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  • January 25, 2007 at 9:16 pm in reply to: Whats in your collection ? #1323405
    DarrenBe
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    Large collection of aircraft related manuals (maintenance, flying and training). Bulk of the ‘historic’ collection are Air Pubs for the HP Victor and Vickers Valiant. Also have a large number of manuals for the DH/HS Trident.

    I donated my entire collection of Valiant manuals to the Highland Aircraft Preservation Society to aid the restoration of XD875’s nose section.

    January 20, 2007 at 2:16 am in reply to: BA cabin crew vote for strike. #574647
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    Its a worrying new world we live in, where people are criticised for trying to protect their contracted terms and conditions.

    December 21, 2006 at 10:38 am in reply to: RAF Lossie and Kinloss – 16th Nov #540480
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    macz,

    I use a Canon350D with a Sigma 50-500mm lens. The viewpoints from the fence are fantastic and you can still stand under the flightpath, if you are brave/stupid enough….lol

    The Jag shot was taken at Kinloss, during the CQWI exercise.

    December 18, 2006 at 5:35 pm in reply to: RAF Lossie and Kinloss – 16th Nov #540485
    DarrenBe
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    Cheers for the comments folks.

    Mike – it was VERY noisy – just as it should be.

    November 9, 2006 at 10:12 am in reply to: ABZ Mon 6th Nov #444765
    DarrenBe
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    As other’s have stated XO and XN are from LOT.

    November 3, 2006 at 8:54 pm in reply to: My CPL Diary #510586
    DarrenBe
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    Dean – congratulations – would buy you a beer or three, but I’m just a tad too far away.

    Must admit to being on tenderhooks towards the end of your last post. Ever thought of taking up writing….lol

    This was the most riveting and interesting thread I’ve read in a very long time and I genuinely looked forward to your posts.

    Let us know how you get on with you Multi-engine and IR.

    November 1, 2006 at 2:49 pm in reply to: Seahawk cockpits to the northwest ? #1324885
    DarrenBe
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    Dave – It was on the simpits.org mailing list. Roy mentioned that he had purchased a fuselage and wings for wv838. Whether this has any connection to the above, no idea.

    November 1, 2006 at 2:10 pm in reply to: Seahawk cockpits to the northwest ? #1324894
    DarrenBe
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    Elsewhere Roy has mentioned that he has sourced a fuselage and wings for WV838’s cockpit.

    October 31, 2006 at 11:32 pm in reply to: My CPL Diary #511855
    DarrenBe
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    Dean,

    Cracking posts as usual.

    PM sent

    Darren

    October 28, 2006 at 2:25 am in reply to: My CPL Diary #513739
    DarrenBe
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    Market a bit strange at the moment, one major operator was looking at potential redundancies recently. We’ve not had too many leavers in recent months, in fact a lot less than in previous years.

    Yet its been a challenge to find suitable candidates for slots we have available, due to our expansion.

    October 27, 2006 at 12:47 am in reply to: Ground speed limits at airports #514243
    DarrenBe
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    Must admit never heard of ‘speed’ limits with regards to taxying, in any case there isn’t always a suitable or available display that shows an accurate groundspeed.

    Having looked at the French AIP and CDG charts – I can’t find any mention of ‘speed’ limits on taxiways at CDG.

    October 23, 2006 at 1:30 pm in reply to: Boscombe Down 9th June 1990 #1333604
    DarrenBe
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    Interesting subject.

    Out of interest how does this affect various Historic Aviation Magazines?

    Some publish photo’s from ‘Joe Bloggs’, during his time in the forces, whilst he was stationed at some ‘exotic’ location, during the 50’s/60’s.

    October 22, 2006 at 1:01 pm in reply to: Virgin are trying to buy bmi british midland #516223
    DarrenBe
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    But does anyone know WHY Sir Richard is so desperate for bmi? Is he really interested in a short haul operation out of LHR – its a nice big black hole to throw your money into? I can’t see him being allowed to asset strip bmi of their LHR slots for longhaul – the government/EU would certainly have something to say.

    Personally I think a takeover will be difficult whilst Sir Michael personally holds 50% + 1 share of the company – he bought out his two partners from the BBW group a while ago (LH/SAS own the rest). Unless Sir Michael invokes the agreement with SAS/LH and sells to them, I think Sir Richard will have a very tough time in his quest.

    That said there have been plenty of rumours about the possibility of Sir Michael retiring at some point in the next couple of years, so who knows what could happen.

    October 22, 2006 at 12:35 pm in reply to: Prosumer Megazooms – seeking advice #458622
    DarrenBe
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    Although I’m now at DSLR convert I started out with a FZ10. For a beginner it was a great camera, especially the zoom and stabilization, however it has its limitations – shutter lag for one.

    I don’t know if Panasonic have improved the sensor, but the pics tend to be noisy even at low ISO settings.

    But for a ‘one-size, fits all’ camera, the prosumers are hard to ignore. Small, light, easy to handle and no ‘dust’ issues.

    October 21, 2006 at 12:28 am in reply to: My CPL Diary #516798
    DarrenBe
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    Dean,

    This must be one of the most interesting threads I’ve read on here for a very long time.

    Out of interest what aircraft type are you doing the training in at the moment?

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