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https://jim-quinn.blogspot.com/2025/08/radios-and-genetics.html moved to:
Arctic: https://jim-quinn7.blogspot.com/ USA-NATO update+SanctionsRFI
see https://jim-quinn0.blogspot.com/ for what those Qualifications Mean
see https://jim-quinn4.blogspot.com/ for some JimQ and Rallye info
When english is not that person's 1st language, you have to be Clear and Succinct, and I will not lie nor mislead, and WILL call a Spade a Spade!
See https://jim-quinn.blogspot.com/2025/12/empathy-courtesy-of-i-paper.html for HOW TO TRUST OTHERS, CAREFULLY.
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20feb2026
A professional travel writer has said "My English" is Incorrect - my use of the word "but" is wrong.....
I reminded her my brain is Not much "wordy" - it is a Calculating Machine and Diagrammatic, so English is actually a 2nd language to me!!
Hence, to try better.....
JimQ's Fundamental Humanitarian Beliefs:
I have to Define these at Top Level, for UK Law consists of about 100,000 pages, incomprehensible to most people. And my proposal for a 2,750 word and diagram (11 page) Constitution has been Ignored......
1) Do Not Lie, Do Not Steal, Do Not Murder.
All other Laws are Subject to These, and Are Declared by All Religions!
2) Those Who do Not Practice Them are Criminals..... The Accused should be Allowed a Defence and Judgement in Law, to Prove Either Their Innocence or Their Guilt, Depending upon Probability.
3) In the Natural World, Deep Thinking, Investigations, and Creativity are Evolutionary and Important. Very Few have those Combined Abilities.
4) https://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/25870870.rugby-legend-mike-tindall-join-45-mile-charity-ride-mnd/? is Typical of Charity, and is surely part of Humanitarian Law.
5) We ALL Have to Earn a Living and must Limit Spending accordingly! (Ensure Income is above Expenditure!).
JimQ
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WRC Rally Sweden Result 12-15feb2026
Evans-Martin, Katsuta-Johnston +14.3s, Pajari-Salminen +46.0s
WRC Championship to 11mar2026 (2 events now):
Evans-Martin 60, Solberg-Edmondson 47, Katsuta-Johnston 30pts
17feb2026
When am I going to be PAID £££££££?
JimQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5TiUhhm7cQ 1990
It is a Rare Video, title: Nelson Mandela Speaking on Palestine
Israeli Colonialist Apartheid on the Palestinians is absolutely awful.
HAMAS asked for a Two-State "solution" in 2017 (in the media) - The West sneeeered......... who would NOT react to being so despised?
JimQ
Nelson had a whole unaffected-by-RFI brain throughout his imprisonment - JimQ did not!
One thought for you: The USA so loves the Israeli's they should take them ALL into the USA (only 2% extra in USA population) and STOP the war in the Middle East as a result, directly!!
Surely, NATO countries would support this, for it reduces their headache!!
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13feb2026
Smooth a Iceland's geothermal
JimQ
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12feb2026
Radio frequency multi-signal analysts:
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/radar-and-ai-combine-to-see-around-corners?
...... the technology bounces radio waves off walls and ceilings.
JimQ
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11feb2026
Growing up..... educated......
then TacaTacaTaca in
Mum Mary Dad Bristol Evening Post:
JMJarre, Beat Music to Accompany...... VHS "Oxygen in Moscow"
JimQ, Sukhoi 27 "Knight's": TacaTacaTaca? No
Of course not: TalkTalkTalk, concede some, is the best way!
We Engineers love Engineers as in: AM DBX707, Mig-31 too, TGV, RR, JCB, Renishaw....
but NO respect for politicians, even to each other!
They Bring That Nasty Aggression at Home, to Foreign Attacks too and THEN Complain about Retaliation!!
My local paper normalises...... thankyou
JimQ
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9feb2026 back home.....
but Michael Jackson's dance and choreography was so very great too.
Creativity beats capitalism every time! But THEY take advantage of the Creative People, and accumulate WEALTH at OUR Expense! Like Royals did/do, which is why Revolutions Killed Them in so many Countries.
Selfish Musk/Trump's turn will come......
