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19th May 2017, 11:36
Replies: 2,003
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Posted By Wingswinger

If I may be so bold that is a pointless comment...

If I may be so bold that is a pointless comment as, almost by definition, all companies are greedy. For sure, once they are stock-market listed it's in their DNA. It has to be or the company will not...
3rd Feb 2017, 07:53
Replies: 1,757
Views: 983,351
Posted By Wingswinger

I have come to the same conclusion. My...

I have come to the same conclusion.

My comments, from a distance of 33 years from a Hunter cockpit, were based on what appeared to happen in the video, the use of flap and the possibility of it...
2nd Feb 2017, 19:48
Replies: 1,757
Views: 983,351
Posted By Wingswinger

I have too. I have yet to respond.

I have too. I have yet to respond.
28th Sep 2016, 12:17
Replies: 119
Views: 70,994
Posted By Wingswinger

Demographics in the airline industry, rapid...

Demographics in the airline industry, rapid expansion in the LC sector and a retirement bulge have given them both the opportunity. If you're trained and good enough, you're old enough. Good on them....
22nd Jul 2016, 17:57
Replies: 751
Views: 505,209
Posted By Wingswinger

Pardon me if someone has already pointed this out...

Pardon me if someone has already pointed this out but shouldn't the title of this thread really be Phantom Phriday?

Thanks for all the lovely pics.

WS ( who always wanted to fly Phantoms but...
11th Apr 2016, 08:25
Replies: 30
Views: 8,307
Posted By Wingswinger

I never cease to be amazed by those who see...

I never cease to be amazed by those who see paying high tax as a moral duty, a public good. Morality has nothing to do with paying tax. If public services are cash strapped they need to cut costs and...
17th Mar 2016, 08:30
Replies: 128
Views: 48,351
Posted By Wingswinger

My recollection from RAF days: O2 required...

My recollection from RAF days:

O2 required above 10,000ft; 100% O2 required above 25,000ft; Under pressure above 33,000ft.

Up to 41,000ft unpressurised for the duration of a 180 turn? If the...
9th Sep 2015, 23:24
Replies: 77
Views: 15,888
Posted By Wingswinger

How much longer before our politicians,...

How much longer before our politicians, Euro-pollies, US-pollies, Russo-Pollies, Sino-Pollies, and any other Pollies who wish to join get together and set our collective military forces on these...
9th Sep 2015, 23:00
Replies: 28
Views: 10,811
Posted By Wingswinger

Not worth a mention at all. In my Harrier GR 3 I...

Not worth a mention at all. In my Harrier GR 3 I "splashed" F 15s when they were new back in the 70s. It doesn't imply overall superiority of one type vs another; it's just an exercise. It's the real...
9th Sep 2015, 22:56
Replies: 1,757
Views: 983,351
Posted By Wingswinger

Amen to that.

Amen to that.
9th Sep 2015, 09:09
Replies: 1,757
Views: 983,351
Posted By Wingswinger

Because the T-bird is about 1300lbs heavier if I...

Because the T-bird is about 1300lbs heavier if I recall the numbers correctly. Beags will no doubt be along shortly with the exact figure.
8th Sep 2015, 08:55
Replies: 1,757
Views: 983,351
Posted By Wingswinger

I've been away from this thread for a while. ...

I've been away from this thread for a while.

Observations and questions on latest info:

2600ft at the top of a loop, if it is accurate, is way too low.

100kts at the top of a loop is way...
8th Sep 2015, 08:37
Replies: 77
Views: 15,888
Posted By Wingswinger

From an old mud-mover: Well done all involved....

From an old mud-mover: Well done all involved. More of the same please.
7th Sep 2015, 07:05
Replies: 20
Views: 8,030
Posted By Wingswinger

Pete and I were contemporaries through Cranditz...

Pete and I were contemporaries through Cranditz and Valley and course mates at Brawdy. He was always at the centre of whatever was going on. I hadn't seen him since then as we headed off to different...
29th Aug 2015, 18:42
Replies: 44
Views: 12,158
Posted By Wingswinger

Every time I read or hear comments along those...

Every time I read or hear comments along those lines I always think of the unspoken assumption in them that it is a good and desirable thing to be "in touch". I hold that it isn't always. Unless one...
29th Aug 2015, 17:58
Replies: 1,757
Views: 983,351
Posted By Wingswinger

I'm not so sure it can. As both Courtney Mil and...

I'm not so sure it can. As both Courtney Mil and I have commented in earlier posts, G-LOC is insidious. Factors which can erode a human body's tolerance to G include fatigue, hangovers, minor...
27th Aug 2015, 09:42
Replies: 30
Views: 28,658
Posted By Wingswinger

Sad news. I first met him in 1970 when he was...

Sad news. I first met him in 1970 when he was going through the Lightning OCU at Coltishall and I was a visiting UAS cadet. Met him again very recently at the CAE LGW Airbus simulator. RIP.
26th Aug 2015, 00:18
Replies: 1,757
Views: 983,351
Posted By Wingswinger

CM, I was trying to quote your comment about...

CM,

I was trying to quote your comment about me at #344 but for some reason it won't work.

I'm not trying to set myself up as an expert. I can hardly do that since it's some 33 years since I...
25th Aug 2015, 10:49
Replies: 1,757
Views: 983,351
Posted By Wingswinger

R4H, Even one notch of flap could...

