Re: Farewell and tailwinds to Smithair747

I have not visited this forum for many years and came here for a whole different reason.. It is with sadness that I learned of Frances'passing, we had many enjoyable interactions all those years ago and I was continuously in awe with the courage and good humour he faced his many challenges with. Cle...

737-800 Single Engine landing

Many here would be aware of the Qantas B737-838 that declared a Mayday over the Tasman Sea after it's #1 engine failed, Mayday was later reduced to Pan-Pan and A/C landed safely. On landing the pilot deployed the thrust reversers on both engines and there appeared to be very little rudder deflection...

Re: Did people really fly all the way on flights like this?

I travelled a few times from Syd to CA on business in the '80s. On one trip the gentleman in the next seat was in the mining business in NW Western Australia and in those pre ZOOM/Skype days he was required to attend meetings in Houston every 4-6 weeks. His company had an Economy only policy so he f...

Re: Did people really fly all the way on flights like this?

London Heathrow – Zurich – Tehran – Bombay – Singapore – Perth – Sydney BA720 https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/292539/archive-boac-sepoct-1972-boeing-747-operations/ In 1968 my family returned from the USA to AUS via Europe spending time in UK,Netherlands & Israel on the way, B...

Re: Photography at PER & SYD

That is an affirmative, Strangely not all the local photo groups see it that way

Re: Why no ski jump on US Navy amphibious carriers ?

Funny how people or groups get stuck in their ways, the RAN folk were just as adamant about KEEPING the ski jumps on HMAS Hobart & Canberra and had no intention of operating F35 from them!!

Re: Items that airline pilots cannot purchase at airports?

Whatever you do, don't ever bring fresh produce, meat or fish into Australia, even accidentally. Your time in customs will be long and tedious... I know a guy who was a Flighty and he used to sprinkle the leftover spices from 'biltong' in the turn ups of his trousers - used to drive the OZ customs ...

Re: Items that airline pilots cannot purchase at airports?

A relative of my father had a senior management position with a major Australian International airline** in the '60s and at that time there were restrictions on what crew could bring into Oz.. The relative travelled nearly as often as the crews so on many trips he had no significant duty free needs,...

The American war on Science and Common sense

Is there any chance the American (United States) electorate is going to wake up and take action to stop the crimes against the planet being committed by the Trump administration? The EPA will now be dominated by "experts" from the industries it is supposed to be monitoring and anyone who h...

Re: Preventing Mass Shootings

Yet most first world nations have effectively stopped mass killings, American is the exception.

Re: US Expats getting a PR visa in another country?

tommy1808 wrote:

csturdiv wrote:

Yesterday I just mailed in my paperwork to the FBI for my background check.

The FBI gets involved when you want to leave your country?

Re: Prediction Time: POTUS Election

We are now in a situation were "Bernie or Bust" might well have been the recipe for success. Bernie is the reason we are in this situation. He created the crooked Hillary paradigm, Hillary has had a year's solid negative campaigns aimed at her. All Trump had to do was continue on where as...

Re: Prediction Time: POTUS Election

This is beyond worrying.. Electorates the world over cannot be trusted anymore. From Brexit to Australia’s Double dissolution and now the US presidential election, the voters did not act how the surveys and pre vote polling indicated. Back to the US election, not sure what the future holds now, this...

Re: Prediction Time: POTUS Election

By far the most confounding stat of the night: According to CNN exit polling, 33% of Latino males and 26% of Latinas..... voted for Trump. https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14925559_10106440134146575_4254601970187867891_n.jpg?oh=e0eece2d235f50268e3ffbc5da23224c&oe=58C747CC I wonder ...

Townsville Blackhawk Disaster 12 June 1996

I was based in New Zealand at this time.. driving to work I had to pull over on the freeway to let the enormity of this sink in.. We must all remember the words of the Prime Minister... "It is a very dangerous business defending Australia in war and, indeed, in training [and] peace time as well." Th...

33 Aussies Come Home

Today, 33 Aussies, mostly servicemen but also some family members were returned to their homeland after lying in Cemeteries in Malaysia and Singapore for around half a century. These were the last servicemen not brought home after falling in the service of their country. In those days the government...

RE: F1 -- Monaco Grand Prix

Dan R, said he was screwed. A team is a team and badmouthing you team mates is not good thing but... If he decided to pit and they were not ready, that is one thing but the team made the call and called him in.. then were not ready. This is the foolish mistake made by a beginner in F4 or <acronym ti...

RE: F1 -- Monaco Grand Prix

So the Helmut Marko - Anti Australian conspiracy at RBR is still a thing!!

RE: How Is Your Handwriting These Days?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/VapourTrails" class="quote" target="_blank">VapourTrails</a> (<a href="#23" class="quote">Reply 23</a>):<br/><i>My mother had a fountain pen whi...

RE: How Is Your Handwriting These Days?

A <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/777Jet" class="quote" target="_blank">777Jet</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i>My handwriting and spelling sucks nowadays...

RE: F1 -- Spanish GP

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/photopilot" class="quote" target="_blank">photopilot</a> (<a href="#64" class="quote">Reply 64</a>):<br/><i>The FACT is that the F1 Race Steward...

RE: F-16 Strafes Control Tower--Whoops. Big Whoops.

They will say yes next time Maverick requests a flyby!!

RE: Plugging In Devices To Recharge At The Airport

Maybe they should have more of these available... <center><table align="center" border="0" width="650" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="/uf/view.file?id=11504&filename=1461673762iy12Kv.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/uf/11504/middle/1461673762iy12Kv.jp...

