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So it’s not an excuse for her behavior. Why is it at all relevant? The court ruling is widely reported, including in the OP to this thread. I thought so. More deflection. The court ruling does not describe her as an extreme right winger, by the way.

Ah, as ever the good ship Chomper makes another abrupt course change to avoid answering a question ... "difficult waters ahead cap'n, hard turn to the left". I'm not excusing her behaviour. Please point out anywhere in this thread where I have done so. I'll ask again: If you have a link to the court records, please post it. If she is a demonstrable 'extreme Right winger' I would wish to know. No need to hurry: I've had enough AN entertainment for the day but I'll be sure to check back in tomorrow.

I'm not choosing to ignore anything. If you have a link to the court records, please post it. If she is a demonstrable 'extreme Right winger' I would wish to know. Nor do I feel the need to 'defend' anyone. I just don't like the general concept of lengthy custodial terms for 'hate speech' of this ilk. She deleted the post in short order and apologised for it. She lost a young child but has other children: I guess you feel the damage to them by having their mother put away for years is way better than a non-custodial option. Their son, Harry, died aged 19 months in 2012 from dehydration after a series of basic errors by NHS medics, an inquest found. His parents took the toddler to hospital with severe diarrhoea and vomiting, where he was wrongly diagnosed with a stomach upset and sent home before they returned two days later and medical staff turned them away. Then a GP failed to diagnose the real problem and Mr Connolly woke up at 4am to Harry not breathing. https://news.sky.com/story/lucy-connolly-childminder-married-to-tory-councillor-pleads-guilty-to-stirring-up-racial-hatred-13193012

"an extreme right winger". Yawn. Have you actually any evidence that she is "an extreme right winger", other than that one crass and insensitive post she made? This stupid woman did not specify a location. That is an important point. She made a non-specific statement. If she had posted "go to the Higgot Hotel in Whatabout Street; it's full of migrants. Set it on fire" that would be a different kettle of fish.

Please answer the question: which hotels housing migrants were set on fire?

These words had no consequence. Please enlighten as to which migrant hotels were subject to arson attacks. I thought not.

Next. Oh, alright, if I must. This woman posted something stupid and crass: “Mass deportation now, set fire to all the <deleted> hotels full of the bastards for all I care […] if that makes me racist, so be it” But did anyone actually set fire to any hotel? No. Is calling for deportation illegal in itself? Is calling someone a bastard illegal? There is absolutely no evidence that her post 'incited' anyone to take any action. Prison time would be ridiculous.

Not heard anything.

I can't give a Nurburgring time, but here's Castle Combe: https://fastestlaps.com/tracks/castle-combe Seal did well: https://byd.carmagazine.co.uk/byd-seal-electric-track-test However I'd still prefer the GR Yaris for this. Back to EVs in Thailand: Take your Seal to Buriram or Bira and give us a track day report!

"appropriate legal actions will be taken" - I would suggest bolt action delivering 55 grains at 3,200 fps might be more appropriate.

Going to have to disagree with you here JB. Seal, Scmheal. Meh. Straight line fast but other than that, out of the box I'm sure you'd need to do a lot of work on suspension / brakes at a minimum to really hoon it around. Buy a Yaris now and you can also sell it in a year for more than you paid for it. Won't be doing that with a Seal. What's not to like about this (and this is the pre-2024 model!) Engine: 1,618cc, turbocharged 3-cyl Transmission: 6-speed manual, all-wheel drive Power (hp): 261@6,500rpm Torque (lb ft): 266@3,000-4,600rpm 0-62mph: 5.5 seconds Top speed: 143mph (electronically limited) Weight: 1,280-1,310kg (minimum and maximum) MPG: 34.3 CO2: 186g/km driving On sale: 2020-date Price: £29,995 (2020, before Circuit Pack or Convenience Pack) Price now: £30,000-£40,000 https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-features/gr-yaris-wins-best-hot-hatch-of-last-25-years/46989

Indeed it did. As per some helpful other posts it needs abrasion (sandpaper) and a fresh lacquer coat. Cost THB 800 and was done in less than an hour. I'd say back to 95% of original for mine. Not bad for a 13 yo car and it looks so much better. To keep on topic: also works for EV headlights.

I seem to be finding secret caches of EVs everywhere I look. This time I found a whole load of Changan (I think) lurking in a central Bangkok location. I was having my headlights polished (not a euphemism) and these were across the road. And - just for EOW - here's a non EV (not on fire either, although it sure goes like it is - a GR Yaris, a snip at something over 2 million)

Pattaya Airways have really lucked out in finding a route that isn't served by any competing commercial carriers that could also run freight in their aircraft.

