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Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2014, 11:32
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

No, it is not nearly as bad as that. A definite...

No, it is not nearly as bad as that.
A definite ULB signal was received. This means the search area can be narrowed very considerably within the radius of ULB audibility. No, it's not the size of...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Apr 2014, 07:51
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

Yes, there is a general trend towards continual...

Yes, there is a general trend towards continual data monitoring. We are increasingly being monitored everywhere now and there is no reason to suppose aviation to be any different. This is not driven...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Apr 2014, 06:53
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

More than likely. The best thing Abbot did was...

More than likely.
The best thing Abbot did was to appoint Angus Houston and he should now shut up and let him give out the facts as he has been doing, calmly, clearly and unambiguously.

I never...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Apr 2014, 10:21
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

I think if you let data leak out via private...

I think if you let data leak out via private press conferences that way you are almost guaranteeing that people will fill the void with conspiracy theories.
I think not releasing the satellite data...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Apr 2014, 08:13
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

No-one had seen an incident like this before and...

No-one had seen an incident like this before and the Malaysians were clearly not prepared for it. I think seeing the haphazard way that information has come out, it is fair to say that the...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Mar 2014, 13:57
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

A pilot with marriage problems and strong views...

A pilot with marriage problems and strong views on politics, well blow me down.
But a pilot who murders his passengers and hides the plane where it can't be found? Is that likely?

I am not...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Mar 2014, 04:01
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

I disagree. They just had a plane and 239...

I disagree.
They just had a plane and 239 people disappear on their watch. Despite the fact that no physical evidence has been found, the Malaysian President said the plane is destroyed and all the...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Mar 2014, 09:18
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

It's not difficult, it is impossible. We haven't...

It's not difficult, it is impossible. We haven't been given the data.
That said, my understanding is that the analysis of the satellite pings requires an assumption of constant speed and heading....
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Mar 2014, 02:54
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

True, but it is not just a question of camera...

True, but it is not just a question of camera resolution and knowing where to look. Satellites have to peer through the atmosphere and as any amateur astronomer will tell you, this is often like...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Mar 2014, 16:04
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

Is it just me, or do people here seem to...

Is it just me, or do people here seem to overestimate the capabilities of modern technology, satellites, submarines and vastly underestimate the size of the Indian Ocean?

Even if MH370 left 10000...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Mar 2014, 08:39
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

Oh I think everyone appreciates their work. What...

Oh I think everyone appreciates their work. What is frustrating is that the details of their analysis has not been made public. I don't blame Inmarsat for this, it is down to the Malaysia transport...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Mar 2014, 02:10
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

Of course water is not concrete, but this is just...

Of course water is not concrete, but this is just basic physics. A Boeing 777 ditching like this will be twice the weight and twice the speed of Flight 1549, giving 8 times the energy of impact, at...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2014, 11:08
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

People should quit complaining about the short...

People should quit complaining about the short duration of the CVR. Just because it is possible to buy a terabyte flash disk down the road does not mean that every CVR should keep hundreds of hours....
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Mar 2014, 17:38
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

But if it is a one-way transmission from a/c to...

But if it is a one-way transmission from a/c to satellite then this is subject to error based on the clock drift between the satellite and the a/c. Even using the most accurate clocks drift with say...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Mar 2014, 10:24
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

I still find the suicide theory very hard to...

I still find the suicide theory very hard to accept.
If this is suicide it is surely one of the most complicated and bizarre suicides in history. Leaving aside the astonishing cruelty of taking 226...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 08:02
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

The tail height is 18.5m not 20 meters and that...

The tail height is 18.5m not 20 meters and that is from the ground to tip of the VS. The actual height of the VS from fuselage is about 10m.
Your superimposed T7 pic looks about 2x too big. Whatever...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 20:51
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

Doppler is no use in this case. For a start...

Doppler is no use in this case.
For a start Sputnik was moving about 7km/sec relative the ground and because it was in low-earth orbit the motion relative to a ground observer was very high.

A...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 01:52
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

I agree, it makes no sense at all. There is...

I agree, it makes no sense at all. There is nothing he could learn from it for any conceivable purpose. A man goes home from work and then starts playing on his sim, which is the same as his work???...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 01:14
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

The only thought more appalling than the fact of...

The only thought more appalling than the fact of this tragedy, is the terrible thought that we may never know what happened.

If, as seems to be accepted, someone deliberately turned off all comms...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Mar 2014, 21:24
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

With geostationary satellites, the transmitter...

With geostationary satellites, the transmitter and receiver would be stationary relative to one another (excepting the motion of the a/c) and the Doppler effect would give no information on location...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Mar 2014, 20:36
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

Triangulation

I don't know if this has been noted but as far as I am aware, Inmarsat uses geostationary satellites so if the signals were received by them then triangulation based on signal strength would be...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Mar 2014, 15:20
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

Personally, looking at that image, I would be...

Personally, looking at that image, I would be asking questions of the Thai radar operators.
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Mar 2014, 12:43
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

I think you'll find that they are supposed to be...

I think you'll find that they are supposed to be doing that anyway.

There is so much bizarre theories bandied about, we should remind ourselves of what we really know

1) A/c vanishing in mid...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2014, 10:00
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

I think the truth is probably the simplest...

I think the truth is probably the simplest solution.

I expect the a/c suffered something sudden and catastrophic close to LKP.
Debris has not been found because it ditched and no large floating...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Mar 2014, 15:12
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

All very logical, except that you are making...

All very logical, except that you are making assumptions about the absence of RT/Transponder/ACARS information which may not be true.

We can't think of any likely scenarios where an a/c...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Mar 2014, 11:55
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

Absolutely true, if you complain to someone in...

Absolutely true, if you complain to someone in Asia, first thing they will do is laugh at you. But it's for your benefit, to help stop you getting angry and losing face.

The Paracels are very...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Mar 2014, 11:24
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

Perhaps the pilot was just as confused about...

Perhaps the pilot was just as confused about geography as you are.
Please tell me that was a typo... you mean westbound over the Malay peninsula surely?

edited...OH, you mean after flying sw over...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Mar 2014, 10:43
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

The most likely reason we know so little

Anyone wondering why there is so little information on this lost a/c should look to the recent admission by Malaysian civil aviation chief "There are some things that I can tell you and some...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Mar 2014, 19:42
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

The trouble with biometric passports is that all...

The trouble with biometric passports is that all you need is someone who looks more or less like you. As the poster said, at airline ticket desks and exit points on immigration passports are not...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Mar 2014, 12:47
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

There have been so many daft posts here, both...

There have been so many daft posts here, both from passengers and crew. It's annoying when you see a stupid post about meteors or a conspiracy. Sometimes I think why can't these people go get their...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2014, 16:20
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

Please, if you are going to speculate, get your...

Please, if you are going to speculate, get your facts right.
It wasn't a turbine blade that failed QF32, it was a disc. Turbofan engines are tested for blade off events.
There is no evidence of any...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2014, 15:49
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,198,065
Posted By glenbrook

I hear you. I posted a plea (back on page 12)...

I hear you.
I posted a plea (back on page 12) for people to stop spouting nonsense and it was immediately deleted. I guess it wasn't rumor enough.

We know almost nothing about this incident, and...
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