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Forum: Cabin Crew
5th May 2024, 20:26
Replies: 6
Views: 1,120
Posted By Xray4277

The advantage there being that the cabin crew...

The advantage there being that the cabin crew have to be nice(ish) to the passenger...his/her fellow passengers don't
Forum: Tech Log
3rd May 2024, 21:29
Replies: 1,678
Views: 534,197
Posted By Xray4277

Air France 447

I know AF4447 has already been discussed almost endlessly elsewhere on here, but having just read Bill Palmer's book, the one thing which I had never really thought of before is this.- in less than...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd May 2024, 20:09
Replies: 30
Views: 3,580
Posted By Xray4277

I'm not a pilot but I have twice 'flown' the...

I'm not a pilot but I have twice 'flown' the extremely realistic A320 simulator at Simulator Adventures in Salford (I have no commercial connection). Having only ever flown a Piper PA28 for real, and...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Apr 2024, 09:32
Replies: 24
Views: 8,520
Posted By Xray4277

Looks like yet another example of how this...

Looks like yet another example of how this country has lost all sense of proportion and how common sense has been 'bred out' of people. Even if there is a standard 'worst case' response, there should...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2024, 15:31
Replies: 50
Views: 20,585
Posted By Xray4277

Back in the 1980s I remember Avon gas turbines...

Back in the 1980s I remember Avon gas turbines (in use for power generation offshore) being washed online with crushed nutshells or rice husks. But the industrial Avons were probably not treated as...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Apr 2024, 17:31
Replies: 47
Views: 3,692
Posted By Xray4277

Ah, now I get it! What a brilliantly simple...

Ah, now I get it! What a brilliantly simple analogy. And I didn't need to break any china either...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Apr 2024, 17:07
Replies: 47
Views: 3,692
Posted By Xray4277

Angle of attack and pitch attitude

I've just read Bill Palmer's book 'Understanding Air France 447', and I'm a bit puzzled when he mentions the aircraft at times having a very high angle of attack (30 to 40 degrees) when at the same...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
15th Mar 2024, 21:18
Replies: 55
Views: 9,358
Posted By Xray4277

That's a lovely story - no aircraft involved but...

That's a lovely story - no aircraft involved but I met my wife in May and we got married in September the same year - 32 years ago. Sometimes you just know...!
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
14th Mar 2024, 22:23
Replies: 55
Views: 9,358
Posted By Xray4277

Ah the good old days before 9/11... Had a...

Ah the good old days before 9/11...

Had a few jump seat rides on inbound BAH Chinooks from North Sea oil platforms to Aberdeen, best one was a night flight, Aberdeen on the nose and Peterhead off...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
14th Mar 2024, 21:39
Replies: 197
Views: 30,004
Posted By Xray4277

First ever time I flew was back in the early 80s,...

First ever time I flew was back in the early 80s, BA from MAN to ABZ with a colleague. When they x-rayed his carry-on bag they found a very bent and battered kitchen knife...explanation (true) - he'd...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Mar 2024, 20:47
Replies: 11
Views: 2,138
Posted By Xray4277

I don't understand the question...

I don't understand the question...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
13th Mar 2024, 21:27
Replies: 8
Views: 1,429
Posted By Xray4277

That's interesting to learn - so, for example, if...

That's interesting to learn - so, for example, if I pitch the nose up to 15 degrees at take-off rotation, I can let the side stick go back to its neutral position and the nose will stay 15 degrees up...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
13th Mar 2024, 15:07
Replies: 8
Views: 1,429
Posted By Xray4277

Which simulator did you fly? The one in Salford...

Which simulator did you fly? The one in Salford run by twin brothers, both ex-pilots, is superb - full motion and AFAIK the nearest thing you'll get to flying an A320 for real. I was told to use the...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Mar 2024, 21:51
Replies: 118
Views: 69,592
Posted By Xray4277

Off topic a bit I know, but back in the 1980s I...

Off topic a bit I know, but back in the 1980s I went on holiday to the USA and a friend back in the UK asked me to bring him back a replica Colt revolver (he was a Wild West/American Civil War...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
11th Mar 2024, 18:29
Replies: 227
Views: 102,667
Posted By Xray4277

My thoughts exactly...

My thoughts exactly...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Mar 2024, 15:21
Replies: 5
Views: 1,552
Posted By Xray4277

I've never used a PC flight simulator! I get...

