Thanks all, I got the gen from an insider. For closure, the current list is:-
ACC AUS BOM ORD HKG LAX LAS NBO PHX SAN GRU YVR YYZ
Which are these at the moment please? I have a staff travel ticket to use up….
Many thanks - musang
Some conjecture, guesswork, assumption and theorising here! How can one discern, from the videos, how much braking is being applied? How can the passing speed be inferred? How does one know what or how much noise train brakes make (depends on the train type and brake condition)? There will not be sp...
Jump to postI'm surprised a fox could have got into LHR airside like that. I know LGW has them airside as there's more open space between the main runway and the southern perimeter fence, but LHR ? It's all built up all around the place. And the grass surrounding the runways and taxiways is kept quite short. M...
Jump to postI'm assuming there's a "thud" moment when the door/jetway can't take the weight anymore and gives way. If the door was closed I'd be a more gentle trip to the ground. I think going by the current lack of a door at 2L at all at the moment, the door was very much in the way!!! With 2L being...
Jump to postI'm assuming there's a "thud" moment when the door/jetway can't take the weight anymore and gives way. If the door was closed I'd be a more gentle trip to the ground. I think going by the current lack of a door at 2L at all at the moment, the door was very much in the way!!! With 2L being...
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I came across this image in Pinterest.
Was there a special occasion?
"There's a reason why rain drops naturally adopt the "teardrop" shape "
Turns out they don't. Not sure where I picked up that misapprehension.
"One last thing from the video that stood out was it took 30 seconds after the engine exploded on UA1175 for the pilots instruments to show them which engine had actually failed. Even though all the bells, whistles and alerts were going off in the cockpit it took a full 30 seconds before the i...
Jump to post"those in the right seat of the pointy end " Apart from supersonics, name a transport aircraft on which the nose is pointier than the tailcone! 6334553,6349773,6350939 6336645,6349115,6334793 6336199,6330409,6351317 V/F Aha! I knew it would be controversial. Not sure the ones with an engi...
Jump to post"One last thing from the video that stood out was it took 30 seconds after the engine exploded on UA1175 for the pilots instruments to show them which engine had actually failed. Even though all the bells, whistles and alerts were going off in the cockpit it took a full 30 seconds before the in...
Jump to post1175 could not have survived if they were much more than 200 miles from HNL according to what I’ve heard. The main problems were vibration and drag from the damaged engine. They would have been better off if it had just cleanly separated from the wing. Has anyone ever considered a mechanism to safe...
Jump to post"those in the right seat of the pointy end "
Apart from supersonics, name a transport aircraft on which the nose is pointier than the tailcone!
For those interested, here is a recent interview with the captain of UA1175 about his experience with the engine failure. It gives you an idea of what goes on in the flight deck during these events. https://youtu.be/J7_lzeY23dI That video sent a very cold chill down my spine...... Lord have mercy U...
Jump to postContinental DC-10, Socorro, NM, 1973. That incident occurred after the crew did unauthorized (but at the time not prohibited :roll: ) pulling of CB's to analyze the autothrottle system: "If you pull the N1 tach - will that autothrottle respond...?" - Flight Engineer to Captain of National...
Jump to postI am a totally unknowledgeable internet nerd. My question on that video is: I'm assuming the flight crew would have the fuel shut off by that point, why is that section still glowing orange? Residual heat? Residual fuel still pouring in through a cut fuel line? Just wondering. There are other "...
Jump to postgwrudolph wrote:TropicalSky wrote:look rather bad in this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6wgXNSwCDA
Is the engine still powering or just windmilling in this video. It looks like it is still powering?
With the evidence available so far, a question comes to my mind : will that prove to be an engine mechanical failure leading to loss of major cowling parts, or cowling becoming unlatched for whatever reason (happened many times on 73x and 32x, would be the first occurence on 777 AFAIK), leading to ...
Jump to postflyingclrs727 wrote:Adipocere wrote:
I hate it when people record portrait mode video.
Does it look like another Southwest 1380-style accident? If so, then they are lucky as it could have resulted in injuries and even fatalities WN1380 was an absolute freak accident - there have been a number of fan blade incidents before and since, and none have ever led to the exact separation need...
Jump to postNote that aircraft tyres are re-treaded, up to a fixed number of times. I wasn't an engineer, but I seem to think the limit is about 6 re-treads. Life depends on usage of course, the main determinant being brake application. I once read some Swissair literature which said 80 landings. Ours were repl...
Jump to postGood Day All, I've read and re-read the photo acceptance guide, and thats why I've submitted so few, and only have thirty-something published on A.net. I'm fine with this. Mine are mostly slide film from the '70s and '80s with ISO/ASA too high, shutter speeds too slow and apertures too big, because ...
