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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Dec 2023, 08:56
Replies: 58
Views: 14,066
Posted By TheAerosCo

I agree with previous posters that a snap roll...

I agree with previous posters that a snap roll and flick roll are the same thing. Also, a Hammerhead and Stall Turn are also the same as each other, although the former is a much better term since...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Sep 2023, 12:42
Replies: 148
Views: 25,404
Posted By TheAerosCo

Speaking of Kenley, this is a "Man Alive"...

Speaking of Kenley, this is a "Man Alive" documentary of a 501 Squadron reunion there around 1969.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/man-alive--the-few/zrrjgwx
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Aug 2021, 06:50
Replies: 16
Views: 3,512
Posted By TheAerosCo

Try the Ancestry website. A quick search shows...

Try the Ancestry website. A quick search shows him born in Hertfordshire in 1922 and with his death recorded in BC, Canada. It also has a number of photos which includes one in a group in uniform. It...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Jul 2021, 06:16
Replies: 11
Views: 1,613
Posted By TheAerosCo

If you're a member you can sign up to and post on...

If you're a member you can sign up to and post on an email distribution list which goes out to everyone who's registered. Or post a "wanted" ad on the website. It's only £25p.a. to join.
Forum: Private Flying
7th Jul 2021, 06:05
Replies: 11
Views: 1,613
Posted By TheAerosCo

Tim, I'm not sure now if you got my PM or not, so...

Tim, I'm not sure now if you got my PM or not, so this is the gist of what I said.

fyi there's a couple of Pitts for sale here: https://www.aerobatics.org.uk/for-sale-and-wanted
An S1T is the...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Jul 2021, 13:02
Replies: 11
Views: 1,613
Posted By TheAerosCo

CommandT, Tried to send pm but your mailbox is...

CommandT, Tried to send pm but your mailbox is full
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jul 2009, 12:45
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

Caz Thanks for your reply and, no, I'm not...

Caz

Thanks for your reply and, no, I'm not suggesting the radar was u/s at the time.

I am interested that your understanding is that the controller passed them their position. Are the R/T...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jul 2009, 20:13
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

WK Thanks for your reply. Yes, I have...

WK

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, I have studied the Boeing analysis in detail and have commented on it in previous posts.

The problem with it is that many parts of the analysis are speculation...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jul 2009, 20:41
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

Caz Remind us please. Exactly when and where...

Caz

Remind us please. Exactly when and where were they at "ATC fix"? Exactly when and where was waypoint change "initiated". What was their heading/track at waypoint change?
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jun 2009, 20:04
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

bast0n/JP You assume two possibilities....

bast0n/JP

You assume two possibilities. There were more. There is no definitive evidence of track or heading during the flight (except at impact). At the point of decision to change waypoint (if...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Mar 2009, 21:56
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

JP Apologies, but trying to look objectively, I...

JP
Apologies, but trying to look objectively, I see no factual evidence to suggest that they were flying at anything other than a normal cruising speed (rather than high speed) up to waypoint...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Mar 2009, 20:45
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

UFCM

short&shapeless

Not a complete answer to your questions, but the following are references which are, or were, in the public domain:

House of Lords debates
Monday, 5 March 2001

The...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2007, 13:47
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

Boslandew Just a small comment on the above....

Boslandew

Just a small comment on the above.
The average groundspeed quoted is only an estimate based on an initial radio fix. That, together with the fact that the actual winds encountered are...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Nov 2005, 13:37
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

EDM

Thud

My MP gave me the same reply - that he doesn’t “do” EDMs. Your post prompted me to check how many he had signed - about 135! So I will write to him again.
To give him his due, however, he...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Nov 2005, 19:10
Replies: 113
Views: 12,746
Posted By TheAerosCo

alpha

TJFC

Whilst I agree with you over your use of R & Bs (I found them invaluable at maintaining currency with and practising for low-level aeros for display purposes - in the correct circumstances,...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Aug 2005, 12:01
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

EDM

Brian

Just had a prompt reply from my MP re the EDM. He ends his letter with the following:

"You asked for my support by signing EDM 651. In my experience, Early Day Motions are never debated...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Sep 2004, 21:16
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

Not a simulation - but guesswork. The whole...

Not a simulation - but guesswork. The whole basis for the Boeing airspeed calculation is based on estimates - they didn't even use a known (factual) starting point for their calculations (it was a...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Jul 2004, 09:20
Replies: 27
Views: 2,790
Posted By TheAerosCo

Stik mentions about flicking left and right. Once...

