snafuA character actress whose name you might not have known but whose face you might recognise…
Alice Drummond passed away on Wednesday in New York City. 88-years-old at the time of her passing, Ms. Drummond developed a long and prestigious career without ever really headlining any major movies. Although you may not necessarily have known her name during her life, you very likely recognized her from her roles in films like*Ghostbusters*(the original, not*Paul Feig’s recent remake),*Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,*Doubt,*Synecdoche, New York, and*To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar.
The original EU migrant…
Andrew Sachs, the actor best known for playing Manuel the bemused Spanish waiter abused by John Cleese’s bullying hotelier in the*BBC*comedy series Fawlty Towers, has died aged 86.
Cleese led tributes to his co-star, describing him as a “brilliant farceur” and a “sweet, sweet man”.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/dec/01/andrew-sachs-dies-after-alzheimers-aged-86
Fries and a shake? Not for Jim, anyway…
Michael James “Jim” Delligatti, the McDonald’s franchisee who created the Big Mac nearly 50 years ago and saw it become perhaps the best-known fast-food sandwich in the world, died Monday at home in Pittsburgh. Delligatti, who according to his son ate at least one 540-calorie Big Mac a week for decades, was 98.
No longer trapped, like a fool in a cage…
Colonel Abrams, an 80s house and r&b singer, has reportedly died at the age of 67. The Detroit-born, New York-based singer and musician best known for his singles “Trapped” and “Music is the Answer,” reportedly passed Thursday on Thanksgiving, according to friends of the singer.
snafuShould have guessed you would be stalking me…
And since you are the one flagging, you ought to know.
snafuHmm, this could be fun.
Couldn’t get sponsorship, except from a Polish transport company.
Kept choosing a day when there was a rail strike.
They chose a pension day and there was a rebellion from 90% of the potential protestors.
The thought of marching that far defeated them.
Farage wanted to turn it into a pub crawl but the others knew they’d have trouble getting him out of the first one.
Early mornings.
The weather.
It was decided there were not enough pubs on the chosen route.
Farage is no longer available due to his ‘diplomatic’ duties.
Trump is against protests.
Please feel free to add suggestions.
snafuAnd now there will be no current world champion racing next season.
snafuIn the U.S., as well as the UK, the majority of visitors to museums are members if the general public. And the Spitfire is a far more famous aircraft than those you cite. The Spitfire is obviously a more famous name.
Totally agree with you – must be why there are so many Spitfires in the US.
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SNFU, despite your statements that you have nothing against the museum, you seem very keen to label it…and American enthusiasts as parochial.
I HONESTLY have nothing against Pima. If I have any problem with Pima at all it is because I keep have to reference it whilst making these posts, which drags that museum back into the discussion!
I do not have a problem with the Spitfire going to to a museum, although for the sake of discussion I would feel happier were it to go on display elsewhere in the world where a Spitfire has not been seen for a while (if at all) since the time they were in service. This is just my view.
Enthusiasts full stop are parochial – look at the popularity of the Spitfire on this (ok, mainly British) forum; another forum in another country would worship their own aeronautical demigod. But I suspect if you took a poll of casual airshow goers (in both Britain and US) and ask for their favourite aeroplane then the top three is going to be heavily weighted along national lines: it is not right or wrong – it is just their opinion.
I did have a tongue in – my – cheek thing about what other aeroplanes the RAFM might be offering out for loan, but that is my fault for posting when tired.
snafuI’ve had had posts on these forum/s flagged as being against the interests of the advertisers in the magazines/publisher who fund them – and my posts are mostly in the guise of asking questions or what-ifs and whys.
What makes you think that a magazine with an interest such as these is going to bite the hand that feeds it, allows access to aircraft, maybe flies them around and such like?
So seriously – if you have a problem a trade publication is not the route to follow since they too have an interest; if what you have blows the industry to shreds what are they going to fill the pages with then?
snafuGambling on Formula 1? Have you really found a bookie that would do that?
Anyway no German race next season for financial reasons, but the French grand prix almost certain to return.
snafuThe airline has been suspended.
International flight regulations require aircraft to carry enough reserve fuel to fly for 30 minutes after reaching their destination.
“In this case, sadly, the aircraft did not have enough fuel to meet the regulations for contingency,” said Freddy Bonilla, secretary of airline security at Colombia’s aviation authority.
Bolivian authorities said they were suspending LaMia’s operating license and replacing the management of its aviation authority to ensure a transparent investigation. It said that neither decision implied wrongdoing.
Did the airliner declare mayday? The airliner before it had apparently declared an emergency with a fuel leak, but would a declaration of mayday have altered the order of ATC’s attention?
