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Happy Birthday PA! :)

The throttle was only cut when already well into the descent. From the BEA interim report I gather: - The A/P is disengaged and the PF starts to climb to about 10 degrees. - Aircraft reaches a maximum of 38'000 ft. At this point, the power is set to TO/GA (Take-off and Go-Around => maximum power), but PF is still giving pull-up inputs and hence the aircraft goes into a stall. - At 35'000 ft, the aircraft is having an AoA of 40 (!) and keeps falling. - Throttle is cut for some reason, and the aircraft keeps falling - Aircraft hits the water at 10'000 ft/min It seems the crew got very confused by the faulty airspeed in combination with night+clouds (seems as if they started to doubt all their instruments). They had no outside reference and with stall warnings going on and off, things must have been chaotic. Naturally, in a stall situation, you would pitch down and then increase power, not climb...

Happy Birthday! :)

But shouldn't this be a usual problem over there? It's a relatively busy airspace right? Edit: Never mind, I read the link, it seems it's only Aeroflot's Airbuses... hmm...

Happy Birthday! :)

Yes, for now. I hope we can restart it this coming fall.

Did the nose wheel drop while on the runway? Just in time I guess... :thumbup:

Unfortunately, due to administrative reason and lack of pilots/teams, I have no choice but postpone the event indefinitely (possibly fall 2011). I urge teams that have scheduled matches already to go ahead with their plans and fly those matches. The 51st servers will be available for any of those matches if requested. Im sorry to all who planned for a great championship and I hope to restart it again, once the interest is high enough. S!

Well, OP's name is Zombie :megalol:

Another cancelation; 104th had to pull out of the tournament as well. Both groups now consist of 5 teams each, which is still enough! :)

It should be arranged by the teams themselfs :)

I think the ratio reflects only air to air kills. SAMs are a different story...

Im in the same situation ;) Lets call it even :thumbup:

http://www.stripes.com/news/b-2-fans-at-raf-fairford-in-good-spirits-despite-rainout-1.81998

VJS-161 has unfortunately pulled out of the tournament. Group 2 will proceed with only 5 teams unless some last minute application comes in :)

Neutron activation can be a PITA. :) We recently did some experiments at my university with Cf-252 where we turned Cu-63 into Cu-64 :) Pretty neat stuff :thumbup: Im sure IAEA and ICRP have some publications on the matter somewhere, but I cant find any right now. In the mean while, here's some links. Ive not read through them all, so read at own discretion ;) High-Level Radioactive Waste from Fusion Reactors ADVANCED FUEL FUSION REACTORS: TOWARDS A ZERO-WASTE OPTION FUSION AS A FUTURE POWER SOURCE: RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROSPECTS

Congrats! :thumbup:

Teams have been randomly drawn into the Groups. Check the first post for information!

Indeed, radiation has a bad reputation :) Part of it, I think, lies in that it's invisible and the damage gets done before the symptoms arrives. Also, once exposed, there is little to be done in terms of treatment. More then 5 Sv and you're chances are low at surviving and for lower doses you have no idea whether you'll develop cancer or not. Also, like you mentioned, the physics behind it is largely unknown for most people.

The thing is that the particles will have dispersed so much before they reach the US (mainland, not Hawaii and Alaska which are a bit closer) that you'll need a very sensitive detector to pick any of it up. The same goes for the fish, the amount of particles in a single fish will be very low (if any at all) and even if you get a few particles ingested, the dose will be very low. Add to this that the short-lived isotopes will be virtually gone in something like 50-80 days and your left isotopes with longer half-life. If you ingest these in a small amount, they will not do that much damage, as their activity is not that high. They will pass through your body with little effect. There is no threshold dose for developing cancer from radiation, but the probability is considered to have a linear dependence of the dose. Therefore, depending on the radiation exposure, you can calculate how many cancers should have been created by the released radiation. Still, there's always a (very) small chance that you'll develope a cancer from any radiation exposure. The problem lies in all the other factors which humans are exposed to. Smoking, chemicals, background radiation, particles etc. Once the dose is under 100 mSv, it's virtually impossible to draw any conclusions. To sum it up, the risk of cancer is a lot higher from other sources than from radiation exposure from nuclear fall-out or background radiation.

I reckon you'll need quite sensitive detectors to pick up the fall-out on the US mainland ;)

Unfortunately, we were unable to get 16 teams to sign up. This means we'll have to reorganize the format a little bit. The championship will first involve a group stage, and then the top two teams advance from each group. Each team will get to fly at least 5 matches. The timeline for the event will therefore be extended by a week or two.

We're currently short of 3 teams (if including RAF and LWC, which have yet to confirm their participation). If you're squad is interested and have the pilots, go ahead and PM to apply! :)

The deadline for applications has been postponed by two weeks! :)