By registering with our site you will have full instant access to:
268,000 posts on every subject imaginable contributed by 1000's of members worldwide.
25000 photos and videos mainly relating to the British Merchant Navy.
Members experienced in research to help you find out about friends and relatives who served.
The camaraderie of 1000's of ex Merchant Seamen who use the site for recreation & nostalgia.
Here we are all equal whether ex Deck Boy or Commodore of the Fleet.
A wealth of experience and expertise from all departments spanning 70+ years.
It is simple to register and membership is absolutely free.
N.B. If you are going to be requesting help from one of the forums with finding historical details of a relative
please include as much information as possible to help members assist you. We certainly need full names,
date and place of birth / death where possible plus any other details you have such as discharge book numbers etc.
Please post all questions onto the appropriate forum
As i feel there are quite a few on here that have NOT updated their Email addresses, can you please do so. It is of importance that your Email is current, so as we can contact you if applicable . Send me the details in my Private Message Box.
Thank You Doc Vernon
-
9th April 2021, 07:45 AM
#11
Re: Electric con job

Originally Posted by
Keith Tindell
Thanks for that, very interesting.
K.
-
9th April 2021, 07:57 AM
#12
Re: Electric con job

Originally Posted by
happy daze john in oz
s Hydrogen will take off, no pun intended.
Good timing John, this morning our Transport minister Grant Schapp announced in an interview that the Govt was already experimenting with hydrogen powered aircraft and an official announcement could be expected shortly about future developments
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
9th April 2021, 08:06 AM
#13
Re: Electric con job
The Irish secret service have stolen the plans, here is a photo obtained by agent 00.7 Sean O'Bond.r101.jpg
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
9th April 2021, 08:11 AM
#14
Re: Electric con job

Originally Posted by
Lewis McColl
The Irish secret service have stolen the plans, here is a photo obtained by agent 00.7 Sean O'Bond.
r101.jpg
Was that the same secret service that crashed a two seater plane into a cemetery, so far the guardia have recovered a 157 bodies
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
9th April 2021, 08:18 AM
#15
Re: Electric con job
I think it may have been this fella starting his own low cost airline. Packem in Electric airways, mick.jpg
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
9th April 2021, 08:20 AM
#16
Re: Electric con job
First time I heard that one it was in central Poland.
K.
-
9th April 2021, 09:23 AM
#17
Re: Electric con job
Maersk has a ship in the Pacific Ocean mining the seabed for cobalt. Maersk are always ahead of the game in all forms of marine technology.
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
10th April 2021, 05:16 AM
#18
Re: Electric con job

Originally Posted by
Ivan Cloherty
Good timing John, this morning our Transport minister Grant Schapp announced in an interview that the Govt was already experimenting with hydrogen powered aircraft and an official announcement could be expected shortly about future developments
Slowly Ivan I think those in power are coming to realise that electric may not be the end game at all, there are other and better solutions.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

-
Post Thanks / Like
-
10th April 2021, 05:20 AM
#19
Re: Electric con job

Originally Posted by
Louis the fly
Maersk has a ship in the Pacific Ocean mining the seabed for cobalt. Maersk are always ahead of the game in all forms of marine technology.
Interesting, thanks Louis, will be looking for more on this.
Keith.
-
10th April 2021, 09:13 AM
#20
Re: Electric con job
https://gcaptain.com/worlds-first-hy...eid=d6316ca9cf
French company to start operating Hydrogen powered vessels later this year.
Britain & Ireland have teamed up and launched a world beating wind powered air ship, operating under a flag of inconvenience.
France are said to be applying to the EU and block the venture.
JR.jpg
-
Post Thanks / Like
Tags for this Thread
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules