Apologies posted to wrong Squawk

(Written on 12/08/2021)(Permalink)

VNBR looks like a neat little VFR only strip in a bowl in mountains with extremely limited facilities, even to tie down. There is an interesting video of two departures on Youtube. The second one sits on the brakes and winds it up and still uses a lot of concrete. Then he has an interesting climb out but the video seems to cut away too early. I would have liked to see how he got over the mountain, or if he turned right and went through the pass. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgUJW5M6RWE

(Written on 12/08/2021)(Permalink)

"We, the People" elected authorities who have chosen to prevent oil producers Iran and Venezuela from delivering their products to market. Our authorities actions, and actions of our friends, have reduced the flow of oil from several other producing countries by damaging or destroying their oil producing capacity. Our current authorities have even reduced our own production and delivery capacities. When the availability of a needed item is reduced, the cost of that item increases.

(Written on 11/19/2021)(Permalink)

Good to read that the pilot got out ok. According to the UK Forces paper back in March 2020 these things cost the taxpayers 89 million pounds each, or 115 million dollars at the then current exchange rate.

(Written on 11/17/2021)(Permalink)

Hi Sparky, I thought Brickyard was the callsign for AA's Embraers. I was just wondering who did their maintenance. Thanks for the explanation of the possible problems with this braking system. In a non-aviation case years ago I had a problem when an "anti-skid" module on a 1990s Chevy pick up (that had just come out of the shop from a brake job) decided not to activate any of the brakes on a downhill highway stretch at 60 plus. Luckily there was then an uphill stretch which, with the parking brake, allowed the truck to stop.

(Written on 10/18/2021)(Permalink)

Who handles mx for Brickyard ? There must be common points between the separate E75 braking systems, I imagine the failure might have occurred at one of these. However one question would be : Did the tires blow on touchdown or in response to crew action to remedy the main brake failure ? If tires blew first then debris may have disabled both hydraulic systems - look at what tire debris did to AF4590.

(Written on 10/17/2021)(Permalink)

Superficially these solutions might be appear practical in small companies in a non time critical environment. But in a large organisation with locations across the globe it is much more difficult. One example: For events such as people leaving almost each week, having protocols mandating frequent password changes is very difficult and leads to password resets when the user forgets their latest and locks their account by exceeding the permitted retries. Removable backup devices are dependent on data volumes. Again an administrative difficulty for a large organisation. But also keeping track of the backup devices and restoration procedures demands a competent, disciplined, approach. Its one thing to "run the backups" but its another thing to know what generation to restore and how to do it. As for "the cloud", you need to be sure that you can reach your data out there when you need it. With remote users "working from home" and other locations such as a truck stop or medical fa

(Written on 10/16/2021)(Permalink)

I feel that the issue in this particular case should not be firearms but the fragility of our computer based (and internet dependent) systems. Firearms are not the only danger to society. For example, before 11 September 2001, how many of us imagined that 15 Saudis with razor blades could murder 3,000 people in a few hours one morning ?

(Written on 10/15/2021)(Permalink)

This is the first time I've seen "Call, Climb, Confess". I was told it was Number 1 Fly the Airplane. More explicitly "ANC". "Aviate, Navigate, Communicate". Under Aviate the first bit was "Ararrs HitYou" ArArRS ("arars"). Whats the Altimeter reading, Whats the Airspeed reading, Whats the Rate of Sink" and how are these readings changing "IDS" - Increasing, Decreasing or Steady. Then HttHU ("hit you") Height (over terrain/towers) and Heading - (Is Compass Increasing, Decreasing or Steady) and Underneath (whats under me/where can I land).

(Written on 10/13/2021)(Permalink)

Francis Gary Powers mentions that it his book. He was apparently over the Sinai area and realised he was leaving a contrail. Change of altitude resolved the issue.

(Written on 09/10/2021)(Permalink)