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Forum: Tech Log

27th Feb 2009, 18:32

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Airbus crash/training flight

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Posted By OFSO

Attitude, mental not aircraft

Moving slightly off-thread.

A question for aircrew doing check or test flights.

When performing test flights, as you go through the list of checks, in what frame of mind are you ?

When...

Forum: Tech Log

2nd Feb 2009, 08:29

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Airbus crash/training flight

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Posted By OFSO

Changing ze software

esa-aardvaark wrote "someone will correct me I'm sure".

Not really, old colleague, but I'd say the failure was caused by using segments of software from an earlier ARIANE in a later model where...

Forum: Tech Log

28th Jan 2009, 09:47

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Airbus crash/training flight

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Posted By OFSO

No Manual Backup

That fine science fiction writer, Robert A. Heinlein, wrote in "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress" of the utter stupidity of controlling everything from transport to environment to writing paychecks using...

Forum: Tech Log

25th Jan 2009, 20:14

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Airbus crash/training flight

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Posted By OFSO

From "Le Figuro" - conjecture after all.

Perpignan : un défaut de peinture à l'origine du crash

Thierry Vigoureux
24/01/2009 |
INFO FIGARO - Une panne des instruments de bord après la révision en atelier semble probable et Airbus...

Forum: Tech Log

25th Jan 2009, 18:38

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Airbus crash/training flight

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Posted By OFSO

Conjecture ?

French newspaper "Le Figaro" quoted this evening on Catalan TV as stating accident was definitely caused by a sensor remaining covered following of work on aircraft, described as "grave error" by...

Forum: Tech Log

12th Jan 2009, 10:26

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Airbus crash/training flight

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Posted By OFSO

Yes, there are some old 727's there. Some from...

Yes, there are some old 727's there. Some from airlines with interesting names. BlairAir ? But that's more a subject for JetBlast.

I'm using driving by on the way to the airport so just have a...

Forum: Tech Log

12th Jan 2009, 09:46

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Airbus crash/training flight

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Posted By OFSO

ChristiaanJ wrote: Would the engine mounts have...

ChristiaanJ wrote: Would the engine mounts have been taken off for a paint job?

I can't speak for the Airbus that was involved in this incident, but I drive past this facility quite often and the...

Forum: Tech Log

27th Nov 2008, 19:32

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Airbus crash/training flight

Views: 743,281

Posted By OFSO

Weather

To answer someone's query, I'm just down the coast from the approach path to Perpignan/LFMP, and the weather is pretty bad, full overcast, rain etc. and this side of the Cap de Creus a 6-7 Tramontana...

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