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Hello Liebensd,

What you are looking for in a farming engine is torque. It's achieved by using larger engine parts, moving slower, with higher inertia.

That kind of engine will have a slower response though. Hence the use of smaller, lighter parts in high speed cars.

Actually, if you could look ...

A summary of the second article.

(Sorry, I downloaded the first to summarize it and missed the second one)

BEA French experts office denies that the pilots thought autopilot was engaged.

No conclusions can be drawn so far, from the results of the enquiry. All explanations that have been given ...

The article from "le Figaro" is not very clear about when, exactly, the autopilot was engaged. I understand it's been engaged after the take off sequence had been completed.

The article describes this manoeuvre as normal: "Comme sur tout avion de ligne, le pilote automatique peut être enclenché peu ...

A summary

Pilot and co-pilot were both experienced: they had respectively 500 and 250 hours on type.

Take off sequence was normal. Procedure when flying from Sharm el-Sheik includes a slight climbing turn due east to clear the Sinaï relief, then a north-west course to Cairo.

As the plane reached ...

I've been driving Land Rovers for the last 15 years (Series III, then Defenders). I just sold my Defender and I drive a 1992 Golf now, but I still drive an old 1952 Minerva TT (Ex ABL) now and then, wich is technicaly a Series I Land Rover with a steel body.

It would be a Britten-Norman Islander... Sturdy, versatile, low maintenance cost and STOL.

And it looks pretty nice too

Reminds me of that woman, few years ago, who left a large sign on the dashboard of her car with the word "BOMBE" in big red letters...

She'd left her car in a busy street and, after a few minutes, somebody spotted the note. Police, fire dept and explosive specialists got there whithin moments and ...

Good evening,

On most single engine prop planes, rotation would be clockwise, as seen from the cockpit.

As for multiengine prop planes (2 engines), some have both props rotating clockwise, some have one rotating clockwise and the other, well, rotating the other way to neutralize torque and ...

Never thought about that, but my guess would be that removing the nose is the easiest way to access the valuable items of the avionics, e.g. radar stuff...

Voici un forum intéressant (en français uniquement).

Il est modéré par un jeune pilote et est principalement axé sur le pilotage et les formation, moins sur le planespotting.

Moins animé que notre forum, mais très instructif.

AERONET.FR

"De enige les die we uit de geschiedenis kunnen trekken is dat uit de geschiedenis geen lessen getrokken worden".

One could write:

"The only thing history teaches us, is that we don't learn from history".

or

"The one lesson we might draw from history is that we never draw lessons from it".

or ...

sorry for reposting... I'll try to make a better check next time.

I was told this about landings:

If you survive it, then it's a good landing.
If the plane can still be used after it, then it's a very good one.

Well, then this landing is a good one, I guess...

Well done...

Nice logo!

Only "problem", If I dare say so, would be the name.

Popul Air reads [Popyoul-R] in french (my mother tongue), and well, "une popiouille" is the name we give to the very-young-large-head-no-arm-no-legs form of the frog, just after they hatch.

Sorry, couldn't resist to ...

Just signed it.

Sylvain

I've just heard this during the press review on "La Une" radio. Journalist quoted "Le Monde":

"During the climb, the plane started banking slightly to the right. The banking increased gradually as the plane continued it's climb. At 1.700 m ASL, the plane starded to loose altitude. At that point ...

I've not learned anything new about the case, except the salary of Sobelair's F/A's, wich was not much (altough Mr Aldo Vastapan claimed it was 10 to 25% over the normal wages).

I felt deeply for the F/A's on the program. Hope everything comes right for them in the future.

I'm afraid I do smoke. I'll have to quit someday. Acually, I did quit once and didn't smoke one for three years...

Of course, I agree with the ban on smoking in every public area, especially planes and restaurants. For that matter, I even avoid lighting a cigarette at home when I've got non smoking ...

Here is the PZL 130 "Orlik".

Altough it's a training aircraft, I would say it's one of the best looking
military planes I know of. And you should see the new one...

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/500626/M/

Well, one can really feel welcome here. Thank you for your posts.

Is OO-ODF the registration of a plane that you fly in Spa airport?

Actually, André, it's the registration I once put on a drawing, years ago. It was some kind of tech drawing of a BN2 Islander that I made on my computer. To finish ...