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- 25 Apr 2021 23:00
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6031
- Views: 1322257
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
^^^Will do Saar. It is true that I do not know much about aviation market and import policies of GOI. But that is not the point. Point is , there is no innovation. No new technology. Why are they celebrating this old machine with such fun-fare ? Availability of such machine in Indian market is comp...
- 17 Oct 2016 21:35
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Psy-Ops techniques employed to sucker Indians
- Replies: 224
- Views: 88120
Re: Psy-Ops techniques employed to sucker Indians
prop up the Pakistani elite and wait it out for internal reformation over some Bollywood ending with a bunch of powers stomping out terrorism Ergo the term "getting suckered". The above qouted will never happen. I never said they lost sleep over whether it ever happened, just that it is m...
- 17 Oct 2016 21:32
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Small Arms Thread
- Replies: 4653
- Views: 1502053
Re: Small Arms Thread
That's why priavtisation is so crucial...it will build a constituency within India to champion national security. Not for patriotic reasons but purely commercial ones. If Bharat Forge and Reliance and Mahindra and TCS and Tatas make huge defence production you can be sure they will champion nationa...
- 17 Oct 2016 21:24
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Psy-Ops techniques employed to sucker Indians
- Replies: 224
- Views: 88120
Re: Psy-Ops techniques employed to sucker Indians
America really hasn't been suckered, they've just (reluctantly) learned that the consequences of a power vacuum are incredible no matter who inflicts it, and it is in their pragmatic interests to prop up the Pakistani elite and wait it out for internal reformation over some Bollywood ending with a b...
- 17 Oct 2016 21:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the United States of America (USA) - III
- Replies: 2933
- Views: 446893
Re: Understanding the United States of America (USA) - III
I read a report that Obama was abandoned by his drunken bum of a father, his mother was a pronographic film star to make ends meet. It also mentioned that michelle Obama was frequently living in the Jessie Jackson house in Chicago, it hinted that 'she was Jessies favorite little girl'. If Bill Clin...
- 07 Oct 2016 11:38
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Military Flight Safety
- Replies: 3363
- Views: 893292
Re: Military Flight Safety
That said my late cousin Suresh, who worked in Flight Safety and Flight accident investigation after a health issue retirement from the air force had mentioned to me a curious fact about flying times in India and the US. Of course he has been dead over 10 years now so these facts go back pretty muc...
- 13 Sep 2016 12:12
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the United States of America (USA) - III
- Replies: 2933
- Views: 446893
Re: Understanding the United States of America (USA) - III
Read it slowly and try to understand your own mistake. Obama goes to russia, russians kill him sneakily and his entire entourage, take hold of 'nuke laptop' and launch nuke strike on usa, then who will retaliate? Would usa not be able to launch 'cause obama was the only one who could launch? If sti...
- 29 Aug 2016 05:03
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Gaming, Simulation and other tech for the NexGen warfighter
- Replies: 50
- Views: 14435
Re: Gaming, Simulation and other tech for the NexGen warfighter
Arma2/Arma3 shouldn't be lumped in with CoD and Battlefield, it intends to be highly realistic (as opposed to a fun arcade game) with enormous emphasis placed on adrenaline, eyesight/focus/darkness adjustments, and their impact on firing, a huge value placed on stealth/hiding, and quite frankly, som...
- 24 Aug 2016 03:08
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
- Replies: 6364
- Views: 1408165
Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
1 - Trim the fat and get rid of some ministers. It has definitely become just another way for well connected people to go on free trips. 2 - Accept that Indians are fairly uninterested athletically. In other cultures it is normal for serious and competitive athletics to be an important aspect of sch...
- 10 May 2016 09:58
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
- Replies: 771
- Views: 158949
Re: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
It's a bit asinine to use newspaper articles - third hand information - to quantify science papers. That's about two layers of dumbing down with significant loss of information. Dumping large scales of carbon into the air and resultant greenhouse effect have long been established, but people have al...
- 28 Mar 2016 00:23
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6031
- Views: 1322257
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
^^ 'Emirates crews extremely fatigued': Exhausted pilots tell RT of disturbing conditions - Also FlyDubai pilots reporting similar conditions. 4dJl6T-oBlw RT is reporting on the story. I guess CNN, Fox, BBC etc. are under strict orders not to provoke the Arab coalition....... Arab pilot screws up a...
- 04 Jan 2016 11:26
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6031
- Views: 1322257
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Kannan, AOPA exists for advocacy and promotion of GA. AOPA in India fulfills nowhere close to that purpose. GA is for all purposes dead in India. There is no domestic consumption, no Government support, plenty of Government created obstacles and the few manufacturers that existed have gone out of b...
