JDE1 wrote:
Preliminary Report Released Regarding Canadian Snowbirds Crash
newsairshow.com reports the Snowbird crash may have been caused when a bird was sucked into the right engine.
"A detailed analysis of video footage recovered for the investigation revealed one bird in very close proximity to the aircraft right engine intake during the critical phase of take-off."
Those aircraft and the Hawk 400, much like the dual engined T38 are very susceptible to bird ingestion. The difference is the Talon has a chance of continuing on if the second engine isn't compromised.
I am always happy to help. Jim is a true gentleman and it is always a pleasure to talk with. I’m thankful his ticker is back on the tracks. I mostly lurk and enjoy everyone’s posts.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Cardiac MRI (one of the longest, if not the longest hour of my life!) An hour long exercise of mind over matter. Final test in the "triple crown" and this 71 year old is solid as a rock, prayerfully thankful. This has all been a blast but I'm over it now...........
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Those aircraft, much like the dual engined T38 are very susceptible to bird ingestion. The difference is the Talon has a chance of continuing on if the second engine isn't compromised.
I can see that ADD kicking in An hour in one of those is awful, and hopefully they had you bring in music to listen to while you were in the contraption, it at least helps mask the noise and pass the time.
One of my MRI's, their cd player was broke, and I almost fell asleep in it while they were running it
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Cardiac MRI (one of the longest, if not the longest hour of my life!) An hour long exercise of mind over matter. Final test in the "triple crown" and this 71 year old is solid as a rock, prayerfully thankful. This has all been a blast but I'm over it now...........
NightOwl Cat wrote:
I can see that ADD kicking in An hour in one of those is awful, and hopefully they had you bring in music to listen to while you were in the contraption, it at least helps mask the noise and pass the time.
One of my MRI's, their cd player was broke, and I almost fell asleep in it while they were running it
They gave me a headset but between the noise of the scanner and the "breathe in..........breath out.........don't breath at all........" and the fact that one is wedged in a tube.........it wasn't my favorite experience.
]JDE1 wrote:
Preliminary Report Released Regarding Canadian Snowbirds Crash
newsairshow.com reports the Snowbird crash may have been caused when a bird was sucked into the right engine.
"A detailed analysis of video footage recovered for the investigation revealed one bird in very close proximity to the aircraft right engine intake during the critical phase of take-off."
Just to clarify "right engine intake" does not mean that the Tutor is twin engine. It is single engine but does have intakes each side of the fuselage. The wording could leave the impression that it is a twin engine.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Cardiac MRI (one of the longest, if not the longest hour of my life!) An hour long exercise of mind over matter. Final test in the "triple crown" and this 71 year old is solid as a rock, prayerfully thankful. This has all been a blast but I'm over it now...........
It could be worse; the last MRI I had I had to have an absolutely full bladder. The most uncomfortable hour in my life!
Oh gee Rob, that would add insult to injury! I'm guessing, being a Submariner, the confined space didn't phase you Best advice I got was from the tech who told me to close my eyes before they moved me into the tube. I didn't open my eyes until they rolled me out. I'm typically not claustrophobic, but that was a bit tight. I imagined the dusk sky we flew in Saturday evening for the hour and kept reminding myself that any motion or pause for panic would just prolong the whole ordeal. Both Techs said that I did exceptionally well and that most of their patients have a lot of trouble with the whole experience. I had "a lot of trouble" I just didn't verbalize it.............
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Oh gee Rob, that would add insult to injury! I'm guessing, being a Submariner, the confined space didn't phase you Best advice I got was from the tech who told me to close my eyes before they moved me into the tube. I didn't open my eyes until they rolled me out. I'm typically not claustrophobic, but that was a bit tight. I imagined the dusk sky we flew in Saturday evening for the hour and kept reminding myself that any motion or pause for panic would just prolong the whole ordeal. Both Techs said that I did exceptionally well and that most of their patients have a lot of trouble with the whole experience. I had "a lot of trouble" I just didn't verbalize it................Show more →
Hmmm, maybe there's something in that. My rack on either of my ships were bigger than that, but not by a huge amount. I used to go caving a lot in the past and some of the crawls made the machine look absolutely spacious! The tech when I had mine asked about claustrophobia, but it didn't bother me at all. I guess it's a common reaction, though.
Yeah, I'm still trying to figure out how I almost fell asleep in that thing...
JWilsonphoto wrote:
They gave me a headset but between the noise of the scanner and the "breathe in..........breath out.........don't breath at all........" and the fact that one is wedged in a tube.........it wasn't my favorite experience.
Pics from the Battleship Yamato museum in Kure Japan...the 1:10 scale model of the ship is awesome, but there's a lot more, including Japanese Naval history, WWII exhibits from a Japanese POV etc. Well worth a visit.
Its not far from Hiroshima, a beautiful city, and the Atomic Peace Park is an appropriate juxtaposition highlighting the ultimate horrors of war. The Hiroshima Peace Dome was only structure left standing in the area where the first atomic bomb exploded on 6 August 1945.
Best advice I got was from the tech who told me to close my eyes before they moved me into the tube. I didn't open my eyes until they rolled me out. I'm typically not claustrophobic, but that was a bit tight. I imagined the dusk sky we flew in Saturday evening for the hour and kept reminding myself that any motion or pause for panic would just prolong the whole ordeal. Both Techs said that I did exceptionally well and that most of their patients have a lot of trouble with the whole experience. I had "a lot of trouble" I just didn't verbalize it.............
