Comments for DeeKnow's Grotto http://www.deeknow.com Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:28:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on A simmers dream come true – Jumpseat ride in an Air New Zealand 737 by Darryn http://www.deeknow.com/2010/11/25/a-simmers-dream-come-true-jumpseat-ride-in-an-air-new-zealand-737/comment-page-1/#comment-13161 Darryn Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:28:50 +0000 http://www.deeknow.com/?p=108#comment-13161 Hiya Dean! Great write-up!! It's great to see you enjoyed yourself and got so much out of it! All I need to do now is convert you to Apple :-) Cheers, Darryn Hiya Dean! Great write-up!! It’s great to see you enjoyed yourself and got so much out of it! All I need to do now is convert you to Apple :-) Cheers, Darryn

]]> Comment on Rossi Strikes Back by mrw00dy http://www.deeknow.com/2008/07/23/rossi-strikes-back/comment-page-1/#comment-12397 mrw00dy Fri, 26 Nov 2010 01:58:38 +0000 http://www.deeknow.com/?p=92#comment-12397 I love MotoGP - it is the best motorsport by far :-) Too bad I never get to see it. I am now ready to film Jan and his tales of his personal Kiwi motorcycling history. Care to join me? I love MotoGP – it is the best motorsport by far :-) Too bad I never get to see it.
I am now ready to film Jan and his tales of his personal Kiwi motorcycling history. Care to join me?

]]> Comment on A simmers dream come true – Jumpseat ride in an Air New Zealand 737 by deeknow http://www.deeknow.com/2010/11/25/a-simmers-dream-come-true-jumpseat-ride-in-an-air-new-zealand-737/comment-page-1/#comment-12381 deeknow Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:12:00 +0000 http://www.deeknow.com/?p=108#comment-12381 Pete, what a first x-country destination, sounds awesome Pete, what a first x-country destination, sounds awesome

]]> Comment on A simmers dream come true – Jumpseat ride in an Air New Zealand 737 by deeknow http://www.deeknow.com/2010/11/25/a-simmers-dream-come-true-jumpseat-ride-in-an-air-new-zealand-737/comment-page-1/#comment-12380 deeknow Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:11:07 +0000 http://www.deeknow.com/?p=108#comment-12380 Thanx ET. Yeah PPL is definately on the cards. CPL.. mmm.. probably one or two decades too late on that front sadly. Impressed by the fly-before-drive achievement, thats pretty impressive mate!! And yeah I remember you goin on the Orion flights, way cool. You got to play with all the cool toys in that job ay. Oh and re the A320's their rating training is already underway, some already rated. Assumption I believe is that they will all move onto the 320. I probed the guys on whether they really wanted to move and how much they really were attached to the old steam gauged 733 but they wouldnt take the bait, sounds like they're happy to switch. Thanx ET. Yeah PPL is definately on the cards. CPL.. mmm.. probably one or two decades too late on that front sadly. Impressed by the fly-before-drive achievement, thats pretty impressive mate!! And yeah I remember you goin on the Orion flights, way cool. You got to play with all the cool toys in that job ay.

Oh and re the A320′s their rating training is already underway, some already rated. Assumption I believe is that they will all move onto the 320. I probed the guys on whether they really wanted to move and how much they really were attached to the old steam gauged 733 but they wouldnt take the bait, sounds like they’re happy to switch.

