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    Alistair_Heaton replied to the thread Tanker on fire Northsea.
    Been towed into my birth town Aberdeen
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    Alistair_Heaton replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    Excellent work sir. I am not surprised on your findings though. You just need to get near one in real life to understand they are...
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    Alistair_Heaton replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    You get to see it in the SIM when you do a windwind shear at flare height and don't follow the wind shear escape manoeuvre. It just...
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    Alistair_Heaton replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    The speed bug is the speed they are trying to target. I don't know what automation systems the crj has. You completely correct 3.5...
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    Alistair_Heaton replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    Spoilers to me are a relatively new system. Turboprops we used to use drag off the propeller to adjust energy state or rate of...
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    Alistair_Heaton replied to the thread Heathrow power outage.
    Scottish political aviation humour...
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    Alistair_Heaton replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    They get fixated with one parameter Also if the training environment isn't the best they just overload and freeze.
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    Alistair_Heaton replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    Yep spot on. It's the flow of working with energy not against it. The plane is much better at flying than pilots are. The trick is...
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    Alistair_Heaton reacted to Sym P. le's post in the thread Toronto place crash with Like Like.
    I obtained my private license when I was younger but didn't carry on with it. I recall later on doing some go-arounds with a friend who...
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    Alistair_Heaton reacted to thermionic1's post in the thread Heathrow power outage with Like Like.
    In the 1930's, a fluid called Askarel (PCB) was introduced as an alternate insulating fluid, as it had a higher flashpoint. It was...
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    Alistair_Heaton replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    As for the comment on the pilot training record. He seems to have a gut feeling as well about the training picture being shown being a...
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    Alistair_Heaton replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    That's called the maneuvering limit load tug. Flaps up it's -1g to 2.5g Flaps out 0 to 2g This is into certification requirements...
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    Alistair_Heaton replied to the thread Toronto place crash.
    Human performance wise looking at the Captain and thier background there is something nagging me. Relatively low experience less than...
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    Alistair_Heaton reacted to electricuwe's post in the thread Heathrow power outage with Like Like.
    Let me provide some background on disaster protection related to transformers. - the usual liquid for cooling transformers is mineral...
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    It gets a feed from the GPS and ECAS. It gets upset when your GPS jammed. Proper Airbus is 1980's but has a common databus for system...

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