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PlainSmart

New Home Page Side Topic

I was thnking today that the home page for Airliners should have a general aviation link. Considering that general aviation (private owned aircraft) makes up the vast majority of flight operations, (at least in the U.S.) it is a pretty important aspect of aviation. What are your thoughts?

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PlainSmart

RE: "How Many Souls?"

I have heard that times the pilots will not count themselves or their crews. When asked how many people are on board they may reply "three" (if it is a small plane). In reality though there is five when the two pilots are counted. Pilots tend to exclude themselves from body counts when asked how man...

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RE: Pilots Exodus From Mesa Air Group

Mesa just preys on people that have SJS (Shiny Jet Syndrome). They can undercut prices by useing the knowlage that there is always going to be someone out there who will "sell out" and work for nothing just to "fly a jet". I guess though the demand is there so people take advantage.<br><br>[Edited 2...

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RE: Dangerous Landings (video)

That is called reality.

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RE: What Boeing Jetliner Has The Loudest Cabin?

The drivers seats of a 727 were very loud until a high enough speed was reached and the shock moved aft of the flight deck, which lowered noise significantly.

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RE: Ex-Varig 772 Is Haunted

Why do people not want the cabin photos posted? Who really cares.

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RE: Why Is A B777 Faster Than An A340

Has anyone mentioned cost index? Cost index is a value entered into the FMS that calculates the the speeds to be flown. This is dependant on fuel, delays, flight time, specific crew pay, etc. I believe the dispatcher/company assigns this value. Maybe the 777 crew was a bunch of private pilots flying...

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RE: Why Is Denver's Runway So Long?

Yea Vref5 there are a lot of thoes sites around. I know that Salina in Kansas was an emergency landing site. 16,000 feet in this example of denver is more then enough room to stop.

[Edited 2006-10-22 23:17:29]

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RE: Plane Airbags

The airbag isn't supposed to and won't do anything to help you when you crash into the ground at 300 kts. The real benefit is for the lesser impacts, such as those encountered when a plane runs off the end of the runway. The airbag will prevent you from smashing your face into the seat in front of y...

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RE: Plane Airbags

I did a research paper on them last spring, and it is a pretty cool technology. Unfortunately they're also pretty expensive, especially when you have to outfit an entire airliner. They'll probably do more good in light aircraft, but I'd feel better using an airline that supplied them.

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RE: Reverse Thrust On Props

I know the Cessna caravan can be but into reverse in the air. When they landed the C-130 on the aircraft carrier they used reverse before touching down.

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RE: DEN Controllers Frolicking On The Job

Sometimes those controllers need to let off some stress. There's a way!!

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PlainSmart

RE: BA Pilot Flies Despite Fire On 747

Engines catch on fire all the time and get shut down.

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RE: I Say Give Him Death

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RE: I Say Give Him Death

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RE: Embry-Riddle

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RE: Slippery Slope Of Plane Crashes

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RE: Slippery Slope Of Plane Crashes

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RE: Slippery Slope Of Plane Crashes

Some good points here, and some that aren't well known by the general public. I recently did a research paper on the benefits of installing seatbelt-mounted airbags on airliners, and found that there would be very little benefit overall. General aviation, however, stands a good chance of seeing imme...

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RE: Comair CRJ-100 Plane Has Crashed In LEX Part 5

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RE: Comair CRJ-100 Plane Has Crashed In LEX Part 5

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RE: Comair CRJ-100 Plane Has Crashed In LEX Part 5

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RE: Engine Failure In Flight

About a year ago I had an slightly different engine failure in a Piper Seminole. When I reduced power on downwind, the right engine stayed at just about full power. Apparently a bracket somewhere on the throttle cable had slipped, allowing us to increase but not decrease power. We thought it was kin...

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RE: Stupidest Passenger Ever

I am sure everyone here has been nervous and made irrational or in hindsight incorrect decisions at some time. Yes, this was an extreme case but I guess I can see why he did such a foolish thing. I liked the suggestion to play it off as a cooking aid!! hah

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RE: Pilots As Passengers?

Coming from a Cessna pilot with a few hundred hours of bug-smashing, I'll be the first to admit that it can even be difficult to accurately judge a landing from the back seat of something like a 172. Think about this: I'm sitting only three feet behind the pilot, I have a pretty decent side view, a ...

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RE: Loose Change 2nd Edition (9/11)

I actually watched this thing with my roommate and we agreed that although the presentation was pretty slick, many of the theories they presented just weren't convincing. Most of the video is based on the premise of "If things happened the way the gov't said they happened, why does this guy (janitor...

