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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Feb 2022, 13:24
Replies: 347
Views: 162,553
Posted By Weary

I can't believe this thread is still going ! :ok:...

I can't believe this thread is still going ! :ok:
I can vividly remember the day I got my first flying job with Airnorth. A bit like the story above - I walked into the old Airnorth office clutching...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Feb 2022, 09:41
Replies: 57
Views: 14,435
Posted By Weary

I've flown all over the world, and wherever you...

I've flown all over the world, and wherever you go there are reporting points that have a local meaning or humour.
Going into Gatwick there are STARs that are even named after the Queen's corgis.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Nov 2019, 16:24
Replies: 4,988
Views: 738,404
Posted By Weary

Thumbs up Thanks heaps

Thanks heaps
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Nov 2019, 16:15
Replies: 4,988
Views: 738,404
Posted By Weary

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/717x471/5a47610a_4ac5_4b8b_b5aa_ee7ef8b17bae_235ffe6ebf795d46f715e57da424a25fcb8f51d8.jpg

Put me out of my misery - what is this thing ?
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jan 2016, 18:45
Replies: 39
Views: 12,401
Posted By Weary

edmundronald - Notwithstanding the comments...

edmundronald -

Notwithstanding the comments about the Dreamliner batteries, I agree with pretty much everything else you said.
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jan 2016, 17:17
Replies: 39
Views: 12,401
Posted By Weary

Fortissimo, I cannot say I agree with you....

Fortissimo,

I cannot say I agree with you. IMO a parliamentary body, or indeed regulator, should be subject to open scrutiny by the people it purports to represent and/or protect. That cannot be...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jan 2016, 09:22
Replies: 39
Views: 12,401
Posted By Weary

Knowledge is power - and in the case of the...

Knowledge is power - and in the case of the European Parliament, the genesis of corruption.
By removing knowledge from the general public, the Eurocrats hoard it for themselves.
In a stroke they...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
12th Jan 2016, 13:14
Replies: 61
Views: 26,896
Posted By Weary

Ah yes Green Goblin, quite right - not fractional...

Ah yes Green Goblin, quite right - not fractional ownership at all.
Still trying to understand how it constitutes a private flight......
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
11th Jan 2016, 22:34
Replies: 61
Views: 26,896
Posted By Weary

Nothing new here. It's called "fractional...

Nothing new here. It's called "fractional ownership", and it been operating successfully in Europe and the States in various size aircraft since the 90's at least.
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Oct 2015, 19:47
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,499,229
Posted By Weary

Well if that data IS accurate (and I'm not...

Well if that data IS accurate (and I'm not suggesting that it is) -
The profile looks rather like a phugoid oscillation.......
Forum: Terms and Endearment
24th Feb 2015, 15:55
Replies: 31
Views: 12,467
Posted By Weary

Those that think an increase in the working life...

Those that think an increase in the working life of a pilot will result in an overall increase in the pension they eventually retire with, is being naive in the extreme.
Airline bosses will...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2014, 00:00
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,318,710
Posted By Weary

Bearcat F8F I suggest you read up on EGPWS.

Bearcat F8F

I suggest you read up on EGPWS.
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2014, 23:29
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,318,710
Posted By Weary

BARKINGMAD Yes - and a LOT has changed...

BARKINGMAD



Yes - and a LOT has changed since then. I can personally recall hearing two air intercept events whilst flying in European airspace, and shared a rather somber beer with the captain...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2014, 10:32
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,318,710
Posted By Weary

TCAS FAN - what makes you so sure they weren't? ...

TCAS FAN - what makes you so sure they weren't?
As I said many, many posts ago, that particular chain of events could very easily lead to one very unpalatable outcome - one that no country would...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Mar 2014, 21:33
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,318,710
Posted By Weary

What about a partially inflated escape slide-raft?

What about a partially inflated escape slide-raft?
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Mar 2014, 20:10
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,318,710
Posted By Weary

Finally - BBC reporting that Chinese officials...

Finally - BBC reporting that Chinese officials have released satellite photos of what they claim are large floating objects in the South China Sea - east of last known position.
I must say the...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Mar 2014, 19:39
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,318,710
Posted By Weary

VinRouge wrote; Still very iffy methinks. As...

VinRouge wrote;

Still very iffy methinks. As soon as the flight crew reached for their quick-donning masks, so would the hijacker - for every flight deck jump seat there is a corresponding mask,...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Mar 2014, 09:52
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,318,710
Posted By Weary

With all the bells, lights, and whistles on a...

