Good luck Stefan

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richie slow

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7,499 posts

163 months

Monday 14th April 2014
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I would like to wish our friend Stefan all the very best with his possible move to Australia.

Hope it goes well tomorrow for you thumbup

richie slow

Original Poster:

7,499 posts

163 months

Monday 14th April 2014
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Sorry about the title icon. Iphones rolleyessmash

Tattooboy

7,946 posts

177 months

Tuesday 15th April 2014
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All the very best of luck for your move Stefan, hope it all works out for you smilethumbup

Edited by Tattooboy on Tuesday 15th April 10:00

GruFFnuTT

1,642 posts

194 months

Tuesday 15th April 2014
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Good luck Stef!!!

Make sure you're back for LM15 because the Barrie's are going 'on tour' again!!! cophehe

stubbsey

546 posts

181 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Yes Stef, all the very best mate!!

StefanVXR8

3,603 posts

197 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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Thanks guys. It's 07:45 here and I'm reluctantly heading back late afternoon. I've had a great couple of days and been made to feel very welcome by my prospective employers and hoping for the official word on Tuesday.

I will really miss you all if I move, you're all a really great bunch of guys and of course I'll still be regular here and of course a willing contact for any elusive bits you need etc.

It seems that Perth has a healthy HSV following, I was on my way up to a Clarkson on the train last night and a guy was on there wearing a HSV owners club shirt. I also saw my first Gen F GTS yesterday in grey, looked amazing!



If all goes to plan it could be a fairly quick exit from the UK so it would be great to try and arrange a local goodbye or something.

Stef

StefanVXR8

3,603 posts

197 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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Hey guys, back now and as some of you may have read on my Facebook posts and Twitter, it was, uh, shall we say, a bit of an eventful journey back!

The story of aircon failure is bks, they spent two hours trying to start engines 3 and 4, that was when we had no aircon.

Finally we took off and within 30 minutes we had to return to Singapore and had an incredibly heavy landing and 8 of the 22 tyres were deflated as we came down due to the extreme temperatures from braking, there appeared to be no reverse engine thrust braking!

They then took 3 hours to get everyone off the plane whilst it was sat with overheating brakes, wheels and tyres and two wings fully loaded with fuel!!





Stef

gsd2000

11,515 posts

182 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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StefanVXR8 said:
Hey guys, back now and as some of you may have read on my Facebook posts and Twitter, it was, uh, shall we say, a bit of an eventful journey back!

The story of aircon failure is bks, they spent two hours trying to start engines 3 and 4, that was when we had no aircon.

Finally we took off and within 30 minutes we had to return to Singapore and had an incredibly heavy landing and 8 of the 22 tyres were deflated as we came down due to the extreme temperatures from braking, there appeared to be no reverse engine thrust braking!

They then took 3 hours to get everyone off the plane whilst it was sat with overheating brakes, wheels and tyres and two wings fully loaded with fuel!!





Stef
thats not good.

The thrust reversers should have worked.

StefanVXR8

3,603 posts

197 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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A fellow passenger quoted as saying.......

"Hi,

Most of what we are told is correct except for one small part that has been omitted. When we landed we saw scorch marks on the number 2 engine and some scorch marks on the side of the aircraft. Fire fighting crew were on hand and we were all told NOT to take photographs. A couple of peoples cell phones were taken and pictures were deleted. I think that we had a fire in the number 2 engine and that this information is being suppressed due to previous engine issues at SA and with the 380."

eek

TheLostProphet

687 posts

131 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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Reading this does not help my dislike of flying. Hope thats the last interesting thing to happy with your flight. Safe journey back.

motomk

2,148 posts

243 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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That's not good.
I think the Big Bus has reversers on the inner engines only.
Reading elsewhere that the plane was up and running again on the 20th. In fact it flew here to Melbourne this morning.







throwyourbike

704 posts

150 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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I'm just back from a trip to Oz.
I hate flying and when in the air spend most of my time with hands clamped to the armrests praying that something like that won't happen.