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RE: Ranting About Air Tanker Flights.

I totally agree that they should be treated as emergency vehicles. Here in <acronym title="Prescott - Ernest A. Love Field (PRC / KPRC), USA - Arizona">PRC</acronym> the forest service ramp is pretty close to the end of the primary runway, and ATC clears the taxiway for them as soon as they have an ...

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RE: "Nonhijackable Plane"

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RE: "Nonhijackable Plane"

If the would-be hijackers don't have access to the cockpit, the pilots have more options for dealing with the threat. Also, I don't think many passengers these days would take very kindly to an attempted hijacking. Look at all the recent cases of people attempting to get into the cockpit. Most of th...

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RE: "Nonhijackable Plane"

Things like biometric fingerprint scans are an interesting idea, but they have a long way to go before they can be implemented in this manner. I've used an IBM notebook with the finger scanner, and it worked okay, but not flawlessly. In my opinion, there are just too many "what-ifs" for a plane to g...

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RE: Keeping Planes Cool

I've wondered about this myself. If you're getting off the plane, you don't need the shade to stay open. It gets really freakin' hot on planes in <acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (PHX / KPHX), USA - Arizona">PHX</acronym> during a stopover! Generally, passengers seem to resist anyt...

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RE: Thermite Brought The World Trade Centers Down

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RE: How To Deal With Air Sickness

I would recommend bananas before a flight if you're worried about airsickness. They usually seem to help calm the stomach, and if worst comes to worst, they taste the same coming back up as they did going down.

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RE: Best Plane For Flight Training

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RE: 419-scam Boss Arrested In Nigeria

If you have some time to kill, read this story: <a href="http://www.419eater.com/html/okorie.htm" target=_blank>http://www.419eater.com/html/okorie.htm</a> Basically, they make the scammer think that a church in England is going to send him a bunch of money, but first he has to become a member. Part...

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PlainSmart

RE: Is This Anywhere Near A Tailstrike?

How about the Boeing 720 folks. That has a fixed skid.

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RE: Question For The Aeronautical Engineers ...

I think take off minimums have not been addressed yet. Three or more engined aircraft have lower t/o minumums than single or two engined aircraft.
1-2 Engines 1 statute mile.
3-more 1/2 statute mile.
(Not part 91 operations)

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PlainSmart

RE: What Do You Call The L-1011

Can anyone verify that the tristar didn't have a Maximum Mach Number for cruise?

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RE: Pilot Compensation?

http://jetcareers.com/

Awesome site with lots of good info in the forums. They also have sections that explain schedule bidding and other stuff that you don't hear so much about.

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RE: What Do You Call The L-1011

I call it like others of you
Ahead of its time!

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RE: Pilots As Passengers?

Bing! This is your captian speaking, I have just turned on the fasten seatbelt sign for reported moderate chop all the way to our destination on this thread! Food and beverage service has been terminated. Let us remember part of the thrill of flying is the dynamic atmosphere it yields. This are not ...

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RE: Pilots As Passengers?

Grbld, well said. I think that in this day and age people are so used to flight, that they take it for granted. Let us not loose the importance of aviation and how it has changed the world. Splitting hairs over mistakes or preceived mistakes can only go so far, in this discussion some of us have dig...

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RE: Pilots As Passengers?

I think my post was deleted so I will state it again. PhilSquares is correct on this subject. People with little or no experience making assumptions and accusations about highly trained professionals. People need to get over noises, "hard" landings, and pre concived notions about flying when they kn...

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RE: Pilots As Passengers?

PhilSquares ladies and gentlemen is a Professional. Thank you. I could not agree more as a pilot, the last thing I am doing is looking for mistakes.

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RE: Aircraft Not Suited To Hot & High

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RE: Aircraft Not Suited To Hot & High

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RE: Using Rudders In Flight

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RE: Question For Actual A340 600 Pilots

It's not what the pitch attitude is on the ADI at the time of that picture, there's many other considerations one must put into place...for instance, the photo's description commented about multiple bounces. Perhaps that final deck angle (roughly 9-12 degrees) is the result of some mechanical turbul...

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RE: Is The Dash-8 An Unsafe Airplane?

7E7,
I coud not agree more imagine having to fly on a "small" plan with all that metal spinning really fast....p..pp..props...I can't go on that. Love the public.

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RE: C172 Pushing Limits (Video)!

I did not see anything that even looked like someone "pushing the limits". I do not even know if you can "push the limits" in a 172. It is a training airplane with a very low thrust to weight ratio. That was a normal landing.

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