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Things that make you go oooh thread....

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Re: Things that make you go oooh thread....

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Postby vrdiver » August 4th, 2022, 10:15 pm

pje16 wrote:Not entirely sure a fall from that height would be safe with just a hard hart

If that was all they had, then I'd share your concern, but they've probably got steel toecap boots and high viz jackets as well.

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Re: Things that make you go oooh thread....

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Postby pje16 » August 4th, 2022, 10:28 pm

How on earth do either of those prevent head injuries?

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Postby UncleEbenezer » August 4th, 2022, 10:49 pm

pje16 wrote:How on earth do either of those prevent head injuries?

The same way cycle helmets prevent leg injuries?

(according to the Washington study widely cited by helmet advocates)

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Postby servodude » August 4th, 2022, 10:57 pm

UncleEbenezer wrote:
pje16 wrote:How on earth do either of those prevent head injuries?

The same way cycle helmets prevent leg injuries?

(according to the Washington study widely cited by helmet advocates)


I normally ask people to substitute the term "polystyrene hat" for "cycle helmet" to see if it affects their perception.
And that's as someone who wears a polystyrene hat for hours every week.

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Postby jfgw » August 5th, 2022, 12:03 am

Oh, come on,

You all know that those hard hats are to protect the wearers against objects falling from above!


Julian F. G. W.

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Postby UncleEbenezer » August 5th, 2022, 9:52 am

jfgw wrote:Oh, come on,

You all know that those hard hats are to protect the wearers against objects falling from above!


Julian F. G. W.

But the main hazard - golf balls - come at you from more-or-less any angle other than directly overhead!

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Postby vrdiver » August 5th, 2022, 11:11 pm

UncleEbenezer wrote:
jfgw wrote:Oh, come on,

You all know that those hard hats are to protect the wearers against objects falling from above!


Julian F. G. W.

But the main hazard - golf balls - come at you from more-or-less any angle other than directly overhead!

I didn't realise we'd played golf together...

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Postby pje16 » August 6th, 2022, 10:37 am

Does it come with that Cherry Picker
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=18152&start=840#p519720
so you can clean the windows :lol:

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Postby UncleEbenezer » August 6th, 2022, 9:06 pm

pje16 wrote:Does it come with that Cherry Picker
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=18152&start=840#p519720
so you can clean the windows :lol:

It's got a helipad.

So you can take Amazon deliveries.

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Postby Itsallaguess » August 6th, 2022, 9:39 pm

At last, some footage has emerged that helps to explain the complex ongoing relationship that total-return enthusiasts and income-investors have grappled with through the ages....

https://i.imgur.com/bXs2qVJ.mp4

:O)

Cheers,

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Postby Itsallaguess » August 12th, 2022, 8:47 am

Plane skims over tourists' heads in 'lowest ever landing' -

A plane skims over tourists' heads in what is believed to be the lowest ever landing at Skiathos Alexandros Papadiamantis Airport in the Aegean Sea.

The Wizz Air-operated Airbus jet swooped so low on its approach to the runway that dust and sand was kicked up into the air.

One girl watching from below toppled over backwards and a woman lost her hat in the powerful gust. The clip was posted online by an aviation enthusiast who has more than half a million followers on YouTube.

He said it was likely to be the closest a plane has ever flown to the ground while landing at the airport. In 2013, an Air Italy plane dropped very low just before reaching the same runway, but this is thought to be a new record.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN40Pxs27Sw

I wonder how many times the sewage-ejection system has been operated during those final moments by mischievous pilots...

Maybe that's how the hat was knocked off the woman's head...

Cheers,

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Postby servodude » August 12th, 2022, 9:19 am

Itsallaguess wrote:I wonder how many times the sewage-ejection system has been operated during those final moments by mischievous pilots...


