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Evacuation Slides

Last post by llondel « Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:22 pm
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by ian16th » Mon Jan 18, 2021 2:50 pm

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It can work - the AF Airbus that went off the runway in Canada had everyone off pretty quick. I suspect the presence of an actual fire might add...

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Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:22 pm
Manned aerobatic drones?

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:23 pm

by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:23 pm

Best leave it to the dummies!

But it can flip....

Extraordinary...

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Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:23 pm
Boom Supersonic Demonstrator rolled out

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:04 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Oct 09, 2020 8:50 am

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Boom Supersonic officially unveiled its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator in a livestreamed virtual rollout event on Wednesday. Designed to demonstrate...

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I am not so sure about the name Boom, nonetheless...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced final rules for civil supersonic test...

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Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:04 am
Red Arrows eat your heart out!

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Sat Oct 17, 2020 5:53 pm
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by Boac » Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:26 am

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Difficult to believe this is real.

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Difficult to believe this is real.

Quite extraordinary. I bet this chap with be a dab hand with one of those Afghani fighting kites.

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Sat Oct 17, 2020 5:53 pm
£360 for airline food!

Last post by EA01 « Wed Oct 14, 2020 4:04 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Oct 13, 2020 7:40 am

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If we ever needed proof that mankind has taken leave of its senses!

Diners have rushed to pay up to £360 per head to eat a meal on a stationary...

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...I always feel dirty after getting off a train. I don't know what that is. Maybe something to do with when Mrs Fliegs & I travelled from...

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Last post by EA01
Wed Oct 14, 2020 4:04 am
King Air just keeps on going..

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Sun Oct 11, 2020 5:26 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Oct 09, 2020 9:21 am

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Textron Aviation announced on October 5 the FAA type certification of the upgrades to its Becchcraft King Air 300 series—the King Air 360 and...

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Never flew a real King Air but have 1,000 hours PIC in Beech 1900C which I called the Super Duper King Air TM .
The Super King Air 300 and the 1900...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Sun Oct 11, 2020 5:26 pm
More on the Rolls Royce recapitalisation

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:12 pm

by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:12 pm

It’s sobering to realise that in the summer of 2018 Rolls-Royce shares closed at just under £11.

Since they’ve done a decent impersonation of a...

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Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:12 pm
Missionary Bush Pilot

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:53 am

by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:53 am

I have become addicted to this chap's VLOG.

Might evoke some memories for some pilots here.

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Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:53 am
Jet suit trial for Great North Air Ambulance paramedics

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:50 pm
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by CharlieOneSix » Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:05 pm

Not sure where to post this - they are really serious about it. My first instinct was to check it wasn't April 1st...but good luck to them! :-bd
How...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:50 pm
Spouses share flight deck...

Last post by G-CPTN « Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:32 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:04 am

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I wouldn't have thought this was a good idea but then maybe I am just an unreconstructed dinosaur!

I was here first, so to speak. I was already a...

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It is probably the end for the type of 'pantomime humour' where people dress up as other ethnic types.

Aladdin?

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Last post by G-CPTN
Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:32 am
Embarrassing oneself while flying...

Last post by CharlieOneSix « Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:39 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Sep 20, 2020 12:54 pm
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I have a couple of personal stories, of course, but I kick off with an amusing and very honest account of a faux pas written here by David Dickson a...

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Yes, he had a headset on - very pleasant guy.
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:39 pm
US Air Force Fighter?

Last post by ian16th « Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:09 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Thu Sep 17, 2020 2:40 pm

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Interesting claim!

The U.S. Air Force has secretly designed, built and flown at least one prototype of its enigmatic next-generation fighter...

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The U.S. Air Force believes new digital aerospace engineering processes—using computers to design, model, and test aircraft before an actual...

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Last post by ian16th
Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:09 pm
fello'fly

Last post by Boac « Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:58 am
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by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Tue Sep 15, 2020 3:15 pm

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Good idea in theory, but in reality? :-\

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I would not want to be in one of the 'outside slots' when it turns........................... :))

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Last post by Boac
Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:58 am
Flying Legends cancelled at Duxford for good!

Last post by G-CPTN « Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:49 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:14 pm

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Today, the Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford announced it would be cancelling the hugely-popular Flying Legends airshow for good.

Citing issues from...

