It seems that a fuel priming device failure resulted in the engine running too rich and consuming fuel too fast until it ran out.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-45521814

https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib-in ... -d2-g-bznk

OK, I buy the argument that increasing the aspect ratio can decrease the induced drag. But what about the tip vortices? If a wing is simply stretched but has the same form and lifting profile at the tip, it’s going to generate much the same vortices at the tip The claim that winglet orientation is i...

Winglets/sharklets are reckoned to economize 2-4% of fuel consumption, but the 777X's folding wingtips appear to lack them.
What's the deal?
Verbal?

The squid logo is effortless It combines a memorable image with a running joke It is a winner. It is_not, however, original AD artwork (correct me if I'm wrong, Sickie) https://www.google.com/search?q=mega+shark+vs+giant+octopus+plane+scene&tbm=isch&tbs=simg:CAQSlQEJ73tiwYQjmTcaiQELEKjU2AQa...

HOW DO I KNOW YOU ARE THE REAL KARL?

He is Not_me, so he obviously is Karl.

I suspect that this whole "Karl " business was just made up for a lark.

Wait a moment ...Karl....Lark

At last, Alles ist_Klar

But why are you all wearing white coats?

Phugoid.

Phugoid what?

Far be it from me to put words into another fellow's mouth, but the possibility that "phugoid" is intended as a somewhat contrived homonym cannot be excluded.

First flight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBI_Z4sr9p8

Maybe I should have posted this in the "Ludicrous Livery" thread
(or the "Over-dramatic Music" thread?)

At 0:29 I think we see the answer to my speculation about pressurization

Indeed. 3WE may well have nailed it there.
As Julius Caesar once put it, "Veni, Vidi, Vici" - I came, I saw, I concurred.

That is a wonderful pun.

You're welcome
I must confess to being smugly satisfied with it.

2. I looked at it several times- and then the guy starts saying "oh crap" I can't see or hear anything particularly wrong (however see below). I think that the plane is deviating to the left of the runway, hence the "oh crap". Not sure though. 3. Since we live for totally unsubs...

No. Liveries are of extreme, vital importance.

Indeed.
Livery failure can lead to diededness.

video here

Airborne too early?
Weight distribution?

... The relatively good outcome of UAL was a great achievement...but it was NOT thanks to the 30000 hours TT of experience of Captain Haynes. That is an extremely bold statement. (Yes there are deletions, but neither the meaning nor the context are changed). Folks are faced with a barely controllab...

Google is your friend

Monchavo, are you familiar with this Radio 4 sitcom?

Cabin Pressure

Living outside the UK, I've missed this completely - It sounds brilliant.

My worst vacation memory is father and son raping everything Sinatra at Dos Palmas resort in Palawan.

Theyr'e a funny lot the Filipinos - half of them sing like angels and they know it, and the other half happily and unwittingly howl like banshees.

I snapped this one in a hotel in Kuala Lumpur a few years back.
I believe that "diving" is the word they had intended to use.

Barely two days ago, in the land of Videoke (The Philippines): It's still rock and roll to me - Billy Joel

Highway Star - Deep Purple

Still loving you - Scorpions

MH17 missile owned by Russian brigade, investigators say

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44235402

...that you can walk away from.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44221209

How do you know it is Not_the right word if you didn't visiteded the room in question? :mrgreen: Indeed; which is perhaps why a rigorous examination of my post will reveal that I cunningly made No_Such affirmation. ;) Stormy Daniels' lawyer gives a great lesson in "how to appear to call Trump ...

Just before boarding the Nok Air flight, I managed to resist the temptation to visit this lounge at HDY
If spell-checker doesn't underline it, it must be the right word......

The view from the terminal at DMK early this morning