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Scott's point was that the green hue was due to copper compounds being stripped out of the engine during its terminal burn.

Many thanks.
That will be an enjoyable read.

Some of the patches I've received over the past few years:

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Pretty cool, but not Tutor missile launch cool 😎

Best souvenir from uni days

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Haha, excellent!

Still going :)

https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/university-air-squadrons/squadrons/northumbrian-universities-air-squadron/

UGSAS4LYFE

Also, the Tutor is a toy aeroplane.

My UAS memories are dominated by how crushingly embarrassed I was to be living the “officer” life and being treated as such by real RAF people. Like when I was called sir by the guards on the gate at RAF Waddington as I was dropped off by my mum. Or when I ordered crepes suzette in some officers mess and a smartly dressed catering person wheeled up a trolley thing and made it next to the table - complete with flaming liqueur - for 18 year old me.

737 has problems

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/26/boeing-737-max-air-canada-jet-shuts-down-an-engine-and-diverts-after-mechanical-issue

Well it was actually an engine issue rather than with the airframe or systems, so the crew played safe and shut it down and returned. Could have happened any time to any aircraft, to be fair.

https://www.airlive.net/alert-a-raf-chinook-made-an-emergency-landing-in-a-field-following-a-mechanical-issue/

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Looks like the Mi-26 guys have another booking 🙂

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That photo is awesome.

(Except that's a CH-53 - the Mi-26 is what you use to pull one of those out...)

Except that's a CH-53

Balls, wasn't paying attention. Here's an actual Mi-26 rescuing a CH-47

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NASA about to test fire the SLS engines for the first time. 10pm as far as I can work out...

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public

A brace of Chinook seen from the Isle of Dogs, earlier this week: came in from the East, wheeled North (as seen here), before heading West again...

Have seen something like one a week this year, but two is a first.

Also seen Apache, but heading in the opposite direction.

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Free TSR-2 lecture for anyone whose interested.

https://boscombedownraes.org/2021/01/online-lecture-tsr-2-the-bomber-that-barely-flew-by-joe-jackson-9th-february/

Awesome ta.

nice one, thank you.

edit was at 1730?
I’ll wait for the YouTube upload : )

Ooh, good call. Ta!

Last weeks lecture is also worth a watch:

https://youtu.be/JApoVC6iIIE

@vilms5000 thanks for posting the correct time, I had it in my diary 1930 for some reason!

Oh Cool. They post to the tube also! ta

Gotta appreciate the 777's ability to keep flying with a spinning fiery ball of death hanging off the starboard wing.

https://twitter.com/MarcSallinger/status/1363253631626080256

They have grounded all the P&W engined ones now siting blade loss as the cause.