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Re: At what height above field elevation is takeoff thrust reduced [increased] to climb thrust

[twoid]I have often thought of this, but in my mind, I assumed that it’s based on the engine exhaust gas temperature reaching a certain percentage of the critical level. But the chart shows altitudes, so just out of curiosity, how close does the engine temperature get to critical during takeoff? [/t...

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Re: Restrictions on #2 Thrust Reverse L1011/DC10/MD11

Just a little off topic of thrust reverser, but I have a story on the center engine. I was a passenger in an Eastern L-1011 in June 1978, taking off from ATL for SJU, and after rotation there was a big bang in the back of the plane, and the engine noise diminished substantially. We continued the tak...

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Re: Air Canada Vanguard belly landing 1960’s Montreal YUL

Did a quick search. You're looking for 3 April 1961, I believe. Flight was from Tampa. The incident occurred on April 2, 1961, TC781, TPA-YUL. The Vanguard had only just taken over the route a few weeks earlier from the Super Constellation. If you look in the historical archives of The (Montreal) G...

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Re: Is the UDF Engine Back from the Dead?

Can somebody explain the difference between turboprop and UDF please? They appear to have different configuration, but I have no idea the advantages of UDF over turboprop. It's a fairly hazy line, but a fan involves a "greater" number of blades, while a prop involves "lesser" nu...

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Re: Air Canada Vanguard belly landing 1960’s Montreal YUL

Thanks to you both, I’ll take out the free subscription.
Funny, when I was a kid in the late ‘50’s, I delivered the Star and remember seeing this article on the front page. But I couldn’t recall whether this incident was while I was a paperboy, or later.

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Air Canada Vanguard belly landing 1960’s Montreal YUL

Hi folks, I have not posted for years, maybe going on decades, but was very active in the early days. I have a question for old-timers, like me, who may have information or access to the newspaper article on an Air Canada belly landing at Montreal YUL in the 1960’s. As I recall correctly, the aircra...

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RE: Delta Profit Sharing Sets New Record

Does every single employee get 21.4% of his/her actual salary?
Or, do a few get -- say 200%, and the majority get - say 5%?
Just curious -- I'm not trying to infer anything.

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RE: Flying To Brazil. Rio Vs. Sao Paulo

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote" ><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/B747forever" class="quote" target="_blank">B747forever</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i>Some tips about Iguassu falls is...

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RE: Possibly Shortest 747 Flight Ever 14 Minutes

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RE: Widebody Turboprop: Feasible? Possible?

In my opinion, a twin aisle needs to be around 200t+ MTOW, otherwise single aisle would make more sense. The C-130 is seriously short, the A-400M just about there. The Tu-95 comes close, but it's over 60 years old, but with today's technology, it would be feasible. We can call it an ultra-high bypas...

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RE: Remembering Air Bridge To Canada

Thanks, Viscount. I guess I've already found all the "low hanging fruit". I'm hoping for some first hand knowledge or access to data that's not on the Internet. For example, departures of ABC flights from <acronym title="Vienna - Schwechat (VIE / LOWW), Austria">VIE</acronym>, or information about C...

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Remembering Air Bridge To Canada

Hi Folks, I've been absent for a long time, now back again with a burning question: In 1950's, Canada had a program called Air Bridge to Canada ("ABC") whereby they brought immigrants from Britain to Canada who were devastated by WW2 and wished to leave. In 1957, this program was extended to include...

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RE: Weight Of Plane

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/pilotpip" class="quote" target="_blank">pilotpip</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>Since it's impractical to make everyone st...

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RE: Airline Museums

If you are ever in Budapest, you can visit the MALEV museum on the airport property, within walking distance of the terminals. They have several Soviet-era planes - including Tu-134, Tu-154, Il-18, Il-14, An-2, Yak-42 and a Mi-2 helicopter. This link has some information (I could not find an officia...

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RE: QF8 Diverts Again - This Time To Nadi

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jfk777" class="quote" target="_blank">jfk777</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>Qantas must have had over 8 hours of notice ...

