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12th Mar 2024, 14:54
Replies: 6
Views: 3,295
Posted By OldLurker

Incident: Virgin Atlantic B789 at London on Jan...

Incident: Virgin Atlantic B789 at London on Jan 27th 2024, RAM Air Turbine extended (https://avherald.com/h?article=5143b671)
28th Feb 2024, 11:41
Replies: 3
Views: 3,340
Posted By OldLurker

www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/british-airways-ba-flig...

www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/british-airways-ba-flights-heathrow-london-immigration-scam-arrest-india-b1141689.html...
8th Feb 2024, 13:06
Replies: 6
Views: 3,464
Posted By OldLurker

Translation of the key conclusions on page 59 of...

Translation of the key conclusions on page 59 of the BEA report is here: Incident: Easyjet Europe A320 at Bordeaux on Dec 31th 2022, cleared to land on occupied runway...
6th Feb 2024, 11:33
Replies: 26
Views: 11,890
Posted By OldLurker

Incident: Easyjet A20N at Geneva on Nov 5th 2023,...

Incident: Easyjet A20N at Geneva on Nov 5th 2023, descended well below glideslope (https://www.avherald.com/h?article=513bee9f)
5th Feb 2024, 18:35
Replies: 31
Views: 7,210
Posted By OldLurker

This hissy-fit seems to arise from the Learjet...

This hissy-fit seems to arise from the Learjet being unavailable to take a minister from Dublin to Brussels. Anyone else flying that route (those without private aircraft) have to endure airport...
17th Jan 2024, 16:54
Replies: 66
Views: 19,917
Posted By OldLurker

Hm. Will a C919 start if it's not connected...

Hm.
Will a C919 start if it's not connected over the internet to a server in China?
Can the Chinese goverment, if it wishes, disable all C919s in a country it doesn't like?

Just because I'm...
3rd Jan 2024, 13:54
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,036,869
Posted By OldLurker

Are they ambiguous? Hold means be somewhere...

Are they ambiguous? Hold means be somewhere without moving, and each instance will be accompanied by a defined position[/QUOTE]AFAIR in at least one previous incident - in the US probably - "position...
3rd Jan 2024, 13:09
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,036,869
Posted By OldLurker

From the discussion so far, it’s not clear to me...

From the discussion so far, it’s not clear to me whether we know (yet) exactly how the Dash-8 entered the runway. Did the crew use C-5, or might they have - apparently believing that they had takeoff...
28th Sep 2023, 12:38
Replies: 48
Views: 11,461
Posted By OldLurker

They didn't fail entirely – they got, and retain,...

They didn't fail entirely – they got, and retain, a big chunk of eastern Finland (Karelia).
13th Aug 2023, 12:41
Replies: 57
Views: 18,809
Posted By OldLurker

As a humble light aircraft pilot, I totally agree...

As a humble light aircraft pilot, I totally agree that a glide approach is ideal. Yet I notice that heavy aircraft routinely drag in, often for many miles, and we're told that anything nearer to a...
11th Aug 2023, 12:53
Replies: 46
Views: 21,607
Posted By OldLurker

I’m sure you’re right about Emirates – I’m not as...

I’m sure you’re right about Emirates – I’m not as close to the subject as you are – but some other airlines did buy A380s so as to get more passengers per slot into and out of slot-constrained...
27th May 2023, 20:20
Replies: 13
Views: 4,639
Posted By OldLurker

Who’s responsible for the proper operation of the...

Who’s responsible for the proper operation of the e-gate system? Presumably Border Force. Do the management accept that e-gates are mission-critical, or do they think that occasional failures are...
24th May 2023, 19:28
Replies: 28
Views: 4,778
Posted By OldLurker

I wouldn't give a lot for any human or other...

I wouldn't give a lot for any human or other animal that happens to be in the line of fire of this THOR thing. High intensity microwave can fry your brain quite effectively. But no doubt USAF would...
24th May 2023, 19:24
Replies: 18
Views: 1,498
Posted By OldLurker

I’m mildly surprised that a Paris airport (I take...

I’m mildly surprised that a Paris airport (I take it the airport referenced is CDG) shows only Athens and Αθήνα – English or Greek spelling – if they’re going to be ‘multicultural’, I’d expect a...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st May 2023, 20:15
Replies: 40
Views: 5,327
Posted By OldLurker

SplineDrive, thanks very much for that admirably...

SplineDrive, thanks very much for that admirably clear explanation of lifting vs pushing! The graph is very helpful. It all makes complete sense now. Thanks too for the pointer to the NASA monograph...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st May 2023, 12:00
Replies: 40
Views: 5,327
Posted By OldLurker

Maybe this doesn’t make sense, but here goes: one...

Maybe this doesn’t make sense, but here goes: one thing that puzzles me a little, perhaps only because of my own ignorance, is that for pushing air downwards (ie VTOL) development efforts have...
18th Jan 2023, 15:16
Replies: 70
Views: 16,051
Posted By OldLurker

Is Air Alderney a functioning airline? It doesn't...

Is Air Alderney a functioning airline? It doesn't seem to have any scheduled services, only charters with an Islander or two and a Trislander.

