definitely lauren holly...the star from turbulence back in 95...even though we'd all die
Jump to postI wish pax would clap for a landing on one wheel during 40 kts of xwind, but then again everyone holds onto their seats as we bounce on one wheel and finally after a few scary moments we realise we're ok. Remember the next time you see the fwd camera showing the aircraft at a large angle to the runw...
Jump to posthaha a mate of mine got invited by his boss to be on that first flight...lucky basta*rd..for free might i add!
dawn of a new era
good luck to airbus and singapore
cheers newagebird
Hi
Does anyone have any info on where i can buy a piper aircraft model, specifically the Piper Aztec PA-23 or any similar twin engine General Aviation aircraft?
Cheers newagebird
Gday everyone
Does anyone know any websites that sell Piper Aircraft that are diecast, i need to find a Piper Aztec for a birthday gift. Can anyone help? also i just bought a beautiful South African B747SP 1/400 looks awesome!
cheers newagebird
Remarkable
the same blokes arguing about this for months, clearly im not in the loop. Well enjoy yourselves
gday all
newagebird
longest thread ever! it wont take off, aircraft produces thrust but isnt going anywhere, it has to be in motion to develop lift. This is assuming the belt is going in the opposite direction to the wheels. It will take off if the belt direction is reversed though (same direction as forward motion), a...
Jump to posthey mate i cant answer the first question cuz i aint upto that level yet, regarding the pay. The first few jobs ull work (unless your lucky) wont be that satisfying in terms of pay, everyones gotta do the hard yards to get ahead unless you got a bit of dosh and can pay your way through (frowned upon...
Jump to post7 hrs Dxb - Sin then was up for 50 mins and 7 hrs Sin - Mel worst hangover ever! After 7 days of hard partying with some old friends, i had no choice but to curl up in the foetal position and pass out. It was probably the worst sleep of my life, i dun think i ever knew we were in the air. good times...
Jump to postafter being 5 months out on the pine, i finally went up and did my bext xwind landing yet.
Jump to postThat will be the 3rd major airline operating out of the UAE in terms of fleet size. I cant believe they still fill the seats! good on them, wonder if that bubble will ever burst.
Jump to postmy first lego was a lil aircraft....
also staying in a 7th story building with the flightpath to dubai airports runway 12 in plain sight helped a bit, haha. This was well before the new terminals. wish i could fly out of there again.
Mine was on a <acronym title="Sri Lankan Airlines">UL</acronym> flight out of colombo, sri lanka. Every flight id been on sri lankan, until that one had been peaceful and orderly. This time around we had a lot of south indians travelling with us who were part of a group im guessing. Turns out when t...
Jump to postHaha thats easy Expensive option: 1. Go to uni, get a degree in aviation or something of that sort. 2. The uni's gotta have a flying program which gets you upto commercial level. Its about 150-200 hours. 3. Get an instructor job or a charter job or skydiving job. 4. Build up your hours and with a bi...
Jump to postYeh,
thanks for the help guys, im locked in a debate with some dude on Pprune claiming that FAA is a lot harder than JAR theory wise, contrary to what ive heard.
anyways cheers
Hey zeke
thanks very much, CASA does have 7 exams and JAR has 14. Concerning aircraft systems, we focus on the B767-300 systems. Any idea what JAR exams focus on? I know this is a vague question but is it airbus or boeing aircraft?
Cheers
newagebird
Hey all Just wondering if anyone knows if the FAA theory syllabus and the JAR syllabus differ to each other. Are there some major differences in the way european authorities and US authorities run? examples of these differences would be greatly appreciated if anyone knows. Ive been trying to get an ...
Jump to postJust preparing for a cadet pilot technical exam...they like to get very technical so yeh there you go, weird questions. Theres another one that says why does the 777 not have winglets? You can find a lot of technical exam questions on <a href="http://www.willflyforfood.cc." target=_blank>www.willfly...
Jump to postThanks fredT Yeh the question isnt specific on whether its IAS or Mach number so i was a little confused. This question was on a tech exam for an airline so i guess you would have to give the answer in terms of both speeds in order to clarify that you know your stuff. Thanks, i think your right chee...
Jump to postTheyre trying hydrogen fuel but there is a lot of logistical issues such as the great quantity required to achieve the same range aircraft have today. Don't worry about it, let the scientists come up with it, im sure they will as the world can't live without aviation. Cheers newagebird <img sr...
Jump to postHey When posed with the question, 2 aircraft with different altitudes, which aircraft has the higher <acronym title="Tashkent - Yuzhny (TAS / UTTT), Uzbekistan">TAS</acronym>? is it the lower aircraft or the higher one. The higher one because there is less density and so less drag? or the lower one ...
Jump to postHey The reason it wasn't moving was due to boundary layer, i found out to my surprise that if you left dust on a wing and flew, when you get back on ground its still gunna be there. This is because there is a layer of air above the wing that is stationary despite the speed the wing is travelling. Ju...
Jump to postHey The most interesting part of it is obviously the approach, something i find really cool is the CAT3 instrument approaches. You can find one on youtube, just type in CAT3 or ILS. its really cool. The best time i ever had was landing in heavy rain, its slippery and visibility sucks but you can see...
Jump to postHey, Am going through my ATPL systems notes, what do they mean by sideslip angle in relation to stability and aerodynamics, in that i mean stuff about directional stability. Cheers newagebird p.s respect to the hobo who nails this one down <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/biggrin.gif" a...
