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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Oct 2017, 20:33
Replies: 1,195
Views: 1,002,349
Posted By enola-gay

Blair Nimmo of KPMG is a legendary character in...

Blair Nimmo of KPMG is a legendary character in the insolvency business. He will get the statutory redundancy compensation for staff from the National insurance Fund, along with outstanding wages to...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
28th May 2017, 11:30
Replies: 634
Views: 302,717
Posted By enola-gay

=== Was Mr O' Bama flying BA from Edinburgh ?...

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Was Mr O' Bama flying BA from Edinburgh ? Damned apostrophes Eh?
Forum: Rumours & News
25th May 2017, 22:08
Replies: 30
Views: 14,542
Posted By enola-gay

Even a smoking drunk would put the butt end into...

Even a smoking drunk would put the butt end into the lav pan. He chose to put it alight into the paper bin and I guess he was making some statement to cabin crew who told him not to smoke, hoping to...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Dec 2016, 18:14
Replies: 296
Views: 306,440
Posted By enola-gay

"Southbound" is an adjective which describes the...

"Southbound" is an adjective which describes the direction of a track, such as " southbound M6"

"South" can be an adverb which tells which way a specific motion goes.

So the correct English,...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Dec 2016, 19:37
Replies: 296
Views: 306,440
Posted By enola-gay

Snakecharma has summed it up perfectly IMO.

Snakecharma has summed it up perfectly IMO.
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Dec 2016, 18:23
Replies: 484
Views: 591,766
Posted By enola-gay

This would explain the Russian assertion of pilot...

This would explain the Russian assertion of pilot error
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
7th Dec 2016, 18:26
Replies: 17
Views: 3,049
Posted By enola-gay

Perhaps UA could add another tier of passenger...

Perhaps UA could add another tier of passenger option... cabin baggage that is escape slide compliant so that you can take with you in an emergency. $10 a bag and a barcode sticker to scan by the CA...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Dec 2016, 17:58
Replies: 1,096
Views: 1,234,585
Posted By enola-gay

Do I read that headline right? The crew bodies...

Do I read that headline right? The crew bodies have been returned to Bolivia as "heroes" , unbelievable
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Dec 2016, 20:27
Replies: 1,096
Views: 1,234,585
Posted By enola-gay

This flight plan has not been accepted at Santa...

This flight plan has not been accepted at Santa Cruz. The acceptance box is empty. The ARO has stamped the Additional Information box, which I suspect gets her off the hook and indicates the plan is...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Aug 2016, 19:28
Replies: 24
Views: 13,435
Posted By enola-gay

And still the health and well being advice from...

And still the health and well being advice from British Airways is to walk up and down and aisle for gentle exercise during the flight. So people take that advice, see the belt sign is off and walk...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
10th May 2016, 20:00
Replies: 8
Views: 5,834
Posted By enola-gay

Looks like my half empty water bottle after...

Looks like my half empty water bottle after descending into LHR. Pressure differential phenomenon IMO, compounded by runway patting.
Forum: Rumours & News
7th May 2016, 21:00
Replies: 47
Views: 37,355
Posted By enola-gay

Turbulance action plan

I can see a clear action plan here. Only pax with ICAO approved catheters and ankle bags, together with installed stoma apparatus should be allowed to fly.

That will completely remove the need...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th May 2016, 15:12
Replies: 47
Views: 37,355
Posted By enola-gay

At 54 seconds into the video, the purser...

At 54 seconds into the video, the purser announced in English " we have just landed at Jakarta, please keep your seat belts fastened"

It is not a video of the incident, but of the touchdown,...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Apr 2016, 18:49
Replies: 163
Views: 67,213
Posted By enola-gay

The drone will have downloaded the impact...

The drone will have downloaded the impact sequence video to someone's iPad. That someone, (albeing stupid) will share it with others, just like rhino poachers do. It will be the drone operator's El...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Apr 2016, 16:51
Replies: 40
Views: 24,237
Posted By enola-gay

That picture in the NZ Stuff and Sydney Morning...

That picture in the NZ Stuff and Sydney Morning Herald is from a defunct operator of the DC3 in Kenya in the 1980s, also called Sunbird Aviation. It is not from the PNG based Sunbird which has a...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Apr 2016, 20:36
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,778,369
Posted By enola-gay

Bank angle in the SIM video

In the final seconds of the SIM video, the aircraft banks over by 90 degrees prior to impact, just like the crash videos shown earlier in this thread, as it emerges from the cloud base.

Some...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Mar 2016, 12:48
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,778,369
Posted By enola-gay

The video of the Bagram crash shows a B747 stall...

The video of the Bagram crash shows a B747 stall in the climb and immediately roll 90 deg without turning, then goes nose down into terrain. A high bank angle with stalled wings produces no turning...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2016, 23:27
Replies: 1,540
Views: 1,778,369
Posted By enola-gay

The FR24 data does not support the hypothesis...