Communism was wrong for it restricted the Individual by Top Down (limited thought) Dictate, while UK Govt/Law is merely a different form of Top Down Dictatorship,
RUN BY IDIOTS,
whose Bill of Rights (1688) just below, Refuses to Listen/Consult with The Capable Intelligent Outside Parliament, and Still Rules.
Decision Makers who so Demonstrate INCOMPETENCE!!
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMarSess2/1/2/introduction says That the Freedome of Speech and Debates or Proceedings in Parlyament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any Court or Place out of Parlyament.
THEIR form of democracy is to claim that the person who sweeps the road/gutter is as Capable as those who Top QUALIFY CEng - the creatives - so (no qualifications needed/road sweeper) gasgasgas, InCapable Designers, MP/lord have become Elected...... God's who NEVER ask, address Symptoms only, and do not understand the Strategic Answers as a result.
The ONLY sort of democracy I can accept is one where Engineering's Holistic ABILITY counts among the Officials, and where Everybody gets a crack at VOICING their Concerns, while NOT dictating. Thus the electoral system has to produce a Result proportional to the populations needs - and STV does that, as practiced in Scotland Wales and Ireland,
but NOT Westminster, USA, nor many EU countries!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&feature=shared&v=CmMliMAFW8o
Some things I know and think about, better than 98% of the Population..... I started from a GOOD Education tho'..... seems not be available in UK today!
There are about 178,000 CEng in UK's 65,000,000 today - thus in UK Govt the majority murders the minority, but Business loves us for the Profit we help them make, BY OUR DESIGN AND MAKE ABILITY.
Digging tunnels is a big activity, but "why have the tunnels in the first place?", is a CEng DESIGN and IPR function, NOT a man with a digging machine job!
Free speech is claimed by Mr Starmer in UK, but ONLY if you are a CRONY will he/they listen!! Social-media is a gas gas gas persons need, and Certainly NOT a thinking persons diet, for THEY SEEK FACTS from many places, not "imposed" gossip nor sexual images that you cannot escape.
JimQ does NOT use Social-media, but emails and several/many newsletters.
In UK School under-18's Education, Quarks dominate for the 0.00000001% who need them, but where Heat, Light, Sound, Electricity and Magnetism needed by 99% of us, seem to lose out!
You HAVE to LEARN how to THINK, not just memorise to become a CEng. Who else does that in our numbers?
Piloting (kinetics) With Thinking, NOT "3mph" armchairs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lK5cxl8hSQ
You have to finish to Win! AND be allowed toooooo be yourself, NOT bullied, but encouraged.... Please.
Try this, for understanding of viscous fluid behaviour (yup,
You have to finish to Win! AND be allowed toooooo be yourself, NOT bullied, but encouraged.... Please.
We NEVER needed an F35B!
A 10% bigger Harrier "COPY" would be low cost, plus a little for fibre optics, and have MUCH longer range.... if that is all you bought the F35B for, because it is CRAP otherwise!!
Thus I ask: Where are the UK CEng jobs now?
https://jim-quinn4.blogspot.com/
JimQ
Even the Govts word DIVERSE is only applicable to Race, Colour, LGBT etc people, when WE mean: Diverse is "so very many technical disciplines - for example aerodynamics specialists, structure specialists, electronics specialists, materials specialists, etc" - so very many ALL relating to the Natural World, and each of such DEPTH, that nobody can know or memorise everything.
The BEST proven Engineers will have MANY years of Thought behind them, and never be professional lawyers or accountants..... who mostly just rely on what they see or hear, and THEY could NEVER act as Professional Engineers either.
Lawyers, and their associated Judges in Court SHOULD rely on the Judgement of Professional Engineers, for they can never evaluate or infer the background to such of a complex situation as WE (many, but not all) can.
As with EVERY human, some are good and some not so good..... WITHIN the CEng Fellow band, but the minimum ain't bad.... https://jim-quinn0.blogspot.com/
UK Mental Capacity Act 2005
How many FAIL this Law ?
All Design Engineers, Lawyers and Accountants - from One Discipline to the Other, at least. Ask yourself WHY....