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RE: Maritime Central Airways Information?

Bom dia, CV990 .... thanks for your reply.

Also Pinsent, thanks for the Wiki link.

I hope the biography of founder Carl Burke has more information.

Pete

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RE: Maritime Central Airways Information?

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Maritime Central Airways Information?

Here is a question for the Canadian crowd .... MCA was an airline in the 40's through 60's that was, at the time, the third largest in Canada (after TCA/Air Canada and Canadian Pacific) that provided schedules service in eastern Canada and Newfoundland and extensive charter service between Canada an...

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RE: Death Of The "Bush Doctrine"

My thoughts exactly - as I was was reading the latest Administration response to the N. Korea and Iran issues, I could not help but think how different things are now than 3 years ago, going into Iraq.

Pete

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RE: More Oil In Alberta Than Saudi Arabia!

I recall the oil sands were all the buzz in Canada after the 1973 oil embargo. I lived in Vancouver at the time. The story then was that the technology was not ready to extract it economically, at least not at the then-prevailing price of oil.

Looks like things are different now, eh?

Pete

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RE: AC Verses DC

Chris, I'm not familiar with the 747 architecture. Perhaps what you call "low-output" are the ones I consider "high power" - they're low compared to the engine pumps, but high compared to the <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> power available. Well, I just thought of something - lets look what...

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RE: AC Verses DC

Thanks, FlyMatt2Bermud, I appreciate your kind words. Electric motorpumps have been a large part of my career as an engineer over the past 35 years. (This fall will be my 35th college reunion.) I've been in sales the last few years, but still keep my nose close to the design world. This is a bit of ...

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RE: AC Verses DC

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RE: AC Verses DC

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RE: Delta: Industry Leader In FF Awards...

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RE: Cameras On NW

A book can be a flying hazard, too! <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/wink.gif" alt="Wink"> Seriously, though, on Delta I have been given pretty consistent answers about camera use during take-off and landing --- still cameras are <acronym title="CSA Czech Airlines">OK</acronym>, but vid...

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RE: What Do You Think About Alaska?

My son and I went to Barrow for 2 days ... it was awesome! Saw the midnight sun ... here are some pics:

http://homepage.mac.com/engrpas/Alaska/PhotoAlbum14.html

Pete

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RE: Boeing 787 Exceeds Expectations! - Meet Demand?

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RE: Boeing 787 Exceeds Expectations! - Meet Demand?

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RE: Boeing 787 Exceeds Expectations! - Meet Demand?

I haven't been on A-net for a good while, but I see that you guys are still waging the A vs. B war you did a few months ago. I see a couple of clouds on the 787 horizon .... 1. Boeing wrenched some very agressive price cuts from their systems suppliers as compared to similar components used on the 7...

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RE: Eastern Airlines Aircraft At STL

Hello, I have not visited here in a good while, nice to be back .... I flew on Eastern L-1011's between Seattle and Atlanta with a stop at <acronym title="St. Louis - Lambert-St. Louis International (STL / KSTL), USA - Missouri">STL</acronym> in the summer of 1978. They had an "unlimited mileage" pr...

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RE: Relation Between Supply Frequency & Weight

Hello, I haven't been on A-net for a good while, I see some of the old-timers are still active. Most airborne motors are 400 Hz (not MHz) induction types, so they run at basically synchronous speeds less 5 - 10% slip. At 400 Hz, the synch. speeds are 24,000, 12,000, 8,000, 6,000 rpm, and so on, depe...

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RE: Which Airports Have Seen The Concorde?

A British Airways Concorde did a charter from Jackson, Mississippi to London in the mid 1980's. I have some video of it somewhere. The approach path was published in the local paper, and I taped it from a mall parking lot. Much to my disappointment, the camera was not turned on, and I got nothing. B...

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RE: What Are Gas Prices Like In Your City?

Just filled up in Ridgeland (Jackson area) Mississippi .... $2.54/gal, no limit, but had a 15 minute wait.

