The WO2 was the one of the two guys that got lifted in Iraq many moons ago. I remember the job to extract them. Bloody cake and arse show that was. :roll:

Same. Got myself a couple of nice upgrades for peanuts. Also some unused Royal kit from Peaty’s stand for next to nothing.

The Hawkwood series by James McGee.

McGee’s historical novels are set during the Regency period, when Britain was at war with Napoleon. His hero, Matthew Hawkwood, is working as a Bow Street Runner, an early investigative officer working out of London’s Bow Street Magistrates’ Court. He is called upon to solve a number of civil crimes, including murder, body-snatching and highway robbery, but his previous military experience makes him ably suited to investigate issues of national security.

EVA shoulder brace. Mine has been invaluable, three different types two with differing levels of support, the third with a shoulder pad to protect, if you’re into MX or wear armour when riding. I got the level two brace, has worked a treat.

Brace One
Brace Two
Brace Three – Armour

What a sad little cretin.

@djglover, I bet you lot punch kittens and steal candy from babies too?

Probably, jambalaya. Would have been worse if had been an Audi driver. I hate those pricks.

‘I’ve have been subjected to mob rule on social media,’ he said.

Notwithstanding the timeless road users battle, you’re pretty much guaranteed to look like a **** if you’re obstructing any of the emergency services because ‘you’ve got right of way’.

An aircraft has multiple fuel cells, the transfer pumps transfer fuel between these cells. There’s a few different configurations but that’s all technical wobble.

And depending on the configuration when/what/how/why/etc will dictate when the transfer pumps are turned on, or off. But that will all be laid down in the tech manuals and flight reference cards.

Hurr hurr, ‘squirt’, ‘juice’ and ‘lube’. Hurr hurr.

@allfankledup: Do you have any idea what that would look like from the air at night? Black nothingness, that’s what. Personally I’d rather shoot an approach to ground I can actually see.

edenvalleyboy – Member
Aracer – are your wheels clean? Cos I bet they spread all kinds of stuff over the land you cycle. How about the way your bike was made – lot of pollutants in the process…i wonder if your bike drips oil at all…how about when you drive to your bike ride..spreading noxious fumes everywhere…we all do bad things so I suggest getting upset about a bit of dog poo is pretty ignorant to our own dirty habits…

Indeed, but all that other bollocks you spouted isn’t going to flick up into my grid. I can deal with the gritty mix of mud and water, but shit? **** off.

@jambalaya, in more normal circumstances it would have been a 50/50 decision. There’s risk involved in landing in an uncleared area or pushing on. We unfortunately now know the repercussions of the latter.

Looks like they weren’t turned on when they should have been. Just trying to get a copy of the pre-flight checks.

Could have been the transfer pumps were switched on early, then switched off by mistake at the 10 minute point. Again, all supposition and without knowing exactly what the capacity the observers are trained to assist. I have seen some things in cockpits that would make your toes curl. Sometimes people make really bad decisions for no seemingly explainable reason.

Tragic for all involved and those left behind to come to terms with.

Look, the warnings illuminated, which indicated for him to land immediately as per the laid down drills, however there was still useable fuel in the tanks, that has been confirmed. Most airframes of that size have 100kg set as a minimum landing allowance. As in, that is the limit to which the warnings will illuminate and sounds. A man of his experience would know this, I personally think he was pushing back to base rather than having to land in an urban area. Unfortunately the transfer pumps were not doing their job as they were switched off, thus denying him that last bit of fuel. On my old airframe that fuel remaining would have give 7-8 mins flight time. Worst case you auto onto your pad.

@CountZero – No, it’s not an ‘obvious’ conclusion to me. Maybe for someone that doesn’t have a clue, yes.

@tomkerton – I doubt it, that kind of cost would break the bank.

No good reason, that’s the issue. I’ve seen finger faff too many times, especially when people are tired, panicking, under pressure. Could even have been the observer sat in the other seat, under direction of the pilot. A mistake was made, they paid for it. Them’s the breaks in aviation, civilians paid the price too. Just a bloody shame.

They are warnings, they are there to highlight an issue so you can take corrective action. He chose to break from the drill, most likely to get back to base. His gamble didn’t pay off and he killed himself, his crew, civilians and injured a few more.

It was a tragic accident. Nothing more, my 18 years experience says that. There are far easier ways to kill yourself in a helicopter than that.

How do you rule that out? His medical records will have been checked, there was nothing found or else it would have been mentioned. Don’t forget the AAIB have no conflict of interest so they will happily share all the facts. They don’t get sued as a result of their reports.

Not at all, I’ve seen a similar gamble be made. If those transfer pumps were in the correct position it may have paid off. He could have had a hand faff and switched them on sooner, then forgotten when it all went pear shaped and switched them off. I’ve seen that almost happen before, but as we two front seaters, everything is identify and confirm. If somebody does something silly it’s very quickly identified and remedied.

As for suicide, there is a far quicker and easier way of making yourself fall out of the sky. Transfer pumps in the grand scheme of things are far too innocuous to even bother with. Both ECL’s back, fuel pumps off. you’re going down quicker than a hooker from Holland.

Or he could have been trying to push on and RTB? Because he really didn’t fancy landing in the middle of the street and organising the recovery of the aircraft? He took a stupid gamble and it didn’t pay off?

FFS, suicide is the first thing you jump to?

jambalaya
If does start to look like a potentially deliberate crash and may explain why it hit a pub square on.

How do you figure that?

Old school switches.

Clearly an error in drills, the incorrect position of the transfer pumps switches has been clearly identified. Only the pilot would know the reason as to why that was.

As for the autorotation, well with little visual cues, no RADALT and landing lamp, he was on a hiding to nowhere. I imagine the drop from darkness into the street lights would disorientate him.

Such a bloody shame, but always the danger with single pilot flight, even if the right/left hand seat is trained to assist.

Only in the sense that I wear my slipknot ‘corey’ mask and leap out of the bin cupboard that’s adjacent to my front door. Rarely do I ever give out sweets as the kids usually shit a brick and do a runner. :lol:

I’ve heard it was all a misunderstanding… :wink:

NSFW Subtitles.

On multiple occasions in my career I’ve had to watch doctors, nurses and EMT’s fight to save lives of those wounded in the most terrible ways, I’ve seen the look of desperation and failure on their faces when, no matter how hard they try they cannot save them. Yet every day they’d mount up and be prepared to fly into god knows what to try and save lives. I have never met a more dedicated, passionate, professional and selfless group of people in my life.

My point? These are not greedy capitalist, they’re people who choose medicine to selflessly help others, it’s not to much to pay them what they’re worth. Because, in my opinion, junior or not, they’re worth every damn penny.

*WARNING* Some images are NSFW
RAF MERT in action

Jumped on a bit of wood with two large rusty nails when I was younger. Exploring an old run down building, hopped down a ledge landed on the wood which I didn’t see, straight through my trainers. The nails went either side of a bone in my foot, my mate couldn’t pull it out, so it was an uncomfortable hop for a few miles. Never felt a pain like it.

The robotic hand on R2. That’s as much as you’ll get for now!

FunkyDunc – Member
SBS ? Are they as hard as SAS, or do the SAS make fun of them?

They’re just a bit wetter…. :wink:

I’m a fan of Aston Martin personally. I’d definitely buy a DB5 and a Vanquish Carbon.

lemonysam – Member
Or fertility treatment, cosmetic surgery and sex changes?
She could also, and I’d say this is more likely, mean the use of front line medical staff as a proxy for underfunded social and community care services and the traditional social structures which are eroding with time.

I agree. I ended up in A&E Monday night after my surgery, seems general anaesthetics don’t get on, anyhoo.
In the next bed to me was a homeless woman. She was there when I was admitted, throughout the night all I could hear was her refusing treatment, obviously to get a bed for the night.

Eventually she left, but then no more than an hour later called an ambulance from the train station she was sleeping in and was re-admitted. The A&E staff were suitably frustrated and again struggled to get her to allow any examinations. I was discharged around 0400 and it was still ongoing.

But there is no other option at that time in the morning to assist them with situations like this.

I feel your pain.

Another legend:

Kryton, agreed. He is a massive douche, but amazing frontman. Like I said, not many with that kind of presence today.

I’m going to drop this one in here. I grew up with this band, then to have them No1 on the day my son was born, well it made an amazing day that bit more special.

Not to everyones taste, but one of the most intense bands live.

Nah, dude. I just like newer stuff. To be fair there aren’t many modern rock bands that cut the mustard live. Fair few metal, but not many rock. Last decent gig I went to was the Foos.

Buy a pack of Sugru and mould it around the ends where the cable splits. Job jobbed.

So many to post, but I think it may offend some of your gentler musical sensibilities! :lol: