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Forum: Rumours & News
26th Jan 2024, 11:18
Replies: 118
Views: 69,343
Posted By lightonthewater

Some years ago, the standard security check of...

Some years ago, the standard security check of tourists at Buckingham Palace detected a revolver and live rounds carried by an American man. It seems that he was a US policeman, and had brought the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
16th Jan 2024, 12:45
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,047,401
Posted By lightonthewater

For what its worth; in the days when UK railways...

For what its worth; in the days when UK railways were manually signalled, if a train had been stopped at a red signal for more than (I think ) 3 minutes, it was mandatory for the driver to call the...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Dec 2023, 16:55
Replies: 114
Views: 52,247
Posted By lightonthewater

re lights: if you read the original book, (as I...

re lights: if you read the original book, (as I did last night) it makes a specific point that the accompanying mosquito was deliberately flying without lights in the fog / cloud to avoid being...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
26th Aug 2023, 14:02
Replies: 31
Views: 6,517
Posted By lightonthewater

This definitely the last time I log in or ask a...

This definitely the last time I log in or ask a question on this site. It was a reasonable, honest, enquiry to people in the industry who I had hoped might know more than me, but it seems to have...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Aug 2023, 21:06
Replies: 31
Views: 6,517
Posted By lightonthewater

These were my thoughts exactly.

These were my thoughts exactly.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Aug 2023, 21:03
Replies: 31
Views: 6,517
Posted By lightonthewater

I was indeed writing with my tongue in my cheek....

I was indeed writing with my tongue in my cheek. Just wondered if anyone knew of an unusual reason for the strange diversion: this is a rumour site, after all. But if this upsets anyone, I wont ask...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Aug 2023, 20:34
Replies: 31
Views: 6,517
Posted By lightonthewater

Very sorry, but it's all I have. I can speculate...

Very sorry, but it's all I have. I can speculate with the best of you, but thought that a diversion for 100's of miles in the opposite direction ignoring intermediate airports was unusual enough that...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Aug 2023, 19:54
Replies: 31
Views: 6,517
Posted By lightonthewater

Was told that it was easyJet, but could be wrong:...

Was told that it was easyJet, but could be wrong: my friend is notoriously vague when it comes to airlines: if it flies he is happy, just not when it goes in the wrong destination. But they did pay...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Aug 2023, 18:45
Replies: 31
Views: 6,517
Posted By lightonthewater

Diversion to Beirut

This week a friend and his family boarded a flight home from Rhodes to the UK, which apparently ended up being diverted to Beirut, and them having to spend the night in a hotel in the city,. They...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
17th Aug 2023, 19:33
Replies: 50
Views: 20,611
Posted By lightonthewater

The headline I saw definitely stated a fatality:...

The headline I saw definitely stated a fatality: 'a 40 year old'. But maybe they got it wrong and have corrected it subsequently.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
17th Aug 2023, 17:36
Replies: 50
Views: 20,611
Posted By lightonthewater

The BBC website reports one fatality , sadly.

The BBC website reports one fatality , sadly.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
12th Aug 2023, 17:23
Replies: 57
Views: 18,909
Posted By lightonthewater

I don't suppose that there was anything voluntary...

I don't suppose that there was anything voluntary about that landing. If the propeller stops turning when you are set up for landing, purposely low, slow and close to, but too far from, the runway,...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2023, 16:19
Replies: 10,355
Views: 4,619,676
Posted By lightonthewater

Then the tanker is useless for a good long time...

Then the tanker is useless for a good long time and will take a lot of resources to repair.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2023, 16:08
Replies: 10,355
Views: 4,619,676
Posted By lightonthewater

Tankers are very hard to sink: their tanks keep...

Tankers are very hard to sink: their tanks keep them afloat, (whether full or oil or empty) and add to the hull strength. Hitting them aft, in the engine room, and under the accommodation puts them...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th May 2023, 17:42
Replies: 106
Views: 35,361
Posted By lightonthewater

Working for a UK shipowner, an old boss of mine...

Working for a UK shipowner, an old boss of mine insisted on being known as 'Captain Xxxx, retired' and accorded the respect due to his Royal Navy service, as we were encouraged to believe. It came...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2023, 11:08
Replies: 141
Views: 26,394
Posted By lightonthewater

Pasta : That skipper explained that the waves...

Pasta : That skipper explained that the waves were refracted around shallows, reflected from cliffs and altered by currents. Once you got to know these patterns, you could tell when you had rounded...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2023, 08:58
Replies: 141
Views: 26,394
Posted By lightonthewater

When you life is at stake, one's faculties are...

When you life is at stake, one's faculties are sharpened. Back in the 1980s a very old coastal merchant navy skipper of my acquaintance was known to navigate around the North Sea largely by the...
Forum: PPRuNe Problems or Queries
25th Apr 2023, 13:54
Replies: 28
Views: 1,880
Posted By lightonthewater

Still happening to me today.