Glad everyone was ok.


gsd2000

11,515 posts

182 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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I would have thought that all 4 engines have thrust reversers. That way if 2 engines fail it can still land safely

ARAF

20,759 posts

222 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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I hate new 'planes. They have teething problems like cars. eek

wav8

3,924 posts

147 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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Holy st safe journey home Steph

bigwheel

1,616 posts

213 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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gsd2000 said:
I would have thought that all 4 engines have thrust reversers. That way if 2 engines fail it can still land safely
MOTOMK is right in saying only the 2 inner have reverse thrust.

An Emirates A380 flew into Glasgow (short runway) the other week. I noticed only the inner 2 engines opening at touchdown. The outer engine nacelle splits in the centre and slides backwards before the nosewheels contact.

StefanVXR8

3,603 posts

197 months

Wednesday 30th April 2014
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Guys, a big thanks for all your support and I'm pleased to announce that I've been offered the job!

Hopefully we will be off to Perth within a couple of months to start our new lives. My mystery health condition also disappears when I'm in Oz too so I'm really looking forward to being massively better there too.

Now you all know that I'm happy to help out getting those elusive parts sent over as previously mentioned so don't forget that!

Also of course, don't be strangers! "Mi 4x2x2 su 4x2x2" as they say! If anyone is in Perth you'd be most welcome to stop/drop/kip by.

We are at the mercy of the visa process now which should get kicked off next week and that can take from 2 - 6 weeks, though realistically with the house sale I think 8 weeks which is about the limit before I have to consider going ahead.

I'd love to catch up with a local'ish meet before we go if I can arrange it somewhere if you guys are up for it?

Stef

stigmundfreud

22,454 posts

209 months

Wednesday 30th April 2014
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StefanVXR8 said:
A fellow passenger quoted as saying.......

"Hi,

Most of what we are told is correct except for one small part that has been omitted. When we landed we saw scorch marks on the number 2 engine and some scorch marks on the side of the aircraft. Fire fighting crew were on hand and we were all told NOT to take photographs. A couple of peoples cell phones were taken and pictures were deleted. I think that we had a fire in the number 2 engine and that this information is being suppressed due to previous engine issues at SA and with the 380."

eek
I used to work for Airbus, there is a reason I do not fly or if I do it is rarely and never for work! Airbus aren't that bad neither are Boeing but you get to see enough and experience enough to say ferk that. I never trusted the 380, I don't trust their inspection routine for the glue (eye it over, it looks ok, fly) and nor do I trust the dream liner - overly complex.

I will fly but rarely and had too many near deaths in flights to say otherwise. Of course Jez has flown more than I will ever do but I just had too many incidents and called it a day.

1.) Engine fuel leak in a DC10 whilst at the return point on a flight back from NYC. A week after a DC10 leaked fuel from the same engine on takeoff form Manchester

2.) Take off into the jetwash from a 747, plane flipped violently to the right enough for all luggage racks to burst open, flight crew and passengers injured, and when you see flight crew visually scared you think ferk that

3.) Loss of engine on flight back from Frankfurt whilst over the sea in an old Saab turbo prop

4.) Crash land again at NYC after pilot must have missed that the ground was closer than it was. God bless continental.

5.) smoke in cabin on an internal flight for auk travelling on an old swiss air POS

6.) as above but on a flight to NZ, electrical fault on an old 747 for NZAir.

That's just the ones I can remember and then coupled to the internal reports you are privy to on issues for the competition and knowing what was done I said never again!

Flying is statistically safe and they do a st load of work and design into safety but they are getting bigger, more complex and its only time. No thanks!

oh on flight 1, after we returned on the quietest flight ever, we had to sit for 6 hours with an armed guard to stop us leaving the plane whilst they fixed it and then sent us on our jolly way. What a st thing to do and what a scary flight it was. Not long after a fixed plane in Spain blew up on take off, why cant they get everyone off and a different plane - life is cheap.

Good luck with the job Steffan (and the flight)

Behold81

2,931 posts

168 months

Wednesday 30th April 2014
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Was the left falangie missing?

neiljohnson

11,298 posts

206 months

Thursday 1st May 2014
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Good luck mate smile

Not sure I would have been able to get back on a plane after that experience though!!!!