In addition the ATC controller has received death threats since crash.
snafuIf anyone want to see a flying Mk XIV they just have to go to North Weald.
Um, and that one is available to view the same hours as Hendon is open, is it?;o)
I can’t see why all the fuss about MT847’s trip to Pima. Just seeing the same arguments when it was learnt that the Typhoon was off to Canada for a bit.
Both will be looked after and both will be back in a few years.
(Again) If it is I to whom you are referring…again I have no concern with Pima (see post 66, above). I have no concern with it being a Spitfire (again, post 66). But, again, there are already many Spitfires on the American continent (more post 66) so that other than its location it is not exactly a national exclusive – which is exactly the opposite of the Typhoon , the only complete example of an otherwise extinct breed and therefore a world exclusive.
And again I shall say that there are places where they have not seen a Spitfire in several decades, where it might be a positive move for Britain to loan or swap a Spitfire for something unusual or different for a few years; it needn’t even be a Spitfire, but the draw of a ‘glamourous’ Spit over something more mundane would undoubtedly be the clincher. I’d better stop before JB gets twitchy (honestly, J, I am not against Pima, just bemused about adding to the population. Did they not fancy a Hurricane?)
One point about the Typhoon v. Spitfire loan thing – I’d imagine lots of Canadians flew the Typhoon whereas the Spitfire was not a major type in US service, just a famous name with a bit of pizzazz about it.
Wonder if Pima would have accepted the Typhoon instead of a Spitfire…? Or maybe the Wellington?;o)
snafuASN says the distance, as the crow flies, is 2960km.
The Guardian (above) says the airlines website listed the maximum range as 2965km, before being taken offline; would that include the normal plus emergency (or whatever it is called) fuel?
Either way, it doesn’t sound like flying was being taken seriously, safety-wise…
snafuI’ve certainly never heard of this, and he assures that it’s real, and not a what-if project.
Now sounds like a what-if-someone’s-finger-had-slipped project.
snafuHo-hum…
The pilot of the chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team told air traffic controllers he had run out of fuel and desperately pleaded for permission to land before crashing into the Andes, according to a leaked recording of the final minutes of the doomed flight
In the sometimes chaotic exchange with the air traffic tower, the pilot of the British-built jet could be heard repeatedly requesting authorization to land because of “fuel problems”. A controller explained another plane had been diverted with mechanical problems and had priority, instructing the pilot to wait seven minutes.
As the plane circled in a holding pattern, the pilot grew more desperate. “Complete electrical failure, without fuel,” he said in the tense final moments before the plane set off on a four-minute death spiral that ended with it slamming into a mountainside Monday night.
Just before going silent the pilot said he was flying at an altitude of 9,000 feet and made a final plea to land: “Vectors, señorita. Landing vectors.”
The recording, obtained on Wednesday by Colombian media, appeared to confirm the accounts of a surviving flight attendant and a pilot flying nearby who overheard the frantic exchange. These, along with the lack of an explosion upon impact, point to a rare case of fuel running out as a cause of the crash of the jetliner, which experts said was flying at its maximum range.
For now, authorities are avoiding singling out any one cause of the crash, which killed all but six of the 77 people on board, including members of Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team traveling to Medellin for the Copa Sudamericana finals the culmination of a fairy tale season that had electrified soccer-crazed Brazil.
A full investigation is expected to take months and will review everything from the 17-year-old aircraft’s flight and maintenance history to the voice and instruments data in the black boxes recovered Tuesday at the crash site on a muddy hillside. The US National Transportation Safety Board was taking part in the investigation because the plane’s engines were made by an American manufacturer…
…Before being taken offline, the website of LaMia, the Bolivian-based charter company, said the Avro RJ85 jetliner’s maximum range was 2,965km (1,600 nautical miles) – just under the distance between Medellín and Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where the flight originated carrying close to full passenger capacity.
I hope that bit underlined is a misprint because it appears to say that the distance between Santa Cruz and Medellin is greater than the aircraft’s maximum range, which might explain a few things.
snafuPK333 F22 M266 CBAF 30-8-45 VASM 21-3-47 mods and Cv 608S 8-7-48 RCMSU 25-8-48 C4R 15-12-49 VA recat 5(C) 17-3-53
That looks like the info from Spitfire: The History by Morgan and Shacklady, which might have further details. My copy is boxed at the moment, maybe someone else has confirmation, one way or another…?
snafuIt is possible – just needs a mod to actually see it.
But the mods cannot be everywhere, do not see everything, and, for some reason, do not yet have the ability to know the unknown.
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Middle of the week, man!
snafuStop digging when you can no longer see daylight, John.
Didn’t stop Bristow, either. Bad publicity did that.
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