Re: How Often is 28L/10R at KFLL Actually Used

I don't live in the area anymore, but pre-COVID after airliner operations commenced on the newly-expanded runway (September 2014), it saw just as a routine amount of use as the northern runway. Any lack of routine use on it now can most likely be chocked up to COVID.

Re: Jeopardy! to permanently have dual hosts

skyservice_330 wrote:

1337Delta764 wrote:

This is surprising, considering Ken Jennings is by far the fan favorite.

He is?

Re: The energy companies made a mistake spiking gas prices

Something interesting I have been noticing in American cities ever since gas prices spiked that I have never seen before are people actually rethinking using their cars. I have noticed Americans walking, carpooling, biking, using the metro, and reducing the times they drive alone to exclusively to ...

Re: Inside the hangar at the center of the $1 billion Airbus-Qatar jet dispute

The quality control of that paint/process gives me 100% confidence in the quality control of the structural carbon-fiber resin/process.

Re: The lost decade of the world?

c933103 wrote:

How to prevent the world from repeating experience, extending the lost decade to become lost decades?

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10575179/Russian-troops-fire-Ukrainian-civilians-protecting-Europes-largest-nuclear-plant.html Considering that the winds could easily blow radioactive material back into the Russia you have to wonder what the hell are they doing ??? Making use of a "di...

Re: Ode to Mriya, AN-225 confirmed destroyed

Just like every other thing that video literally shows nothing. It’s a 6 second clip that shows a little smoke in the back ground and a truck on fire. Edu2703, what are you seeing that I’m not in this quick clip? Look at the state of hangar and closely at the aircraft, from where the black smoke co...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - News and Discussion Thread

blacksoviet wrote:

When will the American people finally understand that Putin will not allow Ukraine to ever join NATO?

Re: Car carrier ship fire in Atlantic Ocean with VW, Audi, Porsche cars

Glad everyone made it out.

Not too often such a favor for 2,500 potential VAG Group vehicle owners works out at one time.

Re: Ghost: do you love their music and theatrics, or hate it?

Tobias Forge is a talented musician, but I just can't get through his singing and lyrics...It's as if Michael Stipe of R.E.M. decided to take up metal.

My brother is a huge fan of Ghost, the "band".

Re: Ancient Rainforest Discovered in Antarctica

Did they find any coal-fired power plants or internal-combustion engines?

Re: Airline scene today compared to ten years ago

Did I miss any major trends for the last ten years? Thank you! In the US, the Race to the Bottom: Airlines like Spirit and Allegiant have thrived, with "less than zero" frills included at Greyhound prices while at least assuring customers that if they need to be somewhere, "We'll get...

Re: Arizona Cardinals 772

its always comical when a team like a football team says its so hard to travel. You have 8 away games a year. so rough :) but we all know it will be way more comfortable than the Atlas 744 they were using. It's amazing that owning and operating a 77E for a few uses per year is more cost-effective t...

Re: Are the Stones Done? Cotton Bowl Dallas Performance

When they did their combined webcast from their homes for the COVID concert (or whatever they called it) last year and played 'You Can't Always Get What You Want', Mick with his acoustic guitar was clearly the *one* who still had any performing mojo left in the group and singlehandedly carried the s...

Re: AA lax oversight by FAA - Watchdog Report

I am shocked that I may be forced to put Allegiant higher on my "fly" list now than AA...

Re: Analyzing The Airbus A380’s Premature End

Forget efficiency, better engines, and weight discipline...It turned out that the world just didn't need the per-flight capacity and preferred frequency/options over a party barge.

You could build a thousand-seater CASM monster, but it doesn't mean it's going to make money.

Re: SLS / Orion - Tests, Launches, & Developments

Coldest month of the year for the first all-up test. :ziplip: Naaah, no O rings this time. 0 rings. Even though most, if not all of the SRB segments are sourced directly from previously-flown STS missions? https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/06/22/sls-booster-segments-arrive-in-florida-but-stacking-wil...

Re: SLS / Orion - Tests, Launches, & Developments

Coldest month of the year for the first all-up test.

