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Forum: Tech Log
6th May 2011, 17:51
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

Back to the top with it. Did you fly the...

Back to the top with it.

Did you fly the Trident? Tony Jarrett is trying to compile a complete list of G-ARPO's flights.

See this thread....
Forum: Tech Log
28th Jan 2011, 18:44
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

Prober, IIRC, I think special 'test flight'...

Prober, IIRC, I think special 'test flight' pitots were fitted, Pete said TV was 'very close' to M1.0 ..... he didn't say which side...

Regarding high speed sectors, my logbook tells me I once...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Jan 2011, 21:28
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

As a copilot, I did a couple of air tests in...

As a copilot, I did a couple of air tests in Tridents, including several full stick pushes at various configurations. These were suprisingly 'gentle' with little or no negative g IIRC, presumably due...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Jan 2011, 15:37
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

Because they were burning at a lot higher temp...

Because they were burning at a lot higher temp (and therefore different colour) than at start up maybe??
Forum: Tech Log
8th Jan 2011, 11:57
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

It's like trees on a golf course, the rotor and...

It's like trees on a golf course, the rotor and stator discs in the turbine are 75% air and when they line up you can see straight through. (Or on the golf course, in my case, hit the tree.)
Forum: Tech Log
4th Jan 2011, 18:01
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

Wookey, slast is dead right in his response. Most...

Wookey, slast is dead right in his response. Most aircraft will, at times, be operated near or at the limit of their take off performance regarding weight/temp/pressure altitude, and give,...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Jan 2011, 13:08
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

Superb stuff, this really brings it all back...

Superb stuff, this really brings it all back Pete. Any particular reason for choosing Alaska?

On the first link the kick off drift series is showing the A/C well to the right of the C/L - or it...
Forum: Tech Log
29th Dec 2010, 04:18
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

Re the Eastern Med, the T3 did the Cairo service...

Re the Eastern Med, the T3 did the Cairo service (via tech stop Athens) for a month or so in lieu of a 707 (??) in the late 70's.
Forum: Tech Log
28th Dec 2010, 06:17
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

I never saw it myself from outside, but when...

I never saw it myself from outside, but when starting the boost, at night, just before entering the runway, I had a couple of comments that flame had appeared on light up.

From a Clipper 747:...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Dec 2010, 12:14
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

Wookey AFAIAA it has never been referred to in...

Wookey AFAIAA it has never been referred to in the plural apart from the non pilot origin PI stuff and here. Flaps and slats are referred to in the plural because there are usually more than one...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Dec 2010, 10:30
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

Pedant mode on..... It's flaps, slats but...

Pedant mode on.....

It's flaps, slats but droop, not droops.


....pedant mode off.
Forum: Tech Log
16th Dec 2010, 18:04
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

AD, you could be right, does anybody else...

AD, you could be right, does anybody else remember something being done to this lock after PI ...?

I think there might have been some who did what you describe.
Forum: Tech Log
16th Dec 2010, 12:07
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

I carried JC on the jump seat once in the mid...

I carried JC on the jump seat once in the mid 70's, returning from a conference, and he said the only thing he would have, in retrospect, changed on the Trident was to have the droop and flap on the...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Dec 2010, 14:36
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

I think, although Steve might know for sure (?),...

I think, although Steve might know for sure (?), that the reason was that from about 1975 there were no new NEP/DEP pilots coming into BA on the Trident, so by about 1980 the minimum co-pilot...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Dec 2010, 11:08
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

From about 1980 onwards all crews were...

From about 1980 onwards all crews were 'Tridextrous' and flew all 3 types.

Colours correct, it was called the P3LOG IIRC, it then became the KELOG, when Pete(?) Kimmens and Simon Edwards...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Dec 2010, 16:08
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

TRC Unlike some types (eg 737) you couldn't see...

TRC Unlike some types (eg 737) you couldn't see the wings from the flight deck windows. I was never aware of what you describe.

...regarding the climb performance, the standing joke was:-
...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Dec 2010, 11:52
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

I had 2 engine failures in my career, both on...

I had 2 engine failures in my career, both on T3's. Both were on rotation and both when I happened to be handling pilot. On neither occasion was there any problem with climb rate, although one was...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Dec 2010, 05:23
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

Subsequent to the MAD incident, a procedure was...

Subsequent to the MAD incident, a procedure was introduced where the boost could be started in flight. It involved a very lengthy procedure with CB's being pulled to make it think it was on the...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Dec 2010, 19:43
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

I had 14 years on the Trident, most of it on the...

I had 14 years on the Trident, most of it on the T3. I wouldn't have missed it for anything - great aircraft, great routes and the best bunch of fellow pilots.

From the late 70's onwards, most of...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Dec 2010, 16:16
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

Better Eat Afterwards

Better Eat Afterwards
Forum: Tech Log
9th Dec 2010, 05:06
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

Prober - re the boost fuel - I stand to be...

Prober - re the boost fuel - I stand to be corrected, but IIRC the fuel load was calculated in the normal way and 900KG min (ie it wasn't an extra 900kg) was loaded in the centre tank as that was the...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Dec 2010, 04:31
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

slast is right, forward to transmit - you can't...

slast is right, forward to transmit - you can't see the decal in this pic.

Having flown a 'conventional' Seattle made yoke before the Trident (and afterwards) the rams horns with its switches was...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Dec 2010, 18:17
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

1063? Fairly high pressure day then! ...

1063? Fairly high pressure day then!


....PM - I've still got a couple of those melted blades myself! It was my 2nd engine failure - I seem to recall it was your first - do I remember P3 telling...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Dec 2010, 05:18
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

I was P3 on a LHR-GLA trip, when climbing through...

I was P3 on a LHR-GLA trip, when climbing through about FL150, I noticed a slight whistling coming from the back of the flight deck. This gradually got louder, and I drew it to the attention of...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Dec 2010, 21:29
Replies: 316
Views: 84,984
Posted By Hobo

Steve, Above the box where you type...

Steve,



Above the box where you type your words into your post there is a small yellow cartoon quote. Highlight any of you own text or any you have copied and pasted, and click on this.

Flew...
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