RE: Lost Thread Non-Av

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Lost Thread Non-Av

What has happened to the <acronym title="Birmingham - International (BHM / KBHM), USA - Alabama">BHM</acronym> 2008 Meet thread? It has disappeared. Can someone from Customer Service help me out with this? I want to start a new thread, but I wanted to link to it as we have in the past. Thanks.

RE: Hull Loss Incidents With No Fatalities

http://www.super70s.com/Super70s/Tec...n/Disasters/75-11-12(Overseas).asp

There were no fatalities in this incident.

RE: The 707 Thunderbirds Needle

The are immediately below the antenna; the radiused fairing suffered from erosion. A rubber-like boot was added after several of the fairings had eroded.

RE: AA Flagship First! Part One! GCM-MIA-ORD-LHR (pics

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RE: What Is The Most Difficult Airliner To Fly?

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RE: Significance Of 10,000 Ft

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RE: Significance Of 10,000 Ft

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RE: What Is The Most Difficult Airliner To Fly?

I don't know about flying, they all have their idiosynchracies, but to get a squeaker in a 727 required luck, planetary alignment and a sacrificial virgin... Pulling the power levers to idle too soon in the flare was tantamount to dropping an anchor.

RE: 737 Aerodynamics

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RE: 739ER Extra Exit Door

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RE: How Long Does It Take To Switch On A Plane?

And...


Hope there are no red "X's" in the logbook!

RE: Ground Idle Vs Flight Idle

Toss in a screwball here:

Low-speed Ground Idle

On the C-130 you can select this setting, but you won't get juice out of the generators, so usually 1 and 4 will go to LSGI.

RE: Excess Paint

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RE: Excess Paint

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RE: Excess Paint

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RE: Excess Paint

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RE: Has This Been Done On Airliners Before?

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RE: Reverse Thrust And Law

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RE: View Counting

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RE: World's Scariest Runways

Here you have it in a puddle jumper, tosses out the anchor real quick. <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fnzi2SMar8k&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fnzi2SMar8k&hl=en" type="applica...

RE: LH 737 Lightning Strike

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RE: 76000+ Members?

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RE: Convair, DC8 Lifting Devices

Here's a pic/sketch of the outboard slot. The upper panel is fixed at the trailing edge and is pulled down at the leading edge and a door opens on the lower leading edge creating the slot. <a href="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c325/miamiair/DC8-SLOT_2.jpg" target=_blank><img src="http://i30.pho...

RE: Convair, DC8 Lifting Devices

The DC-8s had slots that were located on both sides of each pylon.

I'll post a pic tomorrow from the office.

RE: Reverse Thrust And Law

Horse Manure.

They are not illegal.

RE: F-104 Glide Ratio?

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RE: 747 200 Side Crew Hatch

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RE: Fan Tip Diameter For The CF34-8E

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RE: 747 200 Side Crew Hatch

There isn't anything on the drawing or the CMM, so that has to be a KL mod. Their DC-10s and 747s had lots of mods that were shared with Alitalia and Iberia.

RE: 747 200 Side Crew Hatch

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RE: 747 200 Side Crew Hatch

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RE: 737 Cockpit Window Question ( Not Eyebrow Window)

Here's what the inside looks like:

RE: He Selected The Wrong Button At The Pump

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RE: Fate Of Saint-Exupéry Solved?

TedTAce sent me the following article this morning:

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/..._article_id=536468&in_page_id=1811

Imagine shooting down your hero?

RE: Viva La Revolution!

I want to move to Montana. No hurricanes to deal with, most of the drivers are insured, everyone speaks English, no speed limits, you get to pack your heat... Only drawback is Great Falls is colder than a polar bear's ass crack. Part of me believes there's a little MDorBust clicking his slippers say...

RE: Tokarev TT-33 Writing On Grip?

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RE: Word Game 242

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RE: Engineers Doing Dumb Things

A shift supervisor was jacking a 707in the hangar for a gear swing. He was not "supervising properly as the tail jack was not following the ascent in unison with the nose and wings. The tech on the tail was busy looking at the females coming back from lunch. I walked into the hangar as the 707s tail...

RE: Favorite Tool

RE: Duke Of Westminster Was Client #6

There's dumb-asses all over the place. The Duke takes the cake though. Apparently he can't secure his own pecker, he can't secure his mouth either. The chap needs a dose of the clap.

RE: Word Game 241

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RE: What Handgun Should I Buy My Wife?

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RE: What Handgun Should I Buy My Wife?

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RE: Bush To Veto Waterboarding Bill

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RE: Bush To Veto Waterboarding Bill

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RE: When Smoking WAS Allowed.

Smoking was good for finding leaks. The dark streaks from gaps and rivets was great for the inspectors.

RE: Ramp Rats Doing Dumb Things

I have seen a couple of "good" ones. DC-8 was leaving the <acronym title="Mexicana Airlines (Mexico)">MX</acronym> facility after a "C" check. There was one tug with the GPU and a Pick-Up with the start cart attached to it. One they had all four turning, the ground power was disconnected and drove c...

RE: Honorable Professions

Has to be mentioned...


A Piano Player in a whorehouse - 8

:D

RE: Iraqi Mortar Firing

Doctored ammo?

Either way, that was one effective round.