Try this, for understanding of viscous fluid behaviour (yup,
RED text to ....... HELP!):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navier%E2%80%93Stokes_equations
but these NASA ones Engineering and better understood, for a man of 4D and Rallying, and I bet the software engineering programmers use them too:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navier%E2%80%93Stokes_equations
but these NASA ones Engineering and better understood, for a man of 4D and Rallying, and I bet the software engineering programmers use them too:
https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/nseqs.html
still complex, but (Human Software Calculations in Supercomputers help the Latest Aerodynamicists, whether Formula 1 cars or RAF Typhoons....), those equations evolved thru' 200 HUMAN years say, from good old Bernouilli's simpler stuff centuries ago, in 1738...... which is where we all start during Our (Basic) BSc Education, whether Uni or Apprenticed, and In Industry, work our way up, to IPR developers see.
I am a visualiser in these sorts of Equations that I have some ability to describe, never actually calculating with these complex ones myself, but to Think AND to understand The Results of Testing, whether thus Precisely Calculated or Observed - with the aid of Professional Aerodynamicists who will DO BETTER THAN ME at Design thru' Practice, but I should be able to fairly-closely understand them, thru' ASKING, variously and severally!
Design comes about thru' visualisation, calculation and compromise of appropriate shapes, using the Equations to minimise the need for many shape Physical Testing. The computer is thus a TOOL to help people Design, not to replace them.
Govt's Artificial Intelligence, AI, is Nothing New here.... merely
Their name for Software we ALREADY use.
BUT, there IS a Mental Capacity Problem in UK: so very many people WRONGLY say that "anti-semitism is to be against the Israeli Govt" - Wrong because they NEVER check the English Dictionary, AND the Israeli Govt are NO LONGER genuine Jews, but KILLERS, THIEVES and LIARS, so despised by their Moses! Check that out too!
Hence gasgasgas is NOT enough LAWYER Mr Keir Starmer and business ADMIN Ms Sanae Takaichi, ONLY in your 60's - you MUST Ask.
REMEMBER too, MANY people KNOW more and THINK better than YOU political ones Ever Will, and YOU are NOT able to make decisions on their behalf, EVER.
You are elected for your ability to gasgasgas, not much more, nothing technical, nothing STEM. As a Consequence of TRADITION, The Elected have Power, express emotional feelings, but actually have very little Thoughtful Ability.....
So, the UK Mental Capacity Act 2005 in
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/data.pdf
Contains section 3:
3 Inability to make decisions
(1) For the purposes of section 2, a person is unable to make a decision for himself if he is unable—
(a) to understand the information relevant to the decision,
(b) to retain that information,
(c) to use or weigh that information as part of the process of making the decision, or
(d) to communicate his decision (whether by talking, using sign language or any other means).
(2) A person is not to be regarded as unable to understand the information relevant to a decision if he is able to understand an explanation of it given to him in a way that is appropriate to his circumstances (using simple language, visual aids or any other means).
(3) The fact that a person is able to retain the information relevant to a decision for a short period only does not prevent him from being regarded as able to make the decision.
(4) The information relevant to a decision includes information about the reasonably foreseeable consequences of—
(a) deciding one way or another, or
(b) failing to make the decision.
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03feb2026
Please withdraw such HUGE attacks on Iran.
Letter to Mr President Trump:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
03feb2026 at 0611 ET
Dear Mr President Trump,
Herewith my posting at https://jim-quinn.blogspot.com/
Please withdraw such HUGE attacks on Iran.
03feb2026 Discovery!!
This Sanction (I took a photo of my laptop screen, but I add the text below since YOU WILL NOT ALLOW ATTACHMENTS!) is part of a Deliberate Attempt to DESTROY A NATION!!
https://search-uk-sanctions-list.service.gov.uk/designations/IRN0240/Entity
Herewith my posting at https://jim-quinn.blogspot.com/
Please withdraw such HUGE attacks on Iran.
03feb2026 Discovery!!
This Sanction (I took a photo of my laptop screen, but I add the text below since YOU WILL NOT ALLOW ATTACHMENTS!) is part of a Deliberate Attempt to DESTROY A NATION!!
https://search-uk-sanctions-list.service.gov.uk/designations/IRN0240/Entity
........ as follows
This Sanction is part of a Deliberate Attempt to DESTROY A NATION!!
https://search-uk-sanctions-list.service.gov.uk/designations/IRN0240/Entity
The USS Abraham Lincoln is a big aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea nearby - it has highly enriched Uranium reactors:
2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors; 260,000 shp (190,000 kW)The USS Abraham Lincoln is a big aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea nearby - it has highly enriched Uranium reactors:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A4W_reactor developed from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1B_reactor
Iran's 60% enrichment would do nicely for any ship or submarine - so why DESTROY IRAN for NOT having Nuclear Weapons!!
