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RE: MH370 Malaysia Airlines B772 Missing Enroute KUL-PEK Part 37

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td>Quoting <a href="/profile/na" class="quote" target="_blank">na</a> (<a href="#121" class="quote">Reply 121</a>): why the Malaysian military did not react in time w...

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RE: Jetblue A320 In Emergeny LGB Pt. 2

Ben, A320 serie and even the A330 ( it was the case by Sabena. You can have it as an option) are not equipped with fuel dump system. They can land "over-weighted", but in this case, in order to minimize the risk, it was a better idea to burn a maximum of fuel before the emergency landing. B737 does ...

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RE: Hydrophobic Coating On B-737 Window

Rain X .... in most autocenter....very similar
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RE: Man Hanging From SAA Landing Gear @ JFK

Good idea....but...most of the people from those countries can't read !!!
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RE: B737 Overhead Panel Question

You have there, in light grey, the most used systems in normal operation.

Left forward: fuel system
+/- center left : electrical system
+/- center right : hydraulic
right : air conditioning

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RE: Air France 747 In ANC Today!

Couldn't that be a cargo flight?
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Ryanair Working Conditions

Hi to all "low cost and Ryanair lovers", Have a look at this : <a href="http://www.itf.org.uk/english/pressarea/january/ryanbefair.htm" target=_blank>http://www.itf.org.uk/english/pressarea/january/ryanbefair.htm</a> Don't forget you put your life in the hands of people working with those con...

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RE: Maximum Wind Speed For A 737 To Land?

Don't forget that those limits are "cross-wind component", which means the 90° component (left or right) of a given surface wind. You can also ask to land on another rwy( if there is one of course...), in order to keep this component below the limit Rgds Spitfire [Edited 2004-09-22 14:...

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RE: Sabena's Demise

LX23,

...Where my wife and children could live with me, happily, peacefully and free !!! (Just have a look to some "gulf" countries ....). And for my profession, look at my profile... A340 Captain.

[Edited 2004-09-06 17:45:01]

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RE: Sabena's Demise

I'm retired from January 1, 2004. Not found any correct job in a "civilized" company (or country). Now living in France....Disgusted of Belgium !!!!
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Fuel Reserve Question

Sorry, my mistake....holding fuel: 30min , that's correct.

There are also other ways to caculate fuel needed. But this is a little bit more complex to explain here. You can have " reclearance in flight", "without alternate available",etc...

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RE: Fuel Reserve Question

The fuel to be put on board is calculated like this (may vary from a:c to a:c or company, etc...) Taxi fuel (from start up to holding point) Trip fuel ( take off, climb, cruise, descent) Approach and landing fuel (depends on IFR or VFR approach) Contingency fuel (5% or 2% of trip fuel, depends of co...

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RE: Downward Winglets?

Don't forget the various servicing trucks...they have the bad habit to hit everything which is hanging of an a/c....

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RE: Aircraft Waste Disposal

Could have been a problem with collector tank valve itself, which popped open for unknown reason....

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RE: Aircraft Waste Disposal

" My question is: when do aircraft dispose of their waste? I thought a certain altitude was necessary ..." Never in the air (well normaly <img border=0 src="/discussions/graphics/wink.gif" ALT="Big grin"> ), always on ground, by truck emptying waste reservoir(s). But, if there is a small leak at th...

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RE: Above Atlantic Radio/acars

We have at least two HF radios on board,.....plus the ACARS (we can use it like a fax or an email, if you prefer). On the other hand we are in contact by VHF with other airplanes around us and we can ask them to relay messages.

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RE: Uncontained Engine Failure / Explosion

Yes Klaus, ...I was joking a littlebit....sorry. Of course ice problem is more crucial for rear engine A/C.

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RE: Above Atlantic Radio/acars

Right, so we use <acronym title="Hapag-Lloyd (Germany)">HF</acronym> communication, or CPDLC.... for those equiped... And I confirm also that over Africa, we use, 80% of the time, communication in <acronym title="Hapag-Lloyd (Germany)">HF</acronym>, as those countries are very poorly equiped. <acron...

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RE: Uncontained Engine Failure / Explosion

"...The tech has to put a bare hand on the wing, not just check visually..."

Very nice indeed....but how to make that on a 747,340,...and A380 in the near future ???

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RE: Above Atlantic Radio/acars

To have an idea of the range in VHF communication (or even for VOR reception) there is a simple formula :

range (in Nm) = 1,23*square root of height (in feet)

Let's say you are flying at 35000 feet (FL 350), that give you roughly 230 Nm.

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RE: Uncontained Engine Failure / Explosion

That's why the pilots are trained AND paid for....react VERY quickly!!
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RE: Jet Engine Thrust Percentage

Let's say 80% of the thrust by the fan and 20 by the nozzle to have an idea.
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I Cannot Read The 1st Post In Any Thread

I have the same problem on my laptop since a few week. Also tried to solve it by removing cookies and clearing everything on IE 6, but still the same...
A. net works fine on my "office" computer...I don't understand...
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RE: Where Does Space Begin?

Have a look here:

http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/New_Index/body.htm

Space begins at 100 km for them.
Anyway, nice and strange aircraft...

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RE: Weird Pic - Your Thoughts?

RareBear, I suppose you are an aeronautical engineer well aware of the lay out of engines on airplanes and the problem related to them (inner or outer engine failure for instance). In that case, sorry to have disturb you with my answer.

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RE: Weird Pic - Your Thoughts?

Well guys you're wrong, sorry....The outer engines of the B747 have a different angle related the the fuselage axis than the inner. Check the trails of an overflying 747 you will notice that. The outer trails are "leaving" the airplane much more to the "exterior", then rejoin the inners. Rgds Spitfi...

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RE: What Airliner Are You?

Well let's see.... <center><a href="/open.file/130452/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/130452/M/" target="_blank">View Medium <IMG SRC="/photos/small/2/5/4/130452.jpg" ALT="Click here for bigger photo!" borde...

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RE: Sabena's Bankruptcy

@ B747 Skipper, Christian is working for Airbus Industrie as a flight instructor (and promoting Airbus products!!) and work in China (Bejing) for some years now (well before the bankrupt). @ <acronym title="Sabena (Belgium)">SN</acronym>-330, yes I'm retired and live in the French Alps (very near th...

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RE: Sabena's Bankruptcy

Thank you so much for your comments, guys.

MD-11 forever, we are at least two who suffer from those bankruptcies writting here. They are a lot more on A.net and elsewere.

Never to be forgotten...

Spitfire , ex-Sabena pilot (now retired...at 52y !!!)

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RE: Your Opinion On Sabena.

Hi Fred,

Of course I will be sometimes in Belgium during the next month.

Waiting for a beer (or two) with you at the Wingtips....

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RE: Your Opinion On Sabena.

Hi Fred, Let them talk....they will never, NEVER, know (or learn) what was the spirit of the people working for Sabena. BTW, the name of the first officer of the SN690 flight was Michel Ronger and he had 5 kids. His wife was a <acronym title="Safair (South Africa)">FA</acronym> for Sabena aswell...s...

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RE: SQ World's Longest Flight

Ivan, >>>"Why does the flight have to go all around and by Japan? Can't they just fly directly across the pacific?"<<< Have a look at this site <a href="http://gc.kls2.com/" target=_blank>http://gc.kls2.com/</a> and enter <acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym>-<acr...

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RE: Queation About Polar Route

Hi Skipper, Your routing via FBK is longer by roughly one hour compared to the "polar" one : 17h50 and 8028 Nm vs 16:43 and 7526 Nm (with a ground speed of 450 kts). Ok, I know there are very strong jet streams when flying easterly on North Pacific Routes (I had once a ground speed of 670 kts<...

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RE: Why The Airbus Yoke?

As the "joystick" is used, let's say, only for about 15 min (max !!) during the all flight ( a little bit during <acronym title="President Airlines (Cambodia)">TO</acronym> + climb and approach + landing), it's better to have a table in front of you for all the long hours you stay up there.....Easy ...