R4H,



Even one notch of flap could produce a significant nose-down trim change at the speed at which it would have been flying and therefore degraded the elevator authority. If AH had been...
25th Aug 2015, 09:02
Replies: 1,757
Views: 983,351
Posted By Wingswinger

Hello Beagle, I'm not. I hesitate to...

Hello Beagle,



I'm not. I hesitate to speculate but I'm going to. First of all credentials: During my time in the Service I flew about 800 hours in Hunter T7/F6/FGA9.

From looking at the...
2nd Aug 2015, 10:47
Replies: 273
Views: 150,070
Posted By Wingswinger

Don't know about the Yellow Jackets but the...

Don't know about the Yellow Jackets but the Yellowjacks were the Gnat display team prior to the formation of the Red Arrows.

Yellowjacks - Royal Air Force Aerobatic Display Team...
2nd Aug 2015, 09:15
Replies: 273
Views: 150,070
Posted By Wingswinger

That did spring to mind. I had my own G-LOC...

That did spring to mind.

I had my own G-LOC experience in the 1970s while flying a Harrier GR3 back to base from a field deployment. After take-off from the site I had accelerated away,...
1st Aug 2015, 19:59
Replies: 17
Views: 21,301
Posted By Wingswinger

The Gnat in RAF service was fitted with a Folland...

The Gnat in RAF service was fitted with a Folland seat not an MB one. It did not eject downwards. I can't think of any ejector seat which did. I can't imagine that the human brain and eyeballs would...
1st Aug 2015, 18:22
Replies: 17
Views: 21,301
Posted By Wingswinger

Likewise. My first thought was rapid-rolling and...

Likewise. My first thought was rapid-rolling and roll-yaw coupling. Did the aircraft in question have the fuses which restrict the roll-rate? However there is no rapid roll evident in the video. It...
Forum: Tech Log
20th Jul 2015, 09:35
Replies: 2
Views: 3,695
Posted By Wingswinger

In managed the aircraft will target S or F...

In managed the aircraft will target S or F depending on flap lever selection. With a slat flap fault you have failed slats and or flap so you will not get the same coefficient of lift therefore you...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Jun 2015, 07:54
Replies: 59
Views: 39,072
Posted By Wingswinger

I agree. My company's guidance and the one we...

I agree. My company's guidance and the one we trainers push is ignore PAPI and/or ILS G/S below 200ft. The landing is a visual manoeuvre based on runway aspect. Besides, at major airports frequented...
14th May 2015, 11:48
Replies: 46
Views: 31,173
Posted By Wingswinger

I first saw this on the Weapons Employment Course...

I first saw this on the Weapons Employment Course at College of Air Warfare in 1980 - shown by Dave Herriott who was an 12 Sqn at the time. Mal Grosse I recall as a QFI at Valley in 1974, the Boss,...
25th Mar 2015, 21:12
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,540,557
Posted By Wingswinger

If an aircraft hits a hard surface at high...

If an aircraft hits a hard surface at high velocity this is exactly what to expect. If it hits a soft surface there may be no trace of the aircraft. That is certainly the case for a fighter jet which...
25th Mar 2015, 21:07
Replies: 155
Views: 113,705
Posted By Wingswinger

A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing: ...

A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing:

The Habsheim A320 protected the aircraft too. The system knew better than the pilots then.l So it (the system) landed the aircraft against the...
24th Mar 2015, 12:46
Replies: 155
Views: 113,705
Posted By Wingswinger

I should imagine so, yes. The task of redesigning...

I should imagine so, yes. The task of redesigning and re-certifying the worldwide A320 series fleet, A330 fleet, A340 fleet, A350 fleet and A380 fleet defies imagination. Better to make sure the next...
18th Mar 2015, 11:28
Replies: 125
Views: 77,551
Posted By Wingswinger

Legions of council house boys made good in the...

Legions of council house boys made good in the days when every town had a grammar school.
26th Feb 2015, 09:18
Replies: 31
Views: 12,444
Posted By Wingswinger

When I started my career I though I'd be retiring...

When I started my career I though I'd be retiring at 55. When I was 40 I knew I'd have to go on to 60. When I approached 60 the raising of the retirement age to 65 was a welcome financial bonus which...
8th Feb 2015, 08:37
Replies: 28
Views: 7,123
Posted By Wingswinger

As an ex-Harrier and ex-Tornado GR mate I would...

As an ex-Harrier and ex-Tornado GR mate I would have given my eye-teeth to have been on some sort of flying reserve after I left the service. A colleague who was on 3F with me back in the 70s and who...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Feb 2015, 09:22
Replies: 26
Views: 25,648
Posted By Wingswinger

Years ago we used the THS reminder to set the...

Years ago we used the THS reminder to set the trim. That was the SOP - until an LH crew set 1.2 NU instead of 1.2 ND. Or was it the other way round? Anyway the take-off was "interesting". It changed...
12th Jan 2015, 10:17
Replies: 63
Views: 42,221
Posted By Wingswinger

Beat me to it, Woody. It was indeed "Winkle". I...

Beat me to it, Woody. It was indeed "Winkle". I believe he did THREE loops around a span of the bridge.
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