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Forum: Private Flying
27th Nov 2016, 12:29
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

It seems to me there is a big hole in the...

It seems to me there is a big hole in the information we have on this matter.

TCT's publicity, speeches and website all deal with aviation in considerable detail and volume yet some of her...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Nov 2016, 11:26
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

Self Promotion or what? Apparently not...

Self Promotion or what?

Apparently not satisfied with the rank she's inexplicably been awarded in the RNR our favourite Walt has now promoted herself. On her facebook site she signs herself off as...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Nov 2016, 21:45
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

Strake, there must be several on here who are...

Strake, there must be several on here who are regularly editing the Wiki page to make it a bit more realistic and less puffery but those edits are, in the main, erased by others within hours,...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Nov 2016, 14:06
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

OFO, I entirely agree with your points re...

OFO, I entirely agree with your points re uniform and decorum and the action the RN should take.

As to flying ultra low level I'm not so sure. Out of gliding range of the coast if your donk stops...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Nov 2016, 13:05
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

OH! Is she? I'd missed that. In which case...

OH! Is she? I'd missed that.

In which case TOTALLY out of order and I thought a Criminal Offence to boot. That does need to be dealt with.
Forum: Private Flying
6th Nov 2016, 12:53
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

For Clarity. Another plea for restraint...

For Clarity.

Another plea for restraint please!


There were wails of "illegal VFR on top" at the lovely photo of the Spirit of Artifice flying over a sheet of cloud. We do ourselves no favours...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Nov 2016, 12:11
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

I've edited the Wiki page and cited that quote...

I've edited the Wiki page and cited that quote absolutely in order with Wiki protocol. The amendment lasted a couple of hours. This is far from my only experience of this sort of obfuscating editing...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Nov 2016, 16:40
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

And the next fib from the Bird in a Self-Delusion...

And the next fib from the Bird in a Self-Delusion

From her website...link is in rugmuncher's post above



"AND" without support? Who said that? No they didn't Tracey, no one said that but...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Nov 2016, 23:37
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

FP makes a fair point and I too have been trying...

FP makes a fair point and I too have been trying to rein in some of the more fanciful accusations but the fact remains that TCT is guilty of far, far more than mere puffery.

Those of us that are...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Nov 2016, 15:53
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

Dug up some good stuff here! I have just...

Dug up some good stuff here!

I have just started a thread on the Pacific, GA and Questions forum here...
Forum: Private Flying
2nd Nov 2016, 13:21
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

Care needs to be taken with some of the wilder...

Care needs to be taken with some of the wilder claims that are starting to fly about. The paragraph above is a case in point.

Working as a "Pilot". The author of the above is quite wrong in saying...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Nov 2016, 23:04
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

It has long been (rather unfairly) said that OBE...

It has long been (rather unfairly) said that OBE stands for Other Buggers Efforts, but such an award to TCT would truly be an obscenity along those very lines.

It must not be allowed to happen.
Forum: Private Flying
1st Nov 2016, 17:26
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

Is there any record, any record at all of TCT...

Is there any record, any record at all of TCT correcting anyone for mistakenly using the term "solo" during an interview, having made an introductory speech or having being handed an award?

There...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Oct 2016, 10:58
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

Not a line that sits easily with these...

Not a line that sits easily with these extravagant claims to be a science and technology ambassador, is it? Completely removes any credibility of such a claim, imo.
I'd always thought a Stearman an...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Oct 2016, 12:32
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

I'd just like to reinforce what Canute said about...

I'd just like to reinforce what Canute said about sticking to the main point

We'll do this cause no favours if we let childish and irrational arguments muddy the waters, emotional tosh such as...
Forum: Private Flying
29th Oct 2016, 11:42
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

Containerising an aircraft in Arizona and...

Containerising an aircraft in Arizona and shipping it to Hungary certainly wouldn't leave much time out of 6 weeks for even a large team to conduct a rebuild. I'd guess you'd not have the shipment...
Forum: Private Flying
27th Oct 2016, 13:12
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

Although she's certainly got some dedicated...

Although she's certainly got some dedicated people covering up the truth every time it pops up on Wiki I doubt the Honourable Company will find it so easy to evade the opprobrium that will attach to...
Forum: Private Flying
26th Oct 2016, 21:10
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

It seems that even Wikipedia has had enough - the...

