My problem is that I really want to fly the MD11, but the A310-300 might feel a little bit older which is a plus for me. The CSA flight is also about one hr longer than the finnair flight which is another plus. On the other hand the Md11 is a very rare bird these days, and I'm a huge trijet fan. Any...
Jump to postIn the middle of March I'll be returning home to Norway after two years in the US. I have brought my flight options down to two choices, that both end up around the same price. But I have a hard time deciding, Option 1 <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK),...
Jump to postThe G-III accident in Houston back in May or June 2004 also comes to mind.
And also the Chanllenger in Colorado.
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What about the Western Dc-10 wher the crew started experimenting with the engines during cruise..
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Jump to postWhen I traveled back to norway for christmas last year my intinery looked like this: <acronym title="Myrtle Beach - International (AFB) (MYR / KMYR), USA - South Carolina">MYR</acronym>-<acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson International (The William B Hartsfield) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia"...
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Jump to postListening to <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym> twr last night, I was suprised to hear that 34C and 34 R was in use. Being aware that a new parallel rwy is under construction, I still didn't think it was open yet. Looking up the current pub...
Jump to postI use a LightspeedANR XL20 headset that i bought reconditioned from Lightspeed for $300, incl. a 1 year warranty. It is great.
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Jump to postSaw it at the gate yesterday. as my great Dc 10 N237NW pushed back for Memphis. Was just about to ask the same question as above when I ran across this thread. I too was suprised to see such a nice aircraft.
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Anybody knows which tail nr that will be the last to leave the <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> feet? Luckily I was able to secure one of the last window seats on <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym>-<acronym title="Memphis - Internation...
Jump to postI was originally booked on KL1142 <acronym title="Oslo - Gardermoen (OSL / ENGM), Norway">OSL</acronym>-<acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym> on sept 13. Today i figured out that i was rebooked on the early early <acronym title="KLM Royal Dutch Airlines">KL</a...
Jump to postYou should se either CO 737 or CoEx ERJ depending on season. The Delta flights will be a mix of CRJ and ATR72s. Air Tran should have some sesonal flights. NWA Dc9 and CRJs
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Jump to postWell, the tg 747-300 was the first 747 i ever flew. And since I joined A.net just a few months later.......
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Jump to postI remember flying into FNC back in the 90's before the runway was extended. Was always a fun experience. Especially with the god old TP 737-200's.
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Back in january on a CoEx Erj145. I was in an A seat. An mother and her son boards, but are assigned seats in two different rows. The mother ( who was obciously not a frequent flyer) acrss the aisle from me, and he one row behind her at the window. She keeps on complaining about how small the aircra...
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Jump to postHi, Just been reading about aircraft stability, and the reasons for using dorsal and ventral fins. They are installed to increase directional stability at high sideslip angles. That makes me wondering. What desides if you instal only a dorsal, only ventral or both. AFIK most commercial airliners use...
Jump to postHere's a link providing all the center boundaries and all center freq. in the us http://microvoltradio.com/ARTCC/ARTCC.htm
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My first flight on a 737, which also turned out to be my first flight ever, was onboard a Air Europe ( Spain) B 737-300 or 400 back in the summer of 91 or 92. Going from Oslo to Palma de Mallorca and back.
Jump to postTo me Seat Pitch, Food and Crew is where you can make a difference. IFE i don't care too much about. ( As long as i have some music, and an airshow I'm generally happy. Not that i mind some nice AVOD though) With this in mind <acronym title="Thai International (Thailand)">TG</acronym> will probably ...
Jump to postFlew NW45 <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym>-<acronym title="Minneapolis / St. Paul - International / Wold Chamberlain Field (MSP / KMSP), USA - Minnesota">MSP</acronym> back in Jan 06. Aircraft was a A330-300 ( to my big disapointment the eqv was changed f...
Jump to postNW offers ice Cream as part of their before landing snack on west bound trans Atlantic flights. ( at least they did back in Jan. 06)
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Today at work the flightschool I work for got a call from ME<acronym title="South African Airways">SA</acronym> inviting CFI's down to <acronym title="Charlotte - Douglas International (CLT / KCLT), USA - North Carolina">CLT</acronym> to join an "open house" day for prospective FO's. I was the one a...
Jump to postWouldn't Thai be a likely name on this list also?
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Jump to postOrient Thai should have some good old 747's Not saying their the oldest, but I'll think they might be close.
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Jump to postLets look at two different scenarios. Where you are flying into an airport inside class B airspace. In the first scenario you are flying VFR using flight following. Your current controller hands you over to the class B approach controller. In this case I know that the class B controller will give yo...
Jump to postI just came back form my last flight for to day. As we was doing our run up checks we had to give way to N252TR that was taxiing out to rwy 33 here at <acronym title="Winston-Salem - Smith Reynolds (INT / KINT), USA - North Carolina">INT</acronym>. Not that they came too far. Mx called them back to ...
Jump to postIf i remember correctly N250TR, the first of the two birds to go to Aloha, left Winston Salem KINT early last thursday morning.
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Jump to postOnce lost my left brake in a C152 upon landing . With me as a fresh student pilot with somewhere around 10 hrs under my belt it sure was interessting. Luckily my instructor was in the right seat. Touched down as normal, but when I applied brakes we started to turn to the right. Suprised as I was I h...
Jump to postAccording to my JAA Radio Nav book, a VOR sends out two signals. A reference signal and a variable signal. In the VOR receiver the phase of the REF and <acronym title="Varna (VAR / LBWN), Bulgaria">VAR</acronym> signal is compared. The radial (angular position with reference to the VOR station) is p...
Jump to postA 300-600 A 310 A 320-200 A 321-100 A 321-200 A 340-300 B 717-200 B 727-200 B 737-200 B 737-300 B 737-400 B 737-500 B 737-700 B 737-800 B 747-200 B 747-300 B 747-400 B 757-200 B 777-200 Dc9-30 Dc9-40 Dc9-50 Dc9-80 Dc10-10 Md80 Md90 Erj145 Atr 72 Crj 200 Crj 700 F-100 Cessna: C152 C172 C172RG Piper P...
Jump to postI like NWA. Offering a decent product in Y. Especially internationaly. Good food and crew. Domesticaly they have great aircraft (love the dc9) but are lacking a little behind with not offering free pretzels etc. I love their <acronym title="Minneapolis / St. Paul - International / Wold Chamberlain F...
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Jump to postIs a TCAS warning a more "serious" occurence (not talking procedural, but formal and investigation/reporting wise) in Europe than in the US. I guess it depends if its a <acronym title="Taca (El Salvador)">TA</acronym> or a <acronym title="Royal Nepal Airlines">RA</acronym>. Reason I'm asking is that...
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Jump to postFor this question lets assume that the reason the aircraft taxied clear of the rwy was the incorect flap setting. What will happen to the pilots in such a case. Aircraft had to delay take off by 14 mins. which burns extra fuel, and might also delay the flight. I'll assume dispatch etc. will need a r...
Jump to postWe had the same stunt performed at the airshow here @ Winston Salem last month. Think they were known as "something" from Alabama. Quite impressive.
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