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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
12th Feb 2024, 03:16
Replies: 195
Views: 86,053
Posted By Ambient Sheep

I'm sorry for the loss of your friend.

I'm sorry for the loss of your friend.
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Mar 2022, 14:01
Replies: 75
Views: 34,753
Posted By Ambient Sheep

The Beeb has now published an updated version of...

The Beeb has now published an updated version of the story (with a different URL, surprisingly for them: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-60630871 ( [url)) with the following added...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd May 2020, 05:20
Replies: 31
Views: 20,828
Posted By Ambient Sheep

Also reported by the Beeb here:...

Also reported by the Beeb here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52518186
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Oct 2019, 17:14
Replies: 11
Views: 4,061
Posted By Ambient Sheep

I'm afraid that link seems to be broken. This one...

I'm afraid that link seems to be broken. This one seems to work: https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/18002581.tough-choices-day-tragedy/

Illuminating article though, thank you.
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jul 2019, 18:15
Replies: 1,144
Views: 616,671
Posted By Ambient Sheep

Thank you for that very informative post,...

Thank you for that very informative post, airsound.
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jul 2019, 15:57
Replies: 1,144
Views: 616,671
Posted By Ambient Sheep

IF true, then I do tend to agree with you; on the...

IF true, then I do tend to agree with you; on the other hand perhaps it's a sign of the guilt that he's going through that he feels the need to try to get himself absolved further.

Is what's being...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jul 2019, 02:03
Replies: 1,144
Views: 616,671
Posted By Ambient Sheep

I don't know, but according to an article on page...

I don't know, but according to an article on page 42 of the latest Private Eye (#1501) it's...

"...the crash pilot [that] has now asked the AAIB to reopen its inquiry.

"Only days before West...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Jun 2018, 15:00
Replies: 73
Views: 28,845
Posted By Ambient Sheep

The European Football Championships aka the...

The European Football Championships aka the Euros? Held two years after (or before, depending on how you look at it) the World Cup. Hence these threads popping up every two years.

By the way, I'm...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th May 2018, 13:22
Replies: 1,219
Views: 778,962
Posted By Ambient Sheep

Oh indeed, but it seems to me that over those...

Oh indeed, but it seems to me that over those five months the nature of the construction and the number of lights used and/or their position and/or direction may well have changed, possibly rendering...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th May 2018, 14:22
Replies: 1,219
Views: 778,962
Posted By Ambient Sheep

Ok, thank you for the info. :) And yes I am...

Ok, thank you for the info. :) And yes I am aware that some small airfields don't have them at all, was just shocked regarding a place as large as SFO, that's all. Again, thank you for replying.
Forum: Rumours & News
7th May 2018, 14:19
Replies: 1,219
Views: 778,962
Posted By Ambient Sheep

You may therefore have missed the following: ...

You may therefore have missed the following:




May I thus venture to suggest that the actual situation as seen through the cockpit window on that particular night may not have tallied with the...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th May 2018, 13:57
Replies: 1,219
Views: 778,962
Posted By Ambient Sheep

Speaking as SLF, when I first read that back in...

Speaking as SLF, when I first read that back in July I was utterly shocked that a major international airport could have just one ATC on duty no matter what the time of day -- what about sudden...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Apr 2018, 11:48
Replies: 141
Views: 35,414
Posted By Ambient Sheep

According to Woman 'fined $500 over free Delta...

According to Woman 'fined $500 over free Delta Air Lines flight apple' - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43864113)




When you put all that together this really does seem...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
20th Nov 2017, 12:15
Replies: 49
Views: 21,363
Posted By Ambient Sheep

Phew, thank you for that. We're not completely...

Phew, thank you for that. We're not completely stuffed just yet, then.

Thanks also to TURIN for belatedly adding his link; most interesting to read about the extraction and storage process.
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
19th Nov 2017, 13:40
Replies: 49
Views: 21,363
Posted By Ambient Sheep

No, but there is such a thing in the world as...

No, but there is such a thing in the world as "accidental deployment" and, in the unlikely event that I were to be travelling in one of these things, this would now concern me.
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
19th Nov 2017, 13:32
Replies: 49
Views: 21,363
Posted By Ambient Sheep

Link please? And yes, I remember reading a...

Link please?

And yes, I remember reading a very cross New Scientist editorial about fifteen years ago that berated the use of helium in party balloons etc., given that the world is running out of...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Nov 2017, 00:32
Replies: 68
Views: 67,051
Posted By Ambient Sheep

Fair enough as far as it goes, but even if...

Fair enough as far as it goes, but even if entirely true what part of that legitimises locking the purser up in a 1m x 1m cell with no seating, food or water for six hours?
Forum: Private Flying
13th Nov 2017, 08:28
Replies: 76
Views: 20,159
Posted By Ambient Sheep

In the recent tragic Irish SAR helicopter crash,...

