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[grampamark]

 

[Dave Sarber]

Marooned in Mozambique!
I was supposed to be arriving in Tucson this afternoon, but my pre-flight nose swab came back positive. Under house arrest quarantine at the hotel for 10 days before I can re-test. I'm not sick at all, I had the J&J vaccine 2 weeks ahead of this trip, but some of the nasty bugs are hiding in my nose regardless.
The pic is of a container vessel coming in to port, the first I've seen arriving in several days. Out of frame to the left are 6 more cargo ships that have been anchored out there for at least 3 days. I can only surmise that they are under quarantine too.
Raise a glass to bored sailors and bored aircraft mechs!

 

[bruce_the_loon]

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Marooned in Mozambique!
I was supposed to be arriving in Tucson this afternoon, but my pre-flight nose swab came back positive. Under house arrest quarantine at the hotel for 10 days before I can re-test. I'm not sick at all, I had the J&J vaccine 2 weeks ahead of this trip, but some of the nasty bugs are hiding in my nose regardless.
The pic is of a container vessel coming in to port, the first I've seen arriving in several days. Out of frame to the left are 6 more cargo ships that have been anchored out there for at least 3 days. I can only surmise that they are under quarantine too.
Raise a glass to bored sailors and bored aircraft mechs!

Might be quarantine, might be waiting for Durban and Richard's Bay to confirm it is safe to approach after the sh*t that happened this week.

Is room service delivering beer at least?

 

[Dave Sarber]

Might be quarantine, might be waiting for Durban and Richard's Bay to confirm it is safe to approach after the sh*t that happened this week.

Is room service delivering beer at least?

Haven't asked for beer yet, but it is on the room service menu. I've been fighting with the hotel for coffee and water most of the day, gotta have some priorities. Just hope my bag of tobacco lasts another week.

 

[balrog]

Saw ad the other day, not a big camper any more but it really struck me as WTF do they really think back country campers would like up a mountain and carry this???!!!

 

[Dave Sarber]

Might be quarantine, might be waiting for Durban and Richard's Bay to confirm it is safe to approach after the sh*t that happened this week.

Is room service delivering beer at least?

Yes, they do. That's a $30 dinner here.

 

[soccerdad]

Calling Dr Sarber - to the BA ward - stat

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.te...llapsed-nose-mechanic-short-lock-landing/amp/

 

[MaxStout]

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Yes, they do. That's a $30 dinner here.

That's probably $30 most anywhere in the US, what with restaurant prices jumping up. At least you have food and beer--the necessities. I'm assuming your employer provides a per diem for this?

Stay safe.

 

[grampamark]

Calling Dr Sarber - to the BA ward - stat

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.te...llapsed-nose-mechanic-short-lock-landing/amp/

Don’t you just hate it when it goes in the wrong hole?

 

[balrog]

Don’t you just hate it when it goes in the wrong hole?

Ha! 42 min. Took longer than I thought it would.

 

[SEndorf]

Calling Dr Sarber - to the BA ward - stat

I'm hoping our resident airplane expert can appease us 'two-feet-on-the-ground' guys, that critical airplane parts are not held together with a cotter pin.....

 

[grampamark]

I'm hoping our resident airplane expert can appease us 'two-feet-on-the-ground' guys, that critical airplane parts are not held together with a cotter pin.....

As long as that cotter pin is on the TCDS, it’s all good.

 

[SEndorf]

As long as that cotter pin is on the TCDS, it’s all good.

The Computerized Directional System ??
The Certified Defective Side ??

 

[Snark_Wolf_Brewing]

The Computerized Directional System ??
The Certified Defective Side ??

 

[grampamark]

The Computerized Directional System ??
The Certified Defective Side ??

Type Certificate Data Sheet. It’s the document which describes, in great detail, exactly which parts and pieces constitute a Bugsmasher XL 1000, or whatever, aircraft type.

 

[day_trippr]

I think I flew on a Bugsmasher XL 1000 once. Overrated...

Cheers!

 

[Snark_Wolf_Brewing]

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I think I flew on a Bugsmasher XL 1000 once. Overrated...

Cheers!

m holding out for the TR-3B to be made public knowledge...

 

[MaxStout]

Be safe with power tools.

 

[Dave Sarber]

Calling Dr Sarber - to the BA ward - stat

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.te...llapsed-nose-mechanic-short-lock-landing/amp/

Despite the hilarious suggestions, especially @grampamark , it looks like the landing gear safety pins were installed in the wrong hole. Pic is kinda confusing, the pins are normally removed before taxiing, but it may be that this one was in the process of boarding.

 

[Dave Sarber]

Yah, just clicked on the article, nose gear lock pin installed in wrong hole, not as uncommon as you might think. On the bigger jets, you have to do some climbing to reach the hole. Landing gear collapses are also not uncommon.

 

[nobadays]

 

[day_trippr]

From one of my favorite places on the planet....

 

[MaxStout]

 

[day_trippr]

"So endeth the lesson"

 

[MaxStout]

"So endeth the lesson"

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[day_trippr]

The last nestling under our deck to leave this year, this one from the second batch of eastern phoebes.
It's been grooming itself heavily the last few days and seeing the wings now nicely full I'm pretty sure it'll be gone in the morning...

[edit] I watched the youngster screw together enough courage to leave the nest this morning, joining Mommy in a nearby spruce. Good luck to the little one, our area is lousy with broad wing and red tail hawks...

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

 

[ba-brewer]

 

[ba-brewer]

I was able to touch it's foot before it took off

 

[Snark_Wolf_Brewing]

Michigan's unofficial state bird....