Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Karabiner]

After my round of golf today I weighed in at 12st.0lbs.

My Vegas belt is in to it's second hole too.

My Vegas belt is in the cupboard.

Surely as your stropping-thingy it should be hanging on your bathroom wall.

[tikay]

Ray, no!

A little intrigue is good for the soul.

[mondatoo]

Ray, no!

A little intrigue is good for the soul.

Booooooooooo.

Good posts.

[tikay]

Diplomacy Rules, OK?

Seen on Twitter this morning, this question to Neil Channing......

who do you rate more isildur,dwan or tikay?

To which Mr Channing, ever nimble-footed, replied.......

Think Tikay may have better money-management.

Super swerve, that.

I also saw this on Twitter last night, addressed to me.....

u r the worst poker comontaer ever

Can't believe I've been rumbled, after all these years.

[Tal]

Diplomacy Rules, OK?

Seen on Twitter this morning, this question to Neil Channing......

who do you rate more isildur,dwan or tikay?

To which Mr Channing, ever nimble-footed, replied.......

Think Tikay may have better money-management.

Super swerve, that.

I also saw this on Twitter last night, addressed to me.....

u r the worst poker comontaer ever

Can't believe I've been rumbled, after all these years.

I like you, so I am probably biased in saying I think you are slightly better than Phil Tufnell.

[booder]

I also saw this on Twitter last night, addressed to me.....

u r the worst poker comontaer ever

Can't believe I've been rumbled, after all these years.

Got to be Ironside.



Proberly.

[tikay]

I also saw this on Twitter last night, addressed to me.....

u r the worst poker comontaer ever

Can't believe I've been rumbled, after all these years.

Got to be Ironside.



Proberly.

Could be.

The blokes previous Tweet was addressed to Richard Orford, & said......


mate u dont have a fucking clue u know that right


Seems a decent sort of kid.

[Machka]

Meanwhile, proper emergency at Heathrow this morning......


http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/515531-incident-heathrow.html

This turned into a nasty do, & it rather looks like dear old BA will be in a world of hurt when the Official Report is published.

The Engine Cowls on BOTH engines fell off, one of them, at least, maybe both, during "rotation" (the point of take off). ATC spotted one of them missing as it took off, alerted the Pilot, who did a quick u-turn & returned to Heathrow. It is not 100% certain, but ONE of the engines MAY have either caught fire, had a "flare-out", or just plumb failed during it's return to Heathrow.  

How could BOTH engines lose their cowls independently? The cowl panels are secured by latches, part of the pre-flight check procedures is for a visual check by the Crew to ensure the cowl latches are secured in the closed position. It would seem they were not properly closed, & it was not noticed.  

How did they come to be improperly closed?

The aircraft had undergone routine overnight maintenance (oil levels etc) & this was the first flight of the day.

So it would seem that the engineers failed to properly close the cowl latches, & the Crew failed to spot this.

It would also appear (according to google search) that this problem has arisen scores of times, though not previously on a BA plane.

The Engineers & Flight Crew are both in some difficulty now, it seems, & rightly so, but it looks like a process failure, too, for which higher Management will have to bear some responsibility. Stuff like this should not be possible to happen.

All pretty scary, actually.

The aircraft was an Airbus A-319, with European-made V2500 Engines. Glory be they were not RR powerplants.

The PPRuNe thread now runs to 15 pages for those of a geeky disposition.


http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/515531-incident-heathrow.html

Both engine cowls fall off?  I think not.

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[Royal Flush]

Try not to get overly excited Tikay

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-22657086

[tikay]

Try not to get overly excited Tikay

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-22657086

Thanks James.

What was your view on that A319 emergency landing jobbie at Heathrow?

[tikay]

Terrific TV show last night about the Queen's interest in equine matters, & especially breeding & racing of horses, she has great empathy with horses.

It also featured one of the ten most desirable women on earth, Zara Phillips. 

It was in BBC1, so there must be some eye-player thing to find it.


 

[tikay]

Speaking of "ten most desirable women on earth", here's Jemima.

[Tal]

We moving on to smut, Tikay?

 

[RED-DOG]

Speaking of "ten most desirable women on earth", here's Jemima.

Can you tell us about your yardstick?

[tikay]

We moving on to smut, Tikay?

 

No no no, "desirable" does not have to equate to smut or matters of sexuality.

They are both highly intelligent, personable, well-mannered, good posture, warm & friendly, & well-endowed financially.

The perfect package.