- 02 Jan 2016 23:23
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6031
- Views: 1322257
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
It is very disheartening to note that even the organisations such as AOPA India (Airplane Owners and Pilots Assocn), have little to no interest in advocating for the General Aviation sector! Most of their leadership in India is based outside of India! AOPA's purpose is almost exclusively general av...
- 02 Jan 2016 23:13
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
- Replies: 771
- Views: 158949
Re: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
This thread is beyond sad. It reminds me of young earth Creationists or Ted Cruz trying to use half learned knowledge to reinvent the wheel to their liking. The first mistake is making it Al Gore's hypothesis - he might be an impassioned voice but there are tens of thousands of scientists with a fai...
- 25 Jul 2015 08:46
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Aircraft Recognition
- Replies: 1014
- Views: 299517
Re: Aircraft Recognition
Saw IN Boeing P8-I Neptune being picked up by flightradar24.com It disappeared some time after it started to fly over sea. Surely was not planning to land at Mumbai as it was close to 32000ft at disappearance. Landing somewhere in Gujarat ? If I understand, military aircraft are not expected to app...
- 23 May 2015 23:51
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Nations and Empires that Grew on Genocide and Slavery
- Replies: 204
- Views: 33906
Re: Nations and Empires that Grew on Genocide and Slavery
I had never heard of USA's brutal colonisation of Puerto Rico till I came across this web page and the Book . When reading through the page it seems eerily similar to the Iraq invasion with the same grand talk of democracy and freedom followed by the brutal occupation and destruction of a nation an...
- 23 May 2015 22:05
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6031
- Views: 1322257
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
I think what turned me off to Air India the most was that they really treated Indians like crap and waited hand and foot on the Westerners, at least when I last flew them a decade ago. I can get used to tourists/visitors getting better treatment, but come on, I don't want to give you a four figure a...
- 23 May 2015 21:55
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Why civil airliners crash less often than fighter aircraft
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8494
Re: Why civil airliners crash less often than fighter aircra
I do not know much - but aren't fighter aircrafts designed to be unstable? A very rough analogy - Positive stability - civilian 'normal'/'utility' category - a bowl sitting on a table. If I push the stick to the right, the wing dips. If I let go of the stick, the plane starts to return to straight ...
- 23 May 2015 21:43
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Why civil airliners crash less often than fighter aircraft
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8494
Re: Why civil airliners crash less often than fighter aircra
military aviation explores parts of the envelope civil aviation doesn't reach, Most crashes occur during takeoff. A few during landings (OK, ALL occur during landings, sorry! :( ) Yes, it was a typo, but a 747 is higher wing loading than a F-15 as well. On a typical takeoff I engage autopilot at ar...
- 21 May 2015 08:35
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Why civil airliners crash less often than fighter aircraft
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8494
Re: Why civil airliners crash less often than fighter aircra
To quote Alistair MacLean: A DC-9 without engines has the gliding characteristics of a block of concrete Military planes have higher risk for several reasons. a. Fighter planes (of most interest here) are jet planes, designed for high "wing loading" (W/S, weight divided by wing planform a...
- 18 Dec 2014 08:52
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6031
- Views: 1322257
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
I hope the govt does not extend the credit again after that time period, it will be KF all over again. I am worried about this becoming a pattern - people get into aviation without any long term commitment, and then play the drama of 'no money' with the govt trying to help (the owners won't put in ...
- 09 Aug 2014 02:24
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Western Universalism - what's the big deal?
- Replies: 2993
- Views: 388483
Re: Western Universalism - what's the big deal?
1. Macaulite Coolies education teaches us to solve problems - she or he with best mental gymnastics wins! 2. Leadership is all about posing problems - the best ones also know how to solve it! This is the key. This is also why the west covets and protects their "knowledge Godfathers" who a...
- 09 Aug 2014 02:19
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6031
- Views: 1322257
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
As with all forward/chain e-mails, too many oddities to take seriously. First, Air India pilots have decent command of english - that looks like it was written by a Nigerian prince. Second, you only need 2000' or so of clearance to start dumping fuel, and your local aviation authorities have no choi...
- 09 Aug 2014 01:46
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: GMO - Entry into India and Consequences
- Replies: 202
- Views: 33164
Re: GMO - Entry into India and Consequences
why so much hurry in pushing through these GM crops ??? For the companies, profit. For people, efficiency. In the US, Monsanto's chief concern is raising corn yields to keep the beef production high. Elsewhere, they can focus on drought resistant crops and reduce the impact of water shortages (i.e ...
- 05 Apr 2014 01:31
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Military Flight Safety
- Replies: 3363
- Views: 893292
Re: Military Flight Safety
tsarkar, if terrain hugging flights are such unreliable means, we should be seeing many cruise missiles crashing into obstructions in terrain, never heard about CFIT of a cruise missile while en-route, given there is route selection during mission planning. Do you really think they announce CFIT of...
