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Despite the prototype and all the blurb regarding specs, the company does not exist any more.
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......merely token in the W.A. scrap business, as he soon found out that no-one in W.A. was bigger in the scrap business than OT was. Cappy soon found out that even Sims Metal went to OT for their scrap, and the Chinese regularly begged OT to send more scrap to them, to keep their massive electric arc furnaces operational, and their millions of steel workers employed. Even Sanjeev Gupta came to OT, seeking advice on how to save his faltering steel business. O.T's advice was simple, "Mate, forget about trying to run steel mills, the real money is in picking up valuable scrap, that people simply throw away!" Very soon, both Cappy and Sanjeev were sighted, riding bicycles, towing little trailers, scouring their local streets for kerbside giveaways, and council collection piles. They soon learnt that.........
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Sound like a Thruster Muster could turn into a Cluster!
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Uncommanded rollback of throttles? Or did the FO make an alteration to power settings accidentally, when he was about to raise the gear? All the indications in the video are, the power was reduced at about 500-600 feet.
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The aircraft tore the top storey off the building it hit first (the one with the tail stuck in it), then the exploding remnants of the aircraft flew on for many hundreds of metres, damaging buildings further on, after travelling across a small open area. Wreckage fills the streets all around the fire damaged buildings. I really am amazed there wasn't hundreds more casualties on the ground, knowing how populated India is. https://www.siasat.com/photo-plane-crashes-near-ahmedabad-airport-3232391/
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Unfortunately, all the medical trainees and teachers were having lunch in the buildings as the aircraft landed on them.
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.....leave OT's tractors and equipment alone. But the true reason OT was sighted in a Kununurra pub wasn't anything to do with Cats or Allis Chalmers, it was because OT had received a message on the Noongar elder grapevine (and of course, OT is an Elder, and the Noongars respect him far and wide. Once OT tells the Mormons he's an Elder too, they leave him alone) - that a WW2 warbird wreck had been sighted in the long grass of a Kimberley station remote back paddock. OT is always on the hunt for archaeological treasures of the powered kind, and a WW2 warbird wreck was high on his list of "finds", yet to be discovered. His aim was always to beat other members and contributors of the NES to wreck finds - and it wasn't just about the glory and money associated with WW2 wreck finds, it was............
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The Captain made a Mayday call saying he was losing power - and the failure to climb, and then slowly sinking, is indicative of power loss. What the reason was behind the power loss will be the focus of investigations. Could it have been the FO mishandled power settings and the Captain failed to notice any incorrect settings? Birdstrike on both engines has been suggested, but I see no birds in the vicinity, and no indication of flameout in the form of flames or smoke from engine exhausts, as one would expect from birdstrikes. There was one survivor out of all the aircraft pax and crew, a British-Indian passenger seated in 11A, who walked away from the destruction with facial injuries and some chest injuries. He said he came to after the crash surrounded by destruction and bodies, and simply got up and walked off. Talk about luck, he should buy a lottery ticket. Total deaths are close to 300, one of aviations worst disasters for a long time. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2068049/No-thrust-losing-power-Pilot-s-desperate-Mayday-call-Air-India-crash-kills-290
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BBC has the best coverage, it appears there are no survivors from the flight, and the death toll for civilians on the ground will be in multiples of 10. The video clip shows a Dreamliner struggling to gain altitude, slowly sinking into the village and producing a sharp nose-up shortly before crashing. The aircraft exploded on crashing, it appears the only major section left is the tail, stuck in the top of a building. The aircraft crashed into a medical educational centre, with many medical trainees living in flats that have been seriously damaged and destroyed. Aircraft misconfiguration, crew mishandling of controls, high temperature on takeoff (it's reported it was over 40°C in the area when it took off), and also reports of the aircraft taking off a long way down the runway, meaning inadequate liftoff distance. The crew capabilities are going to come under examination, most surely. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c8d1r3m8z92t
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That's incredible! They were a beast in their day. I have vivid memories of watching a Phantom bomb the crap out of a Viet Cong/NVA hideout in the nearby hills, that was only a couple of kms from where I was located, at Long Hai, just East of Vung Tau, in 1971. Their climb ability was staggering.
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Unfortunately, in July 1949, W&B was NOT properly addressed in the case of MMA DC-3 VH-MME, and it stalled immediately after takeoff, and it crashed almost vertically into the ground, killing all 18 on board. This was one of Australia's worst air disasters in that era, only exceeded by the crash of the ANA DC-4 Amana in the following year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_MacRobertson_Miller_Aviation_DC-3_crash
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....'s attitude changed instantly, to one of roaring approval. "Oh look!", said a bloke in the crowd, who bore more than a passing resemblance to Cappy. "She's an Occupational Therapist, which means I'll be able to get her to manipulate and carefully stroke my.......
