The Comair crash reminds me...

Morgans wrote:

You should fly for a while without hearing protection. You get the benefit
two ways

I damaged the hearing in my right ear when I was 8, and then again when I
was in high school. At 8 I mistakenly discharged a pistol indoors. After
that incident I had recurring tinnitus that will still occasionally surface
these days.

In high school I ran a DJ dance company and was the DJ. Week after week I
worked the turntables next to a very loud speaker that acted as a monitor
of what was going over the main speakers. It wasn't until I applied to the
US Air Force a few years later that I discovered a 40% loss of hearing in
the right ear.

--
Peter

In article ,
"Peter R." wrote:

At 8 I mistakenly discharged a pistol indoors.

"Mistakenly"?
Do you mean you were acting like an 8-year old? :-))

"john smith" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Peter R." wrote:

At 8 I mistakenly discharged a pistol indoors.

"Mistakenly"?
Do you mean you were acting like an 8-year old? :-))

Jeff Foxworthy's bit about his uncle that shot his cousin because he thought
he was a deer, because he was driving a brown car, comes to mind.

john smith wrote:

"Mistakenly"?
Do you mean you were acting like an 8-year old? :-))

The curiosity of an 8 year old combined with the typical late 60's/early
70's student/hippy pacifist beliefs of parents made for a near-deadly
combination when an authentic WWII German Lugar appeared in the house.

--
Peter

I may sound like an idiot, but I have often wondered why there isn't a
system of red and green lights at taxiway and runway intersections. Driving
around unfamiliar airports at night is one of the hardest things I've done
in an airplane. It's hard to see the signage, there are no lights to speak
of, and trying to read taxiway diagrams with that feeble red cockpit light
is useless. Progressive isn't a lot better, at bigger airports it's like
getting directions from a New York taxicab driver.

How simple it would be see a line of green lights until until to get to red
one at the runway, which is turned green when you're cleared on the runway.
I understand there will be some thinking to do at bigger airports will
multiple simultaneous taxi operations, but I can't believe with a little
thought those problems couldn't be solved. If we limited it to just
intersections of runways with taxiways, it would be downright simple.

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Jim Macklin" wrote in message

Just looked at the airport diagram, the tower is located
with a clear view of runway 22 and 26 , if there are no
uncharted builds or trees.

The tower, end of 22, and end of 26 are pretty much in line. I think a
misposition might not be immediately obvious to the tower without a
second, closer look. Also, my sense is that even when the takeoff roll
had started, the angles are such that the roll might have to progress a
certain distance before a discrepency would become obvious to the tower,
if they were looking.

On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 17:39:56 -0400, "LWG"
wrote:
How simple it would be see a line of green lights until until to get to red
one at the runway, which is turned green when you're cleared on the runway.
I understand there will be some thinking to do at bigger airports will
multiple simultaneous taxi operations, but I can't believe with a little
thought those problems couldn't be solved. If we limited it to just
intersections of runways with taxiways, it would be downright simple.

And you've never had a problem with traffic lights in the city where
you are located?

In article ,
B A R R Y wrote:

I worked as a house and monitor sound mixer for 15 years and got my
balls broken for wearing plugs when I wasn't mixing. Day after day, I
working high volume environments. I still have perfect hearing and
would love to track down the more aggregious ball breakers and see how
they hear today.

and the beauty of it is, they won't be able to hear you coming... :-/

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

B A R R Y wrote:

Sorry to hear that.

Pun intended?

I worked as a house and monitor sound mixer for 15 years and got my
balls broken for wearing plugs when I wasn't mixing. Day after day, I
working high volume environments. I still have perfect hearing and
would love to track down the more aggregious ball breakers and see how
they hear today.

If it is any consolation, I never busted anyone's balls for using ear plugs
or not. In my case I was just stupid.

--
Peter

"LWG" wrote in message news:9-

.... It's hard to see the signage, there are no lights to speak of, and
trying to read taxiway diagrams with that feeble red cockpit light is
useless.

So turn up the lights so you can see the diagram.

Modern aircraft don't have only red lights in the cockpit,
lots of lighting and pilots carry flashlights, pen lights
and can study the diagrams in the office too.



"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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| "LWG" wrote in message news:9-
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| .... It's hard to see the signage, there are no lights to
speak of, and
| trying to read taxiway diagrams with that feeble red
cockpit light is
| useless.
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| So turn up the lights so you can see the diagram.
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