Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:18 pmToday's beer coaster present from an Aviation Museum in Hawaii...neat. 
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:18 pmPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:41 pmLOL !!! ... those are AWESOME !!! ... one of those "now why didnt I think of that" products
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:56 pmoh yes, they would be just the trick old chap. Wanting a set.
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 2:10 pmI'm seriously thinking of putting them in a picture frame and making them into a little display. Usually my beers don't last
long enough to need a coaster...
long enough to need a coaster...
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 2:28 pmHeyyyy Snazzy ! thought tho wonder if they could tell you how high ya are .... come to think the budding home sim panel designer ....
.... come to think the budding home sim panel designer ....Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 7:32 pmNice one. When can come around for a cold one?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 7:49 pmAlways a cold one around here Paul... 
No invites needed.
No invites needed.Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:21 pmOn the ground, baby, dead level and heading north at 310 knots... my kind of beer experience! 
I see the Tauranga airshow is touting for volunteers, well maybe they should offer these as incentive...
I see the Tauranga airshow is touting for volunteers, well maybe they should offer these as incentive...
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:18 pm
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:43 amOut of curiosity, I googled these and found there is quite an industry producing Aviation Beer Coasters.
Amazon, see below has these at about $14-00 US, didn't go as far as to check the postage. Probably not a bad
deal at that price as they are well built and attractive.
http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Aircraft-Inst...t/dp/B0039UKG4S
Amazon, see below has these at about $14-00 US, didn't go as far as to check the postage. Probably not a bad
deal at that price as they are well built and attractive.
http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Aircraft-Inst...t/dp/B0039UKG4S
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 10:01 amWhat's the QNH for under the table?
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:44 pmDon't know about the QNH, but the QFE might be 839mb.
An overtired BOAC Comet IV FO, who would be called PF these days, was making an ILS approach to Nairobi in Feb 1964 and inadvertently set his altimeter to 938 when the actual QFE was 839.
There is no suggestion that this man was affected by alcohol - the investigation board said he made an error "difficult, if not impossible to prevent" and "to which humans are liable".
The board noted the 'luck' of the situation - 838 would have made no difference, when reversed; 837 reversed was 738 which just could not be set, but 839 was reversible, and the result was a huge undershoot, fortunately with the wheels already down, from which a quick thinking crew were able to apply go-around power and land safely at the destination.
Source "Aircrash Detective", Stephen Barlay, 1969, Coronet paperback 1975.
An overtired BOAC Comet IV FO, who would be called PF these days, was making an ILS approach to Nairobi in Feb 1964 and inadvertently set his altimeter to 938 when the actual QFE was 839.
There is no suggestion that this man was affected by alcohol - the investigation board said he made an error "difficult, if not impossible to prevent" and "to which humans are liable".
The board noted the 'luck' of the situation - 838 would have made no difference, when reversed; 837 reversed was 738 which just could not be set, but 839 was reversible, and the result was a huge undershoot, fortunately with the wheels already down, from which a quick thinking crew were able to apply go-around power and land safely at the destination.
Source "Aircrash Detective", Stephen Barlay, 1969, Coronet paperback 1975.