https://www.yourbigsky.com/billings-beat/picture-of-what-appears-to-be-a-top-secret-satellite-balloon-taken-from-ground-in-mt-faa-not-making-statement/ Harking back to... Read More

STRIKES ! I hope that I am not alone when I say that I am absolutely disgusted by the strikers who are doing their best to drag this country down. Where on earth have these people been during the last 3 years ? Firstly COVID struck - the country was almost brought to a standstill ! The government faced with the biggest crisis since WW... Read More

I thought I might start a thread concentrating on the positives in our world. My starter to get the thread up and running: Walking to the Cathedral this morning, where I ring the bells, and as I enter; hearing the organist practicing before the service. Glorious sound in the superb reverberation of the vast Cathedral. Then being one of the... Read More

Landing Fedex and Southwest taking off at [url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-investigates-aborted-fedex-landing-texas-2023-02-04/]Austin[/url] Read More

For a range of reasons, I now have little choice but occasionally to try to make sense of the complex, convoluted Heath Robinson contraption that CASA continues to devise, while the regulatory ‘reform’ program drifts on forever. Up until recently, I’ve been lucky enough to be generally able to avoid having to lift the lid on the mess. (A while... Read More

A Chinese surveillance balloon has been spotted over the continental United States and scrutinized by the U.S. military for several days, prompting the Pentagon to consider shooting it down, senior U.S. officials said Thursday, a striking

Thank you Wensleydale, I'll jump to it and find something suitable. Have a go at this one. Read More

Perhaps, with the demise of the Queen and a King who far more ecumenical, the time has come… https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/01/better-c-of-e-is-disestablished... Read More

There are a lot of soundings at the moment in relation to Eastern Ukraine and the possibility that Kiev Government will look to conduct a major attack on this area. In 2014 the people in this area disliked the Maidan Sq protests and did one of the own which was attacked by Kiev. As this area is populated by people with more Ethnic ties to Russia... Read More

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64280480 Dozens of people have been killed after a plane with 72 people on board crashed near an airport in central Nepal. [QUOTE]The Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara crashed on landing before... Read More

This one led to a full Victor Meldrew moment over my toast ... Choirs performing at international rugby matches at the Principality Stadium have been banned from singing the Tom Jones classic, Delilah.The stadium said it would no longer be performed by choirs after removing it from half-time playlists in 2015. The song has caused controver... Read More

China claims to have learned from SARS and not to be hushing up the current outbreak. A relative working in China has seen this notice. What should he make of it? Read More

I know there is a cohort of strong Putin supporters here, but this looks to be getting serious and his shtick might be going over for the home side, but maybe it is time for him to stop playing with matches. Lots of jaw-jaw going on at the moment as it should. Options, however, to give leverage to those talks seem limited in this scenario. Fo... Read More

[QUOTE]On Thursday, the city’s leader John Lee announced Hong Kong is giving away 500,000 plane tickets this year to encourage tourism. The giveaway will begin in March and last six months, according to Bloomberg Fred Lam, chief executive officer of Hong Kong’s Airport Authority, added that there will be various ways of winning the tic... Read More

Watch this shooting of an armed robber by a member of the public, the person in question is down and is disarmed, he then pops another round into him, indeed prior to that he puts several more rounds in him even though he appears to be totally disabled. The shooter apparently handed back the stolen monies to the individuals then left the scene. <... Read More

Glorifying Drugs, pimping ho's, shooting guns.....all to that rap beat that I hate. Never listened to it. But the message changed with this guy(despite the way he looks) But I warn you....you might find you can't stop searching for more. Take a dare and try just one video once and listen to the words. [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCMwlor... Read More

Not much info yet: https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/two-helicopters-reportedly-crash-into-each-other-near-sea-world-o... Read More

So we have the Bank of England raising interest rates to combat inflation while the government attempts to undermine the BoE by implementing the biggest tax cuts for decades to stimulate the economy. This will normally lead to more inflation unless the BoE keeps raising interest rates to counteract government policy . All this done in our name with... Read More

If you have a Day VFR light aircraft that is fitted with traditional vacuum instruments (AI and DG) can you legally fit modern electronic instruments to replace them without an STC? All of the replacement candidates have STC's for most common GA types but not the aircraft that I would seek to install in. Because these instruments are over and ab... Read More

[left]BBC exit poll giving Con 368 seats Lab 191 SNP 55 Lib 13 an 86 majority.. We have a couple of billboards up round here, large one for Con in the local horses field as normal, and a tiny one in a garden for Lab[/left] Read More

[url=https://www.travelweekly.com.au/article/wondering-when-international-travel-will-restart-this-new-chart-could-hold-the-answer/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=Wondering%20when%20international%20travel%20will%20restart%3F%20This%20new%20chart%20could%20hold%20the%20answer&utm_campaign=Travel%20Weekly%3A%20Thursday%2028... Read More

At what point did Nigel see this? During the briefing, on the camera or when visiting the loo? ‘The pilot saw for himself that the crew member was in no fit state to work and engage with passengers.'

This wingtip was in a 1973 slide taken by my father, and I'm trying to figure out what type of aircraft it may have come from. I have some further clues, and an idea of what it might be, which I'll chuck into the thread later (don't want to lead anyone to conclusions just now). Any ideas welcome! I figured the panel lines should be helpful but so f... Read More

[url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11690425/US-general-warns-British-Army-no-longer-regarded-level-fighting-force-sources-say.html]US general warns British Army is no longer regarded as a top-level fighting force, sources say | Daily Mail Online[/url] The linked article caught my eye, not literally but you get the picture I'm sure.... Read More

[QUOTE=Kiltrash;10642121]Not a Caption. Buster has gone missing; he has had the call from Goodison Park[/QUOTE] Couldn't do much worse than the last 6! :mad: Anyway...many thanks Kilty. Always an honour. Seeing we're on a theme...