It seems that even Wikipedia has had enough - the banner across TCT's page is threatening deletion "according to Wikipedia's deletion policy.

How the mighty have fallen!
Forum: Private Flying
26th Oct 2016, 16:46
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

Jay, I can't see what fame has to do with it but...

Jay, I can't see what fame has to do with it but only relatively wealthy people own aircraft in general.
You have to be unusually comfortably off to afford to give up work for the duration of such a...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Oct 2016, 14:46
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

TCT is trying, foolishly, to ride a semantic...

TCT is trying, foolishly, to ride a semantic tightrope here and her claim never to have herself described her flights as solo (there seems precious little, if any evidence that she did) may, just, be...
Forum: Private Flying
24th Oct 2016, 16:27
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

Wikipedia What a weaselly-worded paragraph...

Wikipedia

What a weaselly-worded paragraph that is! Love the typo (?) in the first sentence!

That and/or. Just for the record, can anyone confirm which of those shows she appeared at as static...
Forum: Private Flying
24th Oct 2016, 13:26
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

Re the GPS and "legal requirement in controlled...

Re the GPS and "legal requirement in controlled airspace".

I seem to recall from years back that transit of Egypt required a light aircraft or helicopter to follow airways at a quite ridiculous...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Oct 2016, 13:08
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

So if I paid the RAF to have my C150 based at...

So if I paid the RAF to have my C150 based at Coningsby I could claim on my c.v. that I was flying as a pilot at the BBMF between such and such dates?

Yeehaaar!
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Oct 2016, 12:51
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

(From TCT's Wiki page) This one puzzles me....

(From TCT's Wiki page)

This one puzzles me. I thought the only pilots used by the Shuttleworth Collection were ex ETPS or very similar. Although the paragraph says "at" rather than "with" it very...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Oct 2016, 12:33
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

Jay, that whole paragraph has a peevish and...

Jay, that whole paragraph has a peevish and spoiled-brat quality that does TCT no favours at all, all it lacks is her stamping her foot and wailing Waaaa! Waaa! It's not fair! though most readers can...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Oct 2016, 11:43
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

Time to pull the feathers off those offensive RAF...

Time to pull the feathers off those offensive RAF wings now, isn't it?
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Oct 2016, 11:00
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

I continue to be amused at the way TCT describes...

I continue to be amused at the way TCT describes the old tub with such breathless excitement and superlatives making it out to be something really special and out of the ordinary to fly, even though...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Oct 2016, 11:38
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

If, as stated elsewhere here, the radio and GPS...

If, as stated elsewhere here, the radio and GPS are fitted in the front cockpit then navigation for a navigationally challenged pilot might be more difficult and comms all but impossible.

If that...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Oct 2016, 21:19
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

She gets snotty and legalistic over perfectly...

She gets snotty and legalistic over perfectly credible allegations of chicanery yet some FBO apparently sold her contaminated fuel leading to a near double fatal crash and Cat4 damage - and there's...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Oct 2016, 13:07
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

The committees of organisations like these are...

The committees of organisations like these are almost always made up primarily from post-middle-aged successful business men who probably have an over inflated idea of their importance, both...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Oct 2016, 10:25
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

I don't think that the owner of an aeroplane, be...

I don't think that the owner of an aeroplane, be it N reg or otherwise, needs a CPL if they're not carrying fare paying passengers. Certainly not swanniing around being filmed. That's barely even...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Oct 2016, 21:52
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

What mark of Caravan accompanied them? From...

What mark of Caravan accompanied them?

From my time tankering barrels in Africa on the 208 I'd have thought that 4 up with baggage, support equipment/spares, film gear and fuel for 350 -400 miles...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Oct 2016, 17:10
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

TCT "And the only part that...

TCT "And the only part that wasn't wrecked was the fuselage"
Libby Purves "And the pilot"
TCT "and the two - uh, the pilot - and my crew"

Oh, she...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Oct 2016, 16:45
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,506,534
Posted By noflynomore

If the radio is in the front the a/c is incapable...

If the radio is in the front the a/c is incapable of being flown from the back seat unless on a non radio basis, and why the heck would anyone do that? It certainly makes the claim of carrying other...
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