tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post5716500591857194900..comments2024-03-28T04:30:21.088+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Getting old ?CityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-9692495851861115712015-08-29T07:30:33.088+01:002015-08-29T07:30:33.088+01:00As I approach 60 myself, I'm acting voluntaril...As I approach 60 myself, I'm acting voluntarily to restrict my own high energy manoevers in the interests of public safety. End-of-stripe 'spin turns' with the motor mower are now banned, as is piloting a loaded trolley one handed in a crowded supermarket. Acrobatic balancing on the bed rail to change a ceiling lamp will now be abandoned and a domestic step ladder used, and as for pre-coital and coital activities (on those thankfully less frequent occassions..) you can forget anything that involves strain on the hydraulic system. <br /><br />With care, I can be the A10 of men; irredeemably ugly and noisy but with a sound if crude airframe and body and a reliable engine, and still in service after 60 years ;) Raedwaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11699610899843349594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-19450736344562982792015-08-25T20:08:22.741+01:002015-08-25T20:08:22.741+01:00They could be converted to WIG craft and use water...They could be converted to WIG craft and use water cannon.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-69763015692976008762015-08-25T18:39:45.906+01:002015-08-25T18:39:45.906+01:00Ivan - I saw a water landing in Croatia, it passed...Ivan - I saw a water landing in Croatia, it passed right our boat. Very impressive. Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-46079765091170186572015-08-25T18:36:13.258+01:002015-08-25T18:36:13.258+01:00Fair comment.
I am happy to see vintage planes d...Fair comment. <br /><br />I am happy to see vintage planes doing simple fly-bys at air shows. I don't know why they have to chuck them around at all. Leave that to the young guys in more modern aircraft. Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-8760458927914876672015-08-25T12:24:58.751+01:002015-08-25T12:24:58.751+01:00"Something we don't have any need for in ..."Something we don't have any need for in the UK." That's because our broad-leaved woodland won't burn, and nobody much would care if conifer plantations burnt anyway.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-38267830629203028562015-08-25T12:12:54.006+01:002015-08-25T12:12:54.006+01:00Ivan - Those planes are used by the USA in very sm...Ivan - Those planes are used by the USA in very small numbers. About 5 I think. <br />Since 2002 other dedicated firefihting planes are in use. With a larger payload.<br /><br />Though the Bombadier has an excellent reputation and is the cost-effective-best..I guess it would be Which firefighting Plane of choice. <br /><br />The USA prefers 747s adapted and big Military transports and the old Orion P-3 long range maritime reconnaissance <br /><br /><br />A list here.<br /><br />Its a fascinating topic. Something we don't have any need for in the UK. <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_firefighting#Comparison_table_of_fixed-wing.2C_firefighting_tanker_airplanesBill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-89105726350318580882015-08-25T11:27:26.652+01:002015-08-25T11:27:26.652+01:00I am rather surprised that the US would use old mi...I am rather surprised that the US would use old military aircraft for fire-fighting (but then again they do have rather a lot of them) when just north of them some of the best fire-fighting aircraft are made, the amphibious Bombardier CL-415.<br /><br />Those aircraft can, and do over here, get water loads from small lakes and are very effective in killing fires (it is very impressive to see them dump the water but much more impressive to see them take it on). ivannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-40303594195279455662015-08-25T10:37:26.644+01:002015-08-25T10:37:26.644+01:00I was at an air show ladt year. And was dismayed a...I was at an air show ladt year. And was dismayed at how old some of the planes looked. <br />What I mean by this is as a small boy making a Phantom airfix kit, that aircraft was still in service. But when I saw it in 2014 on the Tarmac, it looked ancient. <br />Not only does that make me much , much older than that model making 1970s child..it makes the aircraft that much older. <br /><br />Crashes are still rare. Around the world I'm sure I read that if there is an incident it's as likely to be a new, as an old aircraft.<br />but tightening up the regulations and thresholds would be no bad thing. <br />Like all of us...These planes aren't going to get any youngerBill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-15289642969724078132015-08-25T10:28:28.179+01:002015-08-25T10:28:28.179+01:00Seems odd he was doing a dive right at a busy dual...Seems odd he was doing a dive right at a busy dual carriageway. At RIAT they have rules about that sort of thing.<br />Ryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-80185023933920108922015-08-25T10:19:45.041+01:002015-08-25T10:19:45.041+01:00What is wrong with flypasts at slow speed anyway?
...What is wrong with flypasts at slow speed anyway?<br /><br />WHERE IS MY FLYING CAR BLUE PETER PROMISED ME YEARS AGO....boring watching others do it anyway.CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-29268462084143192182015-08-25T01:53:11.603+01:002015-08-25T01:53:11.603+01:00It looks like he had a flame out and couldn't ...It looks like he had a flame out and couldn't relight it in time, which can happen for any number of reasons, from pilot error to foreign object damage via poor maintenance or a failed part, or any cascade or combination thereof - it's almost in the 'shit happens' category. When you think of the maintenance effort required to keep a military jet in the air... civilian owners doing it part time 50 odd years after the jet was built does make you shudder somewhat. No wings fell off so we can most likely discount metal fatigue, so it isn't age in that sense, the airframe integrity was good. But best leave it to the AAIB rather than journalists, bloggers and old codgers in blazers like me who knew about it 35 years ago. <br /><br />I was interested to hear the CAA guy today describe a barrel roll as a high energy manoeuvre. I mean, it can be, but it isn't always. You can do it in a Boeing 707. It would be a very sad day if they don't let display pilots do it again.Sebastian Weetabixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-4725356695528454442015-08-24T23:35:14.232+01:002015-08-24T23:35:14.232+01:00Are you talking about the age of the plane or the ...Are you talking about the age of the plane or the late pilot?Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-75941421519536029412015-08-24T23:01:31.146+01:002015-08-24T23:01:31.146+01:00Ok as a know nothing know all - I understood the s...Ok as a know nothing know all - I understood the speculation was that it was unlikely tio be due to age but perhaps old fashiopned pilot error (I didn't think that would mean he is a bad pilot, but simply unlucky at that point..)hovisnoreply@blogger.com