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Forum: Rumours & News
21st Feb 2020, 15:21
Replies: 40
Views: 24,087
Posted By czarnajama

Airbus PR

Indeed, NASA were doing this over ten years ago! I was very amused at how much publicity this has received everywhere. Airbus' PR division sure knows how to create viral fluff (another example being...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Aug 2019, 20:08
Replies: 241
Views: 313,730
Posted By czarnajama

The evidence for this is presented in the 2010...

The evidence for this is presented in the 2010 documentary "People & Power - On a wing and a prayer", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaWdEtANi-0&t=6s
This documentary shows that there were problems...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Jun 2019, 10:40
Replies: 17
Views: 11,077
Posted By czarnajama

I sort of know the feeling! About 1982 or 1983, I...

I sort of know the feeling! About 1982 or 1983, I was travelling from overseas to Hamilton, NZ, with a transfer to Eagle Airways in Auckland. On arrival at AKL (after any buses for Hamilton), I...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Jun 2019, 22:43
Replies: 72
Views: 61,707
Posted By czarnajama

gearlever "Polish air shows victims - 2011,...

gearlever
"Polish air shows victims
- 2011, one pilot
- 2009, two pilots
- 2007, two pilots"

The record of the Toronto Air Show alone is much worse. I saw seven men killed in one crash in...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Jun 2019, 21:42
Replies: 25
Views: 21,919
Posted By czarnajama

This concept of the two tails has been well...

This concept of the two tails has been well proven in Burt Rutan's previous designs such as the "Voyager" and the jet-powered "Global Flyer". These two are the only aircraft to have flown non-stop...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Mar 2019, 20:46
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,106,682
Posted By czarnajama

Switches ON up or down?

The standard ON position in my experience in England, Poland and New Zealand is DOWN, whereas in Canada and the US it is UP (based on many years of living in each of these countries). International...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Feb 2019, 21:57
Replies: 78
Views: 40,958
Posted By czarnajama

About 1975, I had a delightful flight from...

About 1975, I had a delightful flight from Vancouver to Honolulu on the upper deck of a CP Air 747-200B. It was outfitted with about 28 economy seats, used when the main deck was fully booked. We...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Oct 2018, 00:48
Replies: 6
Views: 5,421
Posted By czarnajama

I hope that the regulatory authorities in the US...

I hope that the regulatory authorities in the US and Canada are informed about this (LOT also flies to Toronto, Chicago and Los Angeles, among other places). In the last couple of days, it has been...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Aug 2018, 20:11
Replies: 503
Views: 343,221
Posted By czarnajama

The Hoover Nozzle and Hoover ring are supposed to...

The Hoover Nozzle and Hoover ring are supposed to prevent avgas and jet fuel mixups. Are they used for larger aircraft? Are they used outside the US?
Forum: Rumours & News
8th May 2018, 11:57
Replies: 42
Views: 22,457
Posted By czarnajama

[/left] And let's not forget AF 358 (2 Aug....

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And let's not forget AF 358 (2 Aug. 2005). I saw the smoke from that one ...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Mar 2018, 11:49
Replies: 39
Views: 18,150
Posted By czarnajama

This brings back a great memory. Around 1983 I...

This brings back a great memory. Around 1983 I was flying in a Qantas 747 from Sydney to Honolulu, at night, and while walking around got into conversation with a steward. Much to my surprise, he...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Mar 2018, 14:12
Replies: 302
Views: 390,878
Posted By czarnajama

CVR release?

Would the actual CVR recording be released? That (somehow!) was done for the 10 April 2010 crash of the Polish Presidential Tu-154M near Smolensk, and combined with other data (e.g. photographs,...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Dec 2017, 02:43
Replies: 171
Views: 109,204
Posted By czarnajama

This accident is eerily similar to the Smolensk...

This accident is eerily similar to the Smolensk disaster of April 10, 2010. Had this report been published in timely fashion and properly studied, it might have prevented a national calamity and all...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
29th Oct 2017, 21:48
Replies: 10
Views: 4,199
Posted By czarnajama

An even more astonishing video of the same Atlas...

An even more astonishing video of the same Atlas 5 launch seen from Orlando:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td0CPo-J2jo&pbjreload=10
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
29th Oct 2017, 20:57
Replies: 10
Views: 4,199
Posted By czarnajama

Three guys going up to the ISS in Soyuz MS-05 at ...

