[Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings

2008-07-29 Thread DMcD
HA, I was trawling through some aviation museums in Europe and noticed that there is a health warning on some cockpits. For example, I think the aircraft preservation people in the UK are only allowed 10 minutes exposure in some cockpits like Blaniks due to the radiation from the primitive instrume

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings

2008-07-29 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 01:40 AM 30/07/2008, you wrote: HA, I was trawling through some aviation museums in Europe and noticed that there is a health warning on some cockpits. For example, I think the aircraft preservation people in the UK are only allowed 10 minutes exposure in some cockpits like Blaniks due to

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings

2008-07-29 Thread Mark Rowe
PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings HA, I was trawling through some aviation museums in Europe and noticed that there is a health warning on some cockpits. For example, I think the aircraft preservation people in the UK are only allowed 10 minutes exposure in some

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings

2008-07-29 Thread Patching
s relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings Its based upon the radiated phosphorus lettering in the instruments. An old watch would not have been a whole lot better. The whole radiation thing is out of control,

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings

2008-07-30 Thread JR
Nuclear powered Blaniks, holy mamartus what next batperson ? JR - Original Message - From: DMcD To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:10 AM Subject: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings HA, I was trawling through some

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings

2008-07-30 Thread AJW
What was interesting about the Taiwan case is that the problem was discovered by a tenant who brought a Geiger counter home for study purposes...or something to that effect. Today's radiation use licenses emphasis disposal as much as acquisition of radiation sources. Stochastic risk depends is a

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings

2008-07-30 Thread Mitchell Preston
What about the sun? Mr Slipslopslap. On 30/07/2008, at 9:46 PM, AJW wrote: Except possibly the dials, any other sources of radiation in a Blanik cockpit? ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subs

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings

2008-07-30 Thread Terry Neumann
It has been writ: I was trawling through some aviation museums in Europe and noticed that there is a health warning on some cockpits. For example, I think the aircraft preservation people in the UK are only allowed 10 minutes exposure in some cockpits like Blaniks due to the radiation from the

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings

2008-07-30 Thread JR
issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:45 AM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings > What about the sun? > > Mr Slipslopslap. > > > On 30/07/2008, at 9:46 PM, AJW wrote: > > > > > Except possibly t

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings

2008-07-30 Thread Patching
ROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings Who's sun ?, and Terry, if you havent worked on a Blanik, you havent lived, and the only time the radiation is a problem i

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings

2008-07-31 Thread JR
that was close, I thought you were going to say cheeks JR - Original Message - From: "Patching" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings

2008-07-31 Thread james crowhurst
ECTED]: Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings What was interesting about the Taiwan case is that the problem was discovered by a tenant who brought a Geiger counter home for study purposes...or something to that effect. Today's radiation use licenses emphasis disposal as much as acqu

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings

2008-07-31 Thread John Wharington
Fixed that for you Jim. "the risk of death from flying a IS HIGHER THAN THE RISK OF CANCER FROM THE INSTRUMENTS, depending on the dose, of course." On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 09:36 +, james crowhurst wrote: > All in all, I think the risk of death from flying a BLANIK IS HIGHER > THAN THE RISK OF

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings

2008-07-31 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 07:36 PM 31/07/2008, you wrote: The stochastic risk is the luck (or bad luck) factor of radiation. i.e. even a very low dose of radiation can cause a DNA mutation and subsequent cancer, if it hits the right spot! This is completely random but like a bet at the races, the higher the dose, the

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings

2008-08-01 Thread AJW
Some points have been made, that lack some background and thus may be interpreted differently (and in some people's opinion, wrongly) The Stochastic risk model is is based on more than just the Life Span study (Japanese WW2 exposures) . I can think of at least 3 others off the top of my head with

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cockpit warnings

2008-08-01 Thread AJW
Unless it is coming from between your "cheeks", the source is not IN the cockpit ;) 2008/7/31 Mitchell Preston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > What about the sun? > > Mr Slipslopslap. > > > On 30/07/2008, at 9:46 PM, AJW wrote: > > >> Except possibly the dials, any other sources of radiation in a Blanik >>