Presumably Hyped PREDICTION is the problem here - Govt scientists only know of nuclear weapons?? - Engineers Develop nuclear POWER!!
And to DESTROY Iran Air merely for being owned by the Govt is ridiculous AND STUPID HYSTERIA NASTY!! Transport of food, medicines, and household hygiene and sanitary goods? Protests and Burglary of Shops and Govt buildings.......
made WORSE by the RFI "hate emotion" imposed on All Citizens by Israel-NATO somehow.....
thus "hate" protests met by "hate" police, and huge angry reactions by BOTH sides result.
Few of their aircraft are Flying, but are likely being maintained by local "blacksmith hammer beaten" fabrications, instead of the Genuine SAFETY CERTIFIED SPARES, that these Sanctions STOP.
.............. Would you Fly Iran Air??
Sanctions so placed are performed as by a Switch - takes a moment By Govt to Do/Publish, and DeepHurt Results for Months/Years....
SANCTIONS ARE TOO EASY TO PLACE Mr UK, AND I DESPISE YOU FOR YOUR LACK OF THOUGHT !!!!!!!!!
The following is the end part of the President Trump contact form, as Stated above: the actual send is as above, but repeated in
https://jim-quinn.blogspot.com/2025/10/letters-to-mr-donald-trump.html
The photo text: JimQ only discovered this TODAY:
The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023
18 November 2024
UK IRN0240
OFSI Group ID 16611
Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction
The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
UK Statement Of Reasons The Islamic Republic of Iran Airlines is an involved person within the meaning of the Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) The Islamic Republic of Iran Airlines is owned or controlled, by a person, namely the Government of Iran, which is or has been involved in hostile activity by the Government of Iran; (2) The Islamic Republic of Iran Airlines is or has been involved in hostile activity by the Government of Iran by facilitating or giving support or assistance to the Iranian defence sector.
JimQ
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with President Donald J. Trump. 1111 GMT
JimQ
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30jan2026
EU announce IRGC are declared as Terrorists - by Naive Ms Kaja Kallas, EU Foreign Policy Chief.
Thus she makes the situation worse, NOT Calming nor Easing Tensions (!!) for Iran (under enormous economic difficulty) then will escalate to DEFCON 4, where 5 = WAR, and 1 = QUIET and peace.
Unfortunately, this EU type of "so easy declaration", suggests to me that THEY DO THIS TO AVOID TALKING sense to...... any other or opposite Views. Similarly, their sanctions have been said to be CRUEL - a quick flick of a switch takes ONLY one minute, but the "recipient" SUFFERS for...... months/years.
EU reactions again loudmouth similar on the SLOW and Easy few Mig-31 flights VERY visible over Estonia briefly, MEANS:
Mr Putin Testing NATO Defences (oh !!), rather than a reasonable Request to talk peaceably, and with Thought, that the EU seem to me to NOT HAVE!!
Triggered by rapid inflation and the sharp depreciation of Iran’s currency, Protests quickly spread throughout the country.
Triggered by rapid inflation and the sharp depreciation of Iran’s currency, Protests quickly spread throughout the country.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/for-iran-another-us-israel-attack-would-be-an-existential-war
It seems to me that "Somebody" is using RFI to STIR UP all Iranians - huge Protests and huge Reactions could be triggered by RFI causing emotional feelings of HATE BY ALL SIDES. Info at:
https://jim-quinn.blogspot.com/2025/08/radios-and-genetics.html
I note that Turkiye is very concerned about Iran Regime change, for it affects their stability and defences greatly. Many local countries favour a weakened Iran under the Islamic Republic rather than regime change, seeing in its fragility a measure of predictability that outweighs the uncertainties of radical change.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-plans-buffer-zone-if-iran-government-fall
https://www.newarab.com/analysis/no-collapse-no-reform-what-next-irans-regime
https://www.newarab.com/analysis/why-middle-east-fears-us-israel-attack-iran
JimQ
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29jan2026 3 separate items today:
https://en.mercopress.com/2026/01/28/u.s.-prepares-general-licence-to-ease-venezuelan-energy-sanctions-after-maduro-capture?
https://hyphenonline.com/2026/01/27/suleymaan-khan-teenager-building-diy-robots-coding-sk-robotics-sulley/?
JimQ
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Oi Oi whats up doc? US military moves in the Middle East
Last updated:
Air Forces Central (AFCENT), the air component of CENTCOM, said the drills are designed to test how quickly US forces can move personnel and aircraft, operate from dispersed locations and sustain operations with minimal support.The drills follow the arrival of the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group in the region, according to a CENTCOM announcement on Monday. Near Oman?CENTCOM said all exercises would respect host-nation sovereignty and be conducted with local approvals.The US has also moved F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets to the Middle East, while the UK has reportedly deployed Typhoon jets in a “defensive capacity.” Which Nation/s hosting?
Trump told Axios that the US has a “big armada next to Iran. Bigger than Venezuela,” but added that Washington would prefer not to use force.
“We have a lot of ships going that direction, just in case. I’d rather not see anything happen, but we’re watching them very closely,” Trump said. Oh!
Key developments at a glance
- Multi-day US air power readiness exercises launched across CENTCOM region
USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group now deployed in the Middle East
F-15E Strike Eagle jets moved to the region; UK deploys Typhoon fighters.. the 51st State.
Drills focus on rapid deployment, dispersed operations and partner coordination
CENTCOM also conducting joint defensive exercises with Bahrain against drone threats
Backdrop
Protests in Iran over economic woes and political repression
Rights groups estimate more than 6,100 killed; some claim far higher toll
Trump threatens action but says Tehran wants talks
Iran warns any attack will be met with force
World Long-Lat Balance Centre? Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye?
Ch134 S4C wednesday 28jan2026 6pm Ralio Monte-Carlo
Elfyn Evans, WRC Car 33, speaks Welsh of course.
Note: brake bias to rear, so The Rear Discs redhot not fronts, giving steering on ice, slush, snow!https://acm.mc/en/epreuves/rallye-automobile-monte-carlo/
22-25jan2026
On British ITV4 Tuesday 27jan2026, 8pm GMT
Next WRC Rally 12-15feb2026:
https://www.wrc.com/en/events/wrc-rally-sweden-2026
On ITV4 Tuesday 17feb2026, 8pm GMT
JimQ
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London to Bahrain about 7300km, Paris to Rio about 10400km
That 4380 miles non-stop to Bahrain - stop in Dakar for total 6270 miles to Rio
heck of a good range a but still only 7hr30m total,
heck of a good range a but still only 7hr30m total,
faster than any nonstop subsonic.
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SaRS HAZOP Webinar, Effect on Govt
21jan2026 at 1230-1330pm - SaRS webinar (Safety and Reliability Society webinar: Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) Study Horror Stories) by Louise Whiting IChemE, of DeedahPSM Ltd.
You could have attended if you wanted to, for free.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazard_and_operability_study
Gmail: Dear Govt people,
1) I am NOT a SaRS or IChemE member, so these are my personal SaRS webinar thoughts, as an attendee for Curiosity sake, and thus CPD.
I am qualified CEng Fellow in IMechE, and SaRS and IChemE award those qualifications too.
I hope this "one of many Technical Project Analysees" helps you to see that Govt/UN has NO expertise in cost-effectively selecting ANY one project proposal/bid, and You MUST ASK and PAY Qualified Professional Engineers to help you therefore!!
Your Govt Scientists have NO knowledge here at all...... limited as they are to that individuals specific detail, and not at all familiar with major project holistics and its major financial investment in engineering design and prediction - before manufacture, test and use.
2) CLEARLY, CEng and Fellow are VERY important qualifications to AUDIT/Evaluate any project proposal, as identified in
https://jim-quinn0.blogspot.
and as I add to in Chapters 13 and 15 of my 2024 book "Tornado New Horizons", for currently the National Audit Office is totally non-quality academic!
It has Accountants/money thoughts alone, for it has NO Professional Engineers on board..... so how do you know what Quality you are buying? I have said this to you in emails for many many years now, but am continually ignored - are you going to continue so ignorantly, STUPID?
I started to cover it in my 2007 proposals for the 2012 London Olympics to Tessa Jowell, QE2, etc. where I showed the NAO were totally incompetent at Organisation - my CLEAR 2007 chart attached is SO MUCH Better than theirs, from 2007's HC252.