Jump to postmy guess is its the Qatar Emiri flight, I got an uncle whos a chief engineer in there. I guess the emir needs it for his 50 something kids.
my 2 cents newagebird
Havent got any problem with women flying around, however at my training school, most of the girls get a lot of preferential treatment jsut because they're girls. All the instructors melt when the girls are around but when its us dudes, they couldnt give a damn about us. the thing that irks me is whe...
Jump to postthat guy needs a happy meal
Having lived around muslims for a long time, they are increasingly allowing greater opportunities for women as well as non muslims so this is just one bad apple who has his morals screwed around
hey Mine was in an airport lounge, i was 13 and was part of a cricket tour. We'd just arrived at sofia bulgaria and i decided to have a nap on the seats. To make myself more comfortable i placed my legs on my green bag but cuz i was so tired i placed my legs on another gentlemens green bag right nex...
Jump to postFirstly i admire your courage, if its about money you shouldnt even bother with aviation. Its the journey to get to that top position, flying heavy metal for an airline, which is the fun part. Not the glamour or the dosh or telling chicks your a pilot who can take them to heaven and back, its about ...
Jump to postWell, Its never occurred to me before. Sometimes even i have to take certain measures to conform with ATC instructions. Theres a few reasons he could have done this: 1. ATC asked him to vacate the runway as soon as possible but he missed the taxiway. If you look at the airport on google earth, you c...
Jump to posthey
if you wanna know what a pilots life is all about, check out www.askcaptainlim.com. Hes got some pretty good info.
Im sure you can find something on his website that tells you about the pros and cons of flying.
cheers newagebird
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Jump to postNo chance, i remember when i was there...the government banned anything that resembled a zionist star symbol. Unless the arab-israeli problem is solved theres no way its happening.
rgds newagebird
I dont think 13000 ft is where you want to be without anti-ice systems. De-icing systems are totally different and if he didnt turn them on before hitting the freezing level (which is in the damn forecast!) then its not hard to see why his wings froze. As mentioned before the system isn't approved f...
Jump to postHey yeh
Thats right...i was never advised. All i heard was virgin 318 descend 7000 passing waypoint (whatever). We dont use IFR nav charts so i didnt have a clue which direction he was coming from. Just appeared out of nowhere in my 1oclock high.
Cheers newagebird
Hey, I fly around in Melbourne, australia on a regular basis in a C172(still training). I was enroute from moorabbin to Benalla which is about 80 miles north of <acronym title="MNG Cargo Airlines (Turkey)">MB</acronym>. After getting a clearance to tract direct at 6500 feet to Benalla i had establis...
Jump to postFantastic tribute...ive always admired tupolev...they were always that other company no one really knew too much about. Wish i could've flown that aircraft but i did fly a <acronym title="Tunisair (Tunisia)">TU</acronym>-154 when Balkan Bulgarian had them, not a bad experience even though it was lou...
Jump to postWhat about cryoplane?? Airbus' answer to this latest beoing aircraft. I know EADS has been developing it for the past 5 years. <center><table align=center BORDER=0 width=252 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 STYLE="border: 1px black solid;"><tr><td><a href="/uf/view.file?id=536899826&filename=1156894983Lc...
Jump to postGday all Just wondering what everyones preference is when it comes to choosing their CPL aircraft? A cessna 182...A PA-44...PN68...the list goes on. Why is the Cessna 182 such a preferred aircraft..personally a PA-44 because it is a multi engine appeals to me more than a 182. cheers newagebird
Jump to posthey
theres vietnamese cadets at my flying school and they dont even know wat a 727 is...they thought it was a 2 engine airliner!
Dun wanna stir up trouble but VN does have problems up front.
rgds newagebird
Hey all I've been told that the MZFW is meant to prevent the wings from suffering overly excessive bending moments in the event of low fuel in the tanks. I'm sure anyone whos done aircraft structures will agree. Do companys like Airbus/ boeing increase the payload of an aircraft by increasing the MZ...
Jump to postQouting 6thfreedom :The A346 would be great for the launch of <acronym title="Melbourne - Tullamarine (MEL / YMML), Australia - Victoria">MEL</acronym>/<acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</acronym> services. Given the growth ...
Jump to postGreat to see all these people interested in a small carrier!! its fantastic Well the bottom line is that <acronym title="Sri Lankan Airlines">UL</acronym> is owned by the government and the Sri lankan government is unfortunately a corrupt regime. The political situation is only deteriorating and mor...
Jump to postYes it is interesting I dont see a big expansion but defiinitely an upgrade is required. The A340s are around 7 years old now but there are still a couple from 2003 although they are on lease. The A320s are definitely the oldest aircraft however they were delivered in 1999. They should be looking at...
Jump to postHey This is to all pilots who fly regional, international or interstate. Now that aircraft have become so much easier to fly and instruments have gone from the normal circular dial instruments to EFIS, what exactly do pilots do while cruising. Obviously its a different story when climbing to ur <acr...
Jump to postHey
i need them to be accurate. My lecturers a respected figure in the aviation industry so i wouldnt want to be putting in crap for him.
Thanks
newagebird
yo fellow a.netters Am writing a paper on 'communication barriers within the flight deck'. Was wondering if anyone had any examples of mix ups with their flight crew member. All stories welcome! It can be based on culture, language or just plain jargon mix ups. rgds newagebird p.s appreciate any hel...
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