In the recent tragic Irish SAR helicopter crash, was it not the case that the electronic map they were following didn't have the island they hit marked upon it (despite the omission having been...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Nov 2017, 09:17
Replies: 1,109
Views: 552,179
Posted By Ambient Sheep

Well obviously, and I'm not demanding such...

Well obviously, and I'm not demanding such information be disclosed (which is the tone you seem to be taking in your reply). I fully accept, for example, that we shall never know what Andy Hill said...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Nov 2017, 08:02
Replies: 1,109
Views: 552,179
Posted By Ambient Sheep

It is indeed interesting, and seems well-argued...

It is indeed interesting, and seems well-argued on the two main points of Andy Hill's verbal evidence and the cockpit video. However I found the following most intriguing:



What on earth is it...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Nov 2017, 18:37
Replies: 20
Views: 6,848
Posted By Ambient Sheep

I'm more worried as to why she felt the need to...

I'm more worried as to why she felt the need to get away from her parents as far as she did...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Aug 2017, 04:06
Replies: 1,219
Views: 778,962
Posted By Ambient Sheep

Wow! Good job this was all just "breathless...

Wow!

Good job this was all just "breathless nonsense" and "certainly wasn't anything close to a disaster", isn't it?
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2017, 09:16
Replies: 1,166
Views: 451,561
Posted By Ambient Sheep

It now appears...

It now appears (https://twitter.com/_ClaireConnelly/status/852036052286033921) that the smear tactics against the Doctor may have been not only ill-advised, but even totally incorrect.

Apparently...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2017, 06:35
Replies: 1,166
Views: 451,561
Posted By Ambient Sheep

At least one report I've read states that after...

At least one report I've read states that after the first couple volunteered (thus two more seats needed), the third person to volunteer was indeed the doctor's wife, the doctor himself only refusing...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Apr 2017, 17:46
Replies: 1,166
Views: 451,561
Posted By Ambient Sheep

Indeed. It's...

Indeed. It's (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39554421) currently the #1 most read story on the BBC News website. Way to go, United.
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Feb 2017, 15:02
Replies: 13
Views: 11,516
Posted By Ambient Sheep

Link now available: RAF escorts Pakistan plane to...

Link now available: RAF escorts Pakistan plane to Stansted - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38899472)
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Feb 2017, 14:58
Replies: 13
Views: 11,516
Posted By Ambient Sheep

According to the BBC News Channel at 15:38 &...

According to the BBC News Channel at 15:38 & 15:42, it was a flight from Lahore to Heathrow which has been safely escorted and has already landed at Stansted at 14:50, and it's currently being held...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
6th Sep 2016, 01:00
Replies: 76
Views: 47,528
Posted By Ambient Sheep

Thank you for the video link. ...

Thank you for the video link.




Indeed. With a bit of searching I found a copy of the video in which some kind soul has synchronised the sound, making it a much easier (and slightly more...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Jan 2016, 05:55
Replies: 35
Views: 20,007
Posted By Ambient Sheep

From that last link: Say what, now?

From that last link:



Say what, now?
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Jan 2016, 04:42
Replies: 12
Views: 5,634
Posted By Ambient Sheep

Back in the late 80s and early 90s, I used to...

Back in the late 80s and early 90s, I used to write embedded software for a leading supplier of petrol station equipment.

Although there is in theory a miniscule risk of inductive sparking being...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jan 2016, 06:09
Replies: 1,178
Views: 810,743
Posted By Ambient Sheep

Not in my airspace: Airbus rolls out anti-drone...

Not in my airspace: Airbus rolls out anti-drone system | Network World (http://www.networkworld.com/article/3019660/security/not-in-my-airspace-airbus-rolls-out-anti-drone-system.html)
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Dec 2015, 18:30
Replies: 29
Views: 12,748
Posted By Ambient Sheep

The same person then goes onto suggest an even...

The same person then goes onto suggest an even more brilliant idea:

The guy's a genius... at trolling. :-)
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Nov 2015, 14:17
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,498,616
Posted By Ambient Sheep

There have been reports that the FO had...

There have been reports that the FO had complained to his daughter (who subsequently told his (ex-?)wife who has gone to the media) about the state of the aircraft that he was (apparently) being made...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Sep 2015, 01:25
Replies: 90
Views: 79,856
Posted By Ambient Sheep

Agree with what you say, except shouldn't that...

Agree with what you say, except shouldn't that last 0.014% be 0.14%? Just trying to avoid further confusion...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Sep 2015, 15:31
Replies: 125
Views: 85,346
Posted By Ambient Sheep

Currently the #1 "most read" story on the BBC...

Currently the #1 "most read" story on the BBC News website. :-(

American Airlines flies uncertified plane to Hawaii - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34248758)
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