Three guys going up to the ISS in Soyuz MS-05 at 1541Z (?) from Baikonur: https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/07/28/soyuz-rockets-into-space-with-three-bound-for-station/

I saw a similar plume circa...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Oct 2017, 21:53
Replies: 27
Views: 22,321
Posted By czarnajama

One of many examples is this old PPRuNe thread: ...

One of many examples is this old PPRuNe thread:

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/334094-jet-nose-cone-caves-mid-flight.html
...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Oct 2017, 00:33
Replies: 304
Views: 165,314
Posted By czarnajama

Airbus buys into C-Series

Because they didn't read my posts here and in Aviation Week ! ;-) I'm shocked, actually, and it reflects very badly on Boeing's management. It may also have been favoured by the affinity between...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Oct 2017, 11:24
Replies: 304
Views: 165,314
Posted By czarnajama

This is a major reason why Canadian federal and...

This is a major reason why Canadian federal and provincial government assistance to Bombardier has been highly controversial in Canada. Like the B787, the C-Series is a global product. I think...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Oct 2017, 11:49
Replies: 304
Views: 165,314
Posted By czarnajama

Nope. Far too valuable to kill. Like the 787, the...

Nope. Far too valuable to kill. Like the 787, the CS has parts built in many places, including the US. All talk of trade sanctions would disappear if Boeing took it over. It would add an important...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Oct 2017, 11:02
Replies: 304
Views: 165,314
Posted By czarnajama

More likely is that when Bombardier needs to bail...

More likely is that when Bombardier needs to bail out, Boeing will buy it at a fire sale price. Boeing briefly owned De Havilland Canada in the 1980's before Bombardier took it over. Boeing didn't...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Sep 2017, 16:01
Replies: 304
Views: 165,314
Posted By czarnajama

While the F/A-18E/F order can be cancelled (as...

While the F/A-18E/F order can be cancelled (as Trudeau has threatened), it's small beans compared with the massive orders on the books for Boeing airliners by Air Canada, which is well on the way to...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Aug 2017, 13:36
Replies: 1,219
Views: 777,028
Posted By czarnajama

The CBC's main newscast "The National" for the...

The CBC's main newscast "The National" for the evening of Aug. 9 had an 11.5 minute segment on AC 759:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmqSdRfEaeU&spfreload=10

It was hosted by anchor Wendy...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Jul 2017, 02:36
Replies: 1,178
Views: 809,166
Posted By czarnajama

Here is a UAV (not a multicopter) developed and...

Here is a UAV (not a multicopter) developed and sold for both commercial users and amateur builders. Flown to 13,000 feet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpuhDhk8WrY...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Jul 2017, 22:36
Replies: 1,178
Views: 809,166
Posted By czarnajama

That would involve jamming all sorts of other...

That would involve jamming all sorts of other devices in the area, because modern RC systems use spread spectrum (typically at 2.4 GHz, at lower frequencies for longer ranges up to 100 km). What is...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th May 2017, 15:39
Replies: 392
Views: 218,626
Posted By czarnajama

There is only one solution, namely, a blanket ban...

There is only one solution, namely, a blanket ban on all batteries in checked baggage. This means that people travelling with laptops would not be able to take batteries for them. A benefit of this...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Apr 2017, 09:36
Replies: 392
Views: 218,626
Posted By czarnajama

So long as Canada doesn't join the ban ... I had...

So long as Canada doesn't join the ban ... I had expected that Canada would do so, since it has for many years restricted ME3 flights into Canada to protect Air Canada, its Star Alliance partner...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Apr 2017, 19:49
Replies: 1,166
Views: 448,179
Posted By czarnajama

I have watched several of the videos, and to me...

I have watched several of the videos, and to me it seems the police statement is accurate. The way the passenger's head hit the armrest was truly shocking, and his behaviour later pacing up and down...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jan 2017, 19:40
Replies: 49
Views: 32,759
Posted By czarnajama

In the scenario presented by KelvinD, A/C moving...

In the scenario presented by KelvinD, A/C moving forward at 150 knots, the drone on a path from the right at 90 degrees to it (heading relative to path of A/C), then the relative impact velocity...
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