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- Tue May 28, 2024 8:05 am
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: By the skin of his teeth........
- Replies: 8
- Views: 157
Re: By the skin of his teeth........
A C210 gear takes a bit of time to go down completely and you may get more trouble from landing with a partially extended gear than with one that is up. The gear geometry on these Cessnas is a bit weird, look it up on youtube.
- Tue May 28, 2024 8:02 am
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: Spitfire Crash
- Replies: 12
- Views: 363
Re: Spitfire Crash
I have seen that same message stating that it was an engine failure at 300' or thereabouts. He appears to have come down just to the right of the extended centreline of RW 07, along Langrick Rd. The BBMF aircraft are meticulously maintained, I visited the hangar last year and all the aircraft, inclu...
- Tue May 28, 2024 7:52 am
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: C206 Jump Plane Down in Missouri, Pilot and 6 Jumpers Parachute to Safety
- Replies: 6
- Views: 91
Re: C206 Jump Plane Down in Missouri, Pilot and 6 Jumpers Parachute to Safety
On a jump flight you can carry more than the normal number of passengers. They are sitting on an empty floor anyway and you've only got the weight and balance limitations to take into consideration. Just the fact that you've taken out the seats will allow for an extra jumper.
- Thu May 09, 2024 8:59 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Friday Jokes
- Replies: 11039
- Views: 548049
- Tue May 07, 2024 6:05 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Friday Jokes
- Replies: 11039
- Views: 548049
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:58 pm
- Forum: Computer Chatter
- Topic: Windows to Apple ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1472
Re: Windows to Apple ?
In short: - Yes you can, but it may take a bit of fiddling to get everything in the right place. Consider putting Chrome on your MacBook. I'm sure there is a way to transfer your 'profile' from one Chrome browser to another (other browsers offer this trick as well) but you will have to look up the d...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:22 pm
- Forum: Fixed Wing Nostalgia
- Topic: Beverley moving to Carlisle
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3025
Re: Beverley moving to Carlisle
They reached the £60k goal and are currently at £62k and the amount is still going up. Looks like the big move is on!
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:35 am
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: Duxford.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 999
Re: Duxford.
That is very sad news...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:52 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
- Replies: 69
- Views: 5612
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
Well.... there are so-called dolphins, which are structures placed in line with the pylons and designed to absorb an impact thereby safeguarding the pylon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_(structure) The problem is that a 95T vessel with some speed on it is not something a bit of concrete will...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:10 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
- Replies: 69
- Views: 5612
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
The topic of redundancy is not really relevant to bridges such as these. If you take out one of the two pylons, of course it is going to collapse. This is a similar truss bridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Bridge and it too will not survive having one of its pylons removed. This Wiki article...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:59 am
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: Duxford.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 999
Re: Duxford.
Looks pretty serious. The media is not (yet) stating that the pilot has passed away, but he/she can't be in very good shape after that. It was indeed the CAPS parachute going up, I wonder if that has a G-switch in its system somewhere. Having checked this PDF: https://flyasg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:53 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
- Replies: 69
- Views: 5612
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
An overhead view of the ship's track does not show it veering as much as between the north and south support. The power outage no doubt will have influenced the outcome.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: Space Related (& Freight) Ops
- Topic: SpaceX
- Replies: 950
- Views: 67194
Re: SpaceX
Could well have been tiles. The SS tumbled as it re-entered the atmosphere and the resulting forces on various bits of the craft could have dislodged many things.
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: Space Related (& Freight) Ops
- Topic: SpaceX
- Replies: 950
- Views: 67194
Re: SpaceX
Some pretty spectacular footage! Loved the shots from the coasting phase and the initial build-up of plasma during reentry.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:11 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Friday Jokes
- Replies: 11039
- Views: 548049
Re: Friday Jokes
A woman awakes in the middle of the night to find her husband not in bed. She puts on her robe and goes downstairs to look for him. She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of hot cocoa in front of him. He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She watches as he wipes ...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:30 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Friday Jokes
- Replies: 11039
- Views: 548049
Re: Friday Jokes
Booked a session at a new massage therapist the other day... I don't think I will go back. He really rubbed me the wrong way.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:37 am
- Forum: Fixed Wing Nostalgia
- Topic: Beverley moving to Carlisle
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3025
Re: Beverley moving to Carlisle
This is good news and all power to their collective elbows, but what happens when Carlisle 'Lake District' airport closes? Let's hope we are not faced with another Bruntingthorpe. I don't know who owns Carlisle Airport but the fact that it is an operating airport is a good thing. Bruntingthorpe was...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:57 am
- Forum: Fixed Wing Nostalgia
- Topic: Beverley moving to Carlisle
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3025
Beverley moving to Carlisle
The Solway Aviation Museum has taken on the job of transporting the Blackburn Beverley from Fort Paull to Carlisle airport and looking after it: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/tiny-aviation-museum-in-cumbria-comes-to-the-rescue-of-the-worlds-last-beverley-blackburn-made-in-yorkshire-449...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:27 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Friday Jokes
- Replies: 11039
- Views: 548049
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 9:35 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Friday Jokes
- Replies: 11039
- Views: 548049
Re: Friday Jokes
Good point! And that's why you need an engineer to install your horseshoe for youPinky the pilot wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 9:28 amArcher; The Pilot in your post is doomed!!
The horseshoes depicted are not facing the correct way for good luck!