Still happening to me today.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2023, 11:37
Replies: 141
Views: 26,394
Posted By lightonthewater

The Royal Navy still teach position fixing by...

The Royal Navy still teach position fixing by sextant and have paper charts available, in case of electronic jamming of GPS, etc. For the same reason that they still practise using morse signalling...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jan 2023, 17:12
Replies: 36
Views: 13,030
Posted By lightonthewater

Asturias: we had 'exclusions' as well, and the...

Asturias: we had 'exclusions' as well, and the hazardous packing regs were also sent to customers, but somehow this didn't stop 'mis-declaration ' of cargo, inadvertent or otherwise. As a matter of...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jan 2023, 14:46
Replies: 36
Views: 13,030
Posted By lightonthewater

Many years ago, in the 1980's, I worked in an...

Many years ago, in the 1980's, I worked in an airfreight forwarders office and warehouse just outside Heathrow. Its was completely normal to find hazardous goods (paint / chemicals / essential oils /...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th Jan 2023, 14:09
Replies: 58
Views: 12,389
Posted By lightonthewater

Apologies , Jhieminga, should have read the whole...

Apologies , Jhieminga, should have read the whole thing.Still think it would be a good idea.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th Jan 2023, 10:01
Replies: 58
Views: 12,389
Posted By lightonthewater

During WW2, UK fighters had cameras which...

During WW2, UK fighters had cameras which operated when the guns fired, to record hits (or otherwise). Where were those cameras sited? Would be a good location for a taxying camera (and historically...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Dec 2022, 16:44
Replies: 64
Views: 20,513
Posted By lightonthewater

Am not saying that the UK rail network is...

Am not saying that the UK rail network is perfect, (and indeed the present strikes make it very imperfect) However, those comparing the costs of rail with air so often do not compare like with like:...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Nov 2022, 09:31
Replies: 9
Views: 2,060
Posted By lightonthewater

Back in the day, as a UK based shipbroker, one of...

Back in the day, as a UK based shipbroker, one of my clients was the US military. This regular job was to charter European civilian coastal vessels to lighter 'sensitive' cargo from large US military...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Nov 2022, 14:40
Replies: 160
Views: 34,745
Posted By lightonthewater

To clarify my late father's remarks on the LRDG...

To clarify my late father's remarks on the LRDG members: he used the word 'maniac' in the sense that they must have been mad to do what they did, in the way that they did it. (My father knew what he...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Nov 2022, 11:31
Replies: 160
Views: 34,745
Posted By lightonthewater

At the time that this was set, my late father was...

At the time that this was set, my late father was in the first siege of Tobruk, wounded there, and then spent time in the desert thereafter, (before being posted to India and Burma). He came across...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Oct 2022, 14:08
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,132,364
Posted By lightonthewater

Not sure that this is the right forum, but: does...

Not sure that this is the right forum, but: does anyone think that the almost simultaneous damage to two undersea communication cables between Shetland and the Faroes and Shetland with the mainland ...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Sep 2022, 16:59
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,132,364
Posted By lightonthewater

The destruction of the Nordstream pipeline is of...

The destruction of the Nordstream pipeline is of course 'deniable' by the Russians, (tho its unlikely to be anyone else) but it sends a signal to NATO and others to remind them that ALL types of...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Sep 2022, 15:16
Replies: 1,598
Views: 356,461
Posted By lightonthewater

RN navigating / warfare officers do swap with...

RN navigating / warfare officers do swap with their opposite numbers much more easily: and vice versa. It's the technical specialists than need to be brought up to speed with the other teams kit and...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Sep 2022, 08:53
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,407,550
Posted By lightonthewater

Kiltrush: Ships DON'T automatically change names...

Kiltrush: Ships DON'T automatically change names with change of ownership. Sometimes a new owner does want to rename his new vessel, but the ship keeps the original name if the owner takes no steps...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Sep 2022, 14:04
Replies: 25
Views: 7,598
Posted By lightonthewater

Waving two arms in the form of an X might be the...

Waving two arms in the form of an X might be the correct way, but most of the general sailing public have no idea what it means. I was once some 4 miles offshore in the English Channel in an 18 foot...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Sep 2022, 13:26
Replies: 101
Views: 23,708
Posted By lightonthewater

So if the RAF ops can coexist with easyJet in...

So if the RAF ops can coexist with easyJet in Belfast, maybe elsewhere? (would make sense, but probably too much to hope).
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Sep 2022, 12:15
Replies: 101
Views: 23,708
Posted By lightonthewater

Am not military and not a pilot, but, having...

Am not military and not a pilot, but, having recently flown from Belfast International Airport, I noticed a military base (presumably RAF?) and number of military aircraft sited on the other side of...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
15th Jul 2022, 21:37
Replies: 9
Views: 2,177
Posted By lightonthewater

Sorry to mislead everyone, but question answered....

Sorry to mislead everyone, but question answered. My wife is not an aviation buff: she didn't think the airplanes she saw 'were pointy enough' to be jets, (though they look pretty 'pointy' to me.)...
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