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  1. Sapphire
    It's a catch 22. If you dont bring in your a/c for maintenance you will be flying dangerously and if you do, then you can be flying dangerously by mistakes made in the maintenance. This danger factor can be multiplied by 4 if the a/c is amature homebuilt and maintained by owner. Homebuilt a/c produce 4 times more fatalities. [statistics obained from reliable source]
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    Concentrate on your new years resolutions
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    You think that is weird? There was a theory going on the forum if you tie a piece of buttered toast to a cats back, you have a perpetual motion machine. The butter toast always wants to land on the buttered side and a cat always lands on its feet. Neither wins.
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    There are 86.4 million owned cats in the USA alone. Maybe 100 times that in the world. Collectively that might be a legend.
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    Cats are no cute pushover and can defend themselves. If they trust you, you can wrestle all day with them
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    The Concord could be compared to the DC 10. The cargo bay doors were it's achilles heel and some quick fixes never really solved the problem. The concord as well had an ongoing problem with tyres blowing which became lethal when bits of rubber could penetrate the fuselage. Otherwise, both a/c were considered to perform well. The concord overcame many incredible engineering obstacles to fly over mach one and still be able to fly slow enough to land at conventional airports. That feat would make it one of the seven wonders of the world. However, the re-occuring problem of the tyres was never solved, and re-occuring problems in aviation left unsolved, to me, is poor management. The end result is as I described-it became a death trap. Another example a/c is the 747 which has been a very safe workhorse for decades, yet one blew up leaving New York. Faulty electrical wiring allowed high voltage into the fuel tank wireing and a spark was produced. Because the tank was nearly empty, fuel vapours had developed of just the right concentration to support ignition. I think wiring modifications were implimented and no more a/c have blown up. The problem was correctly managed.
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    OK said: Wait for electric? Electric is here [on this world] though the largest battery I've seen costs nearly $10,000 in USA and won't be cheaper here. Your cost accounting for a weed hopper would need to be revaluated.
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    Nothing unusual about a bi-plane, but constructing one in mid air is unusual. Notice at least one of the props is bent-no special effects there.
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    I've seen many written and movie reports on the Tenerife accident. They all show one common thing-the captain of the Dutch airliner took off without a take off clearance. All sorts of dopy excuses were made by his airline, but accidents like this can be followed by litany of ovious lies and red herrings, hoping some will stick. The fog, poor communication, lack of ground radar all contributed, but if the Dutch captain [who was queried by his co-pilot] did not take off without a clearance there would not have been an accident. My information is that the Concord was disposed of because of lack of business after the crash. There was pleny of warning that a crash would eventually happen. Tyres had burst before penetrating the fuselage and a fuel leak developed once. However it did not catch fire. The shock proof insulation etc installed after the crash was too late. Nobody wanted to fly in that poorly managed death trap.
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    In ultralights you get about an hours endurance-good if you like local flying only with a lot of sound effects.
  11. Sapphire
    I am interested in the bit between please and driving:naughty:
  12. Sapphire
    The ginches keep the world moving, even if they can be a bit annoying.
  13. Sapphire
    I believe that. In war the end result is more important than the means.
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    Bet he paid for the press on the first job. There are even easier jobs that can be done with little skill that cost a lot to outsource. Car service these days can be done by a 6 year old. Change the oil and filter and replace/set plug gap, replace trans fluid, adjust belts, replace radiator fluid. For the savings of a $5 can of rust inhibitor many engines silently destroy themselves-see it all the time. Amazing, a car can be your first or second high investment yet the front lawn gets more care. Should be taught in high school in place of some of the useless rubbish subjects.
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    I am just relying to your drifted thread:idea:
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    Are you the leading star in "Les Miserables"?
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    I know the inside of a 747 cockpit like I know the other side of my belly button. He told me that changes were made after that accident to give the pilots better indication of flap position.
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    I've never flown an airline transport a/c but there seems to be situations where crew know litttle of what is going on. They can't see the wing on fire or smell the smoke filling the cargo hold because the plane is so big. Why not have more cameras? From my experience, regularily flying a/c out of the flight envelope is commonplace in commercial operations. I met the captain of the first first 747 to crash which was at Nairobi. He was a little guy sitting in the kitchen of a gliding club and I thought at first he was some wide eyed member of the public waiting for a joy flight. He told me the flaps, slats, etc were correctly chosen but the flaps did not move and he had no indication of that so took off with no flaps. Around 82 people were killed and although he was given no blame, he was grounded with pay. With regard to the Concord there were countless holes in the cheeze that lined up all at once. Planes rarely crash based on one fault.
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    I think I kow what you mean:naughty:
  20. Sapphire
    FH said: Trouble is you don't know which exit is best till it happens Nev Every flight is like rolling the dice.
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    Have re-worded it.
  22. Sapphire
    Right now, in my living room sipping cold drinks:laugh:
  23. Sapphire
    I don't get any particular "turn on" to sounds of various vehicles other than ones that indicate it is operating correctly.
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    There is always arguement as best where to be in a plane crash. My choice is outside the plane.
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    I got some socks-the Citation jet didn't go down too well.
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