Pete

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RE: Boeing 747Adv? Show Us The Money Boeing!

GEnxPower .... do you think the 747Adv would use the bleedless engine, per the 787, thereby having to make major changes in system architecture - particularly the hydaulics and ECS, or would <acronym title="Trans Asia Airways (Taiwan)">GE</acronym> offer an airbleed type to fit the current 744 archi...

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RE: Understanding The "787 Technology" Hype

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Best Airport Meals To Go

With the lack of meal service on domestic US flights, buying a meal to go in the airport is becoming popular, with some pretty decent meals available for around $10. What is your favorite concession, and what meal do you recommend? My favorite is Jim Neely's BBQ in Memphis, concourse B. Try the BBQ ...

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RE: F-Class AA: No Jews/Muslims/Vegetarians/Diabetics

Actually, I welcome the new lack of meal service, in general, on domestic flights. It actually gives passengers a greater choice, as decent box lunches can be purchased for under $10 in the airport prior to boarding. My favorite is Jim Neely's BBQ in Memphis. Maybe this is a good new thread topic .....

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RE: Thoughts On Deregulation

The free market will take care of the industry - the less government intervention, the better. Airlines that are more efficient will ultimately replace those that are not, and eventually prices will adjust to reflect the true economic cost of providing service. If people lose their jobs, then they w...

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RE: US Wants List Of Pax For Overflying Aircraft

There are a lot of good reasons why this may not significantly enhance security. But, just imagine the consequences if a foreign overflight were hijacked and used as a terrorist bomb inside the USA. Would Air Canada like to be that airline? or Aeromxico? or perhaps <acronym title="British Airways">B...

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RE: Southwest Airlines "Keeps It Simple"

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RE: Delta Not So Very Wonderful F Class?

What do you find wrong with the biz-elite seat? I've had many hours of decent sleep in them.

Pete

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RE: BUF And CO Attitude To Photography

You should be aware that <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> does not allow use of cameras inside the cabin from the time doors close until 10,000 feet, and similarly on descent and approach. I was told that in no uncertain terms on a recent flight by a F/A. It's also in their p...

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RE: US Wants List Of Pax For Overflying Aircraft

We need to remember that it was the US, not other countries, that was attacked by terrorists using aircraft as bombs. And it is the US that is under the greatest threat to repeat attacks. The US, therefore, has every right to defend itself from such a possibility. If other countries want to do likew...

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RE: Landing And Taking Off From MEX

Due to the thinner air, take-off thrust is reduced while required take-off speed is increased. This makes take-offs at full load (compared to sea level) not possible. I was on a full flight leaving <acronym title="Mexico City (- Licenciado Benito Juarez International) (MEX / MMMX), Mexico">MEX</acro...

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RE: A318 Is A Widebody?

Why don't you guys read the context in which this statement is made? The description goes on to say it is the widest cabin in its class, the class being single aisle 3x3 seating. It's more a play on words than a marketing hype, because everyone in this market knows it is not a "widebody" in the sens...

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RE: Was This A Hydraulic Leak?

All aircraft I know of has hydraulics routed in the unpressurized parts of the aircraft. So there is no way fluid can leak into the cabin against cabin pressure from the outside ambient pressure.

Pete

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RE: Hydraulic Pumps In Aircraft

Santhosh, Detailed schematics of many commercial aircraft hydraulic systems are in SAE document AIR5005. Here's a link ..... <a href="http://www.sae.org/servlets/productDetail?PROD_TYP=STD&PROD_CD=AIR5005" target=_blank>http://www.sae.org/servlets/productDetail?PROD_TYP=STD&PROD_CD=AIR5005</a> Pete

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RE: How Can A Trabant Pass The Ontario Emissions Test?

On the other hand, one person can easily do an engine change alone without lifting gear in 20 minutes...

... provided, of course, there is a spare working engine ...

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RE: Bush - Leading The US Into Facism

Well, I think you guys (and gal) are proving right here that we are a long way from fascism. No one is too inclined to sit down and shut up, and that's the way it will stay.

Pete

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