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Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

1st Jan 2022, 18:30

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Posted By blind pew

Someone didn’t do physics at school nor...

Someone didn’t do physics at school nor understand the effect of speed and it’s affect on airframe temperatures.

Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

31st Dec 2021, 07:31

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Posted By blind pew

Cold enough

Was once deadheading on a North African carrier that had landed at Geneva on its way to Zurich..OAT in the double figures..my captain spots a sheet of clear ice on the wings and sends me to...

Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

20th Dec 2021, 08:18

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Posted By blind pew

Further to my Moscow adventure I will attempt to...

Further to my Moscow adventure I will attempt to explain the complexity of a simple starter motor failure for the benefit of self loading, oxygen breathing and leaking freight.
It was in the 70s at...

Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

19th Dec 2021, 13:04

Replies: 87

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Posted By blind pew

Red snail; Reminds me of a weird snag taxying...

Red snail;
Reminds me of a weird snag taxying out on the DC10 to somewhere a long way away when I selected take off slats/flaps and I got an amber caution even though they were correctly extended....

Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

16th Dec 2021, 18:35

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Posted By blind pew

Basically you can’t unless you know someone in...

Basically you can’t unless you know someone in dispatch....the dispatchers are the conduit for all of the information. You can get the odd bits like when we were stuck in Charleroi with heavy snow in...

Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)

16th Dec 2021, 13:31

Replies: 87

Delay due to Operational Reasons

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Posted By blind pew

You were lucky as my son was flying to Istanbul...

You were lucky as my son was flying to Istanbul from LHR with his wife and 4 year old on the mid day service for a long weekend. There were strong winds at Gatwick with diversions but just as they...

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