I used to snap one from time to time back in college when I ramped...especially an interesting scheme or a nice evening sunset behind one of the birds. I still take shots of the birds I fly on the ramp...if you look like you know what you're doing, and you look like you belong, people *usually* tend...
Jump to postGainesville airport in <acronym title="Airtran (USA)">FL</acronym> (KGNV) has a VOR located on field, and was renamed "Gators". Conversley, the VOR in Tallahassee (<acronym title="Schwerin - Parchim (SZW / EDOP), Germany">SZW</acronym>) was renamed to "Seminole". Always ask for direct Gators instead...
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Jump to postIn the GIV/GV Cruise checklist, it says "Panel Sweep"...the brush is used to just give the panel a quick once-over.
DeltaGuy
FlyinTLow, thanks for that good explanation of modern laser gryos. Nowadays you usually only have an 'on/off' switch, and no further knowledge of it after that. Neat to see the inner workings of it.
DeltaGuy
1,001 uses and counting!
He's lucky he had duct tape and could patch that thing up to get home...just proves there's a ton of uses for speed tape!
DeltaGuy
Get yourself a master's degree in something other than aviation...like an MBA or something in Business. Will serve you well down the road if you need to work in a field other than aviation, but moreover, it shows you're well rounded education-wise.
Go Gators,
DeltaGuy
Good question! Barrons makes a good book, it's available at any Barnes and Noble. It covers all 3 entrance exams. I used it to study for both the AFOQT and the ASTB, it was excellent. The Air Force has the AFOQT, Air Force Officer Qualification Test...basically about 10 different math/english/buildi...
Jump to postModern day aircraft are flying computers- sometimes you have to shut down to dark to clear faults or something turned on the wrong sequence in order to correct it. In the G450/550, when you bring the batteries on, the Display Controllers will say "Powerup Test in Progress"...you don't touch anything...
Jump to postWhich aircraft does the TOTUS travel on? (Teleprompter of the United States).
I'm really glad they can fly around on GV's all day on the taxpayer's nickel, but when a money-making, tax paying corporation does it, suddenly it's evil.
DeltaGuy
I don't know the answer really, but I do know this:
The Gators will be stompin the Vols tomorrow in the Swamp, and I will be there. Believe it
DeltaGuy
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Jump to postIt'll get approved...we file round-robin flights all the time, or just an obviously longer flightplan, no problem.
DeltaGuy
Keeping the US the champions of the carrier Navy is key...we've been this way for nearly a century, it's no time to let it slide.
NS Mayport needs to get another Flattop, ASAP. It has the facilities, just needs some upgrades to be able to support nuclear power.
DeltaGuy
Think of FLCH as "speed on elevator"...it will fly the speed selected in the window, manual or auto. Put in a lower speed on a climb, the jet will pitch up to meet that speed and get up there faster. Trying to come down, put in a low speed, the jet will loiter up high until it maintains that speed, ...
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Jump to postGood to see it still flying, unlike it's TWA sister ships who have been scrapped by now.
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Jump to postJust another airplane driver here too.... F/O on a Gulfstream <acronym title="Fuijan Airlines (China)">IV</acronym>, and am currently in school for the next 2 weeks (1 week done!) to get my type rating on the <acronym title="Riga Airlines (Latvia)">GV</acronym>/G450/G550 series. Rough life, gotta ke...
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Jump to postCorporate seems so...different. In the Part 91 world that is. Coming out of FlightSafety or SimuFlite, etc with a fresh type rating in pocket, assuming it's your first type rating and you have none or minimal time in jets, you'll have a Supervised Operating Experience (SOE) limitation on your licens...
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Jump to postGreat...another big sacrifice for the betterment of the UAV program. Won't be long before they're out of decent motors and half the fleet is grounded because of it. Seems like every <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> community is scraping by these days, save for the UAV and B-52 crowd. DeltaGuy
Jump to postThere is some related back story to this. On the subject of earmarks, one Georgia senator made sure these Gulfstreams would be ordered, as Gulfstream Aerospace is in Georgia and the ordering of another G550 will benefit the economy down here. Then again, earmarks are all over, hell, just look at Mur...
Jump to post42 years ago today, a massive fire onboard the USS Forrestal erupted during strike operations on Yankee Station off the coast of Vietnam. The fire nearly claimed the ship, but due to the bravery and heroism of her crew, the ship was spared and lived to fight for many more years. 134 brave American m...
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Jump to postFsnuffer, many thanks for the gouge and the contact. Will try to sit on hold with them and try to find a copy.
Cheers,
DeltaGuy
I'm looking for an old C-141 CRM video, it profiled a flight from Antarctica with an emergency landing in New Zealand, it's called "<acronym title="Macon - Herbert Smart Downtown (MAC), USA - Georgia">MAC</acronym> 249, What Are Your Intentions?" The synopsis was "The Crew of a C-141 Starlifter is c...
Jump to postI must say, I've long wondered this same issue, I remember reading about it in Jim Lovell's book, "Lost Moon", but rarely are the unsung heros of the space program talked about..the actual muscle that delivered the payload. Amazing to think, out of all of the mass of the Saturn V, only one small 15'...
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Jump to postOld thread! I second the 757 as the worst GPU socket ever...the 767 wasn't too too bad. The Gulfstreams all are pretty easy to hook up, both <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> and DC...why use DC if you can have <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> for an <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</ac...
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Jump to postHello all, Question for a chap at work- if you have a Basic Ground Instructor license (<acronym title="Bridgetown (Christ Church) - Grantley Adams (Seawell) International (BGI / TBPB), Barbados">BGI</acronym>), and you go out and get an Advanced Ground Instructor License (AGI), does it superceed the...
Jump to postSo, any word on this yet?
With over a trillion spent on 'reinvestment' pork projects and ear marks, it seems like a mere 10% from the DOD could be spared, instead of robbing money from other parts of the country that need it. Since we're printing money and all.
DeltaGuy
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Jump to postThanks for the link to the <acronym title="Accra - Kotoka International (ACC / DGAA), Ghana">ACC</acronym> report...I got a bit worried to see the title of this thread again, then I realized it was an oldie. Very interesting read...looks like they'll never know if it was runaway trim or just inadver...
Jump to postReverse thrust isn't taken into account on the landing performance data charts for (most) jet aircraft, that I'm aware of at least. However, alot of manufacturers will put a chart in place showing reverse-thrust only calculations for worst case situations (brakes, spoilers, and antiskid inop, for ex...
Jump to postYou can land a Gulfstream doors-down as well.
Now how about a 737? Wait...not a problem.
DeltaGuy
Edit: I think I used the term "verification" and "validation" interchangeably, my intent was "validation".
Jump to postI was curious if anyone on here has, or knows how to, obtain a license verification for another nation. I hold US FAA licenses but am interested in how to find, in particular, a Cayman and Bermuda verification for such, or if perhaps there's a central way to get verifications for different aviation ...
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Jump to postOn the F/A-18, IIRC they are called Leading Edge Extensions, or <acronym title="Lexington - Blue Grass (LEX / KLEX), USA - Kentucky">LEX</acronym>'s...they run from the forward wing root all the way up to the cockpit, and are perched on when ingressing or egressing the jet. The small upright fins on...
Jump to postI think the name America should be brought back, both as a name of a flattop, and a class. Nothing more fearsome than knowing the America is off your shores.
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