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Jack Sparrow
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Topic: Lightning ? Posted: 01 Jun 05 at 11:56am |
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Yer man! 'Anarchy in the UK' Oh sorry I should be on the music for sailing thread! |
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Granite
Far too distracted from work Joined: 12 May 04 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 476 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jun 05 at 1:12pm | ||
We should definatly stop changing things to mitigate the risks. remove that weather radar, stop ensuring that the different parts of aircraft are bonded together, stop them fitting static wicks to the trailing edges of wings and tails, get rid of the sheilding on the electronic systems. All these things add weight and increase the cost of air travel. Get rid of these things I want to go back to the good old days when getting struck by lightning when flying was dangerous rather than just anoying |
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If it doesn't break it's too heavy; if it does it wasn't built right
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Stefan Lloyd
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jun 05 at 1:53pm | ||
I know someone who was struck by lightning when flying a glider. Being firmly of the old school, he merely described it as "fairly alarming".
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sailorguy
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jul 05 at 7:26pm | ||
whats a glider got to do with sailing?
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KnightMare
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jul 05 at 7:50pm | ||
what have half these topics got to do with sailing? But he does get bonus point it does relate to the original question.
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Peter Rhodes
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jul 05 at 8:46pm | ||
lightning dosn't strike planes because they are not a route to earth, with regards to motorists, deregulate so they actually have to think like what we do, with loads less accidents
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No. 5
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jul 05 at 5:51pm | ||
I got struck by lightning once just before launching. It did hurt a bit, so as the race was postponed until the squall passed I went for a beer with my crew. Got a good result after that.
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Black no sugar
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jul 05 at 6:00pm | ||
YeeeHaa No. 5! That's the spirit!! If your grandad was in the Blitz, he might have described it as "mildly annoying". You Brits are wonderful, you know...
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sailor girl
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jul 05 at 7:24pm | ||
AAAAAArgh, Who is sailorguy???
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Sailor Girl, Queen Of The Forum!
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No. 5
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jul 05 at 7:29pm | ||
Thanks BNS! We went on to drink huge amounts of beer that night. For some reason our results weren't quite as good the next day, at one point, and I'm not joking here, my crew had to remind me to breathe.
I love sailing. |
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