I flew on DL and TW 880's alot! Fast, smoky, and just plain cool! I think flaps 50 was standard for landing not sure?
My last ride was in 73 and still fresh in my mind!
I flew on quite a few Airborne Express SE-210 Caravelle cargo flights as loadmaster, I remember taxiing at IAH and Air France was on the next taxiway over and they said on ground freq with French accent "My God it;s a Caravelle" We flew MIA-TPA and getting off the plane an FBO line person ...
Jump to postI vaguely remember an airline I used to work for was doing some testing for a company for an aftermarket MD tailcone and ran some tests using DC-9-30 aircraft and the screwdriver tailcone. I remember a few DC-9-30's running around for a short time with the MD tailcone I wish I had taken a few pictur...
Jump to postSpaceshipDC10 wrote:UPS757Pilot wrote:UPS has agreed to acquire two Lufthansa MD-11s in early 2020.
Most probably as parts source to maintain their fleet.
The aircraft dispatcher plans the flight hours before the flight. The dispatcher will analyze weather, winds, route, if an alternate is required, maintenance status of the aircraft, and any air traffic advisories. Other factors come into play as well such as runway is wet/dry/icy/snow covered, landi...
Jump to postCowboys did score a touchdown when the plane finally landed!
Jump to postI saw pics of the plane just after the tornado and from the hanger later and that was one messed up plane!
Number 1 engine cowling was a mess and and various dings and nicks on pylon and wing and bad damage on
side of aircraft about where emergency exits are overwing on pax birds.
Plane ferried unpressurized to downtown Mobile airport BFM for repairs not sure if it is still there will check.
Jump to postUPS used A300s last several peaks at SNA. Max weight was limited to 300K. Right now
it's a 757.
If there is a 2019 thread for Kentucky already in place, feel free to delete this thread, but I searched and did not see one. I'll get the thread started with today's news from SDF: The Louisville Airport Authority Board has decided to change the name of SDF. Louisville International Airport now be...
Jump to postI believe separately. The 720 was meant for a different mission. Also a few airlines such as EA and UA ordered the 720, but did not otherwise fly 707s. That is correct ... the large American carriers made their "large" choice first as it became available, namely the DC-8 and 707. Then in ...
Jump to postSo I would like to clarify now that I looked into it more closely. It would be more accurate to say that one section of the flap was in a semi extended state for the whole flight. It wasn’t fully retracted nor fully down.... it just stated partially retracted Never heard of that? Quite a few CDL it...
Jump to postAll, I flew on the times that flight 417 from IAD to Frankfurt on August 4. Before we left the gate in DC, the pilot informed us that one flap section of the left wing was broken but not to worry that we were going to bring extra fuel to compensate for the drag. I was Sitting near the left-wing and...
Jump to postAll, I flew on the times that flight 417 from IAD to Frankfurt on August 4. Before we left the gate in DC, the pilot informed us that one flap section of the left wing was broken but not to worry that we were going to bring extra fuel to compensate for the drag. I was Sitting near the left-wing and...
Jump to postUPS A300 diverting your way eta around 7:10P local
Thunderstorms over SDF
YUL has rain in the forecast and it could be you were OK dry runway weights but over on the wet runway numbers?
Jump to postB767 200/300, B757, B747-100, DC-10-10, L-1011. MD-80. DC-9 all excp 20, DC-8 10,20.50.60.70, DC-7, DC-6, DC-3, B707 100/300, B727 100/200, B737 200/300/700, SE210 Caravelle, F-27, YS-11, BAC-111, CV440, CV580, CV880, M404, DHC-8, CRJ 100/200/700, EMB 135/170, SF340, A318, A319, A320, A300, F-28, L-...
Jump to postBesides being light it could have been a "Max Power" takeoff. Most of the time a reduced power takeoff is calculated but a max power takeoff is required within every 35 days. At our airline an automated message is sent to the crew via ACARS and a note is also in the MEL section on the flig...
Jump to postWill run them long and hard for quite some time! As time goes believe MD will
stand for "Mostly domestic"!
1970 - TWA LAX-ORD
1972 - TWA STL-LAX
1973 - TWA JFK-FCO-ATH
1973 - TWA FRA-JFK
1974 - TWA JFK-LIS
1977 - TWA JFK-LAX
2008 - UPS SDF-ONT
I don't think you'll see UPS buy anything other than widebody aircraft from now on! Can you tell more about this? How will UPS move cargo from secondary and tertiary cities? Hard to imagine Cheyenne supporting a large aircraft, and it's a long way to truck from anywhere. Several things I have notic...
Jump to postThe 738F will be ideal for UPS and FedEx, where volume is more important for shipping boxes and mail. They have aircraft to handle heavier cargo and long range such as the 767 and 777F, so the 738F slots in to do those nightly package runs all over the globe. All it's going to take is feedstock. Ai...
Jump to postIf I recall right that 727 had some kind of control issues on a test flight 2 years prior? I don't remember this coming up later? I rode on that plane a handful of time prior to the upset and never noted anything unusual but didn't know to look and listen for anything at the point! I think one of th...
Jump to postIf they did have an engine shutdown why did they not divert to nearest suitable airport?
Maybe they kept it at idle?
