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1990 - 1844.PDF
STRAIGHT t£l LEVEL "Right-oh, Chaps: this is your new stealth hit. In 20 minutes.... (Royal Air Force Avro Lincoln prepares to leave St Mawganjor goodwill tour oj Chile, 1946) Capt Jargon Speaking: "La dies and Gentlemen, we'll be taking off momentarily for Dallas/Fort Worth." Self-loading Cargo: "1 want more than a momentary take off! I've paid $1,000 for this trip - I want to fly all the way, not taxi..." •American Airlines departure announcement: "OK, we're going to do it, folks!" Do what? WIHIH? •Sign on Learjet factory wall: "The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of meeting the schedule has been forgot ten." 1 can think of one or two places where that could be re-written: "The bitter ness of the schedule re mains long after the sweet ness of meeting the quality has been forgotten...." •Senior officials of McDon nell Douglas and Swissair spent part of 14 June flying around in a DC-2 and a DC-3, to celebrate a "close association" going back to the DC-2 of 1934. Is there another airline/manufac turer link which can be traced for more than 56 years? Douglas claims that its DC-2 is: "...the oldest transport aircraft still fly ing today". Doubtless a let ter bearing a Hatfield post mark will flood in, to re mind the world (or at least Long Beach) of the still- airworthy DH.84 or two....Now, what was that about an airworthy Ford Tri-Motor ? Roger's ATC examination Question 23: How do you inform a sailplane pilot with out radio that he's soaring well above limits into the TMA, and is therefore a naughty boy who must de sist immediately ? 1) Fire a very angry Very light at him; 2) Hang out an "Airfield closes in 5 min" sign; 3) Send up the local para chutists' Islander to make "Hello Sailor" signals. Answers on a postcard to Headcorn Airfield, Kent, •"The only hands-on expe rience we may be fortunate enough to encounter could be taxi-ing from gate to runway..." - Douglas Mac- Donald, director of aviation at BAe Inc, on the march of technology into the cock pit. Given that, he suggested to the Flight Safety Foun dation corporate aviation safety seminar, the only qual ification -you'll need soon will be an ATP - aircraft taxi permit. •Geo. S Spacejunk: "We wish to have our satellite launched on Thursday." Spectacular Liftoffs:" Sorry, Thursday no good. Thurs day is the 7th. Always rains on 7th." Geo.S: "That's rubbish. You can't base weather forecasts on historical records!" SL: "OK, if you insist, - but it will rain." Guess what ? It did... •"Ames' contribution to the successful Pegasus pro ject included CFD calcula tions to answer a question of potential shock wave- boundary layer interaction on part of the B-52 launch support structure at Mach 5 conditions," it says here*. Sen Sam Peacecut III : " Hell, General, if this of B-52T1 do Mach 5, whadda we need the B-2 for?" Gen Max Overspend:" Hell, Senator, if my of B-52'll do Mach 5, whadda we need Pegasus for !" *NASA Key Events & High lights, 10 April 1990. Rogernomics N°. 1992 European air services must be liberalised, to increase competition. To compete suc- e, you can only see one gator tson is actually on the n Intercept Controller : ighter Control Branch, rollers guide fighters •o check on potentially inter UK airspace the pilots course 3 larget' may econd decisions that lob. Ht? CLOCK JOB. is, the Intercept nly one of the vital id by RAF Fighter •elude keeping an cture of the overall jion, manning Britain's iarly Warning Station ,, operating the surface- d Missile Squadrons of the rnission crew in entry Airborne Early YOU EXPECT? THREE PEOPLE ARE FLYING TT. aining. After an initial course well develop id technical ability, "foull and you'll be taught how pictures, give orders and >f high calibre individuals, san expect a competitive scope for promotion and nent responsibilities, sports, leisure . -ff s as well as ,,- Well, fancy the RAF still believing in a three- man combat cockpit: 1 thought that went out with the Vicfeers Vin cent." (Royal Air Force recruitment advertise ment for intercept con trollers)^ :—>l - cessfully, airlines must amal gamate and become bigger. Fewer, bigger airlines means less competition. So, air serv ices must be liberalised, to increase competition. •In 1965, the British gov ernment axed the TSR.2 (which was not a swing- wing), and announced it would replace it with the F-lll (which was). Then it announced that it would not order the F-lll, but the F-4K, which was not swing-wing. Then Europe invented the Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (now Tor nado), which was swing- wing, and Britain decided to replace the F-4K with that. In 1990, the British government axed its last 33 orders for the Tornado. Question: A swing-wing is: a) part of an aircraft; b) half a political party. "...not even Britain's finest will recognise you or the 'plane!" (Pandit Nehru's Lancastrian leaves Heath Row (sic) after unsuccessful talks, December 1946) 4o FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 27 June-3 July 1990
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