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by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:45 pm
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: Chaos in USA
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Re: Chaos in USA

The basic problem is that the average Joe, not just in America, will vote for the big party candidates rather than pick an independent. Thus the money men put all their effort into ensuring they have corrupt idiots as big party candidates who will do as they are told. I am a fan of republican (or he...
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:55 pm
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: Boots and brakes
Replies: 5
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Re: Boots and brakes

Thanks for the better picture. Yes, the (normal) boot heels rested between the lower cup and the upper horizontal projections. These stopped your heels sliding off the pedals. You can see the toe brakes higher up. I think the pedals were connected by a crosspiece, but that was further forward out of...
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:00 pm
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: Boots and brakes
Replies: 5
Views: 89
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Re: Boots and brakes

The Hawk rudder pedals are cupped. The back of the heel rests on the cup, rather than the cockpit floor. It isn't possible to have the feet on the cockpit floor. novo-cockpit-hawk-finlandia-foto-CMC.jpg The pilot's toes are therefore always over the toe brakes. I think I'm right in saying that as Ma...
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:31 pm
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: Chaos in USA
Replies: 3655
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Re: Chaos in USA

I have been following https://www.realclearpolitics.com/ Kennedy seems to be the topic of the week. Every side seems to think Kennedy will hurt Biden more than Trump. Indeed, any Third party candidates in any elections will hurt the Dems more than the Republicans. There are assorted attempts across ...
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:48 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
Replies: 51
Views: 764
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Re: Baltimore bridge collapse

As I say, it's a question, not an accusation.
Post #42 would be just some of the reasons it isn't the crew's fault.
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:21 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
Replies: 51
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Re: Baltimore bridge collapse

See Boots and Brakes thread.
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: Boots and brakes
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Re: Boots and brakes

7 July 1986 https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/138054 We were the junior course on 3 Sqn, 4 FTS, RAF Valley. We'd just escaped groundschool for part of the day to get our helmets refitted by the doc*, and one of the guys was looking out the window on the Sqn, which was less than 400m from the thre...
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:54 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
Replies: 51
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Re: Baltimore bridge collapse

There may be a number of reasons why it was not on the ship's officers. We do not know who certified the in-port electrical problems were fixed. This may have been a repair company. This may be a situation where the d@mn thing just broke (again), despite the repairs being correctly done. It may be a...
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:10 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
Replies: 51
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Re: Baltimore bridge collapse

Makes sense. And of course dropping the port anchor first is also correct. The remaining question, given the recent information about the ship having serious electrical problems in port, is do the crew get several thousand Brownie Points for doing everything possible when the crisis happened, but lo...
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:39 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
Replies: 51
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Re: Baltimore bridge collapse

However, as we are both skippers, we know it would be at the forefront of the Captain's mind as to the turning effect of which, or both, anchors to drop. Nobody wants the anchor chain wrapped round the bow. Of course, we don't know if it was possible to choose which. The track seems to indicate a sl...
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:39 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

My paternal grandfather was employed there, as a foreman of the electrical team on the Mosquito builds during the War.
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:34 pm
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
Replies: 5698
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Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war

Men in blue. Since the second post by NEXTA has disappeared, I will quote it here, since I had kept the window open ‼️ "Men in Blue" part 2 We have identified agents of the Russian secret services in the "Crocus" hall Our editorial staff continues to analyze photos and videos of the terrorist #Crocu...
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:23 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
Replies: 51
Views: 764
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Re: Baltimore bridge collapse

The crux of the problem would appear to be the lack of an uninterrupted power supply to the Dali's rudder and associated controls.
Even with the engine(s) gone, being able to maintain steering would have made this accident avoidable.
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:15 pm
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
Replies: 5698
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Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war

BOAC - thanks Any chance of repeating that link you gave me before for viewing the mil activity? Probes - Conspiracy theory I note that page has been taken down too. I also noted they have now identified the guy I did, at 0:01 on the original video, as one of the agents. No other media seems to be e...
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
Replies: 5698
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Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war

They all seem to have sensors pointed at Crimea.

Are the AWACS running 'dark', do you know?
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:35 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Friday Jokes
Replies: 10858
Views: 470421
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Re: Friday Jokes

We could keep this going till the Nth Of The World
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:58 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Peregrine falcons at Worcester Cathedral
Replies: 3
Views: 112
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Re: Peregrine falcons at Worcester Cathedral

Thanks, Opsboi.
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:50 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Friday Jokes
Replies: 10858
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Re: Friday Jokes

There are 10 kinds of people,

those who are familiar with binary and those who aren't.
by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:32 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Replies: 4827
Views: 138723
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

"What do you get if you multiply six by nine"
42 !

..in base 13. Make of that what you will.