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....bent over and lifted her skirt, to the recoiling horror of the gathered crowd. But then they realised that.........
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Who would hire an aircraft to someone without proof of being able to operate it, and make them produce proof they're licenced to do so? This is hypothetical BS. If the student takes the aircraft without permission, that is a criminal act.
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Legislation allowing for petrol with ethanol added was introduced in 2003 and it went national in 2005. Petrol containing ethanol must be marked and stored and sold separately to other petrol grades. E10 is the ethanol blend and it contains 9-10% ethanol. It has a RON of 94. More importantly, engines and fuel systems must be labelled as ethanol-compatible, as ethanol degrades natural rubber, and when using ethanol blends, seals and gaskets and hoses must be formulated from synthetic materials that don't contain natural rubber.
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Only in relatively small percentages, up to 1% in some cases.
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Sling 2 in forced landing Woongoolba Qld 06/06/25
onetrack replied to red750's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
Because you can't have a plane crash report in the media without inserting the following terms or headlines ..... "Horror" "Stunned" "Shock" "Screaming in fear" "Pilot wrestling with the controls" "Cessna" "CASA are investigating". 😄 -
Petrol has gone through a big variety of constituents in its formula since 1999 - it contains a different range of chemicals today, as compared to 1999 petrol. The oil company chemists keep on "tweaking" the chemical ingredients to provide lower emissions, and better performance in modern engines, and to meet Govt fuel quality specifications. Petrol is a particularly complex mix of hydrocarbons, and chemists find new hydrocarbon chemicals regularly, to add to it. Petrol primarily comprises isoalkane and aromatic hydrocarbons. Alkanes (Paraffins) = 4-8% Alkenes (Olefins) = 2-5% Isoalkanes (Isoparaffins) = 25-40% Cycloalkanes (Naphthenes) = 3-7% Cycloalkenes (Cycloparaffins) = 1-4% Total aromatics = 25-50% Then, individual oil companies add their own "proprietary" chemical additives to try and boost performance, clean out combustion chambers, and to provide so-called "improved fuel economy". This gives them the ability to add a fancy name to their fuel brand, to try and differentiate it from the mundane start-up brand names. Benzene was largely eliminated from petrol decades ago when TEL was introduced (subject to refining processes, as some benzene always gets through the process) - but it has been re-introduced as TEL has become banned.
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A student must be the PIC, once the instructor steps out of the aircraft. How could an instructor regain control from a student committing errors, if he's on the ground? The instructor is reliant on the student following instructions and his training methods, once the instructor departs the aircraft. The insurance policy terms are supplied in the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS), which is one of the most important documents you could ever read. A good flying school would make sure the student is fully conversant with the terms and conditions of his training contract - and it is a contract, even if nothing is supplied by a legally-deficient school - and a good school would provide a copy of the insurance PDS, ensuring the student is fully aware of when he's liable, and under what circumstances. The grey areas would start when a student trains under a "self-employed instructor" who is not a flying school employee - or where a student employs an instructor individually, and hires an aircraft to train in. These two situations would become an insurance minefield.
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Get a U.S. transhipping address, such as Planet Express, and then organise to ship them to your Planet Express address. Plus, Planet Express offers reasonable shipping charges and a choice of shippers.
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It should be itemised in the T's & C's of the training agreement. As the trainee is renting the aircraft, I would expect the same rules apply as hiring a car or truck.
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Nah, keep posting, don't get upset, I was just having a shot at you. I like the vintage films, too - it's amazing to see the conditions on the Clipper, as compared to todays sardine cans.
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Fancying a trip to Honolulu to meet some Wahines, Brendan? Just remember, a ticket on a cross-world jaunt on a Clipper, cost the equivalent of $35,000! The Pan Am facilities such as the Hotels on Midway and Wake didn't fare too well, thanks to the Japanese invasion. Neither did the people Pan Am left behind. 😞 https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/pan-american-airways-on-the-wwii-home-front-in-the-pacific.htm
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Back to school for you, Spacey, you must have failed arithmetic! 100mph is 161kmh.
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.......smeared from the shoulder to the end of the sleeve, so does that mean you've gained a "stripe"? E P looked in horror at the huge streak from shoulder to the end of his sleeve, it was obvious the sleeve had draped itself into the pan when he was unloading the "goods", and he hadn't noticed - so that explained the smell that seemed to be following him. "Well", said the bloke behind E P, "I've heard of Chocolate Bombs on Masterchef, but this takes it to a whole new level, and..............
