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Why are there so many people drinking from cans of lager at train stations? Presumably they’re all banned from driving.

Enjoying the next couple of days at Alice’s house, which shall be very pleasant, especially as not only can I hear, but I can also see approaching Heathrow traffic. LOSER.

Getting excited again as the coastal rowing season will be upon us when I return from the Easter break… many trophies and junior status will be won by The Fantastic Four (TFF)! The crew from bow: Me, Sam, Benn and Alex. Only two of the original VAC(04) members, but we have an awesome crew this year. Take time to check out the results at the UPRC website.

JT

sad i know

My last post was just for the geek in me. If you like i could have told you how the ATM came about?! - That's what i learn't in our latest Banking lecture.

JT

airbus a380 test flight

Some interesting facts about the A380 test flight. Quoted from airliners:

''Besides the pilot and co-pilot there will be 4 engineers on board. All will be wearing helmets and parachutes. One of the lower cargo doors will be armed with explosives so that they can eject it. This opening can be used to jump out of the plane if they encounter a live threatening problem.

The A380 MSN001 with registration F-WWOW will be caring 20 tones of test equipment. They can meassure 15000 different parameters. These will be sent online to the ground for instant and later analysis. The 4 engineers will also monitor data and try to smell, hear or see any abnormalities. That is why they will each be placed at different locations within the plane. So they will work as human measurement equipment.

Short before the take of the entire Toulouse Airport will be closed. Only a Corvette private Jet owned by Airbus will be allowed to start. This Jet will check if the A380 is loosing fluids or if something breaks of. The Airbus photographers will also be onboard in order to capture the first in flight pictures of the A380. They will start in northerly direction in order to avoid the city of Toulouse. They will fist fly the aircraft with the gears lowered for one hour around the airport in companion of the Corvette so that they can return quickly if they encounter any problems.

If everything is OK they will say goodbye to the Jet and climb to higher altitudes and fly to a French Military restricted airspace around Brest.

The first flight will be flown by "direct law". This means that the pilots will fly the A380 directly with no computer corrections or flight envelope protection. Only acoustic signals will warn of stall or max speed.''

Nice

JT