RE: F1 2016: Australian GP

Are all the dark cars indicative of the poor state of affairs in F1

Hell, Red Bull didn't even buff the "paint"

RE: Can The Airbus A380 Fly LHR-SYD Nonstop?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/rutankrd" class="quote" target="_blank">rutankrd</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i> I really couldn't imagine anything worse ...

RE: Obama To Visit HAV And EZE In March 21,22 & 23,24

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/L-188" class="quote" target="_blank">L-188</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i>It is just play acting on Obama's part to pret...

Julian Assange, Arbitarily Detained!

No he fracking wasn't. Accusations were made in Sweden of a sexual assault nature. That is un acceptable anywhere. Rather than respond to legal questioning he chose to run and hide. How is squirming away in a foreign embassy just because it has no relationship with the country that would like to spe...

RE: What Exactly Was The Problem With Early JT9D-3's?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Max+Q" class="quote" target="_blank">Max Q</a> (<a href="#24" class="quote">Reply 24</a>):<br/><i>It all looked new to me.. </i></font></td></tr...

RE: Flying Tiger Military Cargolift Test On A 747 200F

Google CRAF 747, there were many converted airliners that had strengthened floors and cargo doors subsidised by the DoD and could be called upon in an emergency situation.
PanAm's ill fated N739PA was one such aircraft.

RE: How To Remove The Noisy From Very High ISO?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/aircountry" class="quote" target="_blank">aircountry</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>Sometime I use it for dark when the pl...

RE: Engines You Wished Were Created?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BMI727" class="quote" target="_blank">BMI727</a> (<a href="#24" class="quote">Reply 24</a>):<br/><i>I have a hard time finding fault with the fo...

RE: What To Do Retired DSLRs?

I lent one of my 60D to my brother... seems a perfectly efficient way of getting rid of a camera! Don't seem likely to be getting it back!!

RE: Personal Highlights 2015

Commemorated the April 25th landings of Australian and New Zealand forces on the Gallipoli peninsula in 1915. A poignant and solemn time that meant much to me, my sister, her husband and our nephew. These events of 1915 mean much to Australians and New Zealanders . Crossed Europe from the Asian shor...

RE: Engines You Wished Were Created?

The Honda S2000 sports car was originally intended to have a sweet little 2l 32v V8 but even Honda Motor company have accountants and as anywhere else they often win over the engineers!

RE: FRA Passed 60 Million Pax In 2015

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PM" class="quote" target="_blank">PM</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>And 12 of them were me. I'm doing my best!</i></font><...

RE: Who Will Be The Last 747-400 Original Operator

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/dergay" class="quote" target="_blank">dergay</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>Probably US<acronym title="Air France">AF</acr...

RE: SpiceJet Q400 Hits Wild Boars On RWY At Jabalpur

Recall a time some years ago at <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</acronym> when a REX flight was due in from country NSW. A fox was running around 16L/34R and an airside security veh had been despatched to round it up. Tow...

RE: Credit Cards With Chips

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/moo" class="quote" target="_blank">moo</a> (<a href="#72" class="quote">Reply 72</a>):<br/><i>Bear in mind that the US has a very odd system whe...

RE: Basic Gun Laws USA 101

Looking at this from the other side of the world, I see the biggest issue is the all or nothing rhetoric of the argument. Looks to me that the gun control side want just that, some measure of control. The Pro gun lobby interpret that as "ban and collect all guns", they need to get over that! There i...

RE: Less Fuel In Tank Leads To Better Mileage?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/vikkyvik" class="quote" target="_blank">vikkyvik</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i>Technically it will increase your fuel c...

RE: Credit Cards With Chips

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Aesma" class="quote" target="_blank">Aesma</a> (<a href="#18" class="quote">Reply 18</a>):<br/><i>so that's why the US didn't go with it,</i></f...

RE: Credit Cards With Chips

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/bgm" class="quote" target="_blank">bgm</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>The thing I really dislike is having my card out of ...

RE: RAF C-17's In Rare Formation

Hate to be pedantic but those would be RAAF C-17, they live on the other side of the World to the RAF ones!

RE: Muslim Forced Off From United Airline Flight

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/+Al+Jazeera" class="quote" target="_blank"> Al Jazeera</a>:<br/><i>Rasheed, an artist, educator, Stanford University graduate, Fulbright scholar...

RE: Russia's TU-160 Flight Route To Syria.

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/zanl188" class="quote" target="_blank">zanl188</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>I'd think given recent events the Russians w...

RE: Anonymous Threatens Isis With Cyber Attack

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DocLightning" class="quote" target="_blank">DocLightning</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>First of all, anonymous is not an ...

RE: Pilots: Do You Think Or Is It Muscle Memory

Bringing this back to driving rather than flying for a moment.. <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Flighty" class="quote" target="_blank">Flighty</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">T...

RE: Tripods In Brussels Air Museum?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ptrjong" class="quote" target="_blank">ptrjong</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>Some of the best aircraft, such as the Mosqu...

RE: EDC - What Do You Include?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Fr8mech" class="quote" target="_blank">Fr8mech</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>Why? A firearm is part of my EDC. I carry a ...

EDC - What Do You Include?

Hi all, This is not really related to the events in Paris although could be useful in such a situation. As cities get larger and we bcome more and more dependent on infrastructure it might be smart to prepare for when things don't go to plan. Weather event, natural disaster, civil disturbance or as ...