Jump to postWe can argue until the cows come home about "miracle", but I believe the word has evolved to the modern meaning you cite (which I agree with) from originally a religion-infused meaning. Observe how many religious references there are in this:- https://www.etymonline.com/word/miracle I woul...
Jump to postIf I had ever been in such a predicament I would hope I performed even partially as well as the crew did. However, a look at previous controlled jet transport water landings shows a high success rate and minimal casualties. Aeroflot Tu-124 on the river in St Petersburg. Floated to shore, occupants a...
Jump to postI agree thats a catering truck on 4L on the Alitalia. LAXffDUB that would have been at the British Airways building, not the IAB. "Recapturing the Dream" by Mark Blacklock is an interesting tome covering the terminal architecture at JFK, with loads of photos, but the IAB chapter, alas does...
Jump to postOur fleet rarely had early morning arrivals but on the rare occasions we might have been curfewed, I’d delay launch, or slow down with the FMC programmed arrival time function (the term for which escapes me). This is why I thought there might have been some issue on the ground.
Jump to postAround 0600, observed in the hold for a while before landing. No conflicting traffic seen so was there some ground based delay to it’s arrival or had they run out of night jet movements?
Thanks - musang
I no longer have data to look up but unless I'm losing my marbles, it was often surprising that whilst a (for example) 10 kt headwind reduced landing distance by (say) 10%, a 10 kt tailwind seemed to increase it by rather more than 10%. Don't quote me, the illustrative figs are off the top of my hea...
Jump to postThe upload date drop down menus in basic and advanced don't allow me to search earlier than a year ago. Is there an workaround?
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I’ll have a few hours to kill and no transport. I’m aware the Theme Building isn’t open all the time, so are there any other locations in the central/terminal area like on top of car parks?
Many thanks - musang
"If Qantas can chop off the arms of the roo, I guess Lufthansa could chop off the crane's wings!"
Much earlier, the 'roo had a wing too.
musang
Thanks Brett.
I searched VA A320, didn't try 319!
Regards - musang.
Just spent ages looking for this, thought it would be easy. Picture of a <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym> breaking off a parallel approach at <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym>, shot from a Virgin A320, with the wingtip in shot...
Jump to postMany thanks CALTECH. Now I'll look for videos of testing, as I'm intrigued by the airflow modification.
Regards - musang
Thanks CCA,
thats the definitive answer I was hoping for.
To take it a step further, fuel periodically gets into contact with wing exterior surfaces anyway (leaking access panel, over-wing fuelling etc.). So why is fuel on the trailing edge such a no-no?
Thanks - musang
Correct, Flaps 5 is pretty streamlined. However, the restriction is dumping with the flaps in transit, as there's a transient buffet as the flap goes through the mid part of the extension or retraction.
musang
Apparently on the 744, one shouldn't move between Flaps 1 and Flaps 5 (I.e. Outer leading edge extension/retraction) whilst dumping fuel. Turbulence happens as the flaps are in transit, clearly affecting the dump stream directly behind. However, can anyone tell me what bad things actually happen? An...
Jump to postNo aerodynamicist, but wouldn't that area of low pressure over the centre fuselage be simply due to the low P created by the adjacent wings? It would be difficult to imagine the ambient above fuselage pressure remaining undisturbed there. Another stab - lift can be due to below ambient P above the s...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/flyDTW1992" class="quote" target="_blank">flyDTW1992</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>garden hose and a spray nozzle be an o...
Jump to postGenerally I would say no. A high priority, with a double engine failure, is to keep the speed up to windmill the engine. Flying normal descent speeds might (variables are existing speed and altitude) allow the engine to slow down to the point that APU air would be needed to start it. And the APU mig...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AKiss20" class="quote" target="_blank">AKiss20</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>Remember that N1 is just a rotational speed....
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Jump to postIndeed. Sometimes we'll have the actual flight number on the outbound, and an alpha-numeric on the inbound. If we hear a similar call sign which could cause confusion, we are required to report it. You will also notice that the UK domestics use the "Shuttle" call sign, with either the flight number ...
Jump to postInteresting. On the 737 (classic, at least), A/B application begins when:- 1) both thrust levers retarded to idle, and 2) main wheels spin up. No system-imposed delay. If we decide to go around, advancing the thrust levers cancels A/B. Your second para applies to the 737 in its entirety, and other m...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/zeke" class="quote" target="_blank">zeke</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>To be pedantic, autobrakes can have a short time d...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/gzm" class="quote" target="_blank">gzm</a> (<a href="#107" class="quote">Reply 107</a>):<br/><i>Thunderbird 1,2,3,4 and 5? The last one was the ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mmo" class="quote" target="_blank">mmo</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i>unless I doze off.</i></font></td></tr></table> …w...
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