What a unique sound the straight pipe 707's had sadly never to be heard again! Loved the sound inside the cabin of the 131B's and 331B's, ahhhh music to the ears! I don't think the 331's had water injection only the original 131's. <acronym title="Transair (Australia)">JT</acronym>-4 <acronym title=...
Jump to post1980 I believe was last flight. My last ride on one was June of 79.
Jump to postI believe <acronym title="Wichita - Mid-Continent (ICT / KICT), USA - Kansas">ICT</acronym> was as far west as any sked service went, not sure on that? I rode those DC-9's many times! Good memories! Those 9's were real work horses for <acronym title="TWA Transworld Airlines (USA)">TW</acronym>. I be...
Jump to postI ran actual numbers tonight on my computer at <acronym title="United Parcel Service (USA)">5X</acronym>. Planned a 3 hour flight,US domestic, MAX zero fuel weight, no alternate, domestic reserves. I ran <acronym title="Trans Asia Airways (Taiwan)">GE</acronym> and Pratt as we have them both then av...
Jump to postAbout 46 - 48,000 pounds. What speed/MACH # ? LRC, HSC? Engine type, GE. PRATT?
Jump to postMarch 1986 a tornado hit the south side of CVG smashing the Comair hanger and some planes inside and destroying some smaller aircraft on the Servair ramp next door.
Jump to postTWA, Delta, American, Braniff, USAir, Piedmont, Texas Intl, Southwest, America West, Allegiant, Comair, Northwest, Airborne Express, American Trans Air, PanAm, Frontier, Ozark, Republic, Eastern, People Express, Jetblue, United, Mid Pacific, Bonanza, Casino Express, Jet East, Wright, Allegheny, Air ...
Jump to postI'm an aircraft dispatcher and I usually have the Gimli Glider picture as my computer wallpaper. A nice constant reminder for me not to mess up my fuel calculations.
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There are a lot of variables that can cause this. The temperature went up over planned, the altimeter dropped below standard (it is a penalty), the fueler overfueled the a/c (not uncommon). I have seen headwind factored in for better performance numbers and at departure the wind diminished, 5 knots ...
Jump to postWe have both types here and pretty equally matched. The only thing that stands out to me a bit is the Pratt burns less fuel. Hour leg maybe 300 to 500 pounds less for the Pratt. A M.84 flight to the west coast <acronym title="Louisville - Standiford Field International (SDF / KSDF), USA - Kentucky">...
Jump to postNot familiar with the 580's other than the basics. I did enjoy a few rides on the 580 and my understanding is the 580 will outperform the <acronym title="Proteus Airlines (France)">YS</acronym>-11 hands down. I was just tossing out a few <acronym title="Proteus Airlines (France)">YS</acronym>-11 tid...
Jump to postThe <acronym title="Proteus Airlines (France)">YS</acronym>-11 dart engine had water methanol injection available if needed and this would increase takeoff power quite a bit. I remember the runway data had "wet takeoff" methanol used or "dry takeoff" no water meth used. The water meth if used was ar...
Jump to postTWA lost a 707-331C Freighter VMC while doing some training at ACY. I believe this was in the late 60's
Jump to postSome airline beancounter somewhere might have read all of this and is drawing up a plan to save big bucks. ESOPS. Extended single engine operation.
Jump to postThe airline I work for has ACARS set up to send the dispatcher about every 8 minutes an electronic position report. The position report shows altitude, mach number, outside air temp, lat/long, wind direction and speed,and total fuel onboard remaining. If there is a difference between flight plan and...
Jump to postIf I recall right N1543 was nicknamed "Christine" by the crews. Like the car in the movie sounds like this a/c had a mind of it's own. I flew on it several times and it seemed to be like any other 1-11. I too remember the 1-11 start up sounds, wish I could hear them live again!
SDF880
Straight out of the <acronym title="Melbourne - Tullamarine (MEL / YMML), Australia - Victoria">MEL</acronym>/CDL manual for the 757, The item falls under CDL 27-51-1 which states there are 6 installed on the aircraft and up to one per side may be missing. No fuel burn penality but there are a few s...
Jump to postHello, yes the airlines do have similar set-up in almost all cases. Usually dispatch, aircraft routing, maintenance control, and crew scheduling are set up in a main office or as most call it OCC or SOCC/ system operations control center. Some larger airlines also may have a meterology department as...
Jump to postOpps, I never really work with the 747-400's and forgot we have them. The CDL for the -400 shows one winglet may be missing and performance limiting weights are reduced by - Takeoff/landing 20, 800 lbs, enroute climb 10,000, I don't see any other penalties.
Cheers,
SDF880
We have 2 a/c in our fleet with winglets and CDL's that would apply. A-300 winglets fall under CDL 57-1 and penalities are- performance limiting weights must be reduced by 1%, fuel comsumption increased by 1%, landing spped increased by 5KT, and landing distance increased by 10%. NOTE: only the lowe...
Jump to postAircraft dispatcher with 5X. 29 years and 7 airlines and I still enjoy it!
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I don't have a 767-200 but I can run this on a -300. Assuming rafts are installed and I can fly over the gulf of Mexico and the weather in <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym> would allow for alternate none and flying at cost index zero the r...
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