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Flying Pencil to be salvaged

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22380915

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as aircraft engineer have worked on many aircraft mainly military over the last 20 years but before that on civil aircraft

lots of technology has been passed down to other disclipines like vehicles and even broadband

Been fantastic with working on the line seeing in and seeing off aircraft

But is not the best job in the winter remember working on the line with three pairs of gloves three coats and it was snowing so not always the best

appreciated a nice warm hangar

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I work in aviation, I'm a Technical Librarian, and we mainly do C-130 stuff especially gear and wheels.

Boy are the main wheels hugh

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Seen the legs being refurbished and the brake sets look quite complicated

worked on secondment at a company that specialized in c-130

to be honest best thing is watching them on the pan maneuvering

For a big aircraft excellent

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First carrier launch for the unmanned X-47B

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=05e_1368572906

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any comments

http://www.baesystems.com/article/BA...in-uk-airspace

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Sky Angel .... Russian Knights 22nd Anniversary show


http://homepage.ntlworld.com/taf.par...ersary%202.avi

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From the same show... they love their flares...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/taf.par...%20knights.jpg

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A PIA 777 from Pakistan to Manchester has been diverted whilst being escorted by RAF fighters.. Just watching it now on ADSB on approach to Stanstead

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Now landed

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They've now got it sat on the far side of the airport

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Quite a day for planes, first the A319 that blew the covers off both engines and landed safetly with smoke pouring from the starboard engine and now this unexpected diversion.

:(

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Someone's probably going to get their wrists slapped... Rumours on PPrune have it that the engine cowl latches may not have been shut on the A319 that had the emergency landing at Heathrow today

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lets hope the engines are to badly damaged as they cost roughly $5,000,000 each.

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I don't think you even need a rumour mill to establish this was a maintenance failing - both cowls came loose within minutes of take off, the odds against that occurring as a result of mechanical failure must be vast.

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BBC latest ticker: Initial report finds hatches on both engines of the BA A319 left unlatched after maintenance.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22732582

A ruptured fuel line ... this incident could have been a whole lot worse. :erm:

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Here's the actual report...

http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources...3%20G-EUOE.pdf