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Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
25th Aug 2014, 16:46
Replies: 262
Views: 134,112
Posted By SLFgeek

August 25, 2014 - NTSB Revokes Party Status of a...

August 25, 2014 - NTSB Revokes Party Status of a Union and an Airline for Violating Agreements (http://www.ntsb.gov/news/2014/140825.html)
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Jul 2014, 23:51
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,305,361
Posted By SLFgeek

This is the kind of statement that bothers me. If...

This is the kind of statement that bothers me. If the purposed individual turned off the power bus to make the aircraft invisible (as much as theoretically possible), why bother turning it back on at...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
13th Jun 2014, 14:56
Replies: 248
Views: 118,352
Posted By SLFgeek

Preliminary report has been posted by the NTSB ...

Preliminary report has been posted by the NTSB

Preliminary Report: Crash on takeoff of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation G-IV, Bedford, MA, May 31, 2014...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
1st Jun 2014, 17:41
Replies: 248
Views: 118,352
Posted By SLFgeek

Philadelphia Inquirer's Lewis Katz dies in plane...

Philadelphia Inquirer's Lewis Katz dies in plane crash (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27656261)



Sounds like the same incident.
Forum: Rumours & News
29th May 2014, 12:43
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,305,361
Posted By SLFgeek

@P.J.M., map at...

@P.J.M., map at http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/535538-malaysian-airlines-mh370-contact-lost-548.html#post8498024

The times on that map do not match the (positive handshake) times on the most...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th May 2014, 17:09
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,305,361
Posted By SLFgeek

If you notice the top of that image, it claims...

If you notice the top of that image, it claims that the radar track is from Pulau Perak. I'm not familiar with that part of the world, so I looked it up on Wikipedia. Pulau Perak is a very small...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th May 2014, 15:36
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,305,361
Posted By SLFgeek

If you compare the PSR track (in the recent ATSB...

If you compare the PSR track (in the recent ATSB document) to the map on this post ...
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/535538-malaysian-airlines-mh370-contact-lost-70.html#post8364326
It seems...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Mar 2014, 13:57
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,305,361
Posted By SLFgeek

Indeed. The only hard evidence we have to go on,...

Indeed. The only hard evidence we have to go on, after 3 weeks of analysis, is the brief PSR returns and a small number of satellite handshakes as provided by INMARSAT.

The satellite handshakes...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2014, 18:03
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,305,361
Posted By SLFgeek

Right, because the satellite rings (as they are...

Right, because the satellite rings (as they are being presented) are not finite lines upon the earth. They are likely a close approximation. Telling us that the last ping was on (or near) the 40-deg...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 20:33
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,305,361
Posted By SLFgeek

Keep in mind that on 9/11 much of the US still...

Keep in mind that on 9/11 much of the US still had AMPS cellular service, and there were many dual mode AMPS phones about. AMPS is now completely deactivated in the US. Some countries never had AMPS,...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 14:23
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,305,361
Posted By SLFgeek

Plus one very capable, but currently disused,...

Plus one very capable, but currently disused, air-strip in Pakistan ...
Shamsi Airfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamsi_Airfield)
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2014, 16:40
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,305,361
Posted By SLFgeek

The last ping received was on the red arc. The...

The last ping received was on the red arc. The aircraft was not necessarily on the arc prior to that time.

The aircraft was not necessarily at the western-most end of the arc at that time. The...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2014, 14:59
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,305,361
Posted By SLFgeek

I'm going to infer, from the press conference...

I'm going to infer, from the press conference remarks, that the last satellite point was somewhere 40-deg north or south. That they took a map of that part of the world, drew an arc from the last...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Mar 2014, 18:43
Replies: 14
Views: 1,837
Posted By SLFgeek

To see a practical example of why this is a bad...

To see a practical example of why this is a bad idea, look at any NOAA/NWS WSR-88 weather radar image, when the sun is rising/setting directly on the horizon from the radar head. The sun is emitting...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Mar 2014, 19:48
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,305,361
Posted By SLFgeek

For VHF/UHF I agree. For HF comms, there should...

For VHF/UHF I agree. For HF comms, there should have been much longer range/coverage. Question is, was there any guard channel on HF, in that part of the globe, that would been monitored.
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Mar 2014, 22:56
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,305,361
Posted By SLFgeek

With all the myriad possibilities, has anyone...

With all the myriad possibilities, has anyone considered the recent EY461 incident ? I doubt that would cause a sudden disintegration, but it is a recent event, and originated in that part of the...
Forum: North America
18th Jan 2014, 16:03
Replies: 355
Views: 137,441
Posted By SLFgeek

Post #33 suggests that the flight was 5 hours...

Post #33 suggests that the flight was 5 hours late. If the original flightdeck crew went beyond the number of hours, might this have been a relief crew ?
Forum: Tech Log
28th Aug 2013, 12:50
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,083
Posted By SLFgeek

That suggests that trees were hit, which were not...

That suggests that trees were hit, which were not on the FAA survey list (and the FAA did not consider them tall enough to be a potential hazard). Has there been any announcement from NTSB about...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Aug 2013, 15:17
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,083
Posted By SLFgeek

The utility pole on the left side of your picture...

The utility pole on the left side of your picture is likely 820. That mail box is very close to the yellow line. The tree on the right (with the red tape around the base) may be 854.

So they made...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Aug 2013, 03:16
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,083
Posted By SLFgeek

Has anyone matched the snapped off tree(s) shown...

Has anyone matched the snapped off tree(s) shown on #470 to the where that is on the Digital Global map w/the surveyed points ? The heavy foliage behind the tree(s) almost looks the group east of the...
Forum: Tech Log
19th Aug 2013, 15:21
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,083
Posted By SLFgeek

The tree (leftmost) of the first picture is a...

The tree (leftmost) of the first picture is a pine. I cannot tell which variety it is from that photo (likely are slash or longleaf). Typical crown height (when it reaches full maturity) is anywhere...
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
27th Jul 2013, 01:12
Replies: 1,150
Views: 729,659
Posted By SLFgeek

Been lurking quietly and following various...

Been lurking quietly and following various aspects of this thread. The above may be an important clue, especially with respect to the ELT. One of the interesting features of teflon insulation (FEP...
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