He'd be 20 years behind if he was in Qld.You should be half a day ahead, not a week late, or are you in Queensland?Happy Birthday Verbal,
Per Down Under
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- Sun Sep 29, 2013 1:41 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: F.A.O.: Verbie
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7485
Re: F.A.O.: Verbie
- Mon Sep 16, 2013 1:16 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: I warned you this was coming....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4716
Re: I warned you this was coming....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10298803/Stealth-coating-based-on-squid-skin-could-make-soldiers-invisible-to-night-vision.html Based on squid skin, Yeah, I knew it too. Makes you impossible to see... but you'd be given away by the thousands of ferral cats stalking each soldier look...
- Wed Sep 11, 2013 4:09 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Norwegian exceptionalism
- Replies: 317
- Views: 158743
Re: Norwegian exceptionalism
I give it an 8.5 - on reflection did not rotate enough on entry resulting in the large splash.... 8.2Wanna go boating? The Nor-way? You've got the balls?
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks ... i1xCW3671Y
Per
- Wed Sep 11, 2013 4:05 am
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: FAO: Aussies
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5146
Re: FAO: Aussies
Apart from looking across the Tasman thinking how you poor buggers have to choose between Rudd and Abbott, then discover that 8% of NSW don't check a voting paper correctly and end up electing someone you did not intend to. Yeah sad huh? Still, I suppose there are retards and mouth breathers in eve...
- Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:27 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: Gears Up!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5652
Re: Gears Up!
A Mayday episode (Crossair Flight 3597) discussed about a pilot who (in the past) retracted the wheels of a plane while the thing was sitting on the ground. My question is, how come avionics allows to "Gears Up" an aircraft with all three "On The Ground" switches fully set (comp...
- Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:22 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: FAO Per
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6095
Re: FAO Per
Yes. And all over Australia - although strangely heavily prevalent in the tropical North.Have you ever seen a Polar Bear in the wild?
- Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:44 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: UPS A300 crash Birmingham AL
- Replies: 41
- Views: 19885
Re: UPS A300 crash Birmingham AL
Pussy. You would never make it in asia.Time to pour on the coal and try again.
- Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:41 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: Total Aviation Catastrophe (almost or well it may have been)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2405
Total Aviation Catastrophe (almost or well it may have been)
Qantas Q300 diverted to Canberra airport with smoke in the cockpit. Flight landed safely both pilots taken to hospital (probably precautionary). Aerial BBQ's seem to be all the rage these days...
- Sat Jul 13, 2013 12:05 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: 787 inflight structural breakup in 3....2....1....
- Replies: 431
- Views: 181933
Re: 787 inflight structural breakup in 3....2....1....
And.... pprune has crashed. Must be the stack of people posting "I told you so's..."
- Mon Jul 08, 2013 12:44 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: Asiana 777 at SFO
- Replies: 99
- Views: 46078
Re: Asiana 777 at SFO
Discuss - I'd say even more woeful performance by the crew than the 737 that landed short recently - at least they could 'blame' the rain for their stupidity. Asiana - don't let the work experience schoolboy fly the plane - it will end in tears.
- Thu Jul 04, 2013 1:59 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: I need a piss....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4636
Re: I need a piss....
Sri Lankan cricketer 'tried to open plane door in mid-air' Player is said to have tugged at door after mistaking it for toilet on flight from St Lucia to London http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/02/sri-lankan-cricketer-plane-door Sigh. Maybe he flew in a DHC-4 Caribou before? Nothing like ta...
- Thu Jul 04, 2013 1:57 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Name the engine type...
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14902
Re: Name the engine type...
Its OK - it's not an NH-90 floor.And what kind of damage are those heels inflicting on the inlet?
- Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:17 pm
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: Oh, the humidity!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7261
Re: Oh, the humidity!
I particularly like the bit that stated the "pilot regained control...". That would infer control was lost...
- Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:11 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Norwegian exceptionalism
- Replies: 317
- Views: 158743
Re: Norwegian exceptionalism
Ninenty year old Norwegian $-billionary, hotel owner, building developer and all around nice guy Ola Thon bought himself a new car...............a Suzuki.....................Jimny. :shock: Check out http://www.thonhotels.com/hotels/ Dis da man: http://www.hegnar.no/multimedia/dynamic/00050/olav_tho...
- Tue Jun 25, 2013 1:42 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Anyone here?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12687
Re: Anyone here?
Not when spoken by a duck.Your name doesn't echo.... ?Per
- Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:07 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Name the engine type...
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14902
Re: Name the engine type...
On the plane or the FOD?That lower lip has seen some action.
- Fri Jun 21, 2013 2:11 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Name the engine type...
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14902
Re: Name the engine type...
What engine?
(someone had to say it)
(someone had to say it)
- Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:18 pm
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: Explosion at ATL
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3932
Re: Explosion at ATL
A bad curry?The food court at Concourse D is under construction, someone must have crossed some wires.
- Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:05 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: 787 inflight structural breakup in 3....2....1....
- Replies: 431
- Views: 181933
Re: 787 inflight structural breakup in 3....2....1....
A decent cricket team? An Airforce?Yes, we carried something the sheep shaggers needed,Empty?I been on ships that took more than 30 days crossing the Pacific, then 24 hours for unloading and another 30 days plus back to Europe.
Per
- Tue Jun 04, 2013 11:04 pm
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: A new low for Jetpaedos?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2192
- Sat Jun 01, 2013 8:51 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: BA Oslo-bound jet in suspected bird strike
- Replies: 38
- Views: 19751
Re: BA Oslo-bound jet in suspected bird strike
Except these apparently
On every engine I can think of, if the latches are not latched, the latches will not be flush.
- Wed May 15, 2013 4:47 am
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: Proud to be American
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4267
Re: Proud to be American
Diverted? Don't you guys carry cable ties and 100mph tape?
- Wed May 15, 2013 4:45 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: There has been a near total sportsmanship disaster!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2121
Re: There has been a near total sportsmanship disaster!
Great value for the spectators though - hockey and boxing on the same bill...
- Fri May 10, 2013 5:12 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Party Limo Disasters
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7050
Re: Party Limo Disasters
Oh the [parched] humanity...
The cooler of drinks did not make it...
- Tue May 07, 2013 2:04 pm
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: Total AirParty Disaster
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5042
Re: Total AirParty Disaster
Poor form.. How do you accumulate air miles that way?....and it appears they only travelled about 5 miles before crashing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22423413