 11:52
Replies: 60
Views: 9,272
Posted By llamas

Post OnFinal - well. what can one say about your...

OnFinal -

well. what can one say about your experience? Obviously, it was seriously substandard, and I for one am very sorry that it happened to you.

But what it demonstrates is a concentration...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
16th Apr 2002, 17:54
Replies: 60
Views: 9,272
Posted By llamas

Post Words can be slightly indigestible, but if it...

Words can be slightly indigestible, but if it turns out that she only did as she was directed I'll have no problem saying that my suspicions were unfounded.

As it happens, I have been a deputy...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
16th Apr 2002, 12:25
Replies: 60
Views: 9,272
Posted By llamas

Post Nobody's calling nobody a liar, any way up. ...

Nobody's calling nobody a liar, any way up.

But the story, as reported at the head of this thread, and re-reported in The Grauniad today, is told from one side only - that of the aggrieved...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
15th Apr 2002, 19:20
Replies: 60
Views: 9,272
Posted By llamas

Funilly enough, two legs of my trip last week...

Funilly enough, two legs of my trip last week were into and out of PHL. The return leg was at 6.00 pm on Friday evening, prime-time. Obviously, these were domestic flights and the security may be...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
15th Apr 2002, 15:42
Replies: 60
Views: 9,272
Posted By llamas

Post Hmmm. CNN reported this a little differently. ...

Hmmm. CNN reported this a little differently.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TRAVEL/NEWS/02/23/philly.airport.security/?related

Shock, horror, law enforcement officers do not take the assertions of...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Sep 2001, 17:11
Replies: 22
Views: 2,322
Posted By llamas

Post I have to quibble with Jackonicko on several...

I have to quibble with Jackonicko on several issues, viz:

"1) Tell me that four Arab hijackers could have got on four simultaneous European flights, with weapons or without. Tell me you wouldn't...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Sep 2001, 15:13
Replies: 4
Views: 485
Posted By llamas

Post Those in the US who already have a connection...

Those in the US who already have a connection with the "umbrella" charity, the United Way, may also care to consider their special fund set up for those affected by the events of 9/11/01. Full...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Sep 2001, 22:02
Replies: 56
Views: 5,835
Posted By llamas

Post I'm just an engineer. But I'll design you a...

I'm just an engineer. But I'll design you a cockpit interface which can't be penetrated without serious power tools, and which will function as required for the de-pressurization case as well as for...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Aug 2001, 15:47
Replies: 99
Views: 8,074
Posted By llamas

Post lomapaseo wrote: "The views on this forum...

lomapaseo wrote:

"The views on this forum are actually helpful. Many investigators are experts in their own specialized fields and generalists in the rest, yet they are official representatives of...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Aug 2001, 15:47
Replies: 99
Views: 8,215
Posted By llamas

Post lomapaseo wrote: "The views on this forum...

lomapaseo wrote:

"The views on this forum are actually helpful. Many investigators are experts in their own specialized fields and generalists in the rest, yet they are official representatives of...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Aug 2001, 19:33
Replies: 99
Views: 8,074
Posted By llamas

Post Reagrding Glueball's comments about margins and...

Reagrding Glueball's comments about margins and redundancies in compoenents and the likelihood of their being a contributing factor to the wreck -

I've read this kind of thinking in many places...
Forum: Tech Log
30th Aug 2001, 19:33
Replies: 99
Views: 8,215
Posted By llamas

Post Reagrding Glueball's comments about margins and...

Reagrding Glueball's comments about margins and redundancies in compoenents and the likelihood of their being a contributing factor to the wreck -

I've read this kind of thinking in many places...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Aug 2001, 18:12
Replies: 99
Views: 8,074
Posted By llamas

Post Just a thought. Captain Marty's decision -...

Just a thought.

Captain Marty's decision - to attempt to make it to Le Bourget - is now being discussed in absolute terms - that his only choice should have been (insert favored selection here).
...
Forum: Tech Log
29th Aug 2001, 18:12
Replies: 99
Views: 8,215
Posted By llamas

Post Just a thought. Captain Marty's decision -...

Just a thought.

Captain Marty's decision - to attempt to make it to Le Bourget - is now being discussed in absolute terms - that his only choice should have been (insert favored selection here).
...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Aug 2001, 15:27
Replies: 42
Views: 3,765
Posted By llamas

Post I second Lavdumper's comments about SouthWest and...

I second Lavdumper's comments about SouthWest and why they are so successful, even at budget pricing. I fly SW several times a month, and the key is in the customer-facing staff. For their prices,...
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