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however, i do like a decent cuppa. My favourite when i'm there (and will fully recommend it to anyone) is the Armathwaite hotel, at the top end of Bassenthwaite lake.
You can get the best afternoon tea, but just a cup of tea is an experience, ........ the choice of leaf, the silver pot, the silver tongs for the sugar etc
The man who brings the hot water.
Simply devine and worth everypenny!
And the view is simply wonderful down the lawn right to the waterside.
I must admit that the first or second time , if you've never flown, is a real kick in the head for the nervous.
When i took my son on his first flight, it was a WW2 Dakota that was giving pleasure flights out of Coventry, he loved it, but hell, i was soiling myself.
Subsequently i took my son and dad plus 2 mates on a 'road trip' for 2 weeks. Flew American i think it was, to Cincinatti, and we got put in a hold while the storm passed. However..... then there was a bang, then another one, still in holding, then another one still holding, then 2 more. We were struck 5 times in all, by lightning. We walked off that plane like nothing happened, and apart from the loud bangs and flashes outside the aircraft, the plane didnt miss a beat!
Then i got 'the job', it meant flying stateside, and subsequently many times there, then i got thrown into the far east, with a flight every week or to to China and Hong Kong.
Now, the company i worked for insisted that i went business class, because with the time differences they wanted me fresh to go almost right away, into offices and meetings. So i've experienced almost worst that weather etc can throw at you, only asleep.
However, i believe its still the safest mass transit, available, despite recent events.
Also, the 787, and many other new build aircraft have 'weight on wheels' in which if there is weight on the aircraft it can automatically call up the spoilers then brake.
Also, if the engines were ok (and i am a bit sceptical) a simple press of the 'TOGA' will get mostly any pilot out of deep shit.... (Take Off Go Around), and the aircraft goes like a scolded cat. This will gice the pilot time to think, and set the airplane up properly.
I'm trying to figure out how the RAT wasnt able to help spool the engines up for a Toga, and i'm still not seeing evidence of flaps and slats extended.
So, my vote is..... 'a catastrophic complete loss of main, battery, and RAT supply'. (so far)
The septics will be all over this like a fly on a hot steaming turd.
Blancolirio channel on YT, goes into this a bit as an audio recording of the aircraft's deployed RAT sound (like buzzing bee's) is clearly heard on take off. (from an external source)
The RAT supplies emergency power should the aircraft systems fail.
Its quite a chilling thought that maybe, the RAT deployed, but didnt supply power or enough power to the aircraft on the short take off roll, and the crew may not have spotted that when they were trouble shooting in those 30 seconds that were left.
ok, i've got some skin in this game..... to be fair, quite a bit of skin.
A while back i asked you all about a miniscus tear i had in my left leg, and very helpful you all were (thank you again).
My Doctor , 6 weeks ago, (as i needed to lose weight or the surgery wouldnt take place due to a risk at my weight) prescribed me 'Orlistat', a blue tablet taken either just before or just after meals.
A horrid little pill that divests your food of fats and things (you might be eating so i shall not say more), but believe me, i'm down by almost 2 stone now, with just another stone to get my knee done
I'd kill to be 12 1/2 stone, but thanks to my doctor, i'm getting closer every day. 🤞👍
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