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I grew up about a mile from the factory where they make all the wings fitted to Airbus aircraft. Most of the guys there were the ones too thick to get a job anywhere else.
One of the team leaders there was an ex-navi who'd spent a large portion of his working life tarmacking roads around the area. I always think about them when I'm sitting on an Airbus waiting for the pilot to taxi out, looking out at the wings 
Luckily I can reassure myself with the fact that most aircraft accidents are down to pilot error, so I don't need to worry too much about the wings
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Filton? If so, then I know what you mean, I've worked on that site. My experience was limited to distant assessment of the people standing outside a hanger having a fag. "yeah, they're the ones who bolt the wings on".
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Nah, Airbus up at Broughton just outside Chester.. I was just over the Welsh border from them 
It used to be solely BAe, but then they sold off the 125 to Ratheon. They used to have a nice Mosquito there too (used to fly over our house most Saturdays during summer) but it got wrecked in a crash some years back.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawarden_Airport[^]
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
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Brent Jenkins wrote: he biggest problem I've seen over the years is the reduction in the level of pilot training. When I learnt, we did stalls and spins and we have engines where we needed to regulate fuel/air mixture manually, constantly be aware of magneto failure and carburetor icing and practice flying with no navigation instruments except for a map, a magnetic compass and the window to simulate total instrument failure
I have done a small amount of pilot training and when I insisted on not having a glass cockpit to train in, my instructor was surprised and pleased, as even pilots seem to have entered the iWhatever(Apple) generation.
Bring back the days of the flight engineer when aircraft were not computerised and as boring to fly as they can be nowadays.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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There was a good thread on here a couple of years back about this - but my search can't find it.
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And the reason[^] I thought it was a good thread is because I started it! Check the link to the full trsanscripts -it's very interesting and scary - if that's the right word?
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It is scary, very scary. It made for tense viewing, and regardless of human error when you're trying to fly a plane which is plummeting and you don't know why, well it doesn't get much worse than that.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Unfortunately although the pitot tubes started the cascade of events, it was the pilot who caused the crash. The captain was not aware that the first officer was pulling back on the yoke until the last few seconds(I believe in the recordings the pilot is heard to shout something like "stop pulling back" just before impact).
Following on from the tragedy there were many changes to both aircraft and pilot communication and decision making.
It's so horrible that all those people died in what was a human error of judgement![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Private room for rent, I am in (6)
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SUBLET ?
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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TOILET?
TO LET with I in?
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Yep! Been busy, and only had a few moments to think of a clue....
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I thought it was a good one. Really liked it 
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Movie Quote Of The Day
When Gabriel blows his horn, I shall be playing the tuba.
Which movie?
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One Night in Paris
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I don't know the movie, and to be frank, I don't know much about gay relationships either, but it's the first time I've heard that they are accompanied by live brass music. Is there a string section as well? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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(sounds familiar....) Constantine?
#region(start signature)
Life's like a nose, you've got to get out of it whats in it!
#endregion
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Really good one
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"Fortunately, we don't need details - because we can't solve it for you." - OriginalGriff
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Brokeback Mountain : Concert Edition
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Hell Carnivale
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Amadeus II: The afterlife.
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"Peter Gabriel - The Mexican"
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"Fortunately, we don't need details - because we can't solve it for you." - OriginalGriff
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Apocalypse Now
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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