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Joined: 25 Dec 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 29 Dec 2011
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Seanus   
9 Sep 2010
Life / Polish ghost stories [38]

Conditioned responses and pre-empting are not the way forward. Does Poland have any place like the Edinburgh Vaults? Americans are fascinated with that place.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2010
Life / Poland, maybe the world's last bastion of faith [67]

Plk123, I made that point on the 1st page and have made it several times elsewhere. My point was crystal clear. That people go to church but then return to their conniving and suspicious ways.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2010
News / Crash of Tu-154 at Smolensk-North--could it have been a bomb in the Polish plane? [233]

Convex, let's not go round in circles with this.

Delph, they still would have had the most basic of radars to guide them in.

Prove to me that the radars were faulty. I haven't seen any transcripts of the Russian ATC saying they were 100m above ground level.

That's just not good enough. A military airport, in order to accept planes, must have minimum standards according to aviation authorities. Safety must be an issue.

That doesn't refute what I said at all. Also, he saw that they were approaching far too fast and did nothing. A strategy should have been formulated sufficiently long enough before reaching the 100m point. They were dipping very quickly. An analogy was made that it would be like trying to reverse a car into a garage at 110mph in foggy conditions without lights.

The canyons are much further down that you are making out, Delph. Check the diagrams of the environs of the airport.

That says nothing about precautions, Delph. It was a Russian plane that was worked on just 3 weeks prior by Russian hands. They know the plane very well and had to install apparatus fitting for a visit of that magnitude. It wasn't like they didn't know.

It was losing altitude at an alarming rate and for some time. They weren't cautioned to do anything about it.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2010
News / Crash of Tu-154 at Smolensk-North--could it have been a bomb in the Polish plane? [233]

How could they not know what equipment was installed? They must ensure the smooth functioning of available apparatus, especially given the VIP status of the guests. It's BASIC safety and you don't leave it to chance. They were checking the bulbs and a Belarussian caught this. Delph, basic radars are enough to guide them and you CAN'T tell me a military, yes, military airport wouldn't have the most fundamental of things. So they didn't have MLS, ILS or a radar? They had beacons stationed an irregular distance apart. The airport is 3000ft above the river level.

Delph, let me wipe out your theory in a oner. Even in extreme danger and with the TAWS system screaming at them to PULL UP, they declared 'odchodzimy'. As you know, they came into contact with a birch tree which was their downfall. Had they not, they were on their way to pulling up. Otherwise, they wouldn't have called it as a maneuver to perform. Update, Delph? Come on, this is a military radar. It doesn't need to update. My wife's dad could tell you how they work as he worked with them in the army. It doesn't suddenly switch off unless there is a technical blip. Even the Polish aviation prosecutors have made that point time and again.

Guided to 100 metres and no more? They were not guided to 100 metres above ground but 100 metres from their present position above the canyon, that's my point!

Wait and see, fair enough. However, isn't it strange how Tusk touched down 3 days before AND the journalists did on the same day? Fog I hear you say. Well, maximum precautions had to be put in place. Were they?

They would have known that, Delph. They are the elite pilots, not us. I disagree, it isn't enough to be 90m above the canyon given the huge dip. Look at the result, they were 15m BELOW the runway. When have you ever seen that in a plane that doesn't pull up well? He didn't react? Please show me the transcript of that segment. Thanks!!

Convex, I have two words for you. NOT SUICIDAL ;)

Wildrover, I have one word for you. TREES ;)
Seanus   
9 Sep 2010
Life / Polish ghost stories [38]

Sorry, wildrover. I was swept off to Radom and I don't know why. I was talking about my friend's ghost story where he was alone in his flat with his K2 meter, gauging the presence through bleeps. He paid quite a bit for his equipment and he wanted to test it out. The problem with ghost stories is that people are often looking for them. It's the same as medicine. If you are told that it should have a certain effect, you prepare your mind for that effect. However, go in blind without any knowledge and you will be objective.

Have you any stories of chance and disbelief?
Seanus   
9 Sep 2010
News / Poland hosts lowest proportion of foreigners in the EU [115]

WB, it's hard to tell how many as many don't register their presence. I wasn't told to do so as my school was lazy and made a mistake. Therefore, there are many undeclared cases and they significantly distort any official figures.

Also, there is nothing stopping EU nationals from coming here. Poland just isn't an attractive proposition for Germans and French, for example. However, that's largely because they haven't sampled life here. There isn't the racial and religious tension that now exists in France and Germany :)
Seanus   
9 Sep 2010
News / Crash of Tu-154 at Smolensk-North--could it have been a bomb in the Polish plane? [233]

Delph, they should have been constantly monitoring. THEY saw the true position of the plane in relation to the ground, not the pilots who were gauging it from the canyons. In fog and in the absence of proper equipment, they had to be guided in. Also, please explain to me this shortcoming as military airports must be better equipped than civil airports like Okięcie. A simple radar reading was needed and for the Russian ATC to stay on the ball and alert.

I keep telling you, they didn't stick to the rules as they were being read incorrect info. A 50-metre difference between the canyon base they were going over and the ground level is material, wouldn't you say?
Seanus   
9 Sep 2010
Life / Poland, maybe the world's last bastion of faith [67]

Plk123, you missed the point again. What I was saying was that many Catholics here see church as sth to be done and then they go back to their dour-faced and conniving ways. I wasn't talking about atheists at all. Look at Pat Condell, a classic case for advocating smart atheists.

