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April 21, 2010 at 10:11 pm in reply to: Stansted/Gatwick From The Air! #441902

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The Airbus aircraft I have worked on, the engine covers stay with the aircraft.

The airline I work for and another I handle, take the covers and the box they come in, off the aircraft to save weight. Airlines only fit the covers to the engines and pitot heads when the aircraft are in long term store (More than a week) The ones you have been seeing fitted ARE brand new!

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April 18, 2010 at 11:16 pm in reply to: Iceland volcano eruption (Merged) #564444

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Cranfield have a 146 in place of ‘Snoopy’ these days !!

So thats why the are using a Dornier then! The crew of the 146 are all off sick with asthma!
Who’s Dornier is it?

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April 18, 2010 at 10:07 pm in reply to: Iceland volcano eruption (Merged) #564458

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Remember when we had a Herculese that used to do that? When Mount St Helens erupted “Snoopy” was flying into the plume within days!

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April 18, 2010 at 9:12 pm in reply to: Fairey fastener tool? #1110841

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Absolutely agree cking,you can see that my dzus key is almost pristine due to lack of use LOL 😀

I didn’t want to say!!!!:D

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April 18, 2010 at 3:40 pm in reply to: Fairey fastener tool? #1111249

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Here is a more modern Dzus key for the same purpose…

Modern = I was issued it in 1972 😀
Along with the Canberra door key I also still have LOL

I had one of them once. Absolutly useless!!!!!! Best to use a GS screw driver (GS = General Standard)

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April 18, 2010 at 3:36 pm in reply to: Iceland volcano eruption (Merged) #564908

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Ok, I know that if you fly through a dense ash cloud you ruin your engines, and the paint and the windshield doesn’t like it either.

Block the pitot heads (Air France A330 loss)
Block the static pressure system (Turkish 757 loss)
Contaminate the fuel system (Numerous losses over the years)
Contaminate the cabin pressurization system (Passenger and crew health concerns)
Block the air conditioning system (No losses but the pax will freeze)
Contaminate all the external lubricated hinge points (Long term bearing wear)
The list goes on
I like the conspiracy theory though!!!

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April 17, 2010 at 11:39 pm in reply to: Volcano Vs Vulcan ? #1111677

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Care to share any for the rest of us? :p:diablo:

http://www.railpictures.net/

“I was doing RESERCH officer”

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April 17, 2010 at 6:15 pm in reply to: Iceland volcano eruption (Merged) #565418

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Does anyone think the authorities have over-reacted in this case?

I don’t know, but having seen the F-18 pictures I think that something had to be done as a precaution. What I am surprized at is the speed it happened. I was at work till 01:00 on the Thursday and nothing had been mentioned at all. My wife woke me at 07:00ish and said that there was some disruption. It all went from there.

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April 17, 2010 at 6:06 pm in reply to: Volcano Vs Vulcan ? #1111983

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Personaly I would be fairly happy for my missus to be stuuck in another country…

I’m amazed that he’s looking at this website at all!! When my wife leaves the room I’m looking at other, special websites!!!:diablo:

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April 17, 2010 at 5:14 pm in reply to: Iceland volcano eruption (Merged) #565574

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No call for heavy industry in the UK. We have a strong financial sector!!…..Why are you laughing?

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April 17, 2010 at 5:12 pm in reply to: The closest I got to Lanzarote. #442113

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Sorry about the trip mate. Did you notice how quiet the ramp was? Spooky!!

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April 17, 2010 at 5:10 pm in reply to: Volcano Vs Vulcan ? #1112065

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Shall we start an “ANYTHING to the skies” appeal?

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April 17, 2010 at 4:42 pm in reply to: Iceland volcano eruption (Merged) #565589

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Back to props and blimps…:)
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They won’t get to far with a choked carburettor, scoured cylinder bores, frosted windscreens and blocked pitot static systems!. Thank go the British have a strong ship building industry!:confused:

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April 17, 2010 at 1:55 pm in reply to: Volcano Vs Vulcan ? #1112107

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Yes it was strange to see the Boscombe circuit empty for the last 2 days.
I was quite surprised the Tutors were not flying,and I have not heard much GA today,has somebody in authority decided that the ash particles are small enough to get through a piston engine air filter ??

It might effect the pitot static systems,so keep them all on the ground.

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April 17, 2010 at 1:35 pm in reply to: Iceland volcano eruption (Merged) #565821

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Just saw this in “Flight”

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/04/16/340727/pictures-finnish-f-18-engine-check-reveals-effects-of-volcanic.html

Whilst they didn’t boroscope the engine BEFORE it flew through the debris so they dont know if this was there before, it is still quiet sobering.

Train spotting anyone?

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