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Forum: Rumours & News
19th May 2016, 13:02
Replies: 1,184
Views: 2,630,791
Posted By ThinkRate

Greek state television now reporting that Greek...

Greek state television now reporting that Greek planes taking part in the SAR have spotted debris in the form of "large orange chunks" that are thought to belong to the missing plane. Similar reports...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th May 2016, 09:53
Replies: 1,184
Views: 2,630,791
Posted By ThinkRate

Greek Media...

Greek Media (http://en.protothema.gr/egyptair-pilot-did-not-respond-to-our-radio-calls-hellenic-civil-aviation-governor-says/)

The Governor of Hellenic Civil Aviation, Konstantinos Litzerakos, ...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th May 2016, 07:47
Replies: 1,184
Views: 2,630,791
Posted By ThinkRate

According to Greek media (roughly translated by...

According to Greek media (roughly translated by me):

"There was a normal radio call above KEA waypoint between the flight and Athens ACC at approx 0300am LT. The next call was due 20 minutes...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Dec 2015, 10:39
Replies: 211
Views: 158,140
Posted By ThinkRate

The Independent...

The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/russian-plane-crash-report-live-sinai-jet-was-not-brought-down-by-isis-terrorists-a6772146.html)

Russian plane crash: Egypt report...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Nov 2015, 13:18
Replies: 220
Views: 129,639
Posted By ThinkRate

Tourist I see your point, although you are...

Tourist

I see your point, although you are wrong. An FIR has nothing to do with any dispute between two countries. An FIR is an ICAO recognised jurisdiction and rules must be obeyed by all...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Nov 2015, 11:57
Replies: 220
Views: 129,639
Posted By ThinkRate

Chess playing

It should be obvious by now that the Russian bomber was not shot down for violating Turkish airspace. This was a tactical move by both sides, each for their own strategic reasons (better explained in...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Nov 2015, 11:22
Replies: 220
Views: 129,639
Posted By ThinkRate

Nasty development

(assuming videos are genuine)

Since both pilots (seem to have) ejected safely and one ends up dead, in a gloating video showing a crowd cheering around him, one could deduce that the unfortunate...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Oct 2015, 12:33
Replies: 9
Views: 4,257
Posted By ThinkRate

Excellent write-up Kyprianos! :D Greece is...

Excellent write-up Kyprianos! :D

Greece is by no means a GA-friendly country, in that it takes a lot of homework to work out airport schedules, fuel availability and PPRs/PNRs plus the odd...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Apr 2010, 15:37
Replies: 427
Views: 201,727
Posted By ThinkRate

Human factors played a dooming role in this...

Human factors played a dooming role in this accident and Boeing's 73 design and procedures somewhat contributed to that (at least in so far as to allowing the holes in the swiss cheese to align).
...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
26th Apr 2010, 13:36
Replies: 427
Views: 201,727
Posted By ThinkRate

HAF F16 interception video

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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
26th Apr 2010, 10:16
Replies: 427
Views: 201,727
Posted By ThinkRate

HAF F16 interception video

Link to the 38 minute interception video by the two HAF F16 (callsigns Perseus 400 & 401).

Gnews f16 - Video (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/4426412/gnews_f16/)

Shocking and disturbing beyond...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Jun 2008, 10:22
Replies: 40
Views: 4,443
Posted By ThinkRate

172Driver That's what I gathered from my...

172Driver

That's what I gathered from my brief discussion with the Cirrus company pilot as well. Plus:

c) Safer and easier to operate and maintain at PPL level.

TR...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Jun 2008, 08:02
Replies: 40
Views: 4,443
Posted By ThinkRate

I take that as a tongue-in-cheek comment? :) ...

I take that as a tongue-in-cheek comment? :)

The SR22 cruise speed at 75% is already at 185kts and the SR20 at 156kts (200hp). Comparing that to the Trinidad (TB20 -250hp max cruise of 163kts), it...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Jun 2008, 21:57
Replies: 40
Views: 4,443
Posted By ThinkRate

Correct! In fact, the fully-loaded model I flew,...

Correct! In fact, the fully-loaded model I flew, looking at the configurator in the Cirrus site, works out at slightly over the $600K mark! I think I'll just frame the pictures of me flying it...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Jun 2008, 18:23
Replies: 40
Views: 4,443
Posted By ThinkRate

Yes, as far as I could see the terrain (and...

Yes, as far as I could see the terrain (and navdata) elements were very accurate. The only thing I could mention here (which I forgot to mention to the Cirrus pilot) was the fact that the E-TAWS...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Jun 2008, 14:18
Replies: 40
Views: 4,443
Posted By ThinkRate

You mean these ones?...

You mean these ones? http://hellasga.com/gallery/friends/DSC01653ss

Well spotted!!! That was the thing, wasn't it? The ladies weren't there and neither was Kyp... Last I heard he was in Black...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Jun 2008, 09:04
Replies: 40
Views: 4,443
Posted By ThinkRate

Trying out the Cirrus SR22 GTS

Yesterday I morning I had the chance to fly a demo, fully-featured, full-extras Cirrus SR22 GTS at the Icarus Athens AeroExpo, at Tatoi AB (LGTT) for 30 mins.

I thought I'd share this experience....
Forum: Private Flying
6th Feb 2008, 13:16
Replies: 547
Views: 197,313
Posted By ThinkRate

Athens Coast in a Winter Sunset

Some pics taken last weekend during a day out to Syros Island in the Aegean Sea.

