Gate Duty and FUN FACT FRIDAY

[Gazza]

I do gate duty in the morning on fridays and since the new year, the year 6 kids and i have introduced 'FUN FACT FRIDAY'.... essentially we greet each other in the mornings with a fun. Had some great ones given to me tbf-the kids love it and come up with some quite interesting stuff.

SO.......... give me you favourite random fact which i can use in an upcoming week. My one for today was this....

Did you know that when you close your eyes the colour you see actually has a name. It isnt black or dark or anything of that ilk..... Its formal name is EIGENGRUAU which is like an off black or very dark grey..... sometimes known as Braingrey...... go figure......


anywhoooo lets have your FUN FACTS FOR FRIDAY peeps

ROLL ON THE WEEKEND

[Vera]

During the entire run of commercial service of the Concord, the RAF had no Aircraft capable of keeping pace with the Concord over the distance it flew in commercial service. Let that one sink in a bit...

They had some aircraft that could keep pace but only over a short distance using full afterburner. (Lightning and Tornado)

[Vera]

Just to illustrate the point look at the production year and mach number in supercruire below then look at the bottom one

(Supercruise is the ability to maintain above mach 1 without afterburner)

Aircraft with supercruise ability

Aircraft Supercruise speed Production Year Service status
Sukhoi Su-57[25] Mach 1.30 2020 In service
Dassault Rafale[15] Mach 1.40[citation needed] 1986 In service
Eurofighter Typhoon[16] Mach 1.50 1994 In service
Saab JAS-39E Gripen[22] Mach 1.10[23] 2019[26] In service
General Dynamics F-16XL[27] Mach 1.1 1982 Retired (prototype)
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor[13][2] Mach 1.8 1996 In service
Lockheed YF-22[28] Mach 1.58[29] 1989 Retired (prototype)
Northrop YF-23[28] Mach 1.72[30] 1989 Retired (prototype)
Concorde[31] Mach 2.02[32] 1965 Retired

[OXSET]

Just to illustrate the point look at the production year and mach number in supercruire below then look at the bottom one

(Supercruise is the ability to maintain above mach 1 without afterburner)

Aircraft with supercruise ability

Aircraft Supercruise speed Production Year Service status
Sukhoi Su-57[25] Mach 1.30 2020 In service
Dassault Rafale[15] Mach 1.40[citation needed] 1986 In service
Eurofighter Typhoon[16] Mach 1.50 1994 In service
Saab JAS-39E Gripen[22] Mach 1.10[23] 2019[26] In service
General Dynamics F-16XL[27] Mach 1.1 1982 Retired (prototype)
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor[13][2] Mach 1.8 1996 In service
Lockheed YF-22[28] Mach 1.58[29] 1989 Retired (prototype)
Northrop YF-23[28] Mach 1.72[30] 1989 Retired (prototype)
Concorde[31] Mach 2.02[32] 1965 Retired

Absolutely insane. What a piece of kit it was. I wonder when the next Mach 2 capable airliner will come along.

[Nigel]

The standard gauge of a railway is 4 foot 8 and a half inches, the reason for that is it was the standard width of horse drawn wagons.
The reason wagons were that width is because the used to travel in the ruts created by Roman wagons, the reason Roman wagons were that width is because it was approximately the width of two horses pulling the wagon.
So trains travel on a track whose width was decided 2 thousand years ago by the Romans

[Gazza]

During the entire run of commercial service of the Concord, the RAF had no Aircraft capable of keeping pace with the Concord over the distance it flew in commercial service. Let that one sink in a bit...

They had some aircraft that could keep pace but only over a short distance using full afterburner. (Lightning and Tornado)

that is insane....

dont know if the kids would know what concord is though .... GOD im OLD

[Gazza]

The standard gauge of a railway is 4 foot 8 and a half inches, the reason for that is it was the standard width of horse drawn wagons.
The reason wagons were that width is because the used to travel in the ruts created by Roman wagons, the reason Roman wagons were that width is because it was approximately the width of two horses pulling the wagon.
So trains travel on a track whose width was decided 2 thousand years ago by the Romans

now thats a fact i can defo push.... love that

[Eddy]

fave fact of the momoent is:

Wombat poo is a cube shape.

[Maverick]

The original marathon was set at 40 kilometers. However it was shortened to 24 miles 385 yards for the 1908 Olympics so that it could start on the lawn of Windsor castle and finish in front of the Royal box in the Olympic stadium. It has stayed that distance ever since.

[Dexter]

fave fact of the momoent is:

Wombat poo is a cube shape.

Same as the poo from a Ooh Ahh bird. (One of Tom's homemade cracker jokes on The Good Life)