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Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
16th Jan 2021, 16:25
Replies: 11
Views: 2,713
Posted By tow1709

CCL did confirm by phone that the first GPU was...

CCL did confirm by phone that the first GPU was faulty. However, the problem appears to be solved. The new card worked in my son's PC so it had to be PSU or motherboard. We did a partial dismantle...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
16th Jan 2021, 06:37
Replies: 11
Views: 2,713
Posted By tow1709

I've tried three different online calculators for...

I've tried three different online calculators for sizing PSU's. One came out with 445 W, the other two between 390 and 400 W, so I am reasonably confident the PSU (650 W) is up to the job.
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
15th Jan 2021, 18:35
Replies: 11
Views: 2,713
Posted By tow1709

Prop, thanks for your contribution. The PSU is a...

Prop, thanks for your contribution. The PSU is a Corsair TX 650M, which my son assured me was a good make and adequate to the task. But we will look into this possibility.
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
15th Jan 2021, 16:18
Replies: 11
Views: 2,713
Posted By tow1709

Nutloose, GPU has one x 6+2 way and one x 6 way...

Nutloose, GPU has one x 6+2 way and one x 6 way power connector. The PSU has two ribbon cables each with two x 6+2 connectors that are daisy-chained together (splitter leads as you termed them). We...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
15th Jan 2021, 15:26
Replies: 11
Views: 2,713
Posted By tow1709

Two faulty GPU's?

My son and I built a from-scratch hi-spec PC so that we could run FS2020. Actually, he did all the hard work and I just paid for it!

We had it up and running on Christmas Eve and all seemed fine,...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jun 2020, 08:55
Replies: 481
Views: 227,817
Posted By tow1709

TTN, a 130 m long yacht is roughly twice as long...

TTN, a 130 m long yacht is roughly twice as long as an A330-300, and if we assume the beam and overall height are twice as much too (a very crude estimate I know), then we are talking four times the...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Jan 2020, 15:14
Replies: 685
Views: 1,734,097
Posted By tow1709

Could the flight crew simply have dialled up a...

Could the flight crew simply have dialled up a wrong squawk code? One that was not on the list of traffic the SAM ground crew was expecting, or did not IFF itself correctly in some way? Would such an...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Dec 2019, 10:56
Replies: 33
Views: 23,506
Posted By tow1709

A few years ago one January sitting (SLF) in an...

A few years ago one January sitting (SLF) in an EasyJet B737 (yes, that long ago) at Lyon awaiting take off for Gatwick, and there was a delay while we waited our turn to be deiced.

I had a window...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Dec 2019, 13:28
Replies: 134
Views: 98,884
Posted By tow1709

SLF here. Are sim sessions routinely recorded on...

SLF here. Are sim sessions routinely recorded on video? If so, then makes sense if some sessions are chosen to be used for further training purposes. Adds realism, as I think someone has already said.
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Aug 2019, 09:32
Replies: 42
Views: 25,391
Posted By tow1709

SLF here. Reading the CVR transcript...

SLF here. Reading the CVR transcript http://www.tailstrike.com/190789.pdf, there was initially an (unnamed) Captain riding in the jumpseat, who contributed early on to getting the aircraft under some...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Apr 2019, 12:12
Replies: 12
Views: 3,916
Posted By tow1709

Could it be a noise reason? Aircraft landing very...

Could it be a noise reason? Aircraft landing very early at LHR T4 (< 6am?) have to wait for a tug rather than taxi under their own power. Happened to me (SLF) several times inbound from Abu Dhabi on...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
30th Mar 2019, 19:20
Replies: 37
Views: 8,825
Posted By tow1709

30 years of flying on average 6 times a year to...

30 years of flying on average 6 times a year to somewhere on business, plus about 60 personal round trips so say about 500 sectors. Only ever one go-around - at Edinburgh on Easyjet on a very stormy...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Nov 2018, 19:37
Replies: 172
Views: 51,586
Posted By tow1709

RIP and thank you so much.

RIP and thank you so much.
Forum: Private Flying
5th Nov 2018, 12:59
Replies: 25
Views: 7,582
Posted By tow1709

This happened to me in France a couple of years...

This happened to me in France a couple of years ago. Even the instructor beside me was unable to stop us wandering all over the parallel grass runway before control was finally regained. Please...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Aug 2018, 20:26
Replies: 234
Views: 36,730
Posted By tow1709

Many of the usual suspects as SLF, and four or...

Many of the usual suspects as SLF, and four or five trainers as P/UT or PIC, but I was surprised to see I have two that no-one else has mentioned: Dassault Mercure (Air Inter from Marseille to CDG in...
Forum: PPRuNe Problems or Queries
27th Jan 2018, 13:23
Replies: 2
Views: 1,278
Posted By tow1709

It used to be (and may still be) that if a post...

It used to be (and may still be) that if a post was deleted by its writer, then all the other ones subsequent to that post moved up to fill the gap.

So if post #50 in a 100-post thread is...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
2nd Jun 2017, 12:56
Replies: 57
Views: 15,966
Posted By tow1709

I have only ever flown with AF once. It was in...

I have only ever flown with AF once. It was in the early nineties from LHR to CDG. I seem to remember it was an A310 – is this likely on that route?

Anyway, it was a very stormy summer...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th May 2017, 15:11
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,833,155
Posted By tow1709

A few years ago I published in this thread the...

