Since my first car in 1960 I have had 12 cars and they all were manuals ,but in 2014 due to a bad left hand knee which made it painful to operate the clutch , I decided to buy my first automatic car and now some 8 years later there is no way I would go back to a manual box. So if an old codger like ...
Jump to postDue to the memory getting vague now as it is 23 years since I retired off Concorde , so i had to go and dig out an old manual to confirm the following . The maximum number of passengers was 128 With the addition of max number of crew being 11 so giving the max number of souls on board being 139 The ...
Jump to postThe Ukrainian forces appear to be fighting bravely, but shortly they will run short of ammunition and so need need supplies from the west by what ever means . How ever I can understand Ukrainian neighbours being reluctant to allow arms through their counties in case of Russia reprisals, but they mig...
Jump to postJust for information the Concorde had no airframe anti-icing. The heating mats on the under side of the wing were part of the engine deicing system. I was told that they did extensive flights behind a spray aircraft , but could not get any ice build up on the wing
Jump to postI have read most of the arguments here on the responsibilities of Turkey and Belarus in this problem, and I have to say that I agree with them, but can I use the same arguments against France who allow this year alone 22000 people to cross the English channel to illegally enter the UK . Apparently i...
Jump to postNo one will ever ever ever find any evidence that there is any thing financial about the bad PR AZ is getting. We can rest assured that there will be loads of evidence to suggest that AZ push to sell at cost was just a cynical approach to corner the market in poor countries, but the EU found them o...
Jump to postI am no scientist, but I am sure that both the present vaccines are safe to a greater or lessor degree, However what worries me about this is all the continual bad press that AZ gets whilst Pfizer gets no bad press at all. In my experience it is very unusual when comparing anything for one product t...
Jump to postI would suggest reading the following article , which i am not saying is right or wrong but it is interesting. It would seem that there is quite a bit of disagreement within the EU about how to distribute these various vaccines with some countries not wanting the more complicated and expensive vacci...
Jump to postAs a boy in the 1950s my dad worked at Heathrow and i would often go with him to watch the aircraft . Now on the north side in those days, which handled long haul aircraft only, as soon as they got rid of baggage and passengers they would be towed off as space was short on the north side. Now every ...
Jump to postI thought i Might contribute on a few points 1] The missing spacier on the LH gear had been missing for the aircraft's precious 3 round trips to New York and yet no mention of the aircraft pulling to the left was entered in the defect log . If this missing spacer had such a detrimental affect on the...
Jump to postMy point is that the fixed-route system was not part of the NATS. The NATS went up to and included FL450. The Concorde did not cruise at FL450. We are really beating a dead horse as the Concorde isn't operational anymore. In addition, there is no such thing as a cruise climb in the current and past...
Jump to postDo a search for the NATS system on google as I am not going to do it for you. I only flew them for over 20+ years so I guess I wouldn't know much. I think you have been looking at the IVAO which is some computer game.[/quote] Well I think I can beat you as i flew as a F/E on Concorde for 22 years an...
Jump to postThis naming of airports after famous , or not so famous , people is ridiculous as airport's name are meant to show where they are located surely. Just look at these examples :- Washington ------------ Dulles [ John Foster Dulles ] Much more impressive than having an airport named after him, a young...
Jump to postThis naming of airports after famous , or not so famous , people is ridiculous as airport's name are meant to show where they are located surely. Just look at these examples :- New York -------------JFK and LeGaurdia Washington ------------ Dulles [ John Foster Dulles ] Chicago------------------O'ha...
Jump to postePlease could we have one post first, which sticks to the topic and does not drag the UK immediately into Irish affairs. GDB as usual gets back on his Brexit band wagon, and yes it would seem Mr Johnson might have handled Covis somewhat better , but when you you look at the population of Ireland [72...
Jump to postKiwirob I found your review of what is happening in NZ today very enlightening and sort of confirms what I always thought would happen if you make a section of society a favoured group.
Jump to postI have kept a eye on the postings on this subject for many a year now and what amazes me is why so many EU members are worried about what the UK does as throughout this topic the Mainland Europeans have told everybody that the UK does not matter
Jump to postI would agree that without the Russian effort the outcome of the war might have been different, but also without the allied effort before d-day the war might have been differnt. In fact the allied success was an accumulation of many events For instance Axis troops that were taken prisoner of war in ...
Jump to postCARIBNY Just to answer the points that you made The Barbary Pirates were a great threat and in the Mediterranean area and further afield and perhaps they were allowed to prosper because the naval powers of Europe were too busy fighting each other at the time. In fact it was your own USA navy who fin...
Jump to postIn the UK 50 or more years ago the population of one area would work at a few local factories which were all based in the same area. Therefore buses or trams could ensure a good load of passengers by running a service from the local housing areas to the factory areas. Also cars were not quite as com...
Jump to postHistory is a lovely subject as you can pick which bits you want to believe and which bits you don't to suit your particular agenda Now looking at reparations for unpaid labour of the slaves, [1] Well first you have to able to trace your heritage back to a slave and when you have done that you have t...
Jump to postI know this is an American topic , but I thought i would add my 2 cents worth. It would seem that people of African descent in the USA and in the UK are constantly talking about slavery as if they are the only people who have suffered but probably that neither they , or their parents or grandparents...
Jump to postWell, the middle class, who are the most likely to move if things go south, certainly has money to get housing in UK.
It is not a question of could they buy a house , but the density of population in the UK especially in England
Looks like the UK is offering a path to citizenship for not just HK BNO passport holders, but all those who were eligible for one, about 3 million people. Wish the US would do something similar. Sorry for the population of Hong Kong, but I believe everybody thought this would happen sooner or later...
