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GR again.
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Cacophonix » Fri Jul 27, 2018 12:49 pm
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A plane had to make an emergency landing in China yesterday after being battered by hailstones at more than 32,000 feet.
The domestic flight was...
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One of ours got smacked up by Thor's gravel over the N Med while coming back from Munchen, and had to divert to nearby Roma. Similar damage IIRC.
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Sat Jul 28, 2018 5:15 am
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RyanAir incident DUB ZAD
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by Capetonian » Sat Jul 14, 2018 4:40 pm
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Depressurisation, divert into HHN, seemingly well handled by flightdeck crew, although there seem to have been some injuries, but as usual chaos on...
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Must be quoting from the Rumours and News Thread =))
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Tue Jul 17, 2018 8:47 am
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Sun Jul 08, 2018 10:46 pm
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A question for multi-engine drivers
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Boac » Tue Jul 03, 2018 4:28 pm
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Apologies to those who are not such, but may I ask those who are current or recently retired multi-jet pilots for their opinions?
The report on the...
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All agreed, but would we lose anything and maybe sometimes gain something?
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Last post by Boac
Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:43 pm
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A Kill’s a Kill
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by Sisemen » Sat Jun 30, 2018 1:37 am
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“RAF Wittering can confirm a civilian vehicle has collided with the Harrier at the main gate whilst approaching the station on the northbound A1....
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Do they have a special sign for cars like they have for shoot down aircraft?
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Sat Jun 30, 2018 10:06 pm
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Last post by Mrs Ex-Ascot
Fri Jun 22, 2018 10:14 am
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Helicopter ditches in a loch in the Hebrides
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CharlieOneSix » Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:00 pm
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It appears to be an AS350 helicopter from PDG Aviation in Inverness. From other sources it seems the 58 year old pilot, the sole occupant, has not...
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While I also admire the skills of the pilots shown harvesting trees, it's hard to wrap my mind around the notion that there is not a much less...
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Last post by fin
Thu Jun 21, 2018 1:31 am
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SUCK!
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by Sisemen » Tue May 15, 2018 3:38 am
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Chinese plane windshield pops out mid-flight
A Chinese pilot was nearly sucked out of a plane with 119 passengers aboard when one of the cockpit...
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I'll only need to throw one of 'em out to start living the life of Riley! 💰 💰
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Last post by Slasher
Thu Jun 14, 2018 7:29 am
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737 down in Cuba
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Fox3WheresMyBanana » Fri May 18, 2018 6:03 pm
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A 737 on an internal flight to Holguin from Havana has reportedly crashed just after takeoff. 107 pax, unknown crew numbers. At least one report says...
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All I can dig up is they found a second flight recorder (?) and that the CVR has already been heard.
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Wed Jun 13, 2018 5:23 am
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Anyone smell burning plastic?
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Boac » Mon Jun 11, 2018 7:39 pm
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Lufty A300-300, Frankfurt.
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Shouldn't there have been someone 'on the brakes'?
The only a/c fire that I witnessed was a Canberra B2 in a hanger at Coningsby.
The Fire Section...
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 2:15 pm
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Moorabbin Crash -one dead
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by Sisemen » Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:07 am
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Looks a bit like engine failure after take off and he was making for a park or the golf course and didn’t get there. :(
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Poor bugger was probably trying to make the golf course.
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Last post by Sisemen
Tue Jun 12, 2018 1:57 pm
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Hands like a gunfighter.......
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CharlieOneSix » Thu Jun 07, 2018 10:28 pm
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.....and by that I mean the reactions of the helicopter pilot when the Cessna taxied in front of his airborne Bell 407. It's an old video from 2010...
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Thanks C16 , very interesting. The Law is often an ass.
Caco - Agreed, of course. It is everyone's responsibility to avoid a collision no matter who...
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:33 am
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Last post by Cacophonix
Mon Jun 11, 2018 6:57 am
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PA28 and Robinson R22 collision
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CharlieOneSix » Thu Jun 07, 2018 10:20 pm
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This has just appeared on YouTube - a September 2017 accident. Very fortunate that all involved got away with this - just minor injuries for the PA28...
