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Re: The all new "Where are you today?" thread
« Reply #78495 on: April 30, 2026, 03:31:33 PM »
Fascinating lunch with an ex-BA pilot who flew Vanguards, Tridents, 757s and 767s...

I was asking about the Trident (quite quirky) and he started talking about Papa India that crashed at Staines. He was in the crew room with Captain Keys before the flight... He was co-pilot on another Trident flight that was delayed because of the Papa India crash and then took off and flew over the crash scene...  eeek:
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Re: The all new "Where are you today?" thread
« Reply #78496 on: April 30, 2026, 10:20:08 PM »
Quote from: Barman on April 30, 2026, 03:31:33 PM
Fascinating lunch with an ex-BA pilot who flew Vanguards, Tridents, 757s and 767s...

I was asking about the Trident (quite quirky) and he started talking about Papa India that crashed at Staines. He was in the crew room with Captain Keys before the flight... He was co-pilot on another Trident flight that was delayed because of the Papa India crash and then took off and flew over the crash scene...  eeek:
eeek: eeek:

Tridents had that high mounted horizontal stabiliser.  No surprise they were 'quirky'.
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Re: The all new "Where are you today?" thread
« Reply #78497 on: May 01, 2026, 05:50:27 AM »
Quote from: Steve on April 30, 2026, 10:20:08 PM
Quote from: Barman on April 30, 2026, 03:31:33 PM
Fascinating lunch with an ex-BA pilot who flew Vanguards, Tridents, 757s and 767s...

I was asking about the Trident (quite quirky) and he started talking about Papa India that crashed at Staines. He was in the crew room with Captain Keys before the flight... He was co-pilot on another Trident flight that was delayed because of the Papa India crash and then took off and flew over the crash scene...  eeek:
eeek: eeek:

Tridents had that high mounted horizontal stabiliser.  No surprise they were 'quirky'.


He said that if the slats were retracted early you were FUBAR - no going back... And that later they installed a limiter that prevented them being retracted at less than 200 knots...

Pascinating bloke who sadly has Parkinsons...  cry:
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Re: The all new "Where are you today?" thread
« Reply #78498 on: May 01, 2026, 06:01:04 AM »
Checking up on Nod and then waiting for the sound of a large explosion from Scallypool  eveilgrin:

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Re: The all new "Where are you today?" thread
« Reply #78499 on: May 01, 2026, 06:18:25 AM »
Quote from: Nick on May 01, 2026, 06:01:04 AM
Checking up on Nod and then waiting for the sound of a large explosion from Scallypool  eveilgrin:

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Re: The all new "Where are you today?" thread
« Reply #78500 on: May 01, 2026, 09:54:04 AM »
Quote from: Barman on May 01, 2026, 05:50:27 AM
Quote from: Steve on April 30, 2026, 10:20:08 PM
Quote from: Barman on April 30, 2026, 03:31:33 PM
Fascinating lunch with an ex-BA pilot who flew Vanguards, Tridents, 757s and 767s...

I was asking about the Trident (quite quirky) and he started talking about Papa India that crashed at Staines. He was in the crew room with Captain Keys before the flight... He was co-pilot on another Trident flight that was delayed because of the Papa India crash and then took off and flew over the crash scene...  eeek:
eeek: eeek:

Tridents had that high mounted horizontal stabiliser.  No surprise they were 'quirky'.


He said that if the slats were retracted early you were FUBAR - no going back... And that later they installed a limiter that prevented them being retracted at less than 200 knots...

Pascinating bloke who sadly has Parkinsons...  cry:
That's sad  noooo: 

High mounted stabilisers are aerodynamically the most efficient but jet design after jet design  that used them has been prone to unrecoverable stalls

Fortunately I only read about that after my last flight in a 727
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Re: The all new "Where are you today?" thread
« Reply #78501 on: May 01, 2026, 01:14:33 PM »
 Banghead 

So today was take junk to the tip day.  They now have a barrier where you wait til they check if you've booked.  Eventually they raise it but we have to stop first because some dozy van is reversing at it and then an even dozier pedestrian is wandering around carrying a saw.  And thump down comes the barrier on the car. 

And it's scratched  cry:.  This could be interesting.

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Re: The all new "Where are you today?" thread
« Reply #78502 on: May 01, 2026, 02:29:40 PM »
Quote from: Barman on April 30, 2026, 03:31:33 PM
Fascinating lunch with an ex-BA pilot who flew Vanguards, Tridents, 757s and 767s...

I was asking about the Trident (quite quirky) and he started talking about Papa India that crashed at Staines. He was in the crew room with Captain Keys before the flight... He was co-pilot on another Trident flight that was delayed because of the Papa India crash and then took off and flew over the crash scene...  eeek:

Not ex SAS … rubschin:
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Re: The all new "Where are you today?" thread
« Reply #78503 on: May 01, 2026, 02:30:30 PM »
Welcome back APEY!!
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Re: The all new "Where are you today?" thread
« Reply #78504 on: May 01, 2026, 02:39:06 PM »
 cloud9:…been busy ..plus car trouble ( see post ) ….
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Re: The all new "Where are you today?" thread
« Reply #78505 on: Yesterday at 04:18:01 AM »
Gonna try my hand at tiling...  rubschin:

What could possibly...? Shrugs:
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Re: The all new "Where are you today?" thread
« Reply #78506 on: Yesterday at 06:34:10 AM »
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Re: The all new "Where are you today?" thread
« Reply #78507 on: Yesterday at 01:44:13 PM »
Quote from: Barman on Yesterday at 04:18:01 AM
Gonna try my hand at tiling...  rubschin:

What could possibly...? Shrugs:


Tiling = piece of piss!  angel1











I hope they don't all fall off in the night...  scared2:
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Re: The all new "Where are you today?" thread
« Reply #78508 on: Yesterday at 05:18:46 PM »
Another home football match  Banghead Banghead Banghead
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Re: The all new "Where are you today?" thread
« Reply #78509 on: Yesterday at 05:51:32 PM »
Quote from: Barman on Yesterday at 04:18:01 AM
Gonna try my hand at tiling...  rubschin:

What could possibly...? Shrugs:



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