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Skriven 2011-10-23 00:02:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: HIGH 12  11022
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ> The last time I saw a 727 in flight was in in Nauru in 1998.
 ML> The last time I flew in one was 4/26/2002 on Delta, which is
 ML> well known for using antiquated aircraft.
 GJ> I think that by then they were banned from Australian airports because
 GJ> of their smoky exhaust.
 ML> Actually, it was noise. Most of the 727s flying recently have
 ML> been fitted with JT8D series engines such as made by the father
 ML> of CT Ruth and don't produce any smokier exhaust than most other
 ML> planes. The 3-in-the-rear configuration and the lack of adequate
 ML> hushkits were factors in the demise of the line.

OK, I can understand some people's objection to the noise, which I
thought was wonderful.  The best noise I have heard was from a British
Avro Vulcan delta-winged A-bomber at an air show, climbing with full
thrust at a 60 degree angle, with oodles of black smoke.  It was
relatively easy to fit the engines of 707s and the like with the
"noise reducers and thrust reversers" (referred to by the pilots as
"thrust reducers and noise reversers"), but much more difficult to do
with the "built-in" jets.
 
 GJ> I stand corrected.  Jet A (I think JP1 in UK) is closer to kerosene
 GJ> than diesel, but is rather wide cut, and includes volatile, easily
 GJ> ignited petroleum fractions.  Your president's aircraft uses a fuel
 GJ> closer to diesel, which is much less likely to ignite in the event of
 GJ> an accident.

 ML> And what about me?

Just pray that your plane doesn't catch fire!  You are more expendable
than your president, so your plane uses the cheaper fuel.
 
 GJ> And some planes had to go back and top up tanks, then return to their
 GJ> places in the queue...
 ML> I was at New York in a storm once, and our plane - number
 ML> fiftysomething for takeoff - had to do just that. Also, just
 ML> a few weeks ago, the same thing happened at the same airport
 ML> but in reasonably clear weather. I'm not sure what the excuse
 ML> was that time. I thought it would make more sense for the
 ML> controllers to call just a few planes at a time to go out
 ML> expeditiously to the runway and do their thing. But then, oh,
 ML> the wind changed, we have to switch runways, oh, it's raining,
 ML> oh, there are turtles on the runway, oh, oh, oh.

When travelling on a UA plane with Channel 9, I have been very
unimpressed by the attitudes of some of the controllers, who when
talking to airline captains sounded rather like school-marms talking
to recalcitrant kiddies.

At Ceduna, on Eyre Peninsular, at the Ceduna Motor Inn, while eating a
fairly ordinary spag bol, I was served a glass of Leasingham 2004
Shiraz, from a bottle which had been opened 2 days before.  It was
absolutely magnificent!  After that, I had an O'Leary 2003 Shiraz,
which was excellent, but it hadn't had time to blossom like the
Leasingham, so for me it didn't rate as high.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Bison Stew With White Beans And Wild Rice
 Categories: Game, Stew, Beans, Rice, Bison
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      1 lb Bison Stew Meat
    1/2 c  Red Wine (Australian
           Shiraz)
      2 c  Beef Broth
      1    Bay Leaf
      1 tb Red Chile Paste (Thai)
      2    Cloves Garlic (minced)
      1 tb Tomato Paste
      1 c  Shiitake Mushrooms
    3/4 c  White Onions (diced)
  1 1/2 c  Cooked White Beans
      1 c  Cooked Wild Rice
    3/4 c  Diced Turnip or carrot
    3/4 c  Diced Parsnip
      1 lg Tomato (diced)
      1 tb Fresh Marjoram
 
  Place Bison for stew in soup pot and add wine, tomato paste, chile
  paste, broth and garlic.  Simmer, covered until meat is tender.
  Medium heat, approximately 45 minutes.  Add vegetables and starches,
  simmer until just cooked.  Finish with salt and pepper to taste and
  chopped Marjoram.
  
  From: "Natalie Schneider" <natalies@scope.com> Newsgroups:
  rec.food.recipes
 
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