Classic British Flight Sim

I have it on good authority that Keir Starmer is to seek treatment for

electile dysfunction

It's a very sad sight,and I fear it's damaged beyond repair, but thank goodness they were lucky

Ben - I wonder if your neighbour had ever seen the film footage of the Hindenburg disaster ? If he had I think his confidence would have been more than a little dented

( and of course the R101 fared little better )

Yesterday saw the occurrence of the first ( AFAIK ) crash of a hydrogen fuel cell powered aircraft . The US registered Piper Malibu force landed and broke up in a field near Cranfield . Fortunately, no fire or explosion and no one injured

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/254076

Interesting that, Nigel : the other day a Belgian AF A400M did Brussels, Prestwick ILSs, Newquay low approaches and go-arounds, and back to Brussels. Yesterday RAF A400 M Brize to Bergen, then Bergen to Reykyavik, night stop , and home this morning . It is amazing where the A400s turn up - recently ...

That was a fascinating clip, and he did pretty well for a tyro. I would have loved to see an altitude trace, though, because when he said he was at 8000 feet he appeared actually to be 2000 feet underground. It's strange how those 3 pointer altimeters have been responsible for so many crashes, inclu...

Arrogant...Ignorant ... useless

A very sad event , although not unexpected . I believe that he saved the Monarchy for us by his down to earth approach to life. A colleague of mine was at the Burghley Horse Trials, and an old buffer came up and sat next to him on a shooting stick , and they had a very long conversation on wide rang...

Aharon : the link gives a quite good explanation of the fuel trim for Darts . The major function is to a. ensure that full power in any particular atmospheric conditions is available with the power lever fully forward and , just as important, b. keep the turbine temperature within limits . Note that...

Oh dear ! I stuck about half an hour of this, and then we got to the bit with the utterly gormless woman buggering about in the Railton, and I could take no more. Unbelievably, this woman is now the director ......