A few years ago I published in this thread the wartime memoirs of Hawker Typhoon pilot Peter Brett of 183 squadron.

Peter's next of kin have passed me the attached photographs which I thought...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2017, 21:08
Replies: 49
Views: 16,727
Posted By tow1709

Along with the Lynx will disappear its splendid...

Along with the Lynx will disappear its splendid anti-ship missile system Sea Skua. As a young graduate in the mid-seventies, the homing head (or seeker) development was one of the first programmes I...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
3rd Jul 2016, 06:59
Replies: 2
Views: 1,622
Posted By tow1709

It may be a bit more serious than Aerobelly's...

It may be a bit more serious than Aerobelly's suggestion. I had the same issue with both Excel and Word a few months ago, although PowerPoint was not affected. I think it was because something in the...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
4th Aug 2015, 06:47
Replies: 157
Views: 37,803
Posted By tow1709

Bushfiva, thanks for the link, I will give it a...

Bushfiva, thanks for the link, I will give it a go.

Meanwhile my temporary work around is to select "nothing" when it asks me what I want to happen when the lid is closed.
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
3rd Aug 2015, 14:10
Replies: 157
Views: 37,803
Posted By tow1709

I upgraded my HP (15-n096sa) laptop from 8.1 to...

I upgraded my HP (15-n096sa) laptop from 8.1 to 10 without any issues, and it seems mostly fine so far.

The only problem is that now when I shut the laptop lid, it goes to sleep (yes, I checked...
Forum: Questions
16th Jun 2014, 07:54
Replies: 42
Views: 9,609
Posted By tow1709

Trevor Thom Volume 1 (my copy is the 2005...

Trevor Thom Volume 1 (my copy is the 2005 edition) on p 37 presents two bullet points under the heading of Yaw causes Roll summarised below:


the outer wing moving faster than the inner wing,...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jun 2014, 14:45
Replies: 83
Views: 12,281
Posted By tow1709

We've drifted a long way off the origins of this...

We've drifted a long way off the origins of this thread!


Ceylon class? Although I think both these and Mauritius class were subsets of the Colony class.


If not any of the above, then...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
8th Apr 2014, 06:00
Replies: 6
Views: 1,144
Posted By tow1709

Again, others please correct me if I am wrong,...

Again, others please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe you can install and use Win 7 for up to 30 days without a product key.


If you have enough physical HDD space you could make yourself...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
7th Apr 2014, 17:10
Replies: 6
Views: 1,144
Posted By tow1709

Max My Compaq (actually an HP) SR1519UK...

Max


My Compaq (actually an HP) SR1519UK ran Windows 7 64 bit quite happily in 2GB of RAM. It originally came supplied with 32 bit XP although capable of 64 bit.


I put an extra 2GB in to...
Forum: Private Flying
16th Feb 2014, 19:36
Replies: 42
Views: 4,812
Posted By tow1709

I don't think "the entire approach" i.e. all the...

I don't think "the entire approach" i.e. all the way from having turned final - is what is meant by OP.


However I distinctly recall one instructor told me to use rudder in those last few...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jan 2014, 18:19
Replies: 164
Views: 29,304
Posted By tow1709

There is an excellent book about this convoy by...

There is an excellent book about this convoy by Godfrey Winn. Long out of print but worth searching for.

Winn was a civilian newspaper journalist who sailed in HMS Pozarica - a former...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2013, 18:36
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,833,155
Posted By tow1709

Peter Brett RIP

A couple of years ago, I posted a series of Peter's wartime Hawker Typhoon flying exploits on this thread.

Sadly, Peter passed away peacefully yesterday morning after a short illness. He would...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Feb 2012, 13:28
Replies: 45
Views: 5,318
Posted By tow1709

Apologies for thread drift, but could not let...

Apologies for thread drift, but could not let Ghengis' postscript pass; he wrote:

* N.B. I heard a controller make a brief joke on RT whilst I was teaching at EGTC the other day. A quite unique...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2011, 07:59
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,833,155
Posted By tow1709

ExAscoteer - thanks, I should have spotted this...

ExAscoteer - thanks, I should have spotted this myself. Perhaps Peter meant Woodley, I will ask him about this and the so-called "forced power approach" next time I speak to him.

I am sure many...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Nov 2011, 13:06
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,833,155
Posted By tow1709

Final part of Hawker Typhoon pilot Peter Brett's memoirs

It's been almost a year since I posted the penultimate instalment of Peter's memoirs, and the reason for the delay is that the last instalment had not actually been written down by Peter.
...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
20th Mar 2011, 20:42
Replies: 22
Views: 2,947
Posted By tow1709

It wasn't a real exam, and so I was not robbed! ...

It wasn't a real exam, and so I was not robbed!

And I have passed it officially.

I had a few minutes to spare between meetings, so I had a quick go on an on-line exam site I have subscribed...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
20th Mar 2011, 08:07
Replies: 22
Views: 2,947
Posted By tow1709

I have signed up to one the well known...

I have signed up to one the well known internet-hosted question banks. I have found it quite useful, but "failed" in Air Law because I did not know the minimum height of the aircraft registration...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
11th Mar 2011, 16:22
Replies: 10
Views: 38,251
Posted By tow1709

Perhaps those that got it wrong should now delete...

Perhaps those that got it wrong should now delete their posts?

I'm with KW and RichardH
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