Re: [Goanet] the fascinating Portuguese study

2012-10-27 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Dear Jose,     I agree totally with your elegant analysis, and accept Gabriel's explanation. Of course, if IAF fighters took off from Pune at 3.30 in the morning, the planes from Goa were long gone by then.     Warm regards to you both,     Victor --- On Sat, 10/27/12, J. Colaco < jc> wrote:

Re: [Goanet] the fascinating Portuguese study

2012-10-27 Thread J. Colaco < jc>
1: Gabriel @ http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2012-October/226237.html "the last TAIP flight took off overladen with the last of the families of the Portuguese in the dead of night. The Indian airforce, according to Bharat-Rakshak, was scrambled TO GIVE CHASE" 2: VRR (to Gabr

Re: [Goanet] the fascinating Portuguese study

2012-10-25 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
"IAF were scrambled to give chase" was what I said. "Give chase" may have been too strong a word that I used - perhaps "investigate" would have been better.  The actual word used by the pilot reporting the incident was "intercept".   The information comes from a paragraph of http://www.bharat-r

Re: [Goanet] the fascinating Portuguese study

2012-10-25 Thread Jose Colaco
On Oct 25, 2012, the always elegant and distinguished Victor Rangel-Ribeiro wrote: There's a fascinating Portuguese study, just become public, that throws an incredible light on that There's a fascinating Portuguese study, just become public, that throws an incredible light on that episode an