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RE: Grd Fire Extinguisher For 4 Engined Aircraft

Hi Jack, The problem come from the jet blast from "wing mounted engines" in case of reverse at very low speed (that's the case here)...you can have gravel, dust (or anything you can find on a tarmac) ingestion into the engines. That's not so good for those costly high precision mechanical stuff. &nb...

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RE: Grd Fire Extinguisher For 4 Engined Aircraft

"..Actually, they are often started at the gate and backed out using the thrust reversers....".

Sorry Jack, not autorized for Boeing 737,747,757,767,777, DC10, MD11, Airbus A320, 330, 340,...

Only for tail mounted engines a/c.

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RE: Grd Fire Extinguisher For 4 Engined Aircraft

None...there isn't anymore a fire extinguisher on stand by near the plane during the engine start, as, generaly, the start occurs after- or during - a more or less long push back.

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RE: VFR Flying - Questions For The Experienced

Hi XFSU...,

"...fly "IFR"...I follow roads..."

That's exactly what he tried...but couldn't find "that bl...y road" between the trees....

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RE: Opening Aircraft Doors Mid-Air

Ok guys, To open a door (or a cokpit window) in flight, first of all you have to depressurize the airplane (no other way) AND, in order for the people on board to be able to stay conscious, you have to be below FL100. Ok, I know, we can breath above that, but that's THE rule. It's only a question of...

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RE: VFR Flying - Questions For The Experienced

Hi FSPilot747, May I suggest you to make some flights with some pilot knowing perfectly the region. Ask him to show you pin-points around there in order to familiarize yourself with experimented pilot and then try flying by your own, looking for those points, first not too far from your airport then...

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RE: Maintaining That Centreline

A certain amount of time..... <img src="/discussions/graphics/winkani.gif" ALT="Wink/being sarcastic"> Depends of course of the size of the airfield, the number of airplanes requesting this help, etc,....(let's say from 2 minutes up to 5 minutes...). Anyway it's much better than being stuck in ...

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RE: Maintaining That Centreline

"...How about durng extreme fog?..."

If we can't see enough of the TWY then we ask for a "Follow me" car...that simple.

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RE: Ultralight With Retractable Landing-gear

Hi Greg,

Have a look here :

http://www.mcp.com.au/sting/price%20list/price_list.html

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RE: Best Way To Become Pilot Out Of Belgium?

Hi Sjoerd,

You can also try to contact the SFA. They are still "in the air".

http://www.sfa.be/

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RE: Question On Climbing And Landing

No problem. I'm wrong also : it's a A330 !!

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RE: Question On Climbing And Landing

Cancidas, "...i think that the first 2 pictures are actually taken on approach, like the last while the second 2 are climbout shots...." Sorry but have a sharp look at the remarks of those two first picture : they are taken on take off ! We are here making some comparative between "heavy" A340, <acr...

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RE: Controls For Taxi

Sorry Gordonsmall that I can't post here a diagram coming from the Airbus FCOM. I'll try to explain... Nose wheel steering angle varies in fonction of the ground speed. Up to 10 kts, you have 78 degrees available. Then from 10 kts to 30 kts the angle decreases from 78 to about 40 degrees. And from t...

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RE: Question On Climbing And Landing

THE WEIGHT <acronym title="Transports et Travaux Aériens de Madagascar">OF</acronym> THE A/C.......nothing else ( in order to keep V2+10 - V2+ 20 after lift off) Concerning the landing picture ...what happend....nothing , they surely landed safely, once more nothing special here, quite normal to mak...

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RE: Controls For Taxi

Positive rate,

It is electronically connected on Airbus A320, A330 and A 340. Then via a computer ( BSCU - for Brake and Steering Control Unit, there is two off them onboard), the nose wheel is hydraulicaly actuated ("Green" hydaulic circuit).

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[Edited 2003-10-01 12:50:19]

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RE: A330 & B767 Engine Component Question?

On the A330 engine the "silver box" is the FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control).It's a digital control system (computer)that performs complete engine management. It has two channels, one active and the other in stand by. It as also an internal magnetic alternator for internal power source c...

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