Do you not do humour? I can;'t believe anyone would really think that I was really suggesting that as the way to go but I guess I'm wrong! I suppose that's why packets of peanuts have nut allergy warnings on them.

A chisel and rotary sander combo. Otherwise a solvent as per above suggestions. A hairdryer on modest heat is good for softening, and an old credit card or the like works well as a scraper.

There are some well-maintained aircraft and some good mechanics. A bit like doctors - the trick is finding the good ones. As a pilot from the 70s you'd probably feel at home here - rare to fly an IFR VOR approach in Europe these days. It's all RNAV 'follow the magenta line'.

It was flown from UK by the previous owner, who flew it extensively (and safely) around Thailand for many years, and kept it well-maintained.

Another fool over-sharing on social media. Once the RD are done with him, he can look forward to a visit from a local burglar.

"EVs to the southwest, thousands of 'em" .. The great EV car park off Highway 7 remains nicely filled. What is more curious is there's a little sign at the entrance saying "Thailand Warehouse 1112" (also in Thai and Chinese). The sign also has a very small logo for Nexpoint. Nexpoint is interesting because it's an EV commercial vehicle company. And if you really want to get into the weeds, one of the directors is Amorn Sapthaweekul, right hand man of Energy Absolute's Somphote Ahunai (but that's a whole other story). So are these another new brand about to hit the market? There seem to be several different models in the car park

The aircraft could have experienced a stall/spin induced by a trim or elevator issue in the cruise. High nose down attitude without rotation could be consistent with recovery attempt. Five thousand feet AGL with an unanticipated departure wouldn't leave much room for recovery. Here's a description of spin recovery in a Grand Caravan: "That same aircraft, when spun at gross weight, forward C of G produced a crisp entry, and compliant recovery. I had installed a G meter, and happy I had. The consistent recovery as at Vne, and at 2.5 to 2.8G (not much room for error in those recoveries). The peak observed descent rate was calculated at 9600 FPM. The aircraft handled very nicely though. It was obviously very well designed in this regard." https://www.euroga.org/forums/loading-and-spin-recovery/6992?page=2 Here's a clip with comment "I have done these tests in the Grand Caravan. It is a beautiful spinning aircraft, though takes you to the limits in getting it out." Also - not sure I'd be advising any pilot that an aircraft "will naturally pull out of a dive"!

That ADS-B info is very suspect. I think best to ignore the sudden course changes. It shows two abrupt near 180 degree course reversals in less than 30 seconds and the only way to do that would be through something like hammerhead turns, which you won't be doing in a Caravan. A course reversal would show as a semi-circular track. If you look at the previous flight data for that aircraft from the site you linked, that track also makes no sense. Even I could hand-fly the ILS approach better than this appears to indicate. And again there's an apparently abrupt near 180 course reversal.

Has already left the country. But left very sloooowwlyyy.

It's a grim clip to watch. Weather was good. Doesn't appear to have been in-flight breakup. So some sort of mechanical failure/issue or human-induced event seems most likely. If mechanical possibly could be trim runaway. Trim runaway at high speed can be very dangerous. The force required to overcome the runaway can be very great - if not unrecoverable. Recovery from an event that starts at just 5,000 feet could be very hard, especially if unexpected and autopilot engaged (so not hand flying). There was a Caravan accident in Alaska in 2014 that NTSB considered to have been caused by trim runaway: "Simulated airplane performance calculations showed that, during a pitch trim excursion, the control forces required to counter an anomaly increases to unmanageable levels unless the appropriate remedial procedures are quickly applied. Given the simulated airplane performance calculations, the trim actuator measurements, and the check airman's known training routine, it is likely that the check airman simulated a pitch trim excursion and that the SIC, who lacked experience in the airplane type, did not appropriately respond to the excursion. The check airman did not take remedial action and initiate the recovery procedure in time to prevent the control forces from becoming unmanageable and to ensure that recovery from the associated dive was possible." https://asn.flightsafety.org/reports/2014/20140408_C208_N126AR.pdf I'm sure these guys trained for trim runaway scenarios (knowing location of trim circuit breaker should be a memory item) but again, at low altitude and cruise speed, not a lot of time. All speculation. I suspect we will never know unless NTSB is asked to become involved and they can recover trim actuators etc. RIP.

Yes Chomps, because of course all young people under the age of 18 are little angels ... https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-statistics-2022-to-2023/youth-justice-statistics-2022-to-2023-accessible-version