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Caco did a check out some years back at Clearwater Air Park but was shunted off to Tampa where we mixed in with military traffic as well to do the...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Fri Jun 08, 2018 3:12 am
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Cessna Caravan crash in Kenya
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Boac » Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:59 am
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Sadly, doesn't look like there will be any survivors.
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Sadly, doesn't look like there will be any survivors.
2018 hasn't been a year for caravan ops!
07 Jun 2018: Wreck of missing Fly-SAX Cessna...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:14 pm
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Water skiing
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Boac » Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:25 pm
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Some of you may be aware of an 'incident' where a Westjet 737 got very close to the water on approach to St Maarten earlier in the month. There is...
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This part of the TSB report is quite amazing.
At 63 feet above ground level (AGL), the flight crew unexpectedly received an EGPWS aural alert of...
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Last post by Boac
Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:08 pm
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How do you 'lose a ticket'?
by Capetonian » Wed May 30, 2018 6:34 am
A 30-year-old British man died after falling from a plane on to a runway at Dalaman airport in south-west Turkey early on Tuesday morning.
Local...
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Wed May 30, 2018 6:34 am
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Manchester Airport Cracking Up!
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Ibbie » Tue May 29, 2018 10:13 am
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Seems all is not well at gate 212 in Terminal 2 at Manchester, passengers at that gate have been evacuated as cracks have appeared in the floor.
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Obviously Jim, from darn the road, was able to do a sweet job, know what I mean, yeah?
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Last post by Sisemen
Tue May 29, 2018 11:16 am
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Runway collision at Stansted Airport
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Cacophonix » Fri May 25, 2018 10:24 am
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A plane carrying dozens of Irish voters home for the country's abortion referendum has collided with another passenger jet on the runway at...
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You don't need to read the article in full to know it must be a load of tosh. Just the quoted bit in the original post is enough to tell that.
For...
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Last post by unifoxos
Sat May 26, 2018 8:32 am
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MH17 crash: Ukraine fighter pilot blamed by Russia 'kills himself'
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CharlieOneSix » Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:52 pm
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Hmm.........
Only just noticed this from yesterday's BBC News
29 year old Ukrainian pilot 'shoots himself'....
Voloshyn was happily married and...
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It seems that Russia is still blaming this Ukrainian fighter pilot. This is the latest news from the beeb;
It will be interesting to see how this...
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Last post by Mrs Ex-Ascot
Fri May 25, 2018 1:15 pm
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Bizjet off runway in Honduras
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by Seenenough » Thu May 24, 2018 1:57 am
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Wonder what caused this.
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It is strange how the mind works and last night I appeared to lose the last bit of my mind left to lose by dreaming of interminable approaches to an...
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Fri May 25, 2018 5:53 am
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Will the truth about Smolensk ever be discovered ?
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Mrs Ex-Ascot » Sat Feb 03, 2018 10:00 am
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Found this on Sky News today: very interesting read/
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Yes, who knows the internal intrigues/plots that were in place.
The report is, as I said, undated and lacks certain other 'credentials' but if we...
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Wed May 23, 2018 12:45 pm
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Wed May 16, 2018 3:39 pm
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Southwest uncontained engine failure
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Boac » Tue Apr 17, 2018 7:49 pm
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It had to happen sometime, I guess. Horrific for the lady, and I take it she has now died. It appears there are a lot more of these front-end...
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Some more detail about this sad accident.
DALLAS — The pilots of a Southwest Airlines jet struggled to handle the plane after an engine blew apart...
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Fri May 04, 2018 4:10 pm
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ATR42, Fond-du-Lac, SK, crash
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Fox3WheresMyBanana » Thu Dec 14, 2017 1:00 pm
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Crashed shortly after take-off last night. 1km into the forest, night, snow flurries, -19.
All 25 POB alive and accounted for; some serious enough to...
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Thanks Caco.
So, why take-off with ice on?
1. Time pressure - probably corporate - ignored it or didn't want to look.
2. Didn't think to look
3....
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Wed Apr 25, 2018 5:04 pm
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