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From: johnwright ""john" on 29 Dec 2009 05:34 Alex Potter wrote: > Cynic wrote on Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:20:51 +0000: > >> My first car was an Austin A40 (van). > > Mine was a Series II Moggie. It was older than my then wife, and cost £25. Mine was a Hillman Minx series III- not far from £25 - it cost £30! -- I'm not apathetic... I just don't give a sh** anymore John Wright
From: Alex Potter on 29 Dec 2009 06:07 johnwright wrote on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:34:16 +0000: > Mine was a Hillman Minx series III- not far from £25 - it cost £30! Nowadays, a "£50 motor" seems to cost around a grand... -- Regards Alex
From: johnwright ""john" on 29 Dec 2009 06:14 Alex Potter wrote: > johnwright wrote on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:34:16 +0000: > >> Mine was a Hillman Minx series III- not far from £25 - it cost £30! > > Nowadays, a "£50 motor" seems to cost around a grand... That's inflation for you... -- I'm not apathetic... I just don't give a sh** anymore John Wright
From: johnwright ""john" on 29 Dec 2009 06:27 Cynic wrote: > On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:12:29 -0000, "Mr X" <invalid(a)invalid.com> > wrote: > >>> I could explain to you how to land an aeroplane or hover a helicopter >>> every day for months, but unless you actually attempt it yourself many >>> times, you will not be able to achieve it. >>> >> 10,000 hours in fact. > > No, nothing like that. 5 or 6 attempts will usually achieve an > adequate performance. About 10 times as many before it starts to > become automatic. From instructing experience I would say that that's not far from fact. >> I wonder how much time pilots have in the air? > > No that relevant. There is a saying about 10000 hour pilots - you get > one type that has 10000 hours experience, and another type that has > had a one hour experience 10000 times. > > Sitting in the left seat for 10 hours with the aircraft on autopilot > is not really flying experience, but is logged in the same way as 10 > one-hour flights of a bush pilot. Experience in flying or in surgery is really about knowing what to do automatically when things don't go to plan. Ask Chesley Sullenberger about that. -- I'm not apathetic... I just don't give a sh** anymore ?John Wright
From: johnwright ""john" on 29 Dec 2009 06:46
Cynic wrote: > On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:55:13 -0000, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > >>> I really didn't think there were people who would actually take such >>> an argument seriously. Maybe you should think it through a tad more >>> deeply. The clue is in the fact that a muti-engine aircraft can >>> *continue to fly* in the event of an engine failure. > >> And amazingly, single engine aircraft manage to continue on in the event >> of an engine failure. > > Yup, which is why I was talking about flying transatlantic. The fact > that you can glide for 20 miles after the donk stops is little comfort > if the closest land is 1000 miles away and the water temperature is > below zero. Which is not continuing on in Conor's words. It becomes an emergency in fact. Its less of an emergency in a multi engined aircraft. Joke: what's the propellor for? Answer: It keeps the pilot cool. See how they sweat when it stops. >>> I hope you have never had occasion to design a safety critical system. > >> I hope you don't. By the time you've finished, the item will be such a >> behemoth due to the "must cover every eventuality" myriad of safety >> systems that it'll be completely unusable. > > I design such systems frequently. Nobody is saying that *every* > eventuality should be covered. Which would be impossible anyway. All eventualities cannot be imagined. Something different will always happen. -- I'm not apathetic... I just don't give a sh** anymore ?John Wright |