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Jump to postThere's a pic on this site by John Padgett, showing a Saab 340 at Nashville with a ferry tank installed. As for going the long way around, I have seen a Dash 8 on delivery to New Zealand at Reykjavik, and I once met a Beech 1900D at the end of its ferry to Sydney that had gone up through Canada, Ala...
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Jump to postAccording to the Type Certificate (which you can get from the FAA website), the 1900 and 1900C have 9 ft 1.5 in props, while the 1900D has 9 ft 2 in props.
Jump to postForgive me if you've already been down this path, but several years ago I wanted the same info for some flights I took through Manchester and Heathrow. I found the enthusiasts' websites for those two airports and was able to get the information, via email for <acronym title="Manchester - Internation...
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Jump to postThe book <i>Beechcraft-Pursuit of Perfection</i> says that JATO was an option on the Twin Bonanza, fitted in each engine nacelle. Bottles were apparently mfd. by Aerojet-General. I used to work on an ex-American Eagle Metro <acronym title="Business Air (United Kingdom)">II</acronym> here in Australi...
Jump to postAt <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</acronym> the two 16/34 runways are used most of the time, with 07/25 usually used only in the middle of the day and only for arrivals. Rwy 25 will also be used most mornings for the ear...
Jump to postThere are some scenes in the movie "Bulletproof" starring Adam Sandler and Damon Wayans featuring an early-build Swearingen Metro with round cabin windows. Does anyone know which a/c it was and whether it was actually destroyed?
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These are the ones in which I have flown and could also find pictures: <br><table align=center border=0 width=500><tr><td><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/0931826/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/0931826/M/" target="_bla...
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Singapore
Bangkok
Frankfurt-am-Main
Hong Kong
Hammerfest (Norway)
Chicago
In no particular order, but starting with airlines that no longer exist: AvDev Ansett TAA/Australian Airlines Hazelton QANTAS Regional Express Virgin Blue Freedom Air SAS Singapore Airlines Lufthansa Iberia Cathay Pacific British Airways Maersk Air Finnair Landsflug Easyjet Wideroe American Airlines...
Jump to postI have seen <acronym title="Aeropostal (Venezuela)">VH</acronym>-EAG, LIO-49F and LIO-49G on the cars of members of HARS (operators of L-1049F Super Connie <acronym title="Aeropostal (Venezuela)">VH</acronym>-EAG). I have also seen <acronym title="Aeropostal (Venezuela)">VH</acronym>-USU (registrati...
Jump to postA couple of months ago my girlfriend and I left on a round-the-world trip, with a domestic sector in Finland booked with Finnair, scheduled to be an A319 or A320. Instead we got Finnair's first A340 on it's first week of ops, and my first ride in an A340. On the same trip we were scheduled to fly fr...
Jump to postThe company I work for has 300-odd pilots; two have seniority numbers below 100. One is seniority number TWO and has no desire to be a captain. The other is a veteran pilot but will never be allowed to be a captain.
Jump to postThe method to calibrate a compass in a <acronym title="Garuda Indonesia">GA</acronym> aircraft is: align the aircraft at or close to North and obtain the heading by sighting with a calibrated external compass; adjust the N-S magnet in the aircraft compass so it reads the same as the external compass...
Jump to postSydney-Lord Howe Island-Norfolk Island-NZ and vice versa is the standard method for all sorts of light aircraft to cross the Tasman. I have also met a few turboprop twins at Sydney at the conclusion of their ferry flights. Most have gone across the North Atlantic then across Europe and Asia, but one...
Jump to postDidn't EMBRAER also build Pawnees, or am I getting mixed up with ENAER of Chile?
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Jump to postEvery time I see that C-130 video I feel ill. I can just imagine some poor bastard kissing his wife goodbye and saying "I'm off to save people's homes, see you tonight" and then that happens. There have been three fatigue-related wing losses in Australia that I can think of. The first was a Stinson ...
Jump to post<img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/idea.gif" alt="idea" border=0> Read my previous post <acronym title="Melbourne - Tullamarine (MEL / YMML), Australia - Victoria">MEL</acronym> and your question will be answered. <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=95% style="border-top: 1pt #28455E...
Jump to postBathurst-Sydney is normally a Metro however ZL557 Parkes-Bathurst-Sydney is a SAAB, so you shouldn't have any problem. Apparently their loads have been 60-70% on this service the last few days. Just mention at check-in that you are connecting to an international flight and can't have your luggage of...
Jump to postI doubt that there would have been any case for Lockheed to answer, this has happened more than once over the years. Douglas had the A-4 Skyhawk and C-54 Skymaster, while Cessna had the 172 Skyhawk and 337 Skymaster. Other names for aircraft that I can think of that have been used by different compa...
Jump to postIn Australia bonding of engineers is not uncommon in <acronym title="Garuda Indonesia">GA</acronym> and contract MROs, but doesn't seem to exist in the airlines. In this country work conditions are often covered by what is known as an Enterprise Bargain Agreement; at my previous employer a training ...