Complete set here.
(http://hellasga.com/gallery/v/greg/)
Syros Island Airport and town...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
1st Aug 2007, 11:48
Replies: 3
Views: 4,310
Posted By ThinkRate

Unhappy Tribute

Perhaps as a small tribute to the firefighter pilots of the world, here's a video of some of their work in action, prepared by none other than Flight Lieutenant Dimitris Stoilidis, 34, father of 2...
Forum: Private Flying
28th May 2007, 10:02
Replies: 547
Views: 197,313
Posted By ThinkRate

Skiathos (LGSK/JSI), Greece revisited

Some fresh pictures from last weekend... The Summer season has positively arrived.

Complete set of pics can be found here (http://hellasga.com/gallery/v/greg/Skiathos/).

Skiathos town and...
Forum: Private Flying
21st May 2007, 08:09
Replies: 547
Views: 197,313
Posted By ThinkRate

Although Greece is not the best in the world to...

Although Greece is not the best in the world to demostrate the fact that English is THE prime language in aviation, and although perfectly legal, sometimes the frequency gets clogged with Greek, you...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2007, 16:08
Replies: 2
Views: 1,530
Posted By ThinkRate

Old military aircraft instruments

I came across some old instruments from various aircraft, coming probably from the Hellenic Air force scrap yards (VSIs, ASIs, Attitude Indicators, Turn Coordinators etc) and have decided to...
Forum: Private Flying
1st May 2007, 23:25
Replies: 547
Views: 197,313
Posted By ThinkRate

Skiathos LGSK

...been done before but always a nice destination.

http://hellasga.com/gallery/albums/Xmas-Navigation-to-LGSK/CIMG1908.sized.jpg

Tsouggria Islet, just off the port of Skiathos...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Apr 2007, 09:35
Replies: 547
Views: 197,313
Posted By ThinkRate

Around the Saronic Gulf of Athens

The haziness in most of these pictures were mainly due to 3 reasons:
a) Some African dust drifting slowly to the north to anoy me.
b) My constant inabillity to remind myself to wipe the windscreen...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Oct 2006, 19:25
Replies: 387
Views: 143,157
Posted By ThinkRate

page 72: 1.16.9 Re-enactment of the Accident...

page 72: 1.16.9 Re-enactment of the Accident Flight
Before departure of the re-enactment flight from Larnaca to Athens, the air conditioning and pressurization system panels of the aircraft were...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Oct 2006, 19:32
Replies: 387
Views: 143,157
Posted By ThinkRate

Extracts from the report... :hmm: ...

Extracts from the report... :hmm:
----------------------------------------
Page 55 (1.12.2.10)
A total of four portable oxygen bottles were located at the accident site [...]. The following...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Oct 2006, 16:05
Replies: 387
Views: 143,157
Posted By ThinkRate

BOAC I can confirm that that both versions of...

BOAC
I can confirm that that both versions of the report in that part (paragraph 1.6.2.3.2) are an acurate (word-to-word) copy of one another.

If anything so far, by reading (large portions but...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Oct 2006, 12:18
Replies: 387
Views: 143,157
Posted By ThinkRate

Post How long does it take?

Amazing! A full copy of the original report (alas in Greek) can already be found and is currently being circulated around various aviation-related discussion groups in Greece:

Copy of Report in...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Oct 2006, 15:43
Replies: 387
Views: 143,157
Posted By ThinkRate

Post Confirmed: Report out tomorrow

http://news.ert.gr/en/10/21317.asp

[quote]
Chairman of the Hellenic Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board Akrivos Tsolakis is to hand Tuesday morning the finding on the crash of...
Forum: Questions
6th Sep 2006, 13:55
Replies: 17
Views: 4,467
Posted By ThinkRate

Unlucky PA

Whatever you do, do not do this: http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111563

TR
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ThinkRate! ThinkRate! Don't Think!
Forum: Private Flying
24th Jul 2006, 09:31
Replies: 547
Views: 197,313
Posted By ThinkRate

i.dingbat Nice picture! :ok: Any more of...

i.dingbat

Nice picture! :ok: Any more of Sydney Harbour etc?

TR
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ThinkRate! ThinkRate! Don't Think!
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Jul 2006, 09:45
Replies: 25
Views: 11,313
Posted By ThinkRate

Post Just some more info on how the BA crew handled...

Just some more info on how the BA crew handled the incident, from a friend who was in the air and on frequency at the time of the incident; a "pan pan" call was indeed issued by the crew and a...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Jun 2006, 12:16
Replies: 25
Views: 11,313
Posted By ThinkRate

Thank you Globaliser! TR ...

Thank you Globaliser!

TR
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ThinkRate! ThinkRate! Don't Think!
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Jun 2006, 10:17
Replies: 25
Views: 11,313
Posted By ThinkRate

Post BA B777 emergency(?) landing at ATH 29/6/2006

Last night (29/6) around 2230L (1930Z) a BA B777-200 (Reg G-VIIH) landed at Athens (ATH/LGAV) runway 03R and was met by "lots" of equipment (police, fire ambulance etc) on taxiway C (second inner...
Forum: Private Flying
13th Jun 2006, 12:59
Replies: 547
Views: 197,313
Posted By ThinkRate

More flying in Greece (cont'd)

The originals together with more pics can be found here (http://hellasga.com/gallery/v/greg/)

June 2004: the Athens Olympic Games installations with only weeks to go, still looked decisevely...
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