The FR24 data does not support the hypothesis that the GA involved any significant bank angle.

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But the video footage does. The video at post #298 shows 2 landing lights in view of...
Forum: PPRuNe Problems or Queries
2nd Mar 2016, 21:25
Replies: 20
Views: 5,603
Posted By enola-gay

New Look?

I don't see any difference.

What or where is the New Look Forum?
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Feb 2016, 18:20
Replies: 4
Views: 4,227
Posted By enola-gay

JAL aborted take off at Sapporo

Passengers flee plane after smoke fills cabin - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35645824)

Why are all the passengers wearing surgical masks in the terminal?
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Feb 2016, 19:30
Replies: 255
Views: 126,834
Posted By enola-gay

Legoland opening

Sorry Airclues. the place is open:

February half term Junior Builder Week at the LEGOLAND Resort Hotel will take place from 12th — 20th February from just £140 per family!
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Feb 2016, 18:27
Replies: 255
Views: 126,834
Posted By enola-gay

Pax Britanica

At last a rational explanation, thank you for researching that.

Would you mind sending that explanation to the BBC who are drooling at the idea of high powered l@sers in the hands of Windsor toffs...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Feb 2016, 20:42
Replies: 53
Views: 19,519
Posted By enola-gay

Helium

If nuclear fusion becomes viable for large scale power generation we will have more helium than we know what to do with - apart from filling balloons and airships and talking like a duck
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Feb 2016, 19:41
Replies: 53
Views: 19,519
Posted By enola-gay

Helium

Chronus

That article says "Once it is released into the atmosphere it [helium] becomes uneconomical to recapture it". That is simply not true.

Helium is recovered from the atmosphere in...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Jan 2016, 18:20
Replies: 37
Views: 12,560
Posted By enola-gay

Seat belt falsehood

Ian W

You are the only person who speaks sense on this seat belt topic.

The default position on any aircraft in flight is that pax are seated and belted, just like in an automobile. That is...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Jan 2016, 18:16
Replies: 24
Views: 15,624
Posted By enola-gay

Belt up

1. Why are there no seat belts in the toilets and why no loo queue seats with belts? Peeing is a normal human activity triggered by reflexes.
2. Why do cabin crew serve refreshments when the seat...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Dec 2015, 18:21
Replies: 29
Views: 12,722
Posted By enola-gay

Flapless?

The picture is a bit blurred but it looks like the flaps were not extended?
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Nov 2015, 22:09
Replies: 50
Views: 22,405
Posted By enola-gay

Flight Crew

Probably not flight crew though.
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G-CPTN, Yes you are right, the Air Tanker flight crew are not military. They are a bit risk averse - like flying 4 hours in still air with seat...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Nov 2015, 20:36
Replies: 50
Views: 22,405
Posted By enola-gay

The Voyager layout

G_CGTN


I think you are confusing heavy lift a/c with the A330 Voyager operated by Air Tanker Limited as a military troop transport / IFR a/c for the RAF and other EU air forces.


The...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Jun 2015, 19:40
Replies: 54
Views: 37,752
Posted By enola-gay

Bags to go

Hobby horse of mine, I know, but the pax were evacuating by ladder with cabin baggage on their backs. This is an unstoppable human reaction in the absence of a direct threat to life. The lovely...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Mar 2015, 21:44
Replies: 259
Views: 134,729
Posted By enola-gay

Baggage Evacuation & Emergency Instructions

CrashMan II


First hand and first class account of reality, rather than the pompous "commander control" which has prevailed from the procedure Jonnies on this thread.


I have only experienced...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Mar 2015, 21:10
Replies: 259
Views: 134,729
Posted By enola-gay

Evacuation , baggage and safety

The fight safety briefing is nothing of the sort. It is an emergency response briefing, but no airline will call it that. The flight deck says that the cabin crew are there primarily for “your...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Mar 2015, 17:21
Replies: 259
Views: 134,729
Posted By enola-gay

Pax and bags

Here in La Guardia, as in Kathmandu with the Turkish Air incident, all pax evacuate with hand baggage.

I know this is an unpopular topic with aircrew who post here, but that is what people do,...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jan 2015, 21:29
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,451,241
Posted By enola-gay

Thread Comment

Regular as clockwork, someone pops up to say" Wait for the official report. Stop speculating"

Aye just like the Chilcott inquiry!

If you read the blog title it is called "Rumours and News", so...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jan 2015, 21:53
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,451,241
Posted By enola-gay

Recovery video

I am sorry but that did not look like a professional salvage operation to me. There was no vertical lifting force on the fuselage once it met the stern of the anchor handling tug at a right angle,...
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