Jump to postRegardless of whether the props struck the ground or not, is there any requirement to do an inspection due to the lack of engine cool-down time prior to shutdown?
Jump to postDC-3s had autopilots. On the DC-3s I have worked on the Directional Gyro and Artificial Horizon sat in a cradle that had capstans mounted on it. These capstans were coupled to the instruments via flat circular plates mounted on the capstan shafts and matching plates protruding out the back of the in...
Jump to postWith four rows of avionics units, the C-5's centre pedestal is around two feet wide. Add to that the space between the pedestal and the seat; it would be impossible for a strapped-in copilot to reach across to a set of power levers situated conveniently to the captain.
Jump to postI took so long typing out my previous post that I forgot that you asked when a compass swing is performed. A compass swing used to be done on Australian aircraft at least once every three years, but the regulations were changed a couple of years ago, so now there is no set time laid down in the Aust...
Jump to postSushant, there are a number of different techniques that may be used, but probably the simplest is as follows: First of all, set the compass compensators to neutral and align the aircraft at or near to magnetic North, East, South and West on an approved compass swing pad, recording the actual headin...
Jump to postThe photos were taken here in Australia, at Toowoomba in the state of Queensland. It is a 3/5-scale replica of the Stipa-Caproni research aircraft that preceded the N.1.
Jump to postA man I remember reading about 30-odd years ago is Nicholas Alkemade, a Lancaster tailgunner. Google his name and quite a few stories will come up.
Jump to postAs far as smaller aircraft go, the Bell Jetranger and Hughes 500 both have Allison 250s but are easy to tell apart beacuse of the different number of rotor blades each has. I also find it easy to tell the difference between <acronym title="China Eastern Airlines">MU</acronym>-2s, Turbo Commanders, M...
Jump to postAccording to their website Highland Airways have ten flights a day Monday-Friday, four on Saturday and one on Sunday. What I would like to know is, with flights from Sumburgh to Inverness but not in the opposite direction, how are these flights being performed? Is someone building aeroplanes in Sumb...
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Jump to postWhile that is an aviation-use ELT, it is for use when the survivours of a ditching are bobbing around in liferafts or holding on to seat cushions and the aircraft ELT is sitting on the bottom of the ocean inside the rear fuselage. The ELT-201 would be useless if it were to be installed as an aircraf...
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Jump to postAircraft I have worked on include a pair of Piper PA38-112 Tomahawks, <acronym title="Aeropostal (Venezuela)">VH</acronym>-CNT and <acronym title="Aeropostal (Venezuela)">VH</acronym>-UAL (which reeked of rotting carpet inside and was nicknamed "the urinal") and Cessna 172S <acronym title="Aeroposta...
Jump to postIn this part of the world 'back track' means 'back taxi'; that is, taxiing on the runway opposite to the direction of landing/takeoff ops. It is done where there is no taxiway leading to the runway threshold (common at small aerodromes at country towns here), or the taxiway capacity is insufficient ...
Jump to postI flew from the base where I work to my employer's heavy maintenance base, got told that I was needed back at my base due to other people calling in sick, and flew back on the same 'plane.
Jump to postMy girlfriend at the time; we went up in a Beechcraft Musketeer and flew around above Sydney. She enjoyed it very much even though it was by far the smallest aircraft she'd ever been in.
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Jump to postQANTAS have at least one washing bay able to handle a 747, it looks like a giant carport with bits hanging off it. Many of the military bases here have a 'birdbath', a pad with a set of water outlets in it that the aircraft taxies over and gets sprayed. This is for removing salt after low-level ops ...
Jump to postAirlines do use widebodies on shorthaul. QANTAS uses A330s and 767s on domestic sectors of between one and two hours in Australia and will sometimes use 747s if there is a need for more capacity. The airline I work for uses small turboprops to fly from small communities into the major cities. Some o...
Jump to postFuel consumption is only part of the cost equation, and a 747 on a short sector would be many tonnes lighter than one flying an international service, so it would not burn as much fuel as you might think. You would need more than three times as many aircraft (the larger the fleet, the more aircraft ...
Jump to postAerospatiale Squirrell and Twin Squirrell Airbus A310 and A320 Beechcraft Musketeer, F33A Bonanza, Baron 58, Duchess, 200 Super King Air, Super King Air 350 and 1900D Bell Jetranger and Longranger Boeing 727-200, 737-200/300/400/700/800, 747-400 and 767-200 BAe-146 Britten-Norman Islander Canadair C...
Jump to postAs LTBEWR said, the Knute Rockne Fokker Trimotor crash, which led to the development of the DC-1 and ultimately the DC-3. The <i>Hindenburg</i> and R101 airship crashes, which killed off lighter-than-air intercontinental travel. The de Havilland Comet crashes, which led to safer structures and the d...
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Jump to postIIRC the Peregrine's downfall was that the design regulations in force at the time, stated that single-engined aircraft had to stall at or below 61 knots. I don't know if this requirement has been changed.
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