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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- Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:17 pm
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: Boots and brakes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 148
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:31 pm
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: Boots and brakes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 148
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...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:12 pm
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: Boots and brakes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 148
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...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:46 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
- Replies: 19383
- Views: 979869
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...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:05 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
- Replies: 19383
- Views: 979869
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.....
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:57 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
- Replies: 53
- Views: 896
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 ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:22 am
- Forum: Aviation Design, Manufacture and Maintenance
- Topic: High Tech Tool Tracking
- Replies: 7
- Views: 149
Re: High Tech Tool Tracking
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.Wodrick wrote:Goodness knows where that had come from
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:49 pm
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
- Replies: 5700
- Views: 161395
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:11 pm
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
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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.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:00 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
- Replies: 53
- Views: 896
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
Ferzackerly, Sir! (Only?) 95T at 8 kts = ???? Cruelty to dolphins.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:39 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
- Replies: 53
- Views: 896
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 ...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:54 am
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: Duxford.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 189
Re: Duxford.
It appears the ?spin recovery? chute fired just after impact. Sadly, looks fatal.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:36 pm
- Forum: Military Ops
- Topic: USS Nimitz
- Replies: 11
- Views: 383
Re: USS Nimitz
Thanks - I guessed so. Hope Ark didn't have any inferiority complexes.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:12 pm
- Forum: Military Ops
- Topic: USS Nimitz
- Replies: 11
- Views: 383
Re: USS Nimitz
Well, ex-A - in the Air Force I was in if you were tasked you went.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:36 am
- Forum: Military Ops
- Topic: USS Nimitz
- Replies: 11
- Views: 383
Re: USS Nimitz
Amazing pic, C16. Where were the two boats in the pic?
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:51 pm
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: More Boeing Bad News
- Replies: 1037
- Views: 43730
Re: More Boeing Bad News
All change!! Heads (slowly) rolling at Boeing. https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... el-blowout
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:27 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
- Replies: 19383
- Views: 979869
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?
Come to think of it................... https://www.galaxychocolate.co.uk Can no-one think of any original names?
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:05 am
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: United to Go Under the FAA's Microscope
- Replies: 4
- Views: 149
Re: United to Go Under the FAA's Microscope
About time too - bunch of cowboys! Not only untied, but now no ribbons.
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:11 pm
- Forum: Computer Chatter
- Topic: YouTube videos
- Replies: 0
- Views: 108
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
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:24 pm
- Forum: Military Ops
- Topic: USS Nimitz
- Replies: 11
- Views: 383
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 ...