[robtcorl]

Bad airlines to 2:30 in nothing flat.
Get it, tooth hurty?
I've been dealing with a dog having to get adjusted to the time change tonight.
Stalled her five o' clock feeding to five thirty and got the stink-eye for thirty minutes.

Bert, I do feel your pain, hope your tooth is better soon.

[BigMackCam]

Bad airlines to 2:30 in nothing flat.
Get it, tooth hurty?
I've been dealing with a dog having to get adjusted to the time change tonight.
Stalled her five o' clock feeding to five thirty and got the stink-eye for thirty minutes.

Bert, I do feel your pain, hope your tooth is better soon.

Bob - with the exception of that last sentence, this is one of those posts that the inter-web will never understand without the context offered in this thread

[tim60]

Thank you Mike.

Save for the civil engineering role, it has all been related. I worked on trucks, then drove them. I manufactured and repaired trucks using steel and aluminum, now I manufacture airplanes using aluminum and titanium.

Speaking of airplanes, one of my first exposures with the new K-1:




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Looks like an amateur's attempt to copy a 747 - bolted the wings on in the wrong place. Intended for dirt airstrips.

[tim60]

I have discovered Bertwert's secret base in western, NY. Latest in Canadian aviation technology.

Must be STOL.

[tim60]

Neat!. Did you see the 2 month old 737 that fell out of the sky near Indonesia? Would be interesting to find out what happened. Nearly new airplane - latest model 737.

Seems like it had the same fault, but not catastrophic on its immediately preceding flight.


Sounds like a blocked pitot tube.

[tim60]

I went to the dentist for a tooth, on which a root canal was done, where I was feeling pain drinking tea or eating hot foods, I couldn't understand why a tooth which they removed the roots could feel pain from heat...? The dentist then hit it, quite hard, with a metal rod and agreed that the tooth obviously hurts... I could either go to a specialist or just extract the tooth as he couldn't see what was wrong. I'm just going to keep it for now and hope the pain fades away, luckily it's only a little uncomfortable, but not understandable (which is why I went to the dentist). Luckily it seems to be doing just that.

Don't you wish teeth just grew back? Life would be so much simpler!

Then you would be a rodent.

[tim60]

That's pretty shocking, but I wouldn't be surprised if other major airlines have tried the same or similar tricks, given the tiny margins and price competition.

I do wonder if we'll eventually see air travel - or, at least, high quality air travel - go back to being a luxury for the financially well-healed. As it stands right now, it's so difficult for airlines to make money, and whilst I don't agree with this approach, I can totally understand why - from a purely financial perspective - companies cut corners. They're mostly like any other businesses... Except that they're carrying human beings and underwriting their safety, which isn't like most other businesses.

Like most people with limited funds, I want the best deal possible when travelling by air. But the "best deal" doesn't - and shouldn't - necessarily mean the cheapest. It should mean the best value, including passenger safety as a priority. I don't mind a smaller seat, less leg-room, no in-flight meals or cinema... I do mind if an engine falls off mid-flight. Given the choice between travelling somewhere at (a) high risk for very little cost, (b) low risk for high cost, (c) medium risk for medium cost, or (d) staying at home for no cost, I'd mostly choose (b) or (d) depending on the situation.

The problem is, we all expect a huge amount for very little and we all flock to the cheapest offerings because everything's so darned expensive. I wish I could legitimately take some moral high ground here, but often I'm just the same

It was less of a problem when most air travel was operated by government flagship carriers, so it was part of the national image, and they carried the government ministers.


Then they privatised and it became possible to cut corners and it was not stopped because regulatory processes are usually too weak, requiring things like getting lawyers to respond within 30 days to letters rather than close you down now and you show cause why you should not be closed down, which tends to focus attention for quick responses and preventive action.


Same kind of problem with egregious food hygiene in some parts of the food supply industry.

[tim60]

Actually, I'm increasingly of the same mind.

I used to travel all over the place by air without a second thought. After 9/11, I was a lot more aware of it, but I still discounted the danger as an incredible rarity. And my favourite UK holiday destination for some years was a tiny island in the Bristol Channel most easily reached by small helicopter, which I used numerous times. But as I get older, despite a gradually-increasing acceptance of my own mortality and no obvious fear of it, I have less and less desire to put myself in risky situations. And air travel has at least an element of that... Of course, so does driving to the supermarket in my car, but it doesn't feel the same...

Also feels like you are in control, which is a very important part of the perception.

[Racer X 69]

Looks like an amateur's attempt to copy a 747 - bolted the wings on in the wrong place. Intended for dirt airstrips.

Actually it is more like the C17 Globemaster, and was originally built for military service.

[robtcorl]

Good (fill in the blank) everyone!

[gaweidert]

Must be STOL.

Actually that is parked at a grass strip at a warbirds museum near Geneseo NY. That plane is a Fairchild C-119 "Flying Boxcar". The US military retired them in 1974 after a 27 year run. Funds are being collected to restore it.


There is also a flying B17 bomber there. It was one of the ones used in the movie Memphis Belle and is painted as it was in the movie. The original Memphis Belle is now on static display and will never fly again. It had been donated to the city of Memphis, Tennessee where it was allowed to decay over the years. It was taken back and in 2005 and after a 13 year restoration is now on display at the National Museum of the American Air Force at Wright Patterson AFB.


A few years ago the last flying British Mosquito was at the annual air show there. Of course I missed it.

[Racer X 69]

Sitting in the cell phone lot at SeaTac airport waiting for Mrs. Racer 2.0 to call. Her plane just landed and is at the gate, disgorging passengers.

[Racer X 69]

Oh, and the air is heavy with the stench of JP5.

Smells like a diesel truck that is running too rich.

[CharLac]

I went to the dentist for a tooth, on which a root canal was done, where I was feeling pain drinking tea or eating hot foods, I couldn't understand why a tooth which they removed the roots could feel pain from heat...? The dentist then hit it, quite hard, with a metal rod and agreed that the tooth obviously hurts... I could either go to a specialist or just extract the tooth as he couldn't see what was wrong. I'm just going to keep it for now and hope the pain fades away, luckily it's only a little uncomfortable, but not understandable (which is why I went to the dentist). Luckily it seems to be doing just that.

Don't you wish teeth just grew back? Life would be so much simpler!

[CharLac]

It is a molar. I wood hate an extraction, as then they'll want to do a bridge (ie chop of the tops of two other teeth!)
Hopefully the tooth can be 'saved'.

I had a troublesome tooth like that....ended up getting an extraction and an implant.