THE THREAD!!!

[Chickenboy]

Suppose I should take the INP too. [:'(]

[nashvillen]

Looks like I am getting back from Scout Camp just in time to see that CBs tyranny is continuing, will have to do something about that.

Spent the last 30 min catching up on my fellow thread mates.

My condolences Schanilec, losing a friend to an accident is hard.

Mike, hope things get worked out well.

Checking my schedule to see if there are any soccer matches in the future, there are none, sigh of relief.

My son has enough Lego blocks as the damage to my feet show.

Laughed my @$$ off with the Tornado landing! [:D]

[fodder]

I forgot to say Good Morning! [:(] I was here, I just didn't post.

So, Good Afternoon! [:)]

[fodder]

Out and about this morning, had a nice flea market find. A 1st edition of "History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II" by Robert Sherrod for $1.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: fodder

Out and about this morning, had a nice flea market find. A 1st edition of "History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II" by Robert Sherrod for $1.

Oh! Major score! I'll gladly pay you $2 for it-double your money!

[Chickenboy]

Well, I think I found what Warspite1 is doing for a little extra cashola. [:D]

[Schanilec]

Hi all. A rare Saturday at the office. Overtime baby.[:)]

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Well, I think I found what Warspite1 is doing for a little extra cashola. [:D]

*facepalm*

[DuckofTindalos]

Never ceases to amaze me how much period hardware they were able to put into "A Bridge Too Far", except that they couldn't find any fighter bombers for the close air support sequence...

[nashvillen]

Dinner tonight: (After camp food last week, it almost didn't make it from the grill to the kitchen!)

[Chickenboy]

Yum. I had a prime rib 'sandwich' for dinner tonight. Ditch the bread. Nummers.

[nashvillen]

Also, the members of Troop 317 that I spent the week with:

[fodder]

Good Morning! [:)]

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good day!


Leo "Apollo11"

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Never ceases to amaze me how much period hardware they were able to put into "A Bridge Too Far", except that they couldn't find any fighter bombers for the close air support sequence...

I watched it (again [:)]) few weeks ago... love the movie...

The German tanks were not good though... [;)]


Leo "Apollo11"

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

I know... I know...

But still, it is really not necessary to land on "piano keys" (i.e. the very beginning of the runway)...

It's also not necessary to stand in the undershoot. Whether or not it's necessary for a pilot to land on the piano keys is totally irrelevant to the matter IMO. The piano keys are part of the runway and therefore the pilot is totally within his/her rights to touch down there. Let's put it another way, if they were walking around an airport would you let them stand that close to an aircraft starting it's engines?

The bigger issue is people thinking that they can just stand wherever they like, usually with some shouting about paying taxes or similar. They used to do the same at Brize until the RAF coppers got sent to move them on. It's idiocy, I've seen what damage an idling jet engine can do, even a relatively low powered VC-10 engine. Aeroplanes are dangerous, engines especially so.

If they are stupid enough to stand there when a Typhoon is landing then they'll do the same when something big comes in. And in that case someone could/will be seriously hurt. Without reheat a Typhoon produces (iirc) about 34,000 lbs of thrust. A single Tristar engine produces 50,000 lbs or a C-17 engine 40,000 lbs. You've seen the video of what the Typhoon did, so imagine something with almost 10 times as much power.

Look for videos of Princess Juliana airport on Sint Maarten. Because that is where the situation will finish up, and then someone gets blown across the road and breaks limbs or gets killed. Or worse, causes enough of a distraction that it causes a crash.

It all comes under the umbrella of Flight Safety. Perhaps I have a different perspective to most people having been so involved with aircraft, no doubt Steve will have an aircrew type perspective on it as well. But for now at least... Rant over.

I think we misunderstood Martin! [;)]

I don't approve of people being there at all! [:D]

But I also think that landing 40 million Euro worth warplane at the strict beginning of the runway (i.e. on "Piano keys") is really not necessary... why not aiming 100+ meters up the runway - it is so much safer and the runway is long enough...


Leo "Apollo11"

[DuckofTindalos]

True, but they were able to disguise some German light vehicles, as well as the PAK 40s...

[nashvillen]

Good Sunday Morning!

[nashvillen]

Son and Daughter are delivered to Aunt for the week. Wife and I have the week to ourselves.

[nashvillen]

But, since the wife has a major accreditation survey at work this week...