3) https://nearyou.imeche.org/
another of my regular CPD, like the SaRS webinar.
Do you have Professional Institutions that ensure Continuing Professional Development, CPD?
I will attend in Swindon (A regular Annual at this time of year) as in several years past, in company with several experienced in Rail, like me in Aerospace - the Young Engineers have to prove: That They Can Think beyond their training - to become CEng, Chartered...... eventually.
The National competition follows later in the year, as always.
4) There were 230 attendees to this good 21jan2026 SaRS webinar (Safety and Reliability Society webinar: Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) Study Horror Stories). Several screen-photo attachments below. 15 Q&A discussed, a few more ran out of time......
Notes JimQ made below are my selection - the Experts attending asked detailed questions of the HAZOP process, which I do not report on below, but Lecturer Louise Whiting IChemE, of DeedahPSM Ltd, answered all 15 in the Q&A......
a) HAZOP too early raises too many questions, since design incomplete, but integral with design at a later stage becomes valuable for questions/recommendations fewer and more valued.
MUST do a Pre-construction HAZOP.
b) Set an alarm (say 15 minutes) to limit discussion time when conversation a bit outside the HAZOP process.
c) MUST follow the Process (yes, all workload), and to get IT RIGHT takes time.
d) If you are not Knowledgable, you will miss one or more important HAZOP evaluations, through lacking engineering expertise!!
e) A HAZOP conducted virtually on line is very difficult to manage for you cannot see/comprehend enough of the diagrams/interactions....
f) Simple things like Relief valves - occasionally fail..... various reasons, so knowhow needed.
g) AI may be used to help produce the Exec Summary - but not before. Use of AI during the HAZOP process is a big nono, for it would "inadequately fill in" Report Gaps you have actually not covered (as ChatGPT does with internet searches, for it does not ask enough questions/produce Options!!) - a follow up investigation would render the Report potentially badly damaged, for this Gap will then be identified (how many other Gaps possible then? - a likely question) and legal trouble results!!5) I hope All of This Gmail helps....... have a good day!
Jim Quinn BSc(1965) CEng(1985) FIMechE(1994) CPD Human Failures(2024)
AeroThermal, Disability, and Caring Design Engineer
LRQA Lead Auditor No 01298
The NAO 2007 rubbish (from HC252) and the SUCCINCT:
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You will find that Designer R.J.Mitchell regularly attended the construction and use of his 1st Spitfire aircraft in:
Leslie Howard taking the part of R.J.Mitchell.
Just so JimQ, with the Tornado engines hardware simulation all over the flight envelope, and so
where I supported MRCA-Tornado P01 1st flight analysis using the MBB Tertiary MagTape supplied to me at Bristol, and then a month later.....
alongside and in the Telemetry Room, the Certification Ground Runs and 1st Flight of P02, plus a few engine rebuilds and Installation setting up for BAe Warton's Early Flights of P02, P03 and P06, through to 1976.
I started on AFVG's M45G in 1966, proceeded through Performance Design and Simulation of the 2 shaft BS143 from June 1967 and the 3 shaft RB199 from June 1968, thru' 1971 Design Meeting Thoughts at Warton Headed by BAe's Len Milsom and my boss John Lane with me alone from Bristol, until 1972 when John Kitcatt joined us as Chief Flight Engine Dev Engr, preparing the Build Standards and Endurance Demonstration Hours, for 1974 onwards......
eventually to RAF support from 1980, to make sure IT WORKED as THEY Required, and JimQ left to go back to Design after the 1984 Red Flag Tornado 617 Squadron win, since the RAF no longer needed me, having not contacted me throughout all that RAF Preparation for Red Flag!
This is P02 at Mach 1.6 30,000ft, with Dave driving the RB199's up front, in 1975.
The 1st time I saw any RB199 hardware was the Nozzle, at the backend of its Vulcan Installation in 1973 - all previous work was Imagination and Calculation!!
I have sat in both Vulcan and Tornado P02's cockpits since, throttle Feel and so on, with corresponding cockpit gauges operating from the sensor simulations attached at the back of the aircraft..... engines not running, for you need a "Trained Cockpit Clearance" for that, especially..... Safe Escape, switches to OFF!
16jan2026 Stroud @ 6pm tonight
JimQ
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