OTOH, Aurigny already runs scheduled services between...
5th Aug 2022, 17:26
Replies: 21
Views: 9,397
Posted By OldLurker

Hope so indeed – thanks to cleverly avoiding the...

Hope so indeed – thanks to cleverly avoiding the line of parked aircraft – almost avoiding it, that is, as the starboard wingtip can be seen to contact the nose-gear of the Red Wings aircraft.
2nd Aug 2022, 12:58
Replies: 33
Views: 8,447
Posted By OldLurker

What did the Air Force hit him with? Report says...

What did the Air Force hit him with? Report says "two hellfire missiles". That'd be two big bangs. But photos of the house seem to show it more or less intact. Unarmed Hellfire? Surely not.
Forum: Tech Log
26th Jul 2022, 07:02
Replies: 14
Views: 2,036
Posted By OldLurker

“Mk 1 eyeball” – nice phrase, but really it’s...

“Mk 1 eyeball” – nice phrase, but really it’s more like Mk 1,000,000 eyeball. Your highly sophisticated eye is the product of millennia of evolution. Mk 1 eyeball was very crude.
Just saying.
Forum: Tech Log
26th Jul 2022, 06:58
Replies: 14
Views: 2,036
Posted By OldLurker

In the TED talk there was little information...

In the TED talk there was little information about how the formation-flying drones relate to each other except a suggestion that each one 'senses' the proximity of its neighbours (didn't say how) and...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st May 2022, 13:14
Replies: 63
Views: 12,300
Posted By OldLurker

Maybe more accurate to say that the crane boom...

Maybe more accurate to say that the crane boom cut down the 109 – which shouldn't have been there, of course – with tragic results.
Unsurprisingly, the crane was damaged by the collision and the...
16th Mar 2022, 21:41
Replies: 103
Views: 22,978
Posted By OldLurker

AAIB investigation to various Airbus and Boeing...

AAIB investigation to various Airbus and Boeing aircraft between 9 June and 19 July 2021...
1st Feb 2022, 16:44
Replies: 79
Views: 47,225
Posted By OldLurker

Tail strike or not (probably not), when the...

Tail strike or not (probably not), when the landing went pear-shaped, PF surely did the right thing to get away and go round and do it again.
27th Jan 2022, 18:31
Replies: 264
Views: 31,351
Posted By OldLurker

Yes, it does. It uses the national flag of the...

Yes, it does. It uses the national flag of the country of registration, so it puts the Irish national flag beside the registration letters on its Irish (EI-) registered aircraft.
...
26th Jan 2022, 13:28
Replies: 264
Views: 31,351
Posted By OldLurker

Although this is your forum, it's read by people...

Although this is your forum, it's read by people around the world who may not be familiar with the details of Aussie controvesries. Would someone care to explain what this is all about?

Hasn't the...
26th Jan 2022, 13:17
Replies: 264
Views: 31,351
Posted By OldLurker

ISTR that back in the 70s, BA and SQ flew...

ISTR that back in the 70s, BA and SQ flew Concorde between London and Singapore with BA paint job on one side and SQ on the other.
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Jan 2022, 10:45
Replies: 64
Views: 16,483
Posted By OldLurker

212man and others - thanks for your helpful...

212man and others - thanks for your helpful comments.
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jan 2022, 11:41
Replies: 64
Views: 16,483
Posted By OldLurker

Please forgive an ignorant question – I know very...

Please forgive an ignorant question – I know very little of the subtleties of rotary flying – but if it's possible to do a 1G barrel roll in a fixed-wing, isn't it possible to do a 1G barrel roll in...
10th Jan 2022, 10:38
Replies: 21
Views: 10,195
Posted By OldLurker

As mentioned already, this no-fly zone was...

As mentioned already, this no-fly zone was promulgated long before the December incident. The statutory instrument (formal legislation) is here...
7th Jan 2022, 13:29
Replies: 64
Views: 13,085
Posted By OldLurker

”Human Resources” is a horrible title, IMNVHO,...

”Human Resources” is a horrible title, IMNVHO, because it represents a management viewpoint that places human beings alongside finance, material, etc, as mere inputs to the organisation. “Personnel”...
28th Nov 2021, 20:11
Replies: 72
Views: 15,124
Posted By OldLurker

BBC news reports that in today's talks (from...

BBC news reports that in today's talks (from which PP was disinvited) apparently EU Border Force agreed to do it themselves, from 1st December. How much difference that'll make remains to be seen.
Forum: ATC Issues
22nd Nov 2021, 16:40
Replies: 15
Views: 3,198
Posted By OldLurker

Might they now be able to use 09R for landings...

Might they now be able to use 09R for landings and 09L for takeoffs
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Nov 2021, 16:31
Replies: 20
Views: 9,410
Posted By OldLurker

Less Hair Concorde didn't pay back its...

Less Hair

Concorde didn't pay back its development cost, but when BA decided to ignore that and fly it anyway, there was no lack of customers willing to pay (usually someone else's money) to go to...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Nov 2021, 19:53
Replies: 49
Views: 14,490
Posted By OldLurker

AFAIR (but those who were there will correct me)...

AFAIR (but those who were there will correct me) the 747, and other four-engined aircraft, were designed with four engines so that they could get off the ground at max weight in a reasonable...
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