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A-Net Gets A 'plug' On "Ask The Captain" Today!

StevenUhl777 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Posted (8 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1915 times:

USA Today runs a weekly column by United Airlines 777 Captain Meryl Getline in their travel section.

Today, one of the questions regarding fuel dumping, and Capt. Getline made the following statement:

Fuel isn't dumped the way I think many people imagine. It is sprayed through nozzles at the end of each wing and then vaporizes. When I've witnessed it, the streams appeared white. Have a look for yourself. I found this picture at airliners.net, a wonderful resource for aviation information.

Here's the link: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/colum...e/2005-04-25-ask-the-captain_x.htm

Obviously, she is well aware of a-net...anyone know if she's an active member?

It's great to see A-net getting some mainstream publicity like this! Smile

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Airlinelover From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 5580 posts, RR: 26
Reply 1, posted (8 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 1845 times:

That's one helluva plug!!!! For the photog AND a.net..

That column seems pretty cool...
THanks for the info!

Chris

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BoeingFever777 From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 409 posts, RR: 56
Reply 2, posted (8 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 1841 times:

Quoting StevenUhl777 (Thread starter):
Obviously, she is well aware of a-net...anyone know if she's an active member?

no clue...mail her from her site.
http://fromthecockpit.com/

She does respond personally cause I mailed her about her book.

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AeroWesty From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 19257 posts, RR: 63
Reply 3, posted (8 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1803 times:

Quoting StevenUhl777 (Thread starter):
When I've witnessed it, the streams appeared white.

I wonder if the vapor trail in the picture that's linked is of an actual fuel dump or something else. The only time I've seen a fuel dump was after taking off from Gatwick heading for Amsterdam, and the pilot pointed out a 747 that had taken off from Heathrow and was dumping fuel over the Channel. It was a vapor stream as she described, only much more brown than white. The trail distinctively looked like what we see in the movies of WWII bombers going down with smoke trailing behind them. It was that unique that I can remember it 10 years later. I wonder if different atmospheric conditions play a role in what the color is?

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AirframeAS From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 14150 posts, RR: 26
Reply 4, posted (8 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1789 times:

Are there any more pics of fuel being dumped expecially the pics taken from inside the cabin?

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