I've never used a PC flight simulator!

I get what you are saying about rudder control, on my first session I think I was holding the sidestick too firmly, second time around I used a lighter touch...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Mar 2024, 17:17
Replies: 5
Views: 1,552
Posted By Xray4277

Hi, thanks for that. I did find this approach...

Hi, thanks for that. I did find this approach method quite straightforward, although I realised afterwards that I need to watch the PAPI lights more!

On a completely different note, one thing I...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Mar 2024, 20:29
Replies: 5
Views: 1,552
Posted By Xray4277

Track/FPA approach on A320

First off - I am NOT a pilot! Apart from the approximately 20 hours I did towards a PPL back in the early 80s I'm just an aviation enthusiast. I recently had my second session in the excellent A320...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Mar 2020, 08:30
Replies: 14
Views: 2,954
Posted By Xray4277

There is an excellent explanation of how the...

There is an excellent explanation of how the Merlin boost control works here (www.enginehistory.org/Piston/Rolls-Royce/R-RmerlinABC/R-RmerlinABC.shtml)

The use of the term 'throttle lever' on a...
Forum: Flight Testing
28th Feb 2020, 21:29
Replies: 8
Views: 4,633
Posted By Xray4277

It's really quite simple...

Full throttle height - the height an aircraft can reach whilst maintaining the maximum permitted MAP for the engine. Above FTH the MAP will start to drop because the supercharger can no longer...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Sep 2018, 20:36
Replies: 39
Views: 21,199
Posted By Xray4277

Risk assessment? Wos that then?

They probably didn't do risk assessments FULL STOP back then. I mean, who decided to put Speke Hall so close to Liverpool airport? It'd be a lovely place to live if it wasn't for all those damned...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Nov 2017, 18:47
Replies: 81
Views: 19,619
Posted By Xray4277

Maybe, but that's just semantics. Negative or...

Maybe, but that's just semantics. Negative or minus, a layperson would likely interpret that differently from an engineer or scientist....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Nov 2017, 11:34
Replies: 81
Views: 19,619
Posted By Xray4277

It is - quite literally - all relative. There is,...

It is - quite literally - all relative. There is, from one point of view, a certain logic in having a boost gauge with what might be considered an arbitrary zero point. Most of us live at or...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Oct 2017, 16:05
Replies: 81
Views: 19,619
Posted By Xray4277

Uncomfortable but not disastrously so! I took...

Uncomfortable but not disastrously so! I took delivery of a new VW some years ago and drove it around for the best part of a week thinking that the ride was a bit hard - checked the tyre pressures...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Oct 2017, 16:00
Replies: 81
Views: 19,619
Posted By Xray4277

Ah well, Megan (and India Four Two) we're just...

Ah well, Megan (and India Four Two) we're just going to have to agree to disagree on this one then!

If I attached a pressure measurement device to any system which was at atmospheric pressure, and...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Oct 2017, 12:24
Replies: 81
Views: 19,619
Posted By Xray4277

Yes - slight typo in my post - the intercooler...

Yes - slight typo in my post - the intercooler cools air after the turbo! Cooler (denser) air is then available for the fuel/air mix which goes to the cylinders.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Oct 2017, 12:50
Replies: 81
Views: 19,619
Posted By Xray4277

Sorry, still labouring my point I know, but boost...

Sorry, still labouring my point I know, but boost indicator does NOT show absolute pressure. Not in the strict engineering sense.

Most pressure displays will have bar (g) or bar (a) (or psi, mm,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Oct 2017, 12:41
Replies: 81
Views: 19,619
Posted By Xray4277

Intercooler is to cool charge air before it gets...

Intercooler is to cool charge air before it gets to turbo - engine power is determined by the MASS of fuel/air mixture going to the cylinders, not volume. Since any inlet will choke beyond a certain...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Oct 2017, 19:42
Replies: 81
Views: 19,619
Posted By Xray4277

Hate to labour the point, but in the strict...

Hate to labour the point, but in the strict engineering sense a device which reads zero at normal atmospheric pressure is not reading absolute pressure - the terms absolute pressure and gauge...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Oct 2017, 20:43
Replies: 81
Views: 19,619
Posted By Xray4277

A very useful thread

I realise that I am posting a reply to an old thread, but I came across it while searching for the answer to a question about the relationship between boost, throttle and pitch - Len Deighton, in the...
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