Blipdriver
@blipdriver.bsky.social
Avgeek, Renewable Power geek, engineering geek in general
Well I remember loading the paper flight progress strips; it was not especially fast considering the volume of traffic in the real world (outside CATC) but there was great reluctance to let them go, in favour of electronic strips.
July 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Well I remember loading the paper flight progress strips; it was not especially fast considering the volume of traffic in the real world (outside CATC) but there was great reluctance to let them go, in favour of electronic strips.
Does the head of ATC tend to flush easily?
June 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Does the head of ATC tend to flush easily?
Interested to see that like Concorde and other airliners off the period, there’s a large Flight Enineer’s Panel
January 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Interested to see that like Concorde and other airliners off the period, there’s a large Flight Enineer’s Panel
I hope you can visit Britain, and see the RAF Museum at Hendon, north-west London, as well as the Imperial War Museum at the former RAF Duxford, where there is a large collection of historic aircraft.
Another good museum is at RAF Duxford.
Another good museum is at RAF Duxford.
January 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I hope you can visit Britain, and see the RAF Museum at Hendon, north-west London, as well as the Imperial War Museum at the former RAF Duxford, where there is a large collection of historic aircraft.
Another good museum is at RAF Duxford.
Another good museum is at RAF Duxford.
So we can see that ADS-B data was not received, AFTER the minute before the Mayday was declared. It’s most important not to assume anything from that at this stage. Although it MIGHT indicate an electrical power failure (for some reason) equally, it MIGHT NOT.
January 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
So we can see that ADS-B data was not received, AFTER the minute before the Mayday was declared. It’s most important not to assume anything from that at this stage. Although it MIGHT indicate an electrical power failure (for some reason) equally, it MIGHT NOT.
My goodness, that really makes you think! How much jet aviation has advanced with the supremacy of jet engines over propellors since WW2.
December 10, 2024 at 10:39 AM
My goodness, that really makes you think! How much jet aviation has advanced with the supremacy of jet engines over propellors since WW2.
Thank you. Wonderful explanation. Very interesting.
December 1, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Thank you. Wonderful explanation. Very interesting.
Sounded like quite large relays being controlled by these?
November 30, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Sounded like quite large relays being controlled by these?
Interesting; this is new to me. What are you testing? HT leakage?
November 30, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Interesting; this is new to me. What are you testing? HT leakage?
Some bitter pills to swallow?
November 25, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Some bitter pills to swallow?
New, used or repaired?
November 19, 2024 at 6:00 PM
New, used or repaired?
Err unloaded the front too soon!
November 18, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Err unloaded the front too soon!
Very interesting. Is that a new super-grid route?
November 18, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Very interesting. Is that a new super-grid route?
Where is this James? What is an FAT?
November 18, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Where is this James? What is an FAT?
Never mind, I’m sure there are exceptions 😊😊
November 16, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Never mind, I’m sure there are exceptions 😊😊
Oh good. You sound a bit like me. I like the aviation, engineering and of course, the pets on here. Cats rule, OK?
November 16, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Oh good. You sound a bit like me. I like the aviation, engineering and of course, the pets on here. Cats rule, OK?
Have you escaped X to join us?
November 16, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Have you escaped X to join us?
All engine makers hit ‘difficulties’, some far far more deadly too. I have in mind General Electric and their CF-6 engine that killed 112 people in a crash at Sioux City in 1989.
November 16, 2024 at 12:20 PM
All engine makers hit ‘difficulties’, some far far more deadly too. I have in mind General Electric and their CF-6 engine that killed 112 people in a crash at Sioux City in 1989.
What are your priorities Ma’am
Hello by the way. I was a mere ATSA by comparison to you.
Hello by the way. I was a mere ATSA by comparison to you.
November 16, 2024 at 12:14 PM
What are your priorities Ma’am
Hello by the way. I was a mere ATSA by comparison to you.
Hello by the way. I was a mere ATSA by comparison to you.
Clearly “unphased” by the experience! Not a bright spark to be seen.
November 15, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Clearly “unphased” by the experience! Not a bright spark to be seen.
Just imagine the heat lost to Thames cooling water over the years! It’s just as well wind techniques are coming to the fore now, together with combined cycle gas / steam turbine engines, able to recover more thermal energy.
November 15, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Just imagine the heat lost to Thames cooling water over the years! It’s just as well wind techniques are coming to the fore now, together with combined cycle gas / steam turbine engines, able to recover more thermal energy.