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December 19, 2008 at 1:02 pm in reply to: A380 cocpit (360) #491876

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A380 360 degrees of the whole thing

http://www.a380delivery.com/qantas/panos/tour/tour/index.html

December 19, 2008 at 7:06 am in reply to: Twin anti-collision lights on A330-300 #491890

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So not a reflection! Having seen the photos I did some more digging and found the ‘Two Upper Beacon Light details’ for A330s. Seems that Jet Airway’s first two a/c have one upper light, the rest of the fleet have 2 upper lights.

December 17, 2008 at 6:08 pm in reply to: Twin anti-collision lights on A330-300 #492343

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Not two but one

Cannot find any documentation regarding 2 upper beacon lights on any Airbus EXCEPT the A380. There’s no mention in the AMM, IPC or an SB that might have put in two instead of one.

Best guess a reflection of the one light!!!

August 13, 2008 at 6:11 pm in reply to: A380 interior questions #518197

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Yep, the toilet pot is beneath your behind (where it should be when sitting 😉 and that is a RH Lav.

August 12, 2008 at 7:40 pm in reply to: A380 interior questions #518593

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The EK layout for the lavatory is (for a RH loo) door next to stairs at approx 45 degrees when inside and facing fwd the shower is rear left, then moving fwd its the wash basin then the loo At the narrow (most fwd) end. LH Lav is a mirror copy.

The SQ’s have a large stowage (RH) and a Lavatory (LH)

EK business class do not suffer from trampled toes as the seats are in units with tables/cupboard units to either left or right and the seats are staggered. So for one seat, the leg space is under the table/cupboard unit of the seat infront (with the LCD on the back of the unit.

January 29, 2008 at 1:34 pm in reply to: HP Hastings #1287688

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Hastings

Certainly they were flying as navigation trainers at RAF Lindholme in 1972, I had three flights in one of the ‘old girls’ during an ATC summer camp.

January 15, 2008 at 5:30 pm in reply to: Gas Turbine Technical Question #1304171

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Slightly off-piste, I know, but it always puzzled me:

1. Why the Proteus engines in the Bristol Britannia ‘wafted’ the props around slowly, and the props could be turned easily by hand.

2. But the Allisons (wrong spelling?) in the Lockheed Hercules were as stiff as hell.

Was the Proteus a free turbine but the Aly geared?

Bri :confused:

Yes, proteus was a free turbine (or gas coupled) and the Allison is gear-coupled. Rotate a T56 prop and all the gears/shafts, compressors and turbines etc. rotate as well. Rotate the prop on a free turbine and only the power turbine and shaft rotate with it.

January 23, 2007 at 4:41 pm in reply to: WWII at Speke, Liverpool. #1325967

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There’s some info in book ACTION STATIONS – WALES AND THE NW

January 9, 2007 at 4:13 pm in reply to: RAF Typhoon and C130 – Up close and personal! #2536140

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Typhoon and C130 more

More views of the Typhoon close enough for the stoker to shovel some more coal down the chute

December 9, 2006 at 3:11 pm in reply to: Very Interesting Video! #590859

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Is it (should it be) allowed

Just a thought,

Why, when the trolley dolly said “All electronic equipment should be turned off” etc. etc. Did this guy assume he did not have to comply with the safety instruction?

Everything is supposed to put away/stowed safely.

A contravention of a least two safety regulations?

Should be allowed?

So its OK to interpret the regulations?

What about the possible intervention of other PAX seeing it as effecting their safety?

December 3, 2006 at 1:19 pm in reply to: British Sleeve Valve Engines #1285198

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Sleeve Valves thanks

Thanks Guys for all the info.

My dad was employed at a ‘petroleum research facility’ in the midlands during WWII. His job meant frequent visits to the engine test labs. He remembers one lab where a single piston ‘sleeve valve’ was running, glowing red hot, and no silencer/exhaust system and a the guy in the lab had no ‘ear defenders’. I suppose H&S was not as importnant as getting the mixture right!

November 3, 2006 at 4:49 pm in reply to: Amazing meteorite last night #1321865

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Actually its a ‘meteor’ (not Gloucester’s) until its stopped moving then its a ‘meteorite’

The Friday Pedantic club for Mistspeltwurds

September 12, 2006 at 5:52 pm in reply to: First and Second Carrier to Operate A380? #534095

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Delivery supposed to be
SIA
UAE
QFA
But QFA and UAE delivery dates are close so may be QFA will be 2nd ‘operator’

August 11, 2006 at 8:33 am in reply to: Aircraft Recoveries #1257803

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34MU operated in North Wales during WWII, lots of wrecks up there. They had a wooden hut in Bethesda and used the local garage yard to store bits. The hut still had a 34MU badge/sign attached into the 70’s when it started to be used by ATC cadets as an ‘Adventure’ base for Snowdonia. There are a couple of books about 34MU in North Wales by a former ’employee’

July 25, 2006 at 1:29 pm in reply to: View from your Window #1279589

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View from the Office

Lets see now

Clear blue skies;
The Elbe river, down to Hamburg city and the docks;
The leafy suburb of Blankenese across the river;
The runway here with A319, A320, A321, A380, Beluga’s and the occasional corporate jet whizzing past, one-way or other;
Just about everything in and out of the Hamburg airport almost underneath the approach/departure route);
Ships of all shapes and sizes;
And certain work colleagues in their summer dresses!!!
(And I don’t mean x dressers) 😀
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