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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th May 2013, 08:22
Replies: 752
Views: 608,782
Posted By I.R.PIRATE

I hear you. It just conjures up all sorts...

I hear you.

It just conjures up all sorts of wild yank and bank imagery in the less familiar. Way off the mark in reality.

The threat is really only small arms fire and a very lucky RPG.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th May 2013, 07:42
Replies: 752
Views: 608,782
Posted By I.R.PIRATE

@BOAC

More so than Bagram, but I think tactical departure is a little misleading as descriptor. All the regulars that fly there have mentioned that they generally fly NADP. Which, in all reality is about...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th May 2013, 16:05
Replies: 752
Views: 608,782
Posted By I.R.PIRATE

You don't think a CG shift aft would involve...

You don't think a CG shift aft would involve increased instability in all axes and specifically once the airspeed has decayed to such an extent?
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th May 2013, 09:11
Replies: 752
Views: 608,782
Posted By I.R.PIRATE

In a previous life as military Loadmaster, the...

In a previous life as military Loadmaster, the most interesting tasking we had was aerial delivery of various cargoes, platforms and vehicles. The amount of plotting and calculations that went into...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th May 2013, 00:28
Replies: 752
Views: 608,782
Posted By I.R.PIRATE

Floor locks, pallet locks, tie downs get fatigued...

Floor locks, pallet locks, tie downs get fatigued and can fail. I don't think the fact that the cargo already survived one departure, precludes any of the tie down devices from failing on subsequent...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
4th May 2013, 23:51
Replies: 752
Views: 608,782
Posted By I.R.PIRATE

I often, in times and threads like these, wonder...

I often, in times and threads like these, wonder why people find it so hard to agree on what would be the 'Occam's Razor' case, and instead try to imply the most obscure, irrelevant without further...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd May 2013, 15:37
Replies: 752
Views: 608,782
Posted By I.R.PIRATE

Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd May 2013, 03:41
Replies: 752
Views: 608,782
Posted By I.R.PIRATE

I agree that's what is stated, I just dont...

I agree that's what is stated, I just dont understand that routing. Once you depart Bagram for Dubai, you basically overfly Bastion again 90 mins later. Bastion - Dubai is in the opposite direction...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd May 2013, 03:05
Replies: 752
Views: 608,782
Posted By I.R.PIRATE

That is a mighty strange routing for a Bastion -...

That is a mighty strange routing for a Bastion - Dubai run. Unless there was no fuel in Bastion or Kandahar, which I find hard to believe. Count on about three extra hours round trip.
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