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1979. Senior BCAL people came down to the Ferranti Helicopters Shoreham base shortly after they bought the company. Familiarisation flights were provided to those who wanted them and I was detailed to take two of them on a short flight in a Bolkow 105. It turned out to be VERY short! The 105 had poo...

Seven in one helicopter and three in another. Why seven? Surely for air displays you should only have minimum crew. This accident comes two days after two Japanese Navy anti-submarine helicopters crashed during a night exercise. The flight recorders were found close to one another so presumably anot...

A coursemate of mine, albeit in the fixed wing stream, was flying Sea Vixens from aircraft carriers before he had a driving licence.....and he failed his first driving test!

........For a few weeks the VW has been vibrating as I accelerate. Getting gradually worse. Been to the VW doctor this morning for a diagnostic test drive. Flywheel diagnosed. Waiting estimate, booked in 29th for two days. I suspect that blows my UK savings and then some.... Had something similar s...

The husband of former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the Scottish National Party. Police Scotland launched a formal investigation into the SNP's finances in July 2021 after receiving complaints about how donations were used. Question...

Ex-Ascot wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:43 pm

No neither of us get that one.

spoonerism......loving shepherd v shoving leopard....

My first car was a grey 1956 Austin A35 Reg. 975KMV bought secondhand in 1964 for £175. Paid for with a £5 deposit and the rest was a bank loan that my bank manager father set up for me. About 6 months later later I was driving overnight from a weekend assignation in Bournemouth with my girlfriend -...

With reference to the ludicrous Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act which appropriately came into force on April 1st there have been more that 3000 cases registered in the first week which are being investigated by 40 "specially trained" police officers. Here is an extract from a letter writt...

A priest, a rabbit and a minister walk into a bar. The bartender asks the rabbit "What'll you have?" The rabbit says "I dunno. I'm only here because of autocorrect."

Looking at Arrivals at TER for 3 April it seems there were a lot of cancellations and a diversion. FR6066 is now showing as shortly arriving back at Lisbon on FR24!! Just shows it needs using with caution. So it now appears after a couple of holds FR6066 diverted and never landed at TER. A blocked r...

Just looking at the No.1 tracked flight on FR24......a scheduled flight from Lisbon to Terceira which should take 2:35. It appears from FR24 that after a couple of holds near the destination he set course back towards Lisbon. TER METARS have been fine all evening. After quite a while the aircraft ap...

Ireland with that clue. 50 years since I've been there but perhaps Kinsale?

Botswana offers to send 20,000 elephants to Germany.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-68715164

Dushan wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:45 pm

Unless it’s made of styrofoam, I don’t think so.

Here's a two year old video - it's real enough! The bit at 3:12 is impressive.

When I was at woodwork school the asbestos wall behind the table saw operator had a number of holes in it, each signed by the operator who had experienced the kickback. Some of those names went on to become quite acclaimed woodworkers. I've also seen a tooth come off a blade and go through the wall...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck5w9zlg1r7o

Perhaps they need Sleipnir. Two revolving cranes can lift up to 20,000 tonnes in tandem. In my day I thought Hermod was big but this is huge. Edit, posted the Hermod photo in error - here's the Sleipnir, decommissioning the Brent Alpha in 2020. The jacket weighed 10,100 metric tons. Sleipnir (1).jpg...

A Cirrus SR22T (G-RGSK) suffered an accident while performing touch-and-goes at Duxford Airfield.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/372326

Boac wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:36 am

Amazing pic, C16. Where were the two boats in the pic?

It was at Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia.

In our rural setting the roads are few and far between. In their wisdom Aberdeenshire Council Roads Department have notified two separate diversion routes to avoid two places near home where two separate roads are closed for maintenance this week. The only problem is that both diversions take you to...