With all the bells, lights, and whistles on a modern flight deck, there is a lot of information that needs to be processed by the brain before some complex non-normals can be accurately diagnosed. As...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
2nd Mar 2014, 17:44
Replies: 19
Views: 8,404
Posted By Weary

Heavy landing and bounce ? :}

Heavy landing and bounce ? :}
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jan 2014, 13:34
Replies: 108
Views: 66,834
Posted By Weary

Hello EARSA, You don't have to be in the...

Hello EARSA,

You don't have to be in the industry very long to realise that aviation safety is almost entirely built upon such statistical analyses. Whether it's regarding the various reasons why...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jan 2014, 11:02
Replies: 108
Views: 66,834
Posted By Weary

Hello RobShan, Yes - a go-around is a...

Hello RobShan,

Yes - a go-around is a routine and practised procedure, however it is not nearly as routine and practised as a straightforward landing - ergo it presents additional risk if only...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jan 2014, 09:59
Replies: 108
Views: 66,834
Posted By Weary

Hello sheepless, In answer to your question,...

Hello sheepless,

In answer to your question, I would personally leave it until I would otherwise have initiated the flare manoeuvre. That may strike some as a little late - but in the situation...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Oct 2013, 10:46
Replies: 202
Views: 77,863
Posted By Weary

Have just finished reading through Siim Kallas's...

Have just finished reading through Siim Kallas's Wiki profile - somebody please explain to me how this person is appropriately qualified in any way, shape, or form, to refute or even debate robust...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2013, 18:18
Replies: 90
Views: 41,393
Posted By Weary

Not that it really matters, but - What's to...

Not that it really matters, but -

What's to stop him leaving the crew hotel in his F/O garb and then later donning four-bar epaulettes as he approaches his destination? Presumably it would be too...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Aug 2013, 09:02
Replies: 137
Views: 52,206
Posted By Weary

Annex 14 - agreed, but nonetheless Iberia still...

Annex 14 - agreed, but nonetheless Iberia still need to rethink their policy;



Considering the above - and the speeds stated in the incident report - the possibility for ATC to have averted...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Aug 2013, 07:33
Replies: 137
Views: 52,206
Posted By Weary

Old and Horrified - Amen.

Old and Horrified -

Amen.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Jul 2013, 11:09
Replies: 75
Views: 83,792
Posted By Weary

Before people start getting carried away with the...

Before people start getting carried away with the imagined seriousness of an event or technical fault that may cause an aircraft (ANY aircraft) to divert off the ocean and land ASAP, you may be...
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
6th Jun 2013, 15:23
Replies: 44
Views: 46,727
Posted By Weary

The black is the colour of the composite material...

The black is the colour of the composite material from which the nose cone is constructed, obviously under a coating of white paint.
Whatever has hit it has not left any trace of...
Forum: Questions
20th May 2013, 19:06
Replies: 6
Views: 7,803
Posted By Weary

Yes - always a possibility, and may well explain...

Yes - always a possibility, and may well explain the total lack of news info.
Forum: Questions
20th May 2013, 18:35
Replies: 6
Views: 7,803
Posted By Weary

Wrong part of the world Spooky3 for the...

Wrong part of the world Spooky3 for the frequencies being used and the agencies involved.
Forum: Questions
20th May 2013, 18:06
Replies: 6
Views: 7,803
Posted By Weary

Someone must know something - I didn't imagine...

Someone must know something - I didn't imagine it. There were plenty of aircraft making the crossing last night and I cannot believe that we were the only aircraft that heard the content and gravitas...
Forum: Questions
20th May 2013, 10:24
Replies: 6
Views: 7,803
Posted By Weary

Atlantic ditching?

Just got back from an Atlantic crossing.
Around midnight zulu (perhaps a little earlier - didn't note the time) I heard on international HF (New York ARINC) an aircraft reporting overhearing a...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Oct 2012, 12:43
Replies: 231
Views: 96,235
Posted By Weary

Quite right Doors - I've ammended my post !

Quite right Doors - I've ammended my post !
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Oct 2012, 22:54
Replies: 231
Views: 96,235
Posted By Weary

That would be MAX manual brakes then, as anything...

That would be MAX manual brakes then, as anything else would be proportionally negated by any reverse thrust.

But - somebody mentioned that the reversers were not actually used...........

Oh...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Sep 2012, 11:59
Replies: 67
Views: 32,940
Posted By Weary

Good God Mike That is far too sensible for...

Good God Mike
That is far too sensible for something similar to be implemented here. This is Europe man - you are thinking USA !!
What you are suggesting is the co-operation and resolve of a bunch...
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