I know what you mean..they’ve moved there since the airport and in noisier times. INn this case, I would have thought most of the One-Elevens and 727’s etc. were gone by 2004?

You realise that in a few years you’ll be posing the same question about the necessity of two engines when one is perfectly reliable…;o)

I doubt they will ever allow that.

All systems have to have some sort of back up or duplication so one engine will never be an option.

Twins are fine for the job. I can’t think of a single incident where one has crashed because it was a twin for reasons raised in this thread.

Things like fuel starvation or mass damage from an external source which has happened, can turn an aeroplane into a glider no matter how many engines it has.

As modern airframes continue to improve for fuel economy by better aerodynamics with less drag, aeroplane are getting more capable of gliding for longer.

Bear in mind, 100 per cent safety will never be achievable, there will always be risk, no matter how small.

That’s just the reality of life

Thanks for those

Air France Viscount and British Eagle Britannia must be 1968 or before.

The Canadair Four was a BOAC Apprentice triner replaced by a Comet 4 in about 1970. The Canadair was then transferred to the fire dump

They continued with the C-44. Tyne engnes added to an Argus wing and using the Argus tail and tailplane mated to a re engineered fuse based on the unbuilt Britannia 400 with help from Bristol

The Argus had used a re engineered, Britannia wing, tail and tailplane with a Britannia type re fuse and a new short nose section with a Convairliner cockpit canopy. All pulled along with piston engines.

They made Frankenstein aeroplanes.

G-AWOG was a PA-30 and was sold

He was killed in PA-28R G-AYPW which was yellow and white.

Barenes also said will built aeroplanes the wrong way round..the wing should be at the back and the ‘tail’ at the front. The few aircraft that have been built like this supports that theory.
To fly nearer the barrier does need a completely different type of aeroplane and that’s not going to happen any time soon as the Sonic cruiser concept showed.

Get closer to the sound barrier efficiency falls off.

I think they are flying pretty well at the most effficient speeds now which is why jets that could fly a lot faster don’t. Efficiency is important so as not to burn and therefor waste precious fuel, it’s a limited commodity. A bit like a car, no matter how fast it can go it is most effient at about 56mph.

If they want to speed up air travel, do something about the time it takes to go through the airports at each end.