]]> Comment on A simmers dream come true – Jumpseat ride in an Air New Zealand 737 by Pete Kirby http://www.deeknow.com/2010/11/25/a-simmers-dream-come-true-jumpseat-ride-in-an-air-new-zealand-737/comment-page-1/#comment-12376 Pete Kirby Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:14:55 +0000 http://www.deeknow.com/?p=108#comment-12376 Awesome write up :) Nicely done. As a student pilot learning in little ol Stratford, my first big xcountry was to 1990 Warbirds Over Wanaka in a Cherokee. I flew into Queenstown (easier refuelling queue and coffee!!!). An awesome place to fly in to. Thanks for sharing :) Awesome write up :) Nicely done.
As a student pilot learning in little ol Stratford, my first big xcountry was to 1990 Warbirds Over Wanaka in a Cherokee. I flew into Queenstown (easier refuelling queue and coffee!!!). An awesome place to fly in to. Thanks for sharing :)

]]> Comment on A simmers dream come true – Jumpseat ride in an Air New Zealand 737 by Ethan Tucker http://www.deeknow.com/2010/11/25/a-simmers-dream-come-true-jumpseat-ride-in-an-air-new-zealand-737/comment-page-1/#comment-12365 Ethan Tucker Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:29:43 +0000 http://www.deeknow.com/?p=108#comment-12365 Super stuff, glad you had such a great experience. Have you considered going for your PPL or even a CPL one day? My one notable claim is that I flew a plane before I drove a car: did a Cessna circuit at Ardmore in '89 on a school programme. Didn't follow it up though as it was too expensive. But I still have fond memories of my Orion flight out to Tonga and back in 2006 and the ultra-low-level passes over ships in the South Pacific. Interesting point you make about the shift to A320s for domestic flights. Is re-speccing to a different aircraft a major career change or will some aircrew be lost to retirement or overseas? Super stuff, glad you had such a great experience. Have you considered going for your PPL or even a CPL one day? My one notable claim is that I flew a plane before I drove a car: did a Cessna circuit at Ardmore in ’89 on a school programme. Didn’t follow it up though as it was too expensive. But I still have fond memories of my Orion flight out to Tonga and back in 2006 and the ultra-low-level passes over ships in the South Pacific.

Interesting point you make about the shift to A320s for domestic flights. Is re-speccing to a different aircraft a major career change or will some aircrew be lost to retirement or overseas?

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]]> Comment on About by Malignant Mesothelioma http://www.deeknow.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-10816 Malignant Mesothelioma Sun, 10 Oct 2010 08:57:12 +0000 #comment-10816 <i>Great idea with the dyno charts!! That’s what i was looking for ages!! Safely bookmarked I am riding an Aprilia Falco so I hope that its power is close to Tuono 2002 which is include in your database It is nice that you can compare even the development of the same motorbike trough years.</i> +1 Great idea with the dyno charts!! That’s what i was looking for ages!! Safely bookmarked I am riding an Aprilia Falco so I hope that its power is close to Tuono 2002 which is include in your database It is nice that you can compare even the development of the same motorbike trough years.
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]]> Comment on Flight Experience – ‘as real as it gets’ without leaving the ground by Al http://www.deeknow.com/2009/11/05/flight-experience-as-real-as-it-gets-without-leaving-the-ground/comment-page-1/#comment-8283 Al Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:24:24 +0000 http://www.deeknow.com/?p=101#comment-8283 Very nice piece of writing my geeky friend - how often can you fess up you're a simmer with a sense of pride?! Can people come and watch while you're doing it - I'd be up for sitting on a hostess seat toward the back of the cabin and seeing it all go down? Very nice piece of writing my geeky friend – how often can you fess up you’re a simmer with a sense of pride?! Can people come and watch while you’re doing it – I’d be up for sitting on a hostess seat toward the back of the cabin and seeing it all go down?

]]> Comment on Flight Experience – ‘as real as it gets’ without leaving the ground by deeknow http://www.deeknow.com/2009/11/05/flight-experience-as-real-as-it-gets-without-leaving-the-ground/comment-page-1/#comment-8274 deeknow Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:46:42 +0000 http://www.deeknow.com/?p=101#comment-8274 Thanx Euan. I didnt really get a chance to talk w them about their experience and ratings, but yes it was definately a "high-stress-environment" with me at the wheel :-) Thanx Euan. I didnt really get a chance to talk w them about their experience and ratings, but yes it was definately a “high-stress-environment” with me at the wheel :-)

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