Things that make you go "Hmmmm"

[kallend 2,030]

From AVWEB:

NITROGEN USED TO FILL AIRCRAFT OXYGEN SYSTEMS
(www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1016-full.html#196776)
Airlines all over the world are being warned to check to make sure
there's actually oxygen in their aircraft oxygen systems after an
embarrassing mix-up by Qantas Airlines at Melbourne International
Airport. For ten months, crews have been filling airliner oxygen
systems from a nitrogen cart that's supposed to be used to fill tires.
The mistake went unnoticed until a couple of weeks ago when an
observant aircraft engineer spotted service workers using the cart.
"He was walking around the plane and asked what they were doing. When
they said they were topping up the oxygen, he said, 'No you're not,
that's a nitrogen cart,'" an unnamed source told The Age.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[wrightskyguy 1]

Now, if it had benn nitros...

John Wright

World's most beloved skydiver

[Beerlight 0]

Damn.... that's some scary shit!

Let's see, N2 in the gray cylinders and 100% aviators oxygen in the green, or was that the other way around?!?!!

[Bolas 5]

I can think of some people that may switch their flights to Qantas now for this added benefit.

NOX on every flight.

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

[wildcard451 0]

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I can think of some people that may switch their flights to Qantas now for this added benefit.

NOX on every flight.

N2 is quite different from NO2 you silly fuck.

[Andy9o8 2]

...or suppose it had been helium. Oh, you'd still die, of course, but you could make your voice sound hilarious until you passed out.

[squirrel 0]

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...or suppose it had been helium. Oh, you'd still die, of course, but you could make your voice sound hilarious until you passed out.

and the aircraft may have more "lift" ?

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Where is Darwin when you need him?

[SARLDO 0]

If these guys mixed up what went where during servicing, it's going to get really interesting when they blow a tire.

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens

MB#4300
Dudeist Skydiver #68

[pilotdave 0]

In the military, mixups with gas bottles for inflating tires has killed people. Hook up a 5000 psi nitrogen bottle to an aircraft tire, and the rim will fail instantly, launching the tire off the wheel at high speed. People have literally lost heads because of that. Now they're supposed to inflate tires in cages and use long hoses to the bottles.

Dave

[SpeedRacer 1]

I think he was talking about what would happen if you filled up the tires with oxygen instead of nitrogen.

Speed Racer
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[DougH 270]

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Now they're supposed to inflate tires in cages and use long hoses to the bottles.

Dave

I have seen the damadge that a large tractor tire on a split rim has done when it blew the fuck up.

Tire cages are a must if you want to keep your arms, legs, hands, or head!

"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall"
=P

[Bolas 5]

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I can think of some people that may switch their flights to Qantas now for this added benefit.

NOX on every flight.

N2 is quite different from NO2 you silly fuck.

But it is NO2. The oxygen is already in the air.

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.