Re: Plane Dumps Human Waste On Man and His Yard

When it rains, it pours.

One bit of advice I received prior to visiting England several years ago: Always carry an umbrella.

Re: FAA wants to know what actions Airlines are going to do to curb unruly passenger incidents

In this age of instant YouTube combined with the firestorm-like spreading in this nation of both the actors and the viewers proudly wearing their false victimhood and lack of personal accountability on their sleeves as they down the "oppressors" in the court of public opinion, the time for...

Re: Kabul Falls: Commercial Aircraft Evacuation Charter Watch Thread

a total of 6,000 US troops[...]will be in country soon. Their primary mission is securing Kabul's airport.

Re: Insane Cockpit Video of 737-300 Landing

You can take the pilot out of the Navy, but you can't take the Navy out of the pilot...

Re: Spirit operational challenges

spinkid wrote:

Sun Country and Frontier would have extra planes around (or would they just say no thanks because they are competitors?) If not them, there are still carriers like Eastern who would take the work if asked.

Re: Weird car issues

I have a 2009 Camry with 115K miles I take pretty good care of it with all required maintenance regularly performed It runs well with decent fuel economy but there’s one issue that bugs me and no one seems able to address successfully Despite several 4 wheel alignments at different facilities it is...

Re: Will Boeing accept 77W trade-ins for 779s?

UA857 wrote:

Will Boeing accept 77W trade-ins for 779s? I figured that if Boeing offers 77W trade-ins they can sell more 779s and at the same do more 77WBCF conversions.

Re: Sonic Cruiser : a Boeing con ?

They're not exactly in a position now for it to matter anymore.

Re: When did English become the Considered Language of the Skies.

English may be the language of the skies, but French is the language of the airplane.

Re: Viva Aerobus A320 nose gear collapse at PVR

If you turn the tiller too far, it will unscrew right off the strut. It's not possible to "unscrew" the nose wheel by tiller movement. There is a mechanical stop on the tiller, the nose wheel movement is limited. No authority would certify an aircraft that could suffer a nose gear collaps...

Re: Viva Aerobus A320 nose gear collapse at PVR

hic787 wrote:

Looks like the plane was doing a 180 turn at the end of the runway for takeoff when it happened

Re: A321XLR’s rear fuel tank demands special fire-protection conditions

Uhh...why not just sew or attach a non-flammable thermal layer to the underside of the rear cabin carpet, or stick a thermal layer to the cabin floor before putting the carpet down?

Re: Why did Airbus switch to winglets so late in the A320

It's amazing how light those structural components in the video look, for the amount of forces they can endure.

I wonder how heavy the largest individual structural components on the A319 would be...say, the wing box?

Re: Would Alaska 261 not crash if the stabiliser trims werent touched?

If the horizontal stabilisers trim were not touched on Alaska flight 261, would they have not crashed as I did read that the horizontal stabiliser being freed caused it to pitch down or would it have failed any ways regardless if the trim wasnt touched and the pilots avoided trying to free it? The ...

Re: Updated: A COVID-19 vaccine candidate works!

DocLightning wrote:

Right. So.

1PM PST tomorrow I am getting my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. I'll let you guys know how the 5G reception in my skull is after. ; )

Re: Lion Air Boeing 737 skids off runway in Indonesia

That's why they buy them in bulk.

Re: Objections to protected designations of origin

I'm French so that's probably why I don't get it. People/countries opposing them say that something like "Champagne" is a generic name and shouldn't be attached to a specific product. Yet the reason Champagne has this name is because it was invented in the Champagne region and has been ma...

Re: Emma Watson "Done with Hollywood."

What does this mean here? It means that her marketable beauty will be no more, and she will begin aging quickly like milk. Which is really only relevant in Hollywood's domain of Silicone stuffed "beauty". Which she said she is "done". in other regions you can be a successful act...

Re: Emma Watson "Done with Hollywood."

DarkSnowyNight wrote:

KFLLCFII wrote:

She's at most about 5 years from hitting the wall.

What does this mean here?

Re: Emma Watson "Done with Hollywