It's been quite some time since I've posted anything, though, surprisingly enough, I still drop by to lurk on occasion. I thought you guys might want to know that Al Weaver has passed.
Thread from PPrune:
https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/651 ... eaver.html
R.I.P. Al.
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- Wed Mar 08, 2023 1:32 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Passing of Al Weaver
- Replies: 6
- Views: 663
- Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:50 pm
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: B767 Troubles, the latest news.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8577
Re: B767 Troubles, the latest news.
At least they're jets...News report file footage shows two MD-80's and one 757.
- Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:20 am
- Forum: Military Aviation Discussion
- Topic: Video of May 2009 Harrier crash Kandahar
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5413
Re: Video of May 2009 Harrier crash Kandahar
Gee. You'd think they wouldn't let him take off until they were sure he'd have the landing part figured out every time...
- Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:51 pm
- Forum: Military Aviation Discussion
- Topic: Video of May 2009 Harrier crash Kandahar
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5413
Re: Video of May 2009 Harrier crash Kandahar
So what happened there? It seemed to be a good airplane til landing. And the fact that the equipment wasn't waiting would seem to indicate that nobody was expecting trouble.
- Mon May 10, 2010 2:43 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: If you dont give us 31R we will declare emergency.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12259
Re: If you dont give us 31R we will declare emergency.
Read again Giles, saying you're going to declare changes nothing, until you actually do. Maybe there in the great white north, but in the US, 7110.65T specifies: 10-1-1. EMERGENCY DETERMINATIONS a. An emergency can be either a Distress or an Urgency condition as defined in the “Pilot/Controller Glo...
- Wed Apr 14, 2010 1:16 am
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: US army murder footage released
- Replies: 91
- Views: 37565
Re: US army murder footage released
They need to stop being the Taliban and be nice people instead. Once everybody there is nice, the troops can leave. Pretty simple really...Can anyone spot the obvious solution?
- Sat Apr 10, 2010 7:02 pm
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: Polish president's plane crashes in Russia
- Replies: 69
- Views: 26621
Re: Polish president's plane crashes in Russia
When I heard about the fog and the 3 go-arounds before it was my instant thought who it was to force the landing in those unsuitable conditions. Of course you never know but I find it hard to believe it was the pilot ... Was the aircraft equipped with a CVR? It is hard to imagine a pilot with any c...
- Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:49 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Total Crane Disaster!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5372
Re: Total Crane Disaster!
Briefly... The great big one is a "dragline". It has a bucket that's suspended from cables, open at the end, with a second cable that's 'drags' that bucket towards the machine. When loaded, the bucket is raised, the machine swings around, and the 'drag' cable is payed out, allowing the buc...
- Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:12 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Total Crane Disaster!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5372
Re: Total Crane Disaster!
Here's some discussion, and some very good pictures of the aftermath: http://www.stripmine.org/cgi-bin/anyboa ... =2&gV=0&p=
- Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:17 am
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: Kindergarten Controllers
- Replies: 63
- Views: 25103
Re: Kindergarten Controllers
An interesting point of view on that "fueling debate" thing: http://praxisfound.wordpress.com/2010/0 ... ss-at-jfk/
- Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:44 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Sick people in Texas.......
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7641
Re: Sick people in Texas.......
Perhaps you should boycott Vegemite in protest?
- Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:13 pm
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: ASDE-X problems at Boston Logan
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6092
Re: ASDE-X problems at Boston Logan
It really bothers her because the false targets confuse the kids...
- Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:32 pm
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: Kindergarten Controllers
- Replies: 63
- Views: 25103
Re: Kindergarten Controllers
Yes, I do believe that you endangered yourself, your children and other children in a indirect way. If another equation had come into the environment (persons entering the area, machinery malfunction etc) and things had gone pear shaped. You, I believe by your actions, would have been the main caus...
- Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:06 pm
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: Kindergarten Controllers
- Replies: 63
- Views: 25103
Re: Kindergarten Controllers
.......I'm thinking that a 'Control Tower' is a place of work.....therefore not a place for children to 'play' TDU Thunder, I've had my children, and other kids, occasionally sit in the operator's seat and take a few bucketfuls of dirt, under my direct supervision, at low throttle settings and well...
- Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:28 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: ATC is easy, even a child can do it...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3739
Re: ATC is easy, even a child can do it...
It says something (I'm not sure what), that he'd make his observations in this thread, rather than the one that everybody else is using...
- Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:26 am
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: Kindergarten Controllers
- Replies: 63
- Views: 25103
Re: Kindergarten Controllers
There are also rules about sterile cockpits, no idle talk that is not essential to the task at hand at certain portions of a flight, and a segment of the flight where this is the case is indeed when talking to the tower. Isn't it the case that the tower must also be sterile when dealing with arrivi...
- Thu Mar 04, 2010 6:20 am
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: Kindergarten Controllers
- Replies: 63
- Views: 25103
Re: Kindergarten Controllers
It doesn't matter what I think. That's a cop out. I'm not an FAA administrator and I'm only one vote in the court of public opinion. You're bothering to discuss the topic, as a respected member of this highly respected aviation safety forum on http://WWW.Internet.com , thus helping to shape aforeme...
- Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:49 am
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: Kindergarten Controllers
- Replies: 63
- Views: 25103
Re: Kindergarten Controllers
3WE, do you think safety was compromised?
If so, how?
If not, then what makes this worthy of the incredible attention it's getting?
If so, how?
If not, then what makes this worthy of the incredible attention it's getting?
- Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:19 pm
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: Kindergarten Controllers
- Replies: 63
- Views: 25103
Re: Kindergarten Controllers
So if can sum up everyone's opinions on the matter, it appears that the new Gold standard in aviation professionalism and safety is: "As long as nobody gets hurt, what's the big deal?" I think to anybody that understands the nuts and bolts of an airport tower operation, from a safety stan...
- Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:48 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: ASDE-X problems at Boston Logan
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6092
Re: ASDE-X problems at Boston Logan
No, I didn't change the question, I just added another question because the false alert depicted in the video looked like "real" enough information to me. While the first thing I thought of was the potential for a controller to shut somebody down while on takeoff, leading to a messy overru...
- Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:19 pm
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: In my dreams
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8298
Re: In my dreams
I suspect your next dream involved child labourers in Asia putting machine parts in boxes labled 'Boeing' The kiddies are too busy building iPods http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aiEeeQNHkrOY As I've said before, we here in the US would do a lot better if, rather than our uni...
- Fri Feb 26, 2010 5:11 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: ASDE-X problems at Boston Logan
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6092
Re: ASDE-X problems at Boston Logan
I'm not sure what you'd consider "real info". http://avstop.com/news_feb_2010/bostons_logan_airport_radar_puts_traveling_public_at_risk.htm http://www.oig.dot.gov/sites/dot/files/pdfdocs/WEB_ASDE-X_10-31-07.pdf The report Linked in the opening post also says, " Video obtained by Fox U...
- Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:28 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: ASDE-X problems at Boston Logan
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6092
ASDE-X problems at Boston Logan
Video:http://topics.myfoxboston.com/m/2915599 ... geid=64403
Is anybody else just the least bit bothered by the FAA guy, Mr. Davies, saying that the system is operating exactly as it should?
Is anybody else just the least bit bothered by the FAA guy, Mr. Davies, saying that the system is operating exactly as it should?
- Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:09 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: Continental Buffalo Crash
- Replies: 407
- Views: 140509
Re: Continental Buffalo Crash
What if the pilots truly were dead-dog tired, and functioning like zombies, and even "drifted out of normal conciousness". How would you reconcile that with this? ...board member Robert Sumwalt blasted the crew for engaging in almost a steady stream of extraneous conversation during much ...
- Sat Jan 30, 2010 7:20 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: F.A.O. Digger
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2958
Re: F.A.O. Digger
I'm impressed! It even has the hydraulic hoses to the backhoe.
I haven't spent much time on one of those recently, but if I'd kept a log book it'd probably show between 10 and 15 thousand hours on those machines.
Thanks.
I haven't spent much time on one of those recently, but if I'd kept a log book it'd probably show between 10 and 15 thousand hours on those machines.
Thanks.