Ops-Normal.org

News just out that it was a suicide by someone who worked at the airport. Out of respect for the victim and family no further details have been shared.

The plane was an Embraer ERJ-190, a twin-engine jet, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks air travel. The jet carries up to 100 people, and is known as the “Cityhopper,” because it is used for short flights within Europe, according to the airline. The KLM subsidiary that runs the short h...

Because of all the extra kit a parachutist carries he/she is heavier. Also your average parachutist in my experience is fairy burly. The loss of the light seats will hardly compensate. Also what about the manufacture's stated max seating. In addition the aircraft will only be insured for 6 up. Don'...

A C210 gear takes a bit of time to go down completely and you may get more trouble from landing with a partially extended gear than with one that is up. The gear geometry on these Cessnas is a bit weird, look it up on youtube.

I have seen that same message stating that it was an engine failure at 300' or thereabouts. He appears to have come down just to the right of the extended centreline of RW 07, along Langrick Rd. The BBMF aircraft are meticulously maintained, I visited the hangar last year and all the aircraft, inclu...

On a jump flight you can carry more than the normal number of passengers. They are sitting on an empty floor anyway and you've only got the weight and balance limitations to take into consideration. Just the fact that you've taken out the seats will allow for an extra jumper.

In short: - Yes you can, but it may take a bit of fiddling to get everything in the right place. Consider putting Chrome on your MacBook. I'm sure there is a way to transfer your 'profile' from one Chrome browser to another (other browsers offer this trick as well) but you will have to look up the d...

They reached the £60k goal and are currently at £62k and the amount is still going up. Looks like the big move is on!

That is very sad news...

Well.... there are so-called dolphins, which are structures placed in line with the pylons and designed to absorb an impact thereby safeguarding the pylon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_(structure) The problem is that a 95T vessel with some speed on it is not something a bit of concrete will...

The topic of redundancy is not really relevant to bridges such as these. If you take out one of the two pylons, of course it is going to collapse. This is a similar truss bridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Bridge and it too will not survive having one of its pylons removed. This Wiki article...

Looks pretty serious. The media is not (yet) stating that the pilot has passed away, but he/she can't be in very good shape after that. It was indeed the CAPS parachute going up, I wonder if that has a G-switch in its system somewhere. Having checked this PDF: https://flyasg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads...

An overhead view of the ship's track does not show it veering as much as between the north and south support. The power outage no doubt will have influenced the outcome.

Could well have been tiles. The SS tumbled as it re-entered the atmosphere and the resulting forces on various bits of the craft could have dislodged many things.

Some pretty spectacular footage! Loved the shots from the coasting phase and the initial build-up of plasma during reentry.

A woman awakes in the middle of the night to find her husband not in bed. She puts on her robe and goes downstairs to look for him. She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of hot cocoa in front of him. He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She watches as he wipes ...

Booked a session at a new massage therapist the other day... I don't think I will go back. He really rubbed me the wrong way.