Originally posted by Dave Homewood
Er… Michael Caine’s character has a black Labrador.

OK – didn’t know that. There is a joke in my post with reference to the film “The Dam Busters”. It caused some commotion recently.

– Hamtech.

Hello mate!

Beware – the “Modern Military Aviation” stole all the testosterone from the other forums 🙂

I didn’t realise they had been around that long – thanks.

Slow to load, but great shots:

http://aviabvvaul.narod.ru/sam15.htm

At MAKS:

airliners.net

Note the overspray on the pavement below the DIT – the scalloping on the wheel spats was a last minute thing it seems!

– Hamtech.

Flanker_man: be our eyes, ears and reporter.

Wish it was me going 🙁 Glad to hear you have the chance to go 🙂

The Monino airshow sounds fantastic – would August be too soon to see the MiG-3 flying? Probably, but I would say she would be at least static.

– Hamtech.

Perhaps with the coverage Sibir has been getting of late contributed to the beat up.

Sibir has just been recognised in the “Aviation Transport World” market leadership category along with other press in praise of the operation.

Tall poppy syndrome?

– Hamtech.

If you didn’t know what a “chip light” is then that actually sounds bad.

For info:

Plug screwed into a sump or gearbox.

Two magnets on the plug form two poles, submerged in the oil.

(Simple version here) the poles are wired to a light in the cockpit or somewhere that can be checked after a flight.

If under the normal wear and tear of engine operations, a ferrous (magnetic) part of the engine may break away, held in suspension in the oil, picked up buy the magnets on the chip plug.

If the worn particles either build up enough or are big enough to fall across the two magnets, the circuit is closed, turning on the “chip light”.

Aircraft lands, plug removed, decision made on IF it is a problem or not.

Hard to imagine how that made the news given the amount of times it happens day to day across the world.

– Hamtech.

For grahamskipton: The suburb north of Geelong is Lara, located there is an airport called Avalon.

Its had a few incarnations over the years, currently a heavy maintenance facility for Qantas under the banner of a labour hire firm called Forstaff.

Re the pending price war: People have to realise $29 airfares are not sustainable.

Its a war of attrition, either airline has no intention of continually offering up those fares.

Having made my career in aviation, this whole business price warring makes me sick.

– Hamtech.