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Forum: Rumours & News
20th Apr 2010, 15:27
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,049
Posted By Whippersnapper

No, it's not like that at all. Just like with...

No, it's not like that at all. Just like with shoes, you expect engines to wear out from normal use, but no-one knows how accelerated any wear may be, if there is any increase at all, with varying...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Apr 2010, 14:38
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,049
Posted By Whippersnapper

Manofman, the reason your point is off kilter is...

Manofman, the reason your point is off kilter is that if an aircraft has a decompression or loses an engine, it will be making a landing at the nearest suitable airport anyway. The rate of...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Apr 2010, 14:33
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,049
Posted By Whippersnapper

How do you know that, Airclues? The Finnish F18s...

How do you know that, Airclues? The Finnish F18s and (Belgian?) F16s were flying in similarly clear conditions when their engines were damaged. This is the problem - it's not just flying through...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Apr 2010, 09:35
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,049
Posted By Whippersnapper

Tentative flights are fine, if frequent...

Tentative flights are fine, if frequent inspections are made, but a return to full scale ops is reckless.

The problems in continental Europe will be less than in the UK for the reason I clearly...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Apr 2010, 08:14
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,049
Posted By Whippersnapper

Some people just do not listen, do they? The...

Some people just do not listen, do they?

The vulcanologists have clearly stated that this eruption is unusual in the content of its ash and the dispersal pattern. Several aircraft have suffered...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Apr 2010, 07:02
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,049
Posted By Whippersnapper

So, the KLM flew at 40,000', above the ash cloud,...

So, the KLM flew at 40,000', above the ash cloud, so their only exposure was in the climb and descent. BA spent a total of 2h45min airborne instaed of their planned 4h, and spent it at varying...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2010, 20:46
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,049
Posted By Whippersnapper

I hope the planned resumption of flying is due to...

I hope the planned resumption of flying is due to the reported change in eruption emissions, but I do worry it's more to do with economics. I have no doubt that companies will hide behind the...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2010, 13:15
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,049
Posted By Whippersnapper

How much mica do you think is generated by a...

How much mica do you think is generated by a forest fire? A comparable analogy would be comparing a thin layer of stratus to a monster CuNim - cloud is cloud...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2010, 12:44
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,049
Posted By Whippersnapper

I don't understand the confusion over this and...

I don't understand the confusion over this and desert flying. Sand in the desert is made of large grains of silica. They are rounded from years of abrasion and they won't have the same melt...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2010, 12:39
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,049
Posted By Whippersnapper

I was briefly in the RAF, and that was not what I...

I was briefly in the RAF, and that was not what I signed on to do. I signed on to fight for the nation's defence, but not to risk my life for the economic convenience of the airlines. Your...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2010, 12:04
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,049
Posted By Whippersnapper

Really? You think that no airline management...

Really? You think that no airline management ever makes a risky decision or allows un-necessary dangers to enter operations for commercial advantage? You can't be working in the industry, then.
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Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2010, 11:50
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,049
Posted By Whippersnapper

Well, thanks for that. Have you considered that...

Well, thanks for that. Have you considered that the core of the high bypass ratio engine works identically to the core of a low bypass ratio, turbo jet, turbo shaft or turbo prop engine, with...
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