---------------- Pilot killed in Oman crash An undated photo was shown of Lt. Jason E. Jakubowski, who was killed in an F/A-18 Hornet crash in Oman on Sunday, Sept. 14. The Navy said that Jakubowski, flying a Jacksonville, Fla., based jet, was on a training exercise. Jakubowski listed his hometown as Grasonville, Md. --------------- Two bodies recovered from Marine jet crash in North Carolina CHERRY POINT, N.C. (September 17, 1997 05:15 a.m. EDT) -- Rescue crews Tuesday recovered the bodies of both Marines on board a figh- ter jet that crashed in shallow waters during a training mission. The Marines were identified as Capt. Brian Smith, 28, of Nash- ville, Tenn., the pilot, and Capt. Stephen S. McDonald, 30, of Sugarland, Texas, the weapons and sensor officer aboard the FA-18D Hornet. The plane crashed in the Piney Island Bombing Range off Cedar Island Monday night. The two-seat fighter was one of three Hornets from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 224 at Beaufort, S.C., participating in the night bombing drill at the range, the Marine Corps said. ------------------------------------------------------- dverse weather shuts down Minneapolis airport September 16, 1997 - 9:32 p.m. EDT (0132 GMT) - Thunderstorms rolled across the upper Midwest with high wind and hail Tuesday, twice shutting down the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport. Minneapolis had wind gusting to more than 50 mph, and severe thunderstorms forced authorities to shut down the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport twice. Hundreds of travelers on 11 planes spent several hours at the Fargo, North Dakota, airport and at least 21 other planes were diverted to Rochester, Minnesota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Sioux Falls and Rapid City in South Dakota. ------------- --- DB 1.39/004487 * Origin: Volunteer BBS (423) 694-0791 V34+/VFC (1:218/1001.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 196 AVIATION Ref: EDM00038 Date: 09/16/97 From: JIM SANDERS Time: 11:21am \/To: RAY MARSH (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: thanks! RAY, In a message dated 09-12-97 you wrote ... > I'm still not back on the net yet. I think my ISP also believed I'd > suffered a touch of rigor mortis. > > Wasn't it the American writer Mark Twain who suggested that reports of > his death were greatly exaggerated? This must be a repeat as I got the previous quote of Twain's.. Also have receivved E-mail from you. Glad you are catching up with the world..... -=* Jim Sanders *=- === * MsgView V1.13 [R028] * There's a great woman behind every idiot. --- DB 1.39/004487 * Origin: Volunteer BBS (423) 694-0791 V34+/VFC (1:218/1001.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 196 AVIATION Ref: EDM00039 Date: 09/14/97 From: SKIP MILLER Time: 06:00pm \/To: RAY HARKNESS (Read 0 times) Subj: News-673 RH>RH>cabin fires being fueled by emergency oxygen. Barry also said that RH>RH>he thought compressed air could be used instead of oxygen. RH>CM> In the event of a loss of pressurization at altitude, RH>CM> compressed air could NOT be used instead of oxygen. Would not breathing compressed air in a decompressed environment cause damage to your lungs, inflating them like a balloon? I'm envisioning an airtight mask over the nose and mouth... If the mask were open to the cabin atmosphere, the air would not be compressed when you breath it. -Skip * OLX 2.1 TD * Tried to play my shoehorn... all I got was footnotes! --- KBBS vZ.20R (#ARI-00171) * Origin: Dark Star Data Online Systems Wilton, Ct (203)761-9097(1:141/299) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 196 AVIATION Ref: EDM00040 Date: 09/16/97 From: CHARLES MIELKE Time: 01:15pm \/To: DON BURKE (Read 0 times) Subj: News-673 DB>One of the hot items in SCUBA diving is enriched oxygen mixtures, DB>generally called NITROX. Do you suppose carrying a 50/50 O2/N2 DB>mix would be signifigantly safer than 100% O2? Got my doubts about that. Nitrogen is a no-no for Scuba diving. Careful, Don. The moderator has "Off-Topic Land Mines" (OTLM) all over the place. .. --- * SLMR 2.1a * - A waist is a terrible thing to mind. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: W4VIW's BBS 864-235-8708 Greenville, SC USA (1:3639/68.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 196 AVIATION Ref: EDM00041 Date: 09/16/97 From: CHARLES MIELKE Time: 01:16pm \/To: JIM DAWSON (Read 0 times) Subj: NEWS-700 JD>It take tombstones to get the FAA to act. This has been a maxim in aviation circles for many years. .. --- * SLMR 2.1a * - A waist is a terrible thing to mind. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: W4VIW's BBS 864-235-8708 Greenville, SC USA (1:3639/68.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 196 AVIATION Ref: EDM00042 Date: 09/17/97 From: JAMES MAHER Time: 05:38am \/To: JIM SANDERS (Read 0 times) Subj: Scanner Jim, Assuming that you probably don't type everything you submit, but use a scanner, may I ask what kind and how you accomplish editting. I've had several conflicting stories about scanners and how to edit text output. I guess there must be a big difference between different brands. Any info will be appreciated. Thanks, Jim ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Telnet toltbbs.com or call 313-854-6001, Boardwatch #55 (1:234/2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 196 AVIATION Ref: EDM00043 Date: 09/11/97 From: ELVIS HARGROVE Time: 03:33pm \/To: ERIC DE WACHTER (Read 0 times) Subj: --o--o-- AVIATION.B Erich, ANSI/ASCI art is expressly forbidden by the AVIATION rules. If it's permitted in AVIATION.B please keep it there. ^..^ Moderator AVIATION --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: BOO! Board Of Occult, Rio Grande Valley Texas (1:397/6) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 196 AVIATION Ref: EDM00044 Date: 09/11/97 From: JAY HANIG Time: 10:55am \/To: RAY HARKNESS (Read 0 times) Subj: News-673 09 Sep 97 21:04, Ray Harkness wrote to Charles Mielke: RH>> cabin fires being fueled by emergency oxygen. Barry also said that RH>> he thought compressed air could be used instead of oxygen. CM>> In the event of a loss of pressurization at altitude, CM>> compressed air could NOT be used instead of oxygen. RH> Hi Charles, How long does it take for a modern airliner to descend from RH> altitude to say 15,000 feet after a decompression ? I agree compressed RH> air is not suitable for a long period but surely it only takes a few RH> minutes to make an emergency descent. I think the answer here has to do with the partial pressure of oxygen, nominally 3 psi at sea level. As the total pressure drops (and the aircraft rises), the partial pressure also drops (directly in proportion). If you will accept that atmospheric pressure is roughly 15 psi at sea level, and that oxygen makes up approximately 20% of air, then the partial pressure of O2 is 3 psi (20% of 15 psi). Atmospheric pressure at 18,000 feet is half that of sea level, so the partial pressure of O2 at 18,000 feet would be about 1.5 psi (20% of 7.5 psi). Switching to pure O2 will raise the partial pressure 5 times that of air alone (now 100% of 15 psi at sea level, or 100% of 7.5 psi at 18,000 feet). Whereas 1.5 psi of O2 may not be adequate for clear thinking, 7.5 psi is more than enough. You need to use O2, not compressed air in a decompression incident. Jay --- GoldED/386 2.50+ * Origin: If It's Not Boeing, I'm Not Going. (1:379/41.5)