KenM
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Looks like you've nailed it Richard if Johns anything to go by!
Does that mean I've seen 25% of the UK population in one shutterburst?
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Anyone else like Birds AND planes? (3 Viewers)
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Does that mean I've seen 25% of the UK population in one shutterburst?
Richard Prior
Halfway up an Alp
Cheers John, pity I can’t do immature gulls though.....
KenM
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Can anyone?.....with all that hybridised/delayed/retarded moult palava!Cheers John, pity I can’t do immature gulls though.....
Farnboro John
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The trick is not to care.....Cheers John, pity I can’t do immature gulls though.....
John
Andy Adcock
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Boeing 737,
you still won't get me on one of these just yet.
As an aside, in the image at the article, the GOL aircraft has a slightly different tail (last bit of the body) detail to the rest, seems more simplistic, what's going on there?
737 Max: Boeing 'inappropriately coached' pilots in test after crashes
US Senate investigators find problems with tests conducted in the wake of two deadly crashes.
www.bbc.co.uk
you still won't get me on one of these just yet.
As an aside, in the image at the article, the GOL aircraft has a slightly different tail (last bit of the body) detail to the rest, seems more simplistic, what's going on there?
MJB
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According to http://www.b737.org.uk/737maxdiffs.htm, the 737 MAX APU (Auxiliary Power Unit) is still a Honeywell 131-9 but is updated to series 41 which has various minor improvements such as improved starting reliability. Externally, the tailcone has been extended 43 inches for streamlining.Boeing 737,
737 Max: Boeing 'inappropriately coached' pilots in test after crashes
US Senate investigators find problems with tests conducted in the wake of two deadly crashes.www.bbc.co.uk
you still won't get me on one of these just yet.
As an aside, in the image at the article, the GOL aircraft has a slightly different tail (last bit of the body) detail to the rest, seems more simplistic, what's going on there?
I take that to mean that the APU fitted went from series 40 to series 41 during 737 MAX production and so the tailcone external appearance changed.
MJB
Andy Adcock
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MJB
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I noted this story on the BBC News website (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-55446454), but I didn't recognise one of the aircraft's name and model designation, and so I looked it up. ("Meanwhile, the US ski-equipped Basler aircraft flew 2,200km from the US McMurdo research station to Australia's Wilkins Aerodrome to pick up an Australian doctor.).
Here's the aircraft. I think its ancestry goes back almost 90 years...
Basler BT-67
MJB
Here's the aircraft. I think its ancestry goes back almost 90 years...
Basler BT-67
MJB
Richard Prior
Halfway up an Alp
Wonderful, no doubt with turboprop instead of piston engines it won’t make the same lovely noise !
Farnboro John
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Vandalism!
John
John
Andy Adcock
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People's sonic boom surprise caught on camera
An RAF aircraft breaking the sound barrier causes a loud bang in skies across the East of England.
www.bbc.co.uk
Andy Adcock
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A couple of decommisioned aircraft, standing on a traffic island near Chiang Kai Shek airport in Taipai, Taiwan, what are they and apologies for the rather incomplete second shot.
There was also a very disappointing sign at check in when I got back to Bangkok, on the grounds of discrimination of course
There was also a very disappointing sign at check in when I got back to Bangkok, on the grounds of discrimination of course
Attachments
Stonefaction
Dundee Birding....(target 150 in 2024).
North American F-86F(? - not certain of mark) Sabre and McDonnel Douglas RF-101 Voodoo (photo-reconnaisance version - camera port just visible at left of pic) of RoCAF.
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Andy Adcock
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Great stuff, thanks.
Andy Adcock
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I've been on airlines where all the engines look like this, all the time.......
US plane engine fire: 'I just knew something was wrong'
Video shows the engine, which failed shortly after take-off, burning and missing its casing.
www.bbc.co.uk
MJB
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I've seen a few aircraft like that from countries whose aircraft engine life was appreciably shorter than in the West...I've been on airlines where all the engines look like this, all the time.......