It's how faith manifests itself that is important. Poland hasn't escaped the rat race and devious minds run amok.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2010
News / Crash of Tu-154 at Smolensk-North--could it have been a bomb in the Polish plane? [233]

True! The "then we have a problem" is telling. It was said at a time when they could have pulled away. My personal stance is that if the canyon effect was abundantly clear then some smart cookie would have formulated a clear and plausible hypothesis based on the available transcripts and distortion calculations. Nobody has proferred such a report in any visible place. We have much to go on and people more versed in likelihoods of this nature than I haven't put together 'The Canyon Report', LOL.

In this way, I still side with the official version. There needs to be a full and open debate but won't be with PO at the helm.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2010
News / Crash of Tu-154 at Smolensk-North--could it have been a bomb in the Polish plane? [233]

Convex, you have some pilot experience, right? Tell me honestly, hand on heart, do you really believe that the jary (canyons) had nothing to do with it? The Russian ATC must have known that the readings from the land were different from those to the canyons. The crew were under the impression that they were a certain altitude from the ground but they were actually a certain altitude from the canyons which were significantly lower.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2010
News / Crash of Tu-154 at Smolensk-North--could it have been a bomb in the Polish plane? [233]

smolensk-2010.pl/2010-05-10-long-hands-of-fsb.html
have a read of this, wildrover.

There was clearly some kind of distortion. Some speculate that electromagnetic pulses caused it. It's entirely possible given their position. I don't like wild conspiratorial conjecture but there was tampering with the bulbs, a point made by a Russian journalist and captured by a Belarussian. The guys at TAWS also found it a bit fishy. Russian ATC guidance was to kick in before that.

Also, sth interesting in Polish,
smolensk-2010.pl/2010-08-03-pozegnanie-z-koncepcja-zmylenia-pilotow-przez-%e2%80%9cjar%e2%80%9d.html

It refers to the 'jar' I was talking about and the distorting effect.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2010
News / Crash of Tu-154 at Smolensk-North--could it have been a bomb in the Polish plane? [233]

Keep their tools out of it ;) ;)

The two readings measured different things and they should have known that. Still, they needed guidance which was lacking, especially given that they didn't have an ILS but merely a beacon (NDB?). They landed before but needed extra help given the foggy conditions. In Heathrow, they installed MLS's for extra guidance security. They were well off and not told to correct course until too late. Also, their true velocity was not given to them.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2010
News / Crash of Tu-154 at Smolensk-North--could it have been a bomb in the Polish plane? [233]

The plane cleared the distorted reading zone and then readings normalised as there was not terrain with valleys. However, they declared 'odchodzimy' at that point but there was no way they could get up by that time. Simply put, the ATC didn't guide them through the troughs in the land well enough. It could well have been that a KGB guy ordered them to read incorrectly. Also, they are looking into that video. It will be interesting to see what comes of it.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2010
News / Crash of Tu-154 at Smolensk-North--could it have been a bomb in the Polish plane? [233]

They debunked the nonsense that the witness was called Andrzej Menerei or whatever they called him. The real witness came forward and presented himself to Polish tv. The Russian ATC guy lied. A woman, fluent in Russian and Polish and familiar with personnel there, called them and asked to speak to one of them. He answered, she instantly recognised his voice and he denied it was him. It has been on Polish tv twice now.

He went below minimums for, I believe, a very simple reason. In Polish, they say JAR. It's sth like a valley. There was a ground radar and one in the plane, of course. Let's look at it this way. The radar in the plane measured the distance to the valley base and not the ground-level radar that the ATC have at their disposal. The break in communication on the Russian side was fatal. They suddenly claimed to have lost contact.

Explain this to me, delph. How could they not tell how quickly the plane was descending at the ATC? That's absurd!
Seanus   
9 Sep 2010
Love / Polish girls hard in relationships [156]

Silesian women have a reputation for being like that. I've met many hard nuts here but, as southern would say, they have a delicateness about them in some way. Some Scottish women I met were pure nuts. It's all relative!!
Seanus   
8 Sep 2010
Love / Polish girls hard in relationships [156]

Polish girls tend to have a 'bring it' kind of attitude to life. Slackers tend to get a rough ride and you really need to be constantly moving forward. I often feel like I am being judged. Standards are high, whether it be in the workplace or at home. In Japan, they say 'cockroach husband' (gokiburi in Japanese, karaluchy in Polish). However, Japanese women are submissive (uległy) and Polish are not. They attempt to whip a man into shape.
Seanus   
8 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]

Well, not so fast. Some form of naturalisation process should occur. Marriage to a national helps but the rights of blood component is missing. I hold rights of territory which is another plus. However, define membership.

I may need to meet certain knowledge and linguistic competence requirements. I don't know how it is in Poland but it's that way in the UK.
Seanus   
8 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]

Blood doesn't suddenly change, Zeti. Tell me, what effect does blood have on nationality? If I feel Polish, Zeti, is that enough for me to be a Polish national?

Not many know of his roots, Zeti. Polański sounds Polish and that's the logic of many for ascribing a status to him.
Seanus   
8 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]

You are getting confused here, Zeti. If a Pole or American, both of whose parents are Polish and American (through blood), denounces what they are then they may distance themselves from it but they are still that.

You can formally renounce your status as a citizen. Look at chess players like Korchnoi (Russian/Swiss), Shirov (Russia/Spain) and Fisher (American/Icelandic). They decided to change their citizenship but their nationality could still be considered as their original.
Seanus   
8 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]

The flip side is that one may not feel what one is but they are still that. Look at Poles who go abroad with the intention of never returning or those Americans that vowed never again to be a patriot. They may not feel Polish or American but they are. It all hinges on what angle you approach the labelling process from.