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by Boac
Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:17 pm
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: Boots and brakes
Replies: 5
Views: 82

Re: Boots and brakes

Design sounds a bit odd to me! Presumably you had special boots for the jet? In this pic are those the heel cups you mention? I cannot quite visualise how it is built. What are the horizontal bars?
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by Boac
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:31 pm
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: Boots and brakes
Replies: 5
Views: 82

Re: Boots and brakes

Turned out that it was possible with Mark's small boot size, and only in the Hawk, and only in a strong crosswind, for his feet to be flat on the rudder pedals but still be putting some pressure on a toe brake. Not with you there? Are you saying that Mark's toes were up on the pedals on landing? "F...
by Boac
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:12 pm
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: Boots and brakes
Replies: 5
Views: 82

Boots and brakes

OK - will give it a 'public' go, then, if some are interested. My bit first: Me, RAF QFI at the 'College of Knowledge', Cranwell. Student - capable young man but easily phased by a busy circuit, so in order to get him off solo I 'negotiated' with my boss to take him away to Hawker Siddeley (as it wa...
by Boac
Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:46 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Replies: 19378
Views: 978874

Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Re-written to describe the UN? These organisations are just a waste of money. They are both lumbering and toothless. The countries whom they oversee are of course well aware of this, and completely ignore them, knowing there will be few or no consequences. They simply swallow up huge amounts of gove...
by Boac
Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Replies: 19378
Views: 978874

Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Thames Water shareholders are reportedly refusing to stump up cash for the necessary huge system rectification works (having received huge dividends on the way, of course) meaning there is a threat of nationalisation thus costing the taxpayer millions. Maggie and OffWat did a good job, didn't they.....
by Boac
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:57 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
Replies: 50
Views: 725

Re: Baltimore bridge collapse

I recall one aircraft loss By PM please (so we don't contaminate this thread) - I'd be interested to know how that happened and I'll tell you a story about my Cranwell stude (future Air Marshal,of course) who landed with the brakes fully on the sortie on which I was checking him for first solo - I ...
by Boac
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:22 am
Forum: Aviation Design, Manufacture and Maintenance
Topic: High Tech Tool Tracking
Replies: 7
Views: 113

Re: High Tech Tool Tracking

Wodrick wrote:Goodness knows where that had come from
Quite possibly from the factory! Story of a three-legged stool found in the main tank of an Electra where the guy had been sitting rivetting during manufacture. :-o
by Boac
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:11 pm
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
Replies: 5698
Views: 160836

Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war

Maybe. It was showing on ADSB this morning (UK) but not now.
by Boac
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
Replies: 50
Views: 725

Re: Baltimore bridge collapse

Ferzackerly, Sir! (Only?) 95T at 8 kts = ???? Cruelty to dolphins.
by Boac
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
Replies: 50
Views: 725

Re: Baltimore bridge collapse

As Archer says, all this waffle about 'redundancy' is just that. A simple look at the way the bridge spans the navigation route will tell anybody that removing (or even just damaging) a pillar will cause collapse, even if it had been made more 'redundant'. Indeed, I've heard the 'talking heads' now ...
by Boac
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:54 am
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: Duxford.
Replies: 5
Views: 166

Re: Duxford.

It appears the ?spin recovery? chute fired just after impact. Sadly, looks fatal.
by Boac
Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:36 pm
Forum: Military Ops
Topic: USS Nimitz
Replies: 11
Views: 361

Re: USS Nimitz

Thanks - I guessed so. Hope Ark didn't have any inferiority complexes. =))
by Boac
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:12 pm
Forum: Military Ops
Topic: USS Nimitz
Replies: 11
Views: 361

Re: USS Nimitz

Well, ex-A - in the Air Force I was in if you were tasked you went. 8-|
by Boac
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:36 am
Forum: Military Ops
Topic: USS Nimitz
Replies: 11
Views: 361

Re: USS Nimitz

Amazing pic, C16. Where were the two boats in the pic?
by Boac
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:51 pm
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: More Boeing Bad News
Replies: 1037
Views: 43604

Re: More Boeing Bad News

All change!! Heads (slowly) rolling at Boeing. https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... el-blowout
by Boac
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:27 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Replies: 19378
Views: 978874

Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Why was our galaxy named after a chocolate bar?? https://onepoundsweets.com/p/milkyway-bar-60p

Come to think of it................... https://www.galaxychocolate.co.uk Can no-one think of any original names?
by Boac
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:05 am
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: United to Go Under the FAA's Microscope
Replies: 4
Views: 145

Re: United to Go Under the FAA's Microscope

About time too - bunch of cowboys! Not only untied, but now no ribbons.
by Boac
Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:11 pm
Forum: Computer Chatter
Topic: YouTube videos
Replies: 0
Views: 99

YouTube videos

Being a little slow on the uptake I have only just discovered that AdBlock now has a blocker for YouTube on Firefox and Chrome. Clicking 'skip' repeatedly was becoming tiresome :-bd
by Boac
Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:24 pm
Forum: Military Ops
Topic: USS Nimitz
Replies: 11
Views: 361

Re: USS Nimitz

I reckon Nimitz must be by far the easiest boat to throw an aircraft at! Back in the 70s I went on board off Spithead win a group - the sea was very rough and a lot of our folk were sick on the way out to her. Got on the boarding gangway and it was like stepping onto dry land. I stood at one end of ...