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February 22, 2007 at 10:43 am in reply to: US Iran war closer? #2511843

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Where Are They?

What happens to the CND when Iran and North Korea develop nuclear weapons? They disappear into the woodwork, that’s what!

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February 19, 2007 at 11:42 am in reply to: Pilot error cause of Tu-154 crash #564455

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Russian Safety?

Are you sure the Soviet Union had a safe aviation industry? They never told anyone outside Russia if anything went wrong.

So we never knew if they had crashes or not. You can’t trust communists to tell you the truth about their activities.

Even now, that seems the case in post-communist Russia. I hadn’t heard of this Tu154 crash until I logged on today.

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February 18, 2007 at 3:05 pm in reply to: Vickers Viscount V.708 C/no 35 F-BGNR ‘Victoria Lynne’(Discussion Thread) #1298235

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International Schemes

Don’t forget that the Viscount was probably the first British airliner to achieve World sales. So perhaps something from abroad might be good? An American scheme might be good.

I flew in lovely Viscounts in Australia years ago, both with BAT (Butler Air Transport) and with TAA (Trans Australia Airlines). I can still ‘hear’ in my mind those smooth as silk Darts running up for take-off. Ah, memories…

Incidentally, I read a report by an Aussie aviation authority saying how wonderful the Darts were. Several years after they were introduced in Oz, they had never had an in-flight shutdown. Also, the long times between overhaul were highlighted.

Just thought you would like to hear that!

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February 15, 2007 at 11:13 am in reply to: Air to air over Sweden… #539391

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Really excellent aerial photos. Nice legs too…

Is that a matt paint finish on the Viggen, or does it just need a wash?

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February 15, 2007 at 11:03 am in reply to: Tiger exposes it's claws down under #565633

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Good luck with the environmental thought police…

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February 14, 2007 at 4:40 pm in reply to: Japanese piston aeroplane of long range #1302465

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Lean Burn

Years ago I read an excellent book called ZERO – worth a read as it was written by a Japanese Navy staff officer and gave a lot of insight into their thinking and operations.

No doubt there were brave pilots – one had two shells in his head and kept poking them to keep awake until he got back to base! Then he was back in the air a few weeks later…

Anyway, in the book there is constant reference to leaning off the mixture to get longer range. Doesn’t say how, but they must have had a cockpit control of some sort.

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February 9, 2007 at 11:29 am in reply to: just a question about Concorde >>> #567000

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Black boxes

The intake control system on Concorde was redesigned a few times to make it work with absolute safety. There were eight computers, all cross-linked, in the final design.

I wrote some manuals for the mechanical bits in the engine bays (intake system).

The B1 bomber designers never got their similar system (on its side) working – so we should keep the technology from them even now!

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February 8, 2007 at 10:30 pm in reply to: QANTAS to bring a DC-4 back to Australia! #1308203

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DC-6s

You mean the pot-boiler DC-6s TAA were forced to take in exchange for their beautiful Viscounts? Rigby the cartoonist had a good one ‘Fly TAA with SFA’…

Poor old Butler Air Transport also lost its lovely Viscounts – and lovely airline!

Anybody else remember this cattle-baron’s action?

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February 4, 2007 at 11:58 pm in reply to: QANTAS to bring a DC-4 back to Australia! #1312459

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DC-4?

To get back on the subject, I don’t remember Qantas flying DC-4s. Where would they have flown them to? Weren’t they a bit short range for international flights?

DC-6s perhaps!

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January 16, 2007 at 2:09 pm in reply to: Short Belfast #1332943

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Manston

I saw Belfasts a number of times at Manston in Kent, operated by ‘Heavylift’. They seemed to find them very useful!

By the way, if you need to see monster Antanovs, Manston is the place to go. See also the Spitfire Museum and, nearby, Quex House – a Victorian explorer’s house that’s worth a visit.

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January 8, 2007 at 12:07 pm in reply to: Gidroaviasalon 2006, Russia #540463

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Great!

Fan-bloody-tastic pics! How did you get them?

Those Berievs sure look good. Wish we could see them this side of the torn curtain. Just think how great the services from Southampton Water would be.

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January 5, 2007 at 3:52 pm in reply to: Short Belfast #1252099

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Ramp

Old Fart, are you sure the Belfast couln’t fly with the ramp down? I seem to remember huge loads being air-dropped from them when under air test at Boscombe Down.

By the way, they were ginormous inside. I saw three army vehicles (including a small tank-like vehicle) plus a large pile of army gear lined up in a row inside. And there was still plenty of room to walk around!

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January 5, 2007 at 3:39 pm in reply to: Project for Divers? #1252107

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Another Dive?

Getting back to my original thread, and bearing in mind the interest in diving, I have just read a fascinating illustrated book called ‘100 Years Of Royal Navy Submarines’ by Jeremy Flack.

The appalling losses suffered by the RN submarine fleet in both World Wars leaves me in awe at the bravery of submariners.

Large numbers of boats simply didn’t return and were assumed lost to mines. I wonder if other navies lost many this way?

Apparently a number of captured German U-boats were put into service with the RN, which is very interesting.

Anyway, in the book it states that 120 U-boats were scuttled 30 nautical miles North of Malin Head at the end of WWII.

Could this mean a future dive in a divers paradise?

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December 24, 2006 at 4:46 pm in reply to: Museums and Radiation #1262011

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MAM MiG21

Sorry I’m late responding, but my Wifi has been giving me trouble (I live on a boat).

Thanks for the offer of a look at the MiG cockpit, mate, but I moved/cruised to Hertfordshire and have no car.

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December 20, 2006 at 4:29 pm in reply to: Museums and Radiation #1265461

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Ruskies Too!

On a visit to the Midland Air Museum, I was informed that it wasn’t possible to get a look at their MiG21 cockpit because the EU had declared the instruments unsafe because of radiation.

Many years ago, I think during WWII, many workers in an American instrument company died of serious radiation poisoning because they were licking the brushes before painting the numbers on the dials. I believe they had cancer of the mouth, which must have been awful.

So don’t criticise H&E too much.

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