I'm sure some of the bystanders might have activated their "sewage-ejection" systems also :o

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Postby bungeejumper » August 12th, 2022, 4:21 pm

Snorvey wrote:For sale. Island. Own lighthouse, helipad, jetty, buildings etc. 28 acres. 350 grand.

https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/propertie ... N012257848

That's 28 acres at the moment, of course. 21 acres in ten years' time, and 11 acres by 2050. Just think, the value per acre of that land is set to absolutely soar. Glug glug, bubble bubble. :|

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Postby AleisterCrowley » August 12th, 2022, 5:36 pm

Itsallaguess wrote:Plane skims over tourists' heads in 'lowest ever landing' -

[i]A plane skims over tourists' heads in what is believed to be the lowest ever landing at Skiathos Alexandros Papadiamantis Airport in the Aegean Sea.



Itsallaguess

Sint Maarten (Netherlands Antilles?) was notorious for 'just over yer head' landings

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Postby DiamondEcho » August 14th, 2022, 8:00 pm

Itsallaguess wrote:Plane skims over tourists' heads in 'lowest ever landing' -



The approach into St Maarten is very low and you can find vids of that and it blasting onlookers along on their backs. I googled it, first came up this clip of a jumbo taking off from there vs onlookers with similar kind of result.

'Jet Blast on Maho Beach, St. Maarten!' - KLM 747 Extreme Jet Blast blowing People away at Maho Beach, St. Maarten - 2014-01-14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqVjD3nBSQg

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Postby scotia » August 15th, 2022, 1:58 am

There was a road over the end of the Wick Drome runway - until a foreign visitor parked his car on the runway to get a good photo of the aircraft landing, So the road was fenced off - and there is now a detour to the lighthouse. More significantly, the fence prevented learner drivers practicing initial driving skills on the runway in the evenings.

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Postby WrenChasen » August 18th, 2022, 7:51 pm

The approach through the skyscrapers to Hong Kong's old Kai Tak Airport has to be a front runner when it comes hair-raising passenger experiences. I doubt anyone who's done it will ever forget the experience. I landed there four occasions with Qantas in the 80s, and on every approach fervently wished I believed in some sort of god.

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Postby tjh290633 » August 19th, 2022, 11:09 pm

WrenChasen wrote:The approach through the skyscrapers to Hong Kong's old Kai Tak Airport has to be a front runner when it comes hair-raising passenger experiences. I doubt anyone who's done it will ever forget the experience. I landed there four occasions with Qantas in the 80s, and on every approach fervently wished I believed in some sort of god.

I believe that it was even worse standing on the ground. I did it quite a few times, usually with BA or with Cathay Pacific, but also with some Chinese airlines. Thank god the take off was always out to sea.

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Postby WrenChasen » August 19th, 2022, 11:31 pm

tjh290633 wrote:
WrenChasen wrote:The approach through the skyscrapers to Hong Kong's old Kai Tak Airport has to be a front runner when it comes hair-raising passenger experiences. I doubt anyone who's done it will ever forget the experience. I landed there on four occasions with Qantas in the 80s, and on every approach fervently wished I believed in some sort of god.

I believe that it was even worse standing on the ground. I did it quite a few times, usually with BA or with Cathay Pacific, but also with some Chinese airlines. Thank god the take off was always out to sea.


I'm not sure about worse; I watched it quite a few times from the relative safety of the ground and used to feel sorry for the poor souls on board experiencing it for the first time. :?

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Postby tjh290633 » August 19th, 2022, 11:37 pm

WrenChasen wrote:
tjh290633 wrote:
WrenChasen wrote:The approach through the skyscrapers to Hong Kong's old Kai Tak Airport has to be a front runner when it comes hair-raising passenger experiences. I doubt anyone who's done it will ever forget the experience. I landed there on four occasions with Qantas in the 80s, and on every approach fervently wished I believed in some sort of god.

I believe that it was even worse standing on the ground. I did it quite a few times, usually with BA or with Cathay Pacific, but also with some Chinese airlines. Thank god the take off was always out to sea.


I'm not sure about worse; I watched it quite a few times from the relative safety of the ground and used to feel sorry for the poor souls on board experiencing it for the first time. :?

I was thinking in terms of being in an apartment block with wingtips coming very close to your window. I worked in an office on an RAF Station where the approaching aircraft came straight at you. In that case most were Harvards, but they also brought in Lancasters and the like for scrapping. One tended to pray that nobody was going to have an engine failure at about 200 feet.

TJH


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