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It is with great sadness that we have taken the decision to cancel the Duxford Battle of Britain Proms and the 80th Anniversary Battle of Britain Air...

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Last post by G-CPTN
Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:49 pm
NetJets Europe

Last post by reddo « Sun Aug 30, 2020 5:30 pm
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by reddo » Fri Aug 21, 2020 6:14 pm

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The president Elton D'Souza was fired today.
Good news.

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Elton D´Souza, ex-TAP, is removed from the leadership of NetJets Europe after one year

28.08.2020 at 18h17

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Link:...

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Last post by reddo
Sun Aug 30, 2020 5:30 pm
Lucky Virgins

Last post by tango15 « Fri Aug 28, 2020 1:23 pm
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by Boac » Fri Aug 28, 2020 11:13 am

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New 'Virgin Atlantic' service starts to Pakistan from Manchester. Should be a laugh a minute for the crews............

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I hope they've reconfigured the bogs - or some of them - for local operation. I worked for them for three years and the biggest complaint the western...

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Last post by tango15
Fri Aug 28, 2020 1:23 pm
Cessna's Sky Courier

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Sun Aug 16, 2020 8:41 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Aug 14, 2020 7:19 am

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The second flight test article for the Cessna SkyCourier program took flight in Wichita on August 11. In Textron Aviation company parlance, the first...

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Om15's interesting and detailed posts highlight clearly why this aircraft is so much more that what went before!

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Sun Aug 16, 2020 8:41 am
Foo Fighters...

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Wed Aug 05, 2020 9:32 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Apr 28, 2020 10:44 am

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Washington — The Pentagon on Monday formally released three unclassified videos taken by Navy pilots that have circulated for years showing...

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Autokinetics?
No, I don't think so. I admit to seeing stars littering but in this case is crossed a contrails which gave a reference.

Where I have...

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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Wed Aug 05, 2020 9:32 pm
What the hell is going on at the FAA?

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Mon Aug 03, 2020 8:00 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Aug 03, 2020 11:38 am

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Pilots Facing Retests After Incompetent Examiner Revealed.

AOPA is reporting that hundreds of pilots may have to take their practical tests over...

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UP:
I've heard that due to the shortage of DPEs, check rides are very a lucrative business. The father of my daughter's friend works administratively...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Mon Aug 03, 2020 8:00 pm
Flying to RAF Valley for a swim and a walk on the beach...

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Fri May 29, 2020 7:31 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Fri May 29, 2020 2:08 pm

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A privately owned aircraft landed at a closed RAF Base without permission on Bank Holiday Monday according to the MOD's Air safety information...

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Always seems to be open when I,m fishing off the island.

Probably a Russian reconnaissance group ribrash! :)

RAF Valley - Home | Facebook
It is...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Fri May 29, 2020 7:31 pm
When a low level barrel roll goes wrong...

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Sat May 02, 2020 5:14 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:54 am
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Both the Bolivan instructor and student were killed in March this year.

Sad to see...

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Superb.
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Sat May 02, 2020 5:14 pm
Skywriting returns to the UK

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Wed Apr 08, 2020 9:17 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:11 am

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Kilroy was here... returns to the skies...

The forbidden art of using planes to write messages in the skies above the UK is set to make a comeback...

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Thereby hangs a sweet chocolate tail...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Wed Apr 08, 2020 9:17 pm
Eurovision entrant? or complete crap!!!

Last post by G-CPTN « Mon Mar 09, 2020 3:55 pm
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by prospector » Tue Mar 03, 2020 12:31 am

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Last post by G-CPTN
Mon Mar 09, 2020 3:55 pm
UK ‘Will Leave’ EASA, Says British Transportation Secretary

Last post by om15 « Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:21 pm
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by ian16th » Fri Mar 06, 2020 9:53 pm

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UK ‘Will Leave’ EASA, Says British Transportation Secretary

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MoL has resolutely used every opportunity to invent possible problems regarding Brexit, most of the engineers that I know that certify EASA...

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Last post by om15
Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:21 pm
Cirrus Vision Jet Grounded again..

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:32 am

by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:32 am

Following on from their grounding last year due to an angle of attack sensor warning problem, the Cirrus jet has been grounded again due to a faulty...

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Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:32 am

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