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Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
29th Apr 2024, 15:33
Replies: 5
Views: 998
Posted By OldLurker

When Windows says “Device”, that means anything...

When Windows says “Device”, that means anything that runs Windows, including some smartphones.

Windows “phones home” over the Internet all the time, starting with “diagnostic data” – see your...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Apr 2024, 12:35
Replies: 15
Views: 18,104
Posted By OldLurker

Clearly important to headline the story with a...

Clearly important to headline the story with a mention of the aircraft type. This wouldn't have happened if it had been a 737.

Not only safety, but CYA. Suppose something happens to the flight...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
16th Apr 2024, 07:39
Replies: 9
Views: 4,784
Posted By OldLurker

Perhaps. The report states that the aircraft had...

Perhaps. The report states that the aircraft had previously done three sectors that day apparently without incident, two of them flown by the accident pilot (21,000-hour ATPL holder, apparently...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Apr 2024, 14:20
Replies: 73
Views: 42,252
Posted By OldLurker

Then what?[/QUOTE][/url]Incident: Cairo A20N at...

Then what?[/QUOTE][/url]Incident: Cairo A20N at Hanover on Oct 14th 2023, temporary runway excursion on landing (https://www.avherald.com/h?article=51041c82)
Then the airline ferried it back to...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
8th Apr 2024, 16:20
Replies: 1
Views: 2,641
Posted By OldLurker

Photos here: Accident: ABX B763 at Panama City...

Photos here:
Accident: ABX B763 at Panama City on Mar 23rd 2024, tail strike on landing (https://avherald.com/h?article=51709ac1)
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
12th Mar 2024, 14:54
Replies: 6
Views: 3,830
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)
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Feb 2024, 11:41
Replies: 3
Views: 3,507
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...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
8th Feb 2024, 13:06
Replies: 6
Views: 3,569
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...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Feb 2024, 11:33
Replies: 26
Views: 12,304
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)
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2024, 18:35
Replies: 31
Views: 7,418
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...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Jan 2024, 16:54
Replies: 66
Views: 20,778
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...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Jan 2024, 13:54
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,050,233
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...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Jan 2024, 13:09
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,050,233
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...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Sep 2023, 12:38
Replies: 48
Views: 11,615
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).
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
13th Aug 2023, 12:41
Replies: 57
Views: 18,958
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...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Aug 2023, 12:53
Replies: 46
Views: 21,974
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...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th May 2023, 20:20
Replies: 13
Views: 4,664
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...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th May 2023, 19:28
Replies: 28
Views: 4,883
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...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
24th May 2023, 19:24
Replies: 18
Views: 1,538
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: 5,576
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: 5,576
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...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Jan 2023, 15:16
Replies: 70
Views: 16,339
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...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th Aug 2022, 17:26
Replies: 21
Views: 9,495
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.
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Aug 2022, 12:58
Replies: 33
Views: 8,569
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: 2,051
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: 2,051
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: 12,592
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...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
16th Mar 2022, 21:41
Replies: 103
Views: 23,290
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...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Feb 2022, 16:44
Replies: 79
Views: 47,606
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.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
27th Jan 2022, 18:31
Replies: 264
Views: 32,084
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.
...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
26th Jan 2022, 13:28
Replies: 264
Views: 32,084
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...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
26th Jan 2022, 13:17
Replies: 264
Views: 32,084
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: 16,926
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: 16,926
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...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Jan 2022, 10:38
Replies: 21
Views: 10,301
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...
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