Bateleur1

I quite like his videos and the dogs phot bomb pretty often. He flies for Ryanair.

Interresting analysis of the current situation at Boeing for those who are interrested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_zn_x2JK5Q

I take it you do not know my wife at all ....

Lufthansa as well

Or just an orgy

I thought those mountains look familiar

This is where the South African Traffic laws normally fall flat. You could have some technical issue like there was no sign on the highway saying that speed prosecution is done using time over distance (like they have on the N3 in KZN). It is always scary to see how easy it is to get out of a traffic fine. I remember about 5-6 years ago the prosecution rate for speedings fines were in the region of 2% of all speed fines issued. Normally when you get a traffic fine you just ask for the proof of the competency certificate of the operator of the camera, the callibration certificate of the camera and that other court document that allows them to put the speed trap up on a specific road. You had a 99% chance that one of the three was not available and that was the end of your ticket.

Finding the identity of the person I would not quite see as rocket science or ground breaking investigation. My question still remains, would they be able to prove the speed he was riding in a court. Would be interresting to hear the opinion of some of our resident legal eagles on the hub.

Sounds like it.

Sorry to hear. Hope you find something. Maybe you should start working with trains. Germany going to spend bucket loads of money on trains in the future cause their system is poor compared to the Swiss

Missed this yesterday. Not sure if it was posted but actually feel like crying when reading this ... https://www.fin24.com/Companies/Industrial/saa-in-death-throes-as-weekend-deadline-for-its-survival-looms-20200116 Seems one of the oldest airlines finally kicking the bucket.

Airfreight seems to be quite a booming business. Would be good to see if SAA can have a bite at the pie.

https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/184418-iran-vs-usa/?p=3598436

And the irony is they will most propably string up a troop to show the world they will take action but the real poeple responsible (polititians and military leaders) will not be dealt with.

Quite possibly that is why the pilots could not call for help. What ever took out the ADS-B transponder also took out the communications / big part of the electrical

Maybe all airlines should boycott flying to Iran until the Black boxes are handed over and the cause of the accident is determined. Might get the Iranian government to quickly fix their issues.

Lufthansa also suspended all flights to Iran

Read somewhere there is a rather big Iranian community in Canada. Commonly they travel from Tehran to Kiev and then on a flight to Toronto. The small company I work for in Vancouver also have two Iranians working for them.

This would be very interresting as a year or two ago a 737-800 in the US suffered a catastrophic engine failure. Blade debry pierced the fuselage and actually killed a passanger. That plane could land however. This aircraft could also have suffered the same but instead a blade could have ruptured the fuel tank/fuel line then you could have a situation like this where the pilots can not do much. Remember Air France Concorde as a tyre pierced the fuel tank? As you say. So much could have happened. Iran should release the Black Boxes for examination as quickly as possible and that they get to the bottom of the problem to this. I don't think that in this case an investigation will take that long to get the cause of the accident.

Got to say I love your pics.

Only in SA will your online races get stolen

Think it was an accident.

And it is a 737-800 this time. Really starting to feel sorry for Boeing. I am wondering what is going to happen now. With the current love for Americans I wonder how much Boeing and the FAA will be involved in the investigation. Bit of a f..up at the moment.

No such thing as "skelm training". It is normally called ... "fun rides"

Am looking in pulling the trigger on a smart trainer the end of the month. Currently looking at the various options I will propably be going the Rouvy route as well in which case I will propapbly like to meet up on some virtual rides soon. Swissvan have you got some nice Swiss routes available ?