Stik mentions about flicking left and right. Once you are happy with the technique, I would recommend always practising both ways so you don't become handed. Apart from the satisfaction of being able...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jul 2004, 07:28
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

Speed

Walter



Beware the Boeing calculations. I posted some time ago that these may be misleading in that the initial fix (at zone boundary) was only ascertained by interview with the controller,...
Forum: Private Flying
30th May 2004, 17:08
Replies: 39
Views: 4,206
Posted By TheAerosCo

Stall turns To help you turn against the engine...

Stall turns
To help you turn against the engine (or with it, for that matter), try introducing a little opposite rudder during the pull up and counteract with a tad of aileron to keep the aircraft...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Feb 2004, 13:58
Replies: 380
Views: 233,451
Posted By TheAerosCo

G-SOLO

As previously mentioned, the David Perrin S2S G-SOLO is still registered in the UK, although to a now defunct Company (Landitfast). Does anyone know of its whereabouts now? I know it was in the...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Dec 2003, 19:09
Replies: 33
Views: 3,030
Posted By TheAerosCo

A word of caution - a sight gauge can lie! If...

A word of caution - a sight gauge can lie!
If the gauge is of the flexible pipe design and the pipe takes a relatively tortuous route from the tank, then trapped air bubbles can form giving a false...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2003, 18:12
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

Radar fix

I recently emailed Geoff Hoon regarding apparent inaccuracies in the MOD response to the HOL Select Committee. I believed that the initial fix used by Boeing to calculate average groundspeed was...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st May 2003, 02:10
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

John Purdey Just to clarify, the Boeing...

John Purdey

Just to clarify, the Boeing analysis I was referring to was not part of the simulation, rather it was a seperate exercise to establish a possible flightpath which fitted with the data...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th May 2003, 03:30
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

John Purdey You are quite correct...

John Purdey



You are quite correct that this discussion can become clouded by whether one is talking about the outcome of the HOL Select Committee inquiry (the legal side) or what occurred...
Forum: Private Flying
28th May 2003, 04:46
Replies: 5
Views: 692
Posted By TheAerosCo

New aerobatics book

There is a new book about aerobatics just out by Alan Cassidy. It is comprehensive, from just starting out to Unlimited level, and I'll wager it will become the standard textbook. See...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th May 2003, 04:30
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

Mr Purdey THE CREW WERE NOT WHERE THEY...

Mr Purdey

THE CREW WERE NOT WHERE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE. Maybe they were, maybe they weren't, who knows?

Your theory, if I follow you, is that the crew thought they were on direct track over...
Forum: Private Flying
15th May 2003, 15:57
Replies: 6
Views: 546
Posted By TheAerosCo

FFF I didn't see the prog, but some...

FFF


I didn't see the prog, but some general ideas about spinning aircraft like the Extra 300 and CAP232 (and many other types):
It is the rudder which stops the spin - and full power gives a...
Forum: Private Flying
5th May 2003, 00:34
Replies: 54
Views: 5,429
Posted By TheAerosCo

52 departures

.. and please don't do it unless you've practiced power failure from the critical points and (hence) have also ascertained a minimum target aispeed for the pull up.

TAC
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2003, 11:22
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

Perhaps not directly relevant, but interesting to...

Perhaps not directly relevant, but interesting to note that as at July 2000 the US Army had still not sorted their CH47 Flight Control lock-up and associated problems. I wonder if the matter has yet...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Jan 2003, 17:07
Replies: 4
Views: 699
Posted By TheAerosCo

Just in case its of any use, there's a share in a...

Just in case its of any use, there's a share in a CAP232 available at White Waltham. Only 20 mins from GWD, by air.
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2003, 10:07
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

JP I do not think anybody doubts that the...

JP

I do not think anybody doubts that the intended track was towards the lighthouse prior to waypoint change. But why, then, did the aircraft then make a course change to the right, rather than...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2003, 16:56
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,319,820
Posted By TheAerosCo

JP Hmmm - I have seen nothing which...

JP



Hmmm - I have seen nothing which suggests anybody knows what the intended track was at that point.
Forum: Private Flying
6th Jan 2003, 16:48
Replies: 27
Views: 6,239
Posted By TheAerosCo

Agaricus The facts about this accident are...

Agaricus

The facts about this accident are as yet unknown and are likely to be so for some time. May I respectfully suggest that it is inappropriate to imply criticism of the crew (which is how I...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Dec 2002, 12:45
Replies: 16
Views: 1,641
Posted By TheAerosCo

Top Gear BBC2 Sunday

I understand that Top Gear (20:00 tonight BBC2) should include an airborne race around the track at Dunsfold with 2002 British Aerobatic Champion Tom Cassells. Starts just after the end of the Red...
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