US plane engine fire: 'I just knew something was wrong'
Video shows the engine, which failed shortly after take-off, burning and missing its casing.www.bbc.co.uk
From looking at videos shot from the ground and taking the timing of the event as accurate from flight tracking websites (19 minutes), I suspect the crew had already identified a problem before the engine disintegrated (the disintegration was 'contained' in that no blades from any set penetrated the pressurised cabin). The aircraft was about 5000 feet above the ground (Denver is 5400 feet above sea level), yet it was in level flight: 19 minutes after take-off, it should have been at cruise altitude of 35000 feet (typical for the B-777). The aircraft would have had to vent fuel to get down to maximum permissible landing weight, which for Denver, would probably be less than at sea level (Denver's lower air density = longer landing run from higher approach speed at high Max PLW). From Boeing's website: "Boeing's general recommendation is to jettison fuel above 5000 to 6000 feet whenever possible, although there is no restriction on jettisoning at lower altitudes if considered necessary by the flight crew."
The B-777 has excellent single-engine flight characteristics and so can land almost as normally as with both engines working, but crosswind tolerances are lower and reverse thrust available from only one engine probably needs very careful application!
MJB
Andy Adcock
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Andy Adcock
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Anyone got a scary stories to share?
The only time I've really had brown trousers, was on an Air Asia flight from KL to Vientian in Laos. As we took off, still climbing sharply, the was suddenly the very obvious smell of burning, I looked at my travelling companion and said 'that's not good'. Within seconds and still climbing sharply, worried flight attendants emerged from the galley. The started to move down the cabin, holding their hands to each overhead locker, obviously feeling for a heat source, I was not happy at this point!
I expected that with even the slightest chance of an onboard, mid-air fire, the pilot would have us on the ground asap but he flew on for forty minutes or so before it was announced that we were turning back to KL. I can only assume that having satisfied themselves that whatever it was, was minor, it was a financial logistical decision to turn around at what was about the half way point in the journey with KL being their 'home', any repairs would presumably be cheaper to carry out?
An amusing footnote to this, is that there were a lot of middle aged French people on board who couldn't speak English, evidenced in their confusion at KL upon our return. They clearly hadn't understood the onbaoard annoncement and thought we were in Laos.
The only time I've really had brown trousers, was on an Air Asia flight from KL to Vientian in Laos. As we took off, still climbing sharply, the was suddenly the very obvious smell of burning, I looked at my travelling companion and said 'that's not good'. Within seconds and still climbing sharply, worried flight attendants emerged from the galley. The started to move down the cabin, holding their hands to each overhead locker, obviously feeling for a heat source, I was not happy at this point!
I expected that with even the slightest chance of an onboard, mid-air fire, the pilot would have us on the ground asap but he flew on for forty minutes or so before it was announced that we were turning back to KL. I can only assume that having satisfied themselves that whatever it was, was minor, it was a financial logistical decision to turn around at what was about the half way point in the journey with KL being their 'home', any repairs would presumably be cheaper to carry out?
An amusing footnote to this, is that there were a lot of middle aged French people on board who couldn't speak English, evidenced in their confusion at KL upon our return. They clearly hadn't understood the onbaoard annoncement and thought we were in Laos.
birdboybowley
Well-known member.....apparently so ;)
Skydiving back in '93 at Zephyrhills, Florida we climbed into the trusty ole DC3 and began to climb to our target of c13500ft. What seemed very shortly afterwards we're told to get the f out as there was an engine problem, so hop n pop at c2500ft and all out safely....unfortunately not the poor cow the plane crashed into as it slid thru a couple of fields to a halt.....😬 The good old days!! 😂
Andy Adcock
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This is my favourite aircraft to fly on but they're sadly uncommon on commercial routes these days. I flew from Auckland to Christchurch in NZ on one of those belonging to the now defunct Ansett NZ.
There's a 146 on their Wiki page.
Ansett New Zealand - Wikipedia
Also, a trivia question that may come up in the future for someone, I seem to remmber that it was one of these that flew Lady Diana's body back to the UK from France.
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