Any NEWS?

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Any thing in the news at all, Post it here.

Made me think today when i was watching SUNDAY program about Bleed Air from
airlines where they recirculate air from the turbines to pressurize the cabins.

Bleed air
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bleed air in gas turbine engines is compressed air taken from within the engine, after the compressor stage(s) and before the fuel is injected in the burners. While in theory bleed air could be drawn in any gas turbine engine, its usage is generally restricted to jet engines used in aircraft. This compressed air can be used within the aircraft in many different ways, from de-icing, to pressurizing the cabin, to pneumatic actuators. However, bleed air is quite hot and when being used in the cabin or other low temperature areas, it must be cooled or even refrigerated. Bleed air is valuable in an aircraft for two properties: Its high temperature and its high pressure.

Newer aircraft rely more on electricity, reducing the need for compressed air. Since most gas turbine engines use multiple compressor stages, some newer engines have the bleed air inlet between compressor stages to reduce the temperature of the compressed air.

http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/article_2209.asp

Funny thing was after it went to the ads on the program this mornin they had a qantas ad saying how much they spending on the airlines Blah Blah blah
Then when they finished up the reporter said that the New Boeing 787 Dream Liners are the only aircraft that now dont use the bleed air recirculation to pressurize their cabins, Then came the ad from qantas again That said qantas has purchased a whole stack of these dreamliner aircraft: Gee thats nice of them

 

[2020hindsight]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=313198

Those seeking a little high-flying fun can book return flights from Sydney to Singapore in one of the cabins for around $8,000.

but you can't go all the way

Singapore Airlines, the first operator of the new Airbus A380, has dashed the hopes of sexual thrill-seekers planning to engage in amorous activity aboard the world's biggest jumbo jet.

The carrier said it would ask passengers on the A380 to refrain from sex while ensconced in one of its 12 first-class suites, which boast the world's first airborne double beds.

"All we ask of customers, wherever they are on our aircraft, is to observe standards that don't cause offence to other customers and crew," the company told Reuters in a statement.

why ? would they be watching?
they go on to talk about noise through walls etc -
now presumably if you time it right - and the plane is coming into land (noisy airbrakes etc) - you could be taking off at the same time

"passengers are encouraged not to moan during intercourse".
"passengers please resume your seats, we've hit some unexplained turbulence"
etc

"Nothing different applies for our Singapore Airlines Suites customers."

While private, the double cabins are neither sound proofed nor completely sealed.

Those seeking a little high-flying fun can book return flights from Sydney to Singapore in one of the cabins for around $8,000.

Singapore Airlines, the world's second-largest airline by market value, started commercial flights of the double-decker A380 last week with a Singapore-Sydney service.

"So they'll sell you a double bed and give you privacy and endless champagne and then say you can't do what comes naturally?" Tony Elwood, who travelled with wife Julie in a suite aboard the inaugural flight, told the Times of London.

"They seem to have done everything they can to make it romantic, short of bringing round oysters," Julie said. "I'd say they shouldn't really complain, should they?"

Lol, how little they know human nature - I mean - stuck in a bedroom in the sky for 8 hours - what you gonna do after you've read War and Peace three times lol

 

[2020hindsight]

gee you have to say it's a rare day they catch someone as senior as "former assistant commissioner" Noel Ashby - well done to those who achieved it. !

Wouldn't swap Christine Nixon her job for quids.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/10/2087205.htm

"Christine Nixon has nothing to answer for in relation to the revelations of the OPI, it's the other people," she said.
"I think the resignation might even help to strengthen her position."

would bludiwell hope it would strengthen her position - sheesh !
this took a Royal Commission in Qld.

Nixon vows to move on after Ashby 'betrayal'
Posted Sat Nov 10, 2007 7:00am AEDT
Updated 11 hours 53 minutes ago

Victoria's police chief, Christine Nixon, has reiterated her resolve to change the police force, after saying she was betrayed by her former assistant commissioner Noel Ashby.

Commissioner Nixon expressed deep disappointment in Mr Ashby, after accepting his resignation yesterday.

He was forced to resign when recordings of a series of damaging phone calls were played to an Office of Police Integrity (OPI) inquiry into high-level leaks within the force.

Mr Ashby was caught passing on information to police union boss Paul Mullett about internal politics, disciplinary matters and job appointments.

Mr Ashby and media director Stephen Linnell were also recorded being highly critical of Deputy Commissioner Simon Overland.

Commissioner Nixon says she is confident the integrity of the organisation can survive the scandal.

"I'm certainly committed to this job and continuing to drive change and reform in Victoria Police," she said.

"The force is a very big organisation, very capable, very able to get on with the job, and I think that's what we've been doing today and yesterday, and we'll do it tomorrow, so the organisation can survive this."

Monash University's associate professor of criminal justice, Colleen Lewis, says the resignation may make the Commissioner's job easier.

"Christine Nixon has nothing to answer for in relation to the revelations of the OPI, it's the other people," she said.
"I think the resignation might even help to strengthen her position."

The inquiry continues on Monday, with suspended media director Stephen Linnell and police union boss Paul Mullett set to give evidence.

 

[Mousie]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=313198

but you can't go all the way


why ? would they be watching?
they go on to talk about noise through walls etc -
now presumably if you time it right - and the plane is coming into land (noisy airbrakes etc) - you could be taking off at the same time

"passengers are encouraged not to moan during intercourse".
"passengers please resume your seats, we've hit some unexplained turbulence"
etc


Lol, how little they know human nature - I mean - stuck in a bedroom in the sky for 8 hours - what you gonna do after you've read War and Peace three times lol

LOL

Cheers 2020, this bit made my day

SIA gets top marks for service from me, but this has got to be the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

$8k for a suite without the "conveniences" just ain't cutting it.

I'll just sum it up ala John McEnroe: YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!

Hmmm...like they say, everything's fine in Singapore!

 

[2020hindsight]

I'll just sum it up ala John McEnroe: YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!

lol - rofl
there must be a million jokes there lol
....
"this is your captain speaking - please stop what you are doing and fasten seat belts immediately.
cabin 23 - that goes for yoo too!
CABIN 23 - I REPEAT ... right rudder ! ... left rudder .... CABIN 23 !!! .... oops we just looped the loop !! (maybe they're French ) .... CABIN TRENTE TROIS!!"

 

[2020hindsight]

http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/15/2092340.htm?section=justin

Govt faces off with miners over Kokoda Track
Australian mining firm Frontier Resources says the Federal Government has behaved like a bully during a meeting about a proposed mining site along the Kokoda Track.

The meeting brought two parties with vested interests in the track face to face - the Australian miner who wants to dig up the track for gold and copper, and the Federal Government which wants to protect the track at all costs.

Mining will force a diversion for a couple of kilometres along the track.

walked this thing many years ago
- but I suspect - as the buddhists say - "this too shall pass"