RMweb Premium njee20 Posted July 29, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 29, 2014 Be a good way to get a few seats to ourselves I suspect! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Well, that should give you some encouragement to make quite a few modules. That way, you could get the whole carriage to yourselves! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRC Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Hard enough finding space on the train to sit down so I think modelling is out. Good time to catch up with the forums though and discuss our many and various railway projects as well as check out Crawley Yard :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
switcher 1 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Hi all, (& especially 'nut), nice idea you've got here, (no longer a G0G member myself; was known as 'fatmac'). Only just found this 'group' so thought I'd say 'hello' & put it into my 'bookmarks'. I live in Upper Hale on the Surry/Hants border, so I just fit in. I'm trying to create a 'model railway' (again), never seem to get past track laying & playing trains, hopefully this time I'll succeed. I have various scales/gauges, but the one that seems to be coming to a working 'layout' is an H0 American I.S.L. (Industrial Switching Layout). I have always been drawn to the larger scales, & have a motley collection of 0 Gauge, a Gauge 1 loco (class 04) & some lengths of track, & some old Hornby 0 tinplate. Not only that, but I also like 16mmNG & G scale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted August 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2014 Hard enough finding space on the train to sit down so I think modelling is out. Good time to catch up with the forums though and discuss our many and various railway projects as well as check out Crawley Yard :-) Indeed, I always sneak a look to see if there's anything interesting there! Not convinced by the rake of DBS red HKAs that were there a couple of weeks ago! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Switcher 1, You're on the map! Map 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Welcome switcher 1 / fatmac Good to see you over here, I'm sure we communicated on the Guild forums before. I don't know if you've had a look on our "members directory" sticky to see who we have around your area? We're not the first area group - there are several - but we're getting there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nest Posted August 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8, 2014 Welcome on board switcher 1, good to have you here Nestor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted August 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8, 2014 Welcome Switcher. Good to have you here. That's a nice selections of gauges you have going on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Good morning and welcome aboard Switcher1 you certainly like to dabble in your gauges. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
switcher 1 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Thanks for the welcomes fellas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Bus Driver Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Greetings from Brighton Model Railway Club! Nestor is one of us too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Pelham Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Morning All, I'm Mark, currently living in Crawley Down but moving at the end of the month to Kilnwood Vale, between Crawley and Faygate. I'm working on a couple of projects, one linked in my signature, the other still to have a thread started. I work at Gatwick Airport fixing Mr Branson's aeroplanes for him, which I have done for 20 years minus three days. Not currently a member of any clubs but used to be a member of Crawley MRS, having held the positions of Deputy Chairman for a few years and Exhibition Manager for a couple of years. I was also group leader for the N Gauge "West Tilgate" layout. I am a member of the N Gauge Society, 2mm Scale Association and MERG. My interests are focused in two areas: WCML operations from c2003 onwards and BR Southern, although I do fancy a nice BR Blue period layout at some point. I also have a bit of T scale stuff to build a small working diorama when time permits, perhaps something like Dawlish with a couple of Blue/Grey HSTs trundling around? Cheers, Mark 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 Welcome aboard Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nest Posted September 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 2, 2014 Hi Mark and welcome on board. Just had a quick skim through your Bridgtown thread and it's looking pretty good. I'll start following with interest Nestor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted September 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 2, 2014 Welcome Mark, I take it from your modelling interests you like your employer Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Pelham Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Hi Gary, Virgin Atlantic's pretty good to work for but it is a different company to Virgin Trains, I just like the liveries seen in the West Midlands! Cheers, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted September 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 2, 2014 Fair enough there is some very nice liveries about. A friend of mine works on the ramp at Gatwick for Servisair. He doesn't particularly like them but apparently "being around the planes is worth it." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Pelham Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 There is a definite "buzz" at the airport. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted September 2, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 2, 2014 There is a definite "buzz" at the airport. Well, there was, but I thought they used to operate out of Stanstead... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 There is a definite "buzz" at the airport. It's more of a roar to me - I live in Horley and from my kitchen window can see planes taking off and landing. I'm also a "data feeder" for flightradar24 from a 2ft aerial attached to a window box Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Pelham Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Cromptonnut, Thanks for feeding Flight Radar, we use that in the afternoon to monitor VS Heathrow arrivals for any potential diversions to Gatwick. The fewer potential diversions, the fewer the number of staff to stay to the bitter end when there is no work to do! Cheers, Mark 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Bus Driver Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 There is a definite "buzz" at the airport. I thought that was incoming. And don't you have to dive for cover when the engine cuts out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 Thanks for feeding Flight Radar, we use that in the afternoon to monitor VS Heathrow arrivals for any potential diversions to Gatwick. The fewer potential diversions, the fewer the number of staff to stay to the bitter end when there is no work to do! It's not always good stuff though, I (along with many others it seems, according to Facebook) followed this happening this evening until it disappeared off the radar off the coast of Jamaica. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Pelham Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 It's not always good stuff though, I (along with many others it seems, according to Facebook) followed this happening this evening until it disappeared off the radar off the coast of Jamaica. It's an unfortunate fact of life that machines are never 100% reliable and sadly, when things are particularly bad, can lead to the loss of life. That is one thing larger aeroplanes have over the smaller stuff is that there is more room to build in redundancies to the point where a major issue for a small aircraft becomes a minor issue for a large aircraft. It's always humbling to hear of these accidents and for people in similar job roles, and is always the forefront of consideration when working aircraft. I have had days where I have been involved in every departure from LGW for Virgin, which equates to roughly 2600 passengers and about 140 crew - figures like that keep you focused. The sad thing about the incident you saw on Flight Radar is the lack of following rule one of airmanship; basically Aviate, Navigate, Communicate. It is something that is taught almost from day one even for a PPL which simply translates to: 1) Fly the plane. If you don't do that the rest is pointless. 2) Know where you are. Once 1 is sorted then you should already know where you are but if not figure it out. Then you can work out how to get to a good bit of ground to stick the plane on. 3) Talk to ATC. They're there to help, nothing more. Once 1 & 2 are sorted then talk to ATC if you have time. If not they should be getting everyone else out of your way anyway. If they had lost cabin pressure they should have just descended regardless of ATC - rule 1. Loss of cabin pressure is probably the only time where altitude is not on your side. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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