Jump to postOn the old VC-10 airliner [and I think it is similar on the Airbus aeroplanes ] the entrance door from shut sequence is for the door to move up and then out . Now in the early VC-10 days it was found that with no pressurization diff pressure on the door and during certain manoeuvres the door could m...
Jump to posthttps://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/country-healthited-kingdom-profile/un Living in the UK and being over 70, I am rather more affected by this problem than perhaps other age groups are, however during the northern Hemisphere winter "Influenza and Pneumonia " seems to kill thousands every ...
Jump to postAnd where BN fit into the story; http://www.concordesst.com/history/events/braniff.html I have to disagree with the statement made in that article , as I seem to remember it that the Braniff crews were only taught to fly the aircraft at subsonic speeds and had special check list which omitted any su...
Jump to postI like this Japanese song which was quite popular , yes all the way back in 1963
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C35DrtPlUbc
Perhaps the SNP constant demands for another independence referendum has more to do with distracting the population attention away from the terrible way that the SNP are running the Scottish government . Income tax in Scotland higher than the rest of the UK, Education standards falling especially at...
Jump to postI thought the title of this topic was "The effect of a no deal Brexit on aviation" so why are people talking about over population etc
Jump to postWell this topic has been going on for 3 years now and you all fight like Ferrets in a ring, whilst very few if any really know all that is going on, never mind the solutions What I do not understand about all these postings is that if the UK leaving the EU is a disaster for the UK ., but just a a mi...
Jump to postThe best dog breed is the one you have now. Over the years I have owned Greyhounds, a mongrel, , two Old English Sheepdogs [ hard work ] and now a Border Collie and they all had the good and not so good points, but the Border Collie I have now is special. People say they need a lot of exercise and T...
Jump to postNow I wonder where Airbus got that idea for their A340/330 from. Could i suggest. from Concorde which had shortening devices on both main Landing gears
Jump to postRichard28 , Thanks for he well thought out and well presented reply and many of the things you state about the EU I would agree with, but at the end you state you might want to leave if the EU adopted an aggressive attitude, well sad to say if that happened it would be too late as the UK would not b...
Jump to post] The Republic of Ireland (ROI) did not join Schengen to honour the existing CTA , as it was the UK did not want to be part of the Schengen area (not the ROI), So the ROI in effect made this sacrifice on the UK's behalf. The Common Travel Area is set to continue post Brexit - this is an inherent par...
Jump to postGood evening al l, I have just finished reading an article regarding the " Common Travel Agreement " [ CTA } between Ireland and the UK an agreement which stems from the 1920's , and which has gone through many changes in that time. Now this agreement must be quite important to both sides ...
Jump to postRichard28 You are correct about the Severn Bridge [ soon to be free] , but there is no need for lorry examination x-ray machines if the container is sealed when pre cleared at various custom sites around the UK and within the EU should they choose to do so. The BBC stats and one can hardly say that ...
Jump to postThanks Richard 28 and yes the border looks daunting, but have you looked at the toll gate on the Severn Bridge crossing it is very similar. If containers are pre cleared it should be no more than a toll gate. There is always a solution if both sides are willing to look at them but it would seem to m...
Jump to postRichard28 Thank you for a good response and in answer to a couple of your points , Ireland is an island so any imports which are coming into the EU and then into the UK via Ireland will have to come by ship [could be by air I suppose] so the EU would have to clear them first , as they do now but ta...
Jump to postRichard28 Thank you for a good response and in answer to a couple of your points , Ireland is an island so any imports which are coming into the EU and then into the UK via Ireland will have to come by ship [could be by air I suppose] so the EU would have to clear them first , as they do now but tax...
Jump to postI have been reading these posting for some time now and have decided to chip in my two penny worth now, so here goes It has been stated here that--- why would any one want to leave an organization that is negotiating trade deals with other countries such as Australia/ new Zealand etc Well One countr...
Jump to postI have to say that that it seems that most of the people stating the difficulties that the UK will face once we leave the EU are from the EU , so us leaving would seem to be of more interest to EU citizens than to people from the UK. Now it seems to me there is a lot that is good with the EU ,but al...
Jump to postWhat celebrations for St David's day, the patron saint of Wales , which is celebrated today the 1st March.
St Patrick was Welsh or perhaps English and was captured by Irish pirates and taken to Ireland where he was a slave for 6 years before escaping back home
and then returning to Ireland to preach
I gave up watching "Question Time" a long time ago , long before the Brexit vote as the panelist were nearly all political figures who just spouted out their party line on whatever subject came up. Although I think the BBC's programs have gone downhill over the years I still believe they a...
Jump to postseahawk, just a minute I do believe t hat Sweden is not part of the Euro club, but rather still uses the Swedish Kroner, as Bostrum suggested in posting1505
Jump to postAesma Thanks for that information , now tell me how many Renault or Fiat plants were closed down for this to happen
Jump to postLi You do not seem to understand that whist it is the European bank task to encourage friendly relations with other countries it should not do it at the expense of peoples jobs within the EU. If Ford was moving tit's plant to another EU country then perhaps you could understand it , but that was not...
Jump to postNo one is arguing about the commercial viability or not of Ford plants, but what I am complaining about is that an EU investment bank lent Ford £80 million to help them move their Transit plant, from an EU country with the loss of 500 jobs, to a non EU country so that that company could then export ...
Jump to postTommy Yes the EU had to approve the loan and the deal and what is the point of having this club if manufacturing is closed down in one country to relocate them to another country outside the EU with the resulting loss of 800 jobs in that EU country. I cold not see this happening in France or Germany...
Jump to postThe EU has pretty much no say as to where industries are going. best regards Thomas[/quote] That is not quite true as when Ford shut down their plant in Eastleigh [uk] where transit vans were produced they were lent 80 million euros to help relocate it to Turkey , a country not even in the EU http:/...
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