- 13 Mar 2014 09:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
- Replies: 3102
- Views: 332294
Re: Malaysian Arilines Flight MH-370 goes missing
Going by the hijack scenario due to the flight path taken, there had to be targets, either land or sea earlier there was news of war games in the area, is there an aircraft carrier in the vicinity? possibly it was an unsuccessful strike by sleeper cells and the Malays in cahoot with US have diverte...
- 13 Mar 2014 09:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Positive News from the USA
- Replies: 3095
- Views: 453333
Re: Positive News from the USA
I think you'd have to be fairly dense to think there is no crime here. On the other hand, I haven't had to bribe police officers to get a death certificate issued for a dead family member, for a ration card, to get an application reviewed etc. That kind of stuff seems reserved for the political icon...
- 13 Mar 2014 09:19
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 goes missing
- Replies: 3102
- Views: 332294
Re: Malaysian Arilines Flight MH-370 goes missing
There is something seriously wrong in the way the Malaysian authorities are responding. They are not explaining why they are searching all over the place. Couple of their officials said "we can share that information with you at this time" for some of the questions asked. Something is ser...
- 18 Sep 2013 04:53
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Small Arms Thread
- Replies: 4653
- Views: 1502053
Re: Small Arms Thread
Yep, for a traditional centerfire cartridge. Rimfire would be a little simpler (.22, .17...)krishnan wrote:thats all is in a bullet ???
It's becoming more commonplace to save the casing and fill your own powder up so the back casing doesn't get tossed quite often anymore
- 18 Sep 2013 04:31
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 9599
- Views: 1212935
Re: Internal Security Watch
personal attack, deleted by moderator
- 19 Aug 2013 19:13
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Railways Thread
- Replies: 3937
- Views: 730252
Re: Indian Railways Thread
Give the poor drivers a shotgun so they can't be assaulted by stupid peopleSwamyG wrote:So what is a good solution
- 14 Aug 2013 09:19
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Re: Indian Naval Discussion
- Replies: 582
- Views: 270963
Re: Indian Naval Discussion
Praying that explosion only looks that bad because of the camera aperture at night, hope the sailors get out alive.
- 09 Jul 2013 07:53
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6031
- Views: 1322257
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
The media is just making everything seem crazy to get the links clicked on. It is not unusual to land the aircraft without ten fancy instruments. You don't need to depend on ILS to land a plane. Typically you'd capture the glideslope from below and begin your descent, but there's no reason not to do...
- 15 Mar 2013 04:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: AugustaWestland Bribery Cover-Up, Italian Marines Let Go
- Replies: 620
- Views: 62954
Re: AugustaWestland Bribery Cover-Up, Italian Marines Let Go
Diatribes aside, this is probably the most the Indian government has pretended to give a shit about one of its citizens in ages
- 13 Mar 2013 04:30
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6031
- Views: 1322257
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/03/09/planes-collide-on-the-ground-at-jfk/ Oops! Yes that HUD , its common these days on most modern Civil passenger and Military transport aircraft. I guess the idea is when you are landing or taking off all the critical data is presented on the HUD so that you dont...
- 12 Feb 2013 04:32
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6031
- Views: 1322257
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Boeing answers quite a bit in their own article
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeroma ... _02_4.html
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeroma ... _02_4.html
- 23 Jan 2013 10:45
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6031
- Views: 1322257
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
over the years in every industry the regulators and regulated have had an increasingly incestous relationship this maybe the result of that - Very likely. They've gone from being the police for the aviation sector to trying to be the therapist. Can't help that the funding is tight - good thing the ...
- 23 Jan 2013 10:39
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: French military action in Mali
- Replies: 171
- Views: 17762
Re: French military action in Mali
neshant - west african oil is managed by the global oil cartel, like oil everywhere else. france being physically present is not going to make any difference. they are already present next door with a large base in ndjamena, and they have a lot of other facilities in the region. what has really cha...
- 20 Nov 2012 10:43
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Small Arms Thread
- Replies: 4653
- Views: 1502053
Re: Small Arms Thread
Quoting one chaiwallah, he made a bet with OFB reps that if he could pick 10 guns at random out of a batch of brand new guns fresh from OFB factory and fire one mag from each, that at least 3 of them would have loading issues or jam midway through the first mag. Not one rep would take him up on tha...
- 20 Nov 2012 10:17
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
- Replies: 6031
- Views: 1322257
Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Question: Is the pilot mandatoryly required to leave the aircraft (that is on the ground) when her duty hours are over? Let me explain on the background of the TRV incident. The plane is on ground at 6:00am. Pilot's duty hours run out at 8:30. Is the pilot required to leave the cockpit of the aircr...