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- Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:56 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: This is sad...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3536
Re: This is sad...
He must have misunderstood the concept of the mile high club.
- Fri Sep 02, 2011 3:07 pm
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: Automation in the air dulls pilot skill
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12187
Re: Automation in the air dulls pilot skill
Heard it lately in an A319. OK, I was sitting in row #1, but nevertheless.On the CRJ I can normally hear it from where I'm sitting, so I imagine that from where you're sitting it is hard to miss.It does, and VERY explicitly.
- Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:54 pm
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: US debt crisis
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13178
Re: US debt crisis
... In that regard he reminds of another leader from about a quarter of a century ago who was also tremendously popular abroad and whose books were best-sellers in the West even as his own country fell apart around him, politically, economically and literally. Ring any bells? Were peanuts an issue?
- Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:32 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: Asiana 744F crash
- Replies: 34
- Views: 14928
Re: Asiana 744F crash
..,. With respect to the pallet theory, I imagine these things get shipped in some kind of packaging and thus don't get exposed to direct sunlight and without being connected to a charger I can't imagine they would get all that hot, but who knows? I would guess one single battery that develops an i...
- Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:32 am
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: US debt crisis
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13178
Re: US debt crisis
Who else believes - apart from me - that the current unbelievable stubborness of those tea party clowns is based mainly on Obama not being their exact skin color? You're likely joined by the same people who when asked about, say, atheism quickly reply that "Hitler was an atheist" (which h...
- Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:20 am
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: US debt crisis
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13178
Re: US debt crisis
So what do you think, Ike? Will there be some sort of a compromise to avoid state bankruptcy a few seconds before the US gov'nt runs out of money? Or will they let the sh** hit the fan? DER SPIEGEL has identified the real reason for the current situation btw: its name is Grover Norquist. According t...
- Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:43 pm
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: US debt crisis
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13178
US debt crisis
Who else believes - apart from me - that the current unbelievable stubborness of those tea party clowns is based mainly on Obama not being their exact skin color?
- Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:41 pm
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: Shuttle Cockpit view
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4698
Re: Shuttle Cockpit view
Fixed.But that is a 70'ies cargo ship...Bah, fewer buttons, screens and dials than in the engine control room of the average 80'ies cargo ship. Less space too.
Cool picture.
Per
- Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:09 am
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: Dummy to switch from the MD-80 to the 737 (again)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8564
Re: Dummy to switch from the MD-80 to the 737 (again)
Ain't it good enough if he crosses behind an N-registered plane?
- Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:37 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: P 51 Vs Skyraider
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2973
Re: P 51 Vs Skyraider
That came as a shock. The show was almost over - it was the last pass of the dissolving 'Balbo' formation of 27 planes that always marks the end of the airshow. I was standing (or rather: sitting) with my wife near the control tower and watched the leader of the three-plane vic breaking (that was th...
- Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:35 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: FAO Henrik
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4774
Re: FAO Henrik
Argggh - I guess I should have added some link ....
http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/0,1 ... 13,00.html
Denmark has re-introduced customs checks on its borders, much to the dismay of the other EU states.
The reason given is protection against terrorism.
http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/0,1 ... 13,00.html
Denmark has re-introduced customs checks on its borders, much to the dismay of the other EU states.
The reason given is protection against terrorism.
- Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:02 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: FAO Henrik
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4774
FAO Henrik
Feeling safer now?
- Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:30 pm
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: Turtle Attack Shuts Down JFK Runway
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3180
Re: Turtle Attack Shuts Down JFK Runway
What does a snail do when it's riding on the back of a turtle?
- Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:23 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: You can easily buy discount DVD sets online
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6657
Re: You can easily buy discount DVD sets online
Fixed.I've sent you money from my friendly Greek Bank.
Sure hope they're Region 4.......
- Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:22 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: You can easily buy discount DVD sets online
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6657
Re: You can easily buy discount DVD sets online
Too complex for meNo, square root of -1.
- Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:24 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: You can easily buy discount DVD sets online
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6657
Re: You can easily buy discount DVD sets online
The answer is 41.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999But his links are still up there, though....GirardB2 has just joined his spam.
- Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:44 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: You can easily buy discount DVD sets online
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6657
Re: You can easily buy discount DVD sets online
GirardB2 has just joined his spam.
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:29 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Spaetzle greetings
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3243
Re: Spaetzle greetings
Hoilix Blächle!
- Wed Jun 22, 2011 5:56 pm
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: Those whacky Egyptians
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3728
Those whacky Egyptians
http://avherald.com/h?article=43e82b1d A Lufthansa Airbus A340-600, registration D-AIHM performing flight LH-411 from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Munich (Germany), was cleared for takeoff from JFK's runway 22R at approximately 18:52L (22:52Z), the next aircraft in sequence had been cleared to line up r...
- Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:06 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: Aerobatic plane crashes in Poland: Pilot dies
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2677
Re: Aerobatic plane crashes in Poland: Pilot dies
Looks to me like he mis-estimated his altitude above the water.
That, or something else.
That, or something else.
- Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:04 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Special greetings
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1498
Special greetings
Welcome back Alessandro!
- Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:25 pm
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: If I were Greece....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4152
If I were Greece....
... I would start planning combined air/sea/land raids on Moody's, Standard&Poor's and Fitch right away.
They do have the necessary weaponry for their feud with Turkey, don't they?
They do have the necessary weaponry for their feud with Turkey, don't they?
- Wed May 25, 2011 9:10 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Near total limo disaster
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4259
Re: Near total limo disaster
It looked to me as if the front wheels were kind of partly retracted after the mishap, like a heavily overloaded car. Would that be from the sheer weight of the car or some security feature?
- Mon May 23, 2011 7:23 pm
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: Maid in New York
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5638
Re: Maid in New York
Yep, meanwhile he got sacked.And he's got sack.
- Mon May 23, 2011 7:21 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Near total limo disaster
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4259