Category Richard de Crespigny
Book Review – “Good to Great” by Jim Collins
I rarely publish book reviews for this is not my specialty and others do a better job of it than I do. But today I find myself sitting in Frankfurt Airport having missed my connection to Toulouse by 5 minutes and now waiting for another 10 hours until my next flight. I’ve been […]
Physics for the Coffee Table
About Physics for the Coffee Table Richard wrote a book in the late 1980s called “Physics For the Coffee Table” (PFTCT). The book (or series of books) consisted of many seemingly basic questions about day to day events that had counter-intuitive answers. The book was inspired by a remarkable physicist by the name of Professor Julius Sumner […]
Back Story – QF32 page 290 – Coral
Coral’s QF32 Many readers have picked up a glaring omission from my QF32 story. It’s the story that should have been told by my wonderful wife Coral. Dad describes Coral as “formidable”, and I can understand that. To me she is the most beautiful girl on the planet. She is not just the “wind beneath my […]
QF32 Back Story – Rolls Royce Trent 900 – Request for Questions
I have been researching Rolls-Royce engines for decades. I have studied the engine’s “workshop manuals”. I visited the Rolls-Royce production and engineering facilities in Derby, UK just two weeks before my QF32 event. Yesterday I toured the Sin$700 m Rolls-Royce Seletar Campus in Singapore. This is the first production facility for […]
Documentaries, Interviews and Media
Summary There have been many media interviews since the QF32 book was launched. Some were funny, some serious. Here are links to some … Documentaries 60 Minutes (15 minutes, February 2011) 4 Corners QF32 program (1 hour, March 2011) Three additional & technical 1:1 interviews (40 minutes – total) Air Crash Investigation: S13E10 – Qantas 32: Titanic […]
Post Traumatic Stress and PCM (QF32 p 311)
The feedback I have received from QF32 readers has been profound. By far the greatest surprise I have had when reading the responses is to discover how many people are afflicted by their own version of Post Traumatic Stress (PTS). “The nightmares continue – every night” Many stalwart friends have contacted me to pass on […]
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