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17th Mar 2024, 09:39
Replies: 7
Views: 6,107
Posted By RichardJones

"Oh how the mighty have fallen". Everything,...

"Oh how the mighty have fallen".
Everything, everyone and every outfit has an expiry date.
14th Jan 2024, 20:45
Replies: 47
Views: 15,941
Posted By RichardJones

The situation hasn't improved, from my...

The situation hasn't improved, from my observation. Not the students fault, as he/she has probably never been taught. Hasn't been taught as there was probably no one to teach them.
14th Jan 2024, 13:00
Replies: 31
Views: 17,797
Posted By RichardJones

Yes you can I am informed and believe. If you can...

Yes you can I am informed and believe. If you can produce sufficient quantities. Petroleum spirit.
However, being realistic, the energy involved in heating the stuff, would be greater then the...
12th Jan 2024, 20:46
Replies: 32
Views: 13,981
Posted By RichardJones

I was based down there in the mid 1980's. Same in...

I was based down there in the mid 1980's. Same in Rhodesia mid 1970's. No trouble of that nature, muggings etc.in those days. Things worked down there then.. The world wanted it changed. And change...
12th Jan 2024, 20:12
Replies: 31
Views: 17,797
Posted By RichardJones

Plastic burns well. Heating plastic in a super...

Plastic burns well. Heating plastic in a super heated "oven", and condensing the gas given off, produces petrol. (pyrolysis)

I did question, on JB the consumption rate of the burning fuselage. I...
7th Jan 2024, 14:04
Replies: 39
Views: 15,917
Posted By RichardJones

https://www.facebook.com/reel/206467855842831?s=yW...

https://www.facebook.com/reel/206467855842831?s=yWDuG2&fs=e
31st Dec 2023, 16:32
Replies: 39
Views: 15,917
Posted By RichardJones

🤣 Well you know what I mean

🤣

Well you know what I mean
31st Dec 2023, 13:32
Replies: 39
Views: 15,917
Posted By RichardJones

Indeed. Couldn't agree more The ideal...

Indeed. Couldn't agree more

The ideal lateral position of the wings at touch down, should be into wind wing down, or slightly down. Even level, if that's how it turns out.

The pod strikes, in...
31st Dec 2023, 10:15
Replies: 39
Views: 15,917
Posted By RichardJones

Good point. Yes currency or recencey can...

Good point. Yes currency or recencey can influence the outcome among other things.
31st Dec 2023, 00:54
Replies: 39
Views: 15,917
Posted By RichardJones

Right on the money Sir. 👍

Right on the money Sir. 👍
30th Dec 2023, 21:45
Replies: 4
Views: 793
Posted By RichardJones

ok thanks for that. Answers a lot of questions.

ok thanks for that. Answers a lot of questions.
30th Dec 2023, 20:49
Replies: 4
Views: 793
Posted By RichardJones

How is it people can disappear off Google?

I know of people whom I have googled. They have appeared on gooke. A year or so later, gone without trace.
30th Dec 2023, 04:08
Replies: 39
Views: 15,917
Posted By RichardJones

Haha!! I thought he was a pilot, albeit broken...

Haha!! I thought he was a pilot, albeit broken down, but I didn't know he was a star. 🤣
29th Dec 2023, 20:41
Replies: 39
Views: 15,917
Posted By RichardJones

P.I.O.

Pilot Induced Osilation?

If it ain't Boeing I Ain't Going.

BBC News - 'Oh stop!' - Storm Gerrit causes plane's bumpy landing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67830595
11th Dec 2023, 13:20
Replies: 39
Views: 15,917
Posted By RichardJones

Well said. Good post. You know your stuff. You...

Well said. Good post. You know your stuff. You are probably the right stuff.
The basics are the same. Doesn't matter the size of the aircraft. The big jets I have flown, were low wing monoplanes....
6th Dec 2023, 18:57
Replies: 39
Views: 15,917
Posted By RichardJones

Whipper Snappers! No respect for the old guard! 😊

Whipper Snappers! No respect for the old guard! 😊
6th Dec 2023, 18:28
Replies: 39
Views: 15,917
Posted By RichardJones

The answer is no! Look I've made more than my...

The answer is no!
Look I've made more than my share of stuff ups. Domt worry about that. No I am not an ace by any stretch of the imagination, either.
What I have tried to do is maintain my...
6th Dec 2023, 15:39
Replies: 39
Views: 15,917
Posted By RichardJones

Well I have put a B707 down with 360/ 28 gusting...

Well I have put a B707 down with 360/ 28 gusting 33 kts. Straight across. Zero crab. I long time ago. If it can be done Zero crab in a 707 surely it can be done on a 737. 707 less forgiving,...
5th Dec 2023, 08:28
Replies: 39
Views: 15,917
Posted By RichardJones

There is this performance. Not their fault as...

There is this performance.
Not their fault as they havent been taught, as there are none around to teach them

https://www.facebook.com/reel/245688734908158?s=yWDuG2&fs=e

As for the 757. Not a...
4th Dec 2023, 21:17
Replies: 39
Views: 15,917
Posted By RichardJones

Thanks. In that wind the PF should have been...

Thanks.
In that wind the PF should have been able to manage, without bending it.
The pilot handing skills near the ground in a decent x- wind are not there anymore.
4th Dec 2023, 20:24
Replies: 39
Views: 15,917
Posted By RichardJones

Crosswind Landing Accident.

BBC News - London Stansted Airport: Plane damaged while trying to land

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-67600872

I am interested to know the wind including gusts when that happened.
Forum: Freight Dogs
17th Nov 2023, 20:11
Replies: 33
Views: 5,504
Posted By RichardJones

Seems like he went Ape Sh%t.

Seems like he went Ape Sh%t.
Forum: Freight Dogs
16th Nov 2023, 19:42
Replies: 33
Views: 5,504
Posted By RichardJones

This calls into question the experience of the...

This calls into question the experience of the crews at some of these outfits, not too mention the safety culture at AAI.
Forum: Freight Dogs
16th Nov 2023, 19:36
Replies: 33
Views: 5,504
Posted By RichardJones

Indeed Sad to say I would have ordered the...

Indeed

Sad to say I would have ordered the horse killed. Why you ask? That horse could have done enough damage on the loose, to bring that aircraft down, had it gone berserk. I would never fly...
4th Oct 2023, 05:40
Replies: 127
Views: 44,379
Posted By RichardJones

Too often, before I retired I saw a lot of heads...

Too often, before I retired I saw a lot of heads down, fiddling with the FMS for eg.Taxing, all eyes outside the cockpit. More critical at line up, of course.
3rd Oct 2023, 19:12
Replies: 127
Views: 44,379
Posted By RichardJones

When I was in aviation I used go by the old...

When I was in aviation I used go by the old adage, "the only time you have too much fuel, is when you are on fire".
With many scenarios , the legal minimum fuel, is not enough, for me.
I did not...
2nd Oct 2023, 20:47
Replies: 170
Views: 97,437
Posted By RichardJones

Because the tests are flawed, period. Too much...

Because the tests are flawed, period. Too much theory these days. I've known, what I would refer to as a psychopath and some nasty pieces of work, slip through the net. Independent coaching is...
1st Oct 2023, 19:08
Replies: 170
Views: 97,437
Posted By RichardJones

Why do they blindly insist on a degree for...

Why do they blindly insist on a degree for everything now?You need a degree to be a copper. Now a nurse. What's next? Bin man?. Or should I say refuge operative? No disrespect.
I left school at 15...
1st Oct 2023, 11:48
Replies: 170
Views: 97,437
Posted By RichardJones

"One moments thoughtlesness can cause a life...

"One moments thoughtlesness can cause a life times regret" comes to mind.
This lad has paid a very high price as already mentioned. He made a mistake. We have sll made mistakes and done silly things...
30th Sep 2023, 18:44
30th Sep 2023, 14:16
Replies: 170
Views: 97,437
Posted By RichardJones

Yes. Drugs ruin peoples lives, in more ways than...

Yes. Drugs ruin peoples lives, in more ways than one.
Some Asian countries have a tough approach to this problem. Singapore for example, Anyone caught with more than 10grams, it's a mandatory death...
30th Sep 2023, 10:31
Replies: 170
Views: 97,437
Posted By RichardJones

I agree with you there. When I attended a 10...

I agree with you there.

When I attended a 10 week course for the UK ATPL theory, in the 1970's it was different. I don't consider myself that smart. I had 14 subjects to pass. It was written...
27th Sep 2023, 20:59
Replies: 170
Views: 97,437
Posted By RichardJones

Stupid boy. Are BA not testing for substance...

Stupid boy.
Are BA not testing for substance abuse? Seems not.
3rd Sep 2023, 22:08
Replies: 365
Views: 53,146
Posted By RichardJones

The basics are the same. Whether it be a 172 or a...

The basics are the same. Whether it be a 172 or a 747. Operated them both.

"When you can touch down, at max demonstrated crosswind for the aircraft type, on the centre line, the aircraft heading...
3rd Sep 2023, 22:02
Replies: 365
Views: 53,146
Posted By RichardJones

Put it this way. Any into wind angle of bank,...

Put it this way. Any into wind angle of bank, while executing a crosswind landing, is preferable to any downwind angle of bank, during a. Crosswind landing, or any attempt there of.
If the correct...
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