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STRAIGHT Ki LEVEL I, being a person duly authorised in writing by the Civil Aviation Authority to conduct such aircraft rating tests, hereby certify that I have flown in a Douglas DHC-7 Series aeroplane, UK CAA application for inclusion of the De Havilland Canada Dash 7 in a pilot's aircraft rating Where was the daring, investigative journal ism when a bomb blew a UTA 747 apart over sub- Saharan Africa? Where were the journalists posing as cleaners at Brazzaville, climbing over the peri meter fence at N'Djamena, or parachuting into the Sahara Desert to rummage through the wreckage—all techniques used to such effect after Pan American Lockerbie disaster. Perhaps it was all too far away and too risky, or per haps there are no investi gative journalists who can pose as French-speaking Chadian airport workers (applications welcomed). Whatever the reason, it is a welcome relief not to have an airline disaster turned into a media circus. Perhaps the investigators in Paris will now be able to get their accident report out before the media has named and tried the guilty party. # "In all the history of science, Adams and Leverrier should not be forgotten," says nephew John Slayton. Adams and who? John Adams of Cambridge and U J Leverrier of Paris, of course, who independently calculated the position of Neptune back in 1845, using discrepancies in the orbit of Uranus. Armed with Leverrier's results and an up-to-date star chart, Galle's Berlin astronomers found and identified the "new" planet within 24 hours in 1846. "There is a discrepancy in this orbit, mein Pro fessor." "Either your star chart is wrong or you have found a new planet. Tomorrow, you must find a new moon for Jupiter." 0 Always Remembered Instructor's Advice from the world's finest air force: "If we have to get out, I will say eject, eject, eject. If you hear the third one, then it's an echo." "Wow, I sure pulled some Gs on that sortie" (USAF F-104 Starfighter) • A Dash 8 pilot failed his simulator check ride and asked to be tested in the aeroplane. No, said the authorities, you don't get enough training credits for flying the real thing. Isn't technology wonderful? • Something slightly strange about the chap who dreams up codenames for Soviet land-based strategic "What you need in this industry is people; caring, sharing people who get involved with the product, will spare no discomfort in getting the job done right—and who come in various sizes so that the short ones can stand on the top of the ladder, and the tall ones can stand one rung further down ..." (The first British Aerospace 1000 getting its battery boxes seen to, or something, at Broughton, Chester.) missiles, don't you think? So far we have Savage, Satan, Stiletto, and Span ker. What next? The SS-26 Suspender, perhaps. I bet he dresses up of an even ing, so to speak. • "Here it is, Gentle men—the new Scruggs Wonderplane long-range executive jet, the 900." "Mais nous avons tou- jours le long-range execu tive avion, le Neuf Cents". "In that case, Gentle men, here is our new long- range executive jet, the 1000." "Zut alors, mes amis! En ce case—voila notre avion executive aet long- range novelle, la Deux Milles ..." • Ministeroz: "If all the pilots have resigned, and the internal airlines can't provide a service, Bruce, we'll have to use the Air Force instead." Captain Gidday: "We can't—all our pilots resigned last year, to join the internal airlines." • Short-haul jetliners are designed for a rough life —lots of cycles and high daily utilisation. Bizjets are designed for a gentler life—few cycles, and low utilisation. The highest-cycle BAC One-Eleven is approaching 80,000 landings, and a task force has just recommen ded a few mods that will keep it going to at least 100,000 landings. The highest-cycle BAe 125 did 53,882 landings with Qantas as a crew trainer— more than most of the air liners its trainee pilots went on to fly. I wonder which aeroplane's achievement gave its original designers the biggest surprise? FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 14 October 1989 53
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