Ta. Personal taste, of course, but I think it looks great in the blue, red, and silver, but no so much the yellow or very dark green.
If there is only one organisation any of you who are outback,remote,rural or regional drivers want to donate dosh to please make it the iconic RFDS. In April 4 mates were on a half lap and at Marla SA,south of Alice Springs,when one became gravely ill on the 14th. Fortunately Marla has one of 4 Outback health clinics operated by the RFDS. The mates were able to get Rob there before closing time,they immediately organised an aircraft to pick him up and transport to Adelaide hospital. Somewhere after leaving Marla and arriving,Rob went into cardiac arrest. After resuscitating,I don't know how long he was out for,he was brought back. There were grave concerns regarding all his health,and still are,but mostly of his brain function.......this appears to be relatively ok at this point. I contacted Steve to see if he was on that job,it wasn't he was doctoring Chloe at the time. He was able to find out that the aircraft/crew came from Port Augusta...Dave the pilot and Angelique the nurse. Steve was able to send me through an RFDS feedback form which I have forwarded to the mates and his family. Thanx Steve for doing all that and if you contact/see Dave/Angelique please send him a massive thanx from me/mates and family.
Heard on the radio driving home from work this afternoon that severe air turbulence has risen 55% in the last 40 years due to "climate change" and it's only going to get worse over the next 40 years if we don't make any changes lol Some professor was on the radio talking about this incident that happened with Singapore Airlines.
Climate change is real, was cold this morning, got hot, then cooled down again plus it rained yesterday ...... THAT is climate change
I raised this with my cousin (ex Qantas captain) over coffee this morning. He knows well the area where the turbulence happened. Apparently a type of thunderstorm occurs there that Qantas pilots take care to avoid. Singapore on the other hand is more focused on saving fuel so the pilots fly through rather than around. There is no evidence of increasing thunderstorms - but that of course doesn't deter the climate hoax brigade.
Cheers, Simon. Sorry it took so long to get you the information. Most importantly, very glad that your mate is on the mend. I’m going tot try to follow the plan for his flight home, but it sounds likely that it will be a QLD crew who pick him up. if it is one of us, I’ll make sure I’m around when he heads home even if I’m not actually doing the flying.
I’ve been both laughing and banging my head against the desk all day over the reporting of this incident. Honestly, when it comes to aviation the media are utterly, utterly pathetic. Here’s the deal. The aircraft did not “plunge” 6000ft. The aircraft encountered severe turbulence at its cruising altitude, whether through the inadvertent penetration of a thunderstorm or clear air turbulence it’s too early to say. After the encounter, and no doubt in an attempt to avoid another one, the crew descended the aircraft at a totally normal rate of descent to a level 6000ft lower. This is totally normal and exactly what any pilot would do - change level to avoid turbulence. It happens thousands of times a day. Their rate of descent was around 1000-1200 feet per minute. If anything that’s less than normal. On any normal descent we descend at between 1200 and 2000 feet per minute. Sometimes significantly more. The chap who sadly died did not die because he was flung around the cabin. He had a heart attack. Yes, the stress of the situation may have caused the heart attack, but we will never know. People die on aircraft quite regularly. What is almost certain is that most of the injuries were caused by people not wearing their seatbelt. How many ****ing times do people have to be told to keep their seatbelt on unless they are going to the toilet? And, the final jumping the shark element is of course the utter morons who are trying to link this to “climate change”. But of course that’s the angle that their ABC choose to highlight. Give me strength.
Yep. The first thing I said - they weren't wearing seatbelts, which we're told every time we fly - idiots. The other thing was the media saying it plunged 6000ft in 5 seconds. I did a quick maths calculation - that's faster than Mach 1 - dickheads.
Indeed. The FlightAware data has been released and it clearly shows what I said. During the incident the aircraft climbed fairly rapidly around 3-400ft. It then dropped very quickly around 5-600ft. This is when the injuries would have occurred. This cycle happened around 3 times, with reducing severity each time until the aircraft settled again at its original altitude. Some time after that the crew descended normally 6000ft where they levelled off for a short time before continuing a normal descent down to the airport.
Beautiful sunrise yesterday morning. Special day - I flew with one of our flight nurses on his last shift after 33 years with us. When we landed for the last time they had organised a water cannon salute and around 100 employees watching to welcome him back after a great career. Absolute top bloke too. Very funny man and always a pleasure to fly with. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Long after the media circus has moved on from the "plane plummets 6000 feet" story and the climate catastrophists scored another PR win, someone has dug up the turbulence facts from a National Transport Safety Board study. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Two questions for the aviators: 1. Was there ever a finding in the 1971 727 hijacking by D.B. Cooper? I recall watching a documentary on this extraordinary effort, where he jumped out of the rear stairwell, in flight. No trace of him was ever discovered. 2. I was always fascinated by the 2003 theft of the Angola Airline 727. It seems bizarre that one person, who wasn't even certified to fly a 727, could simply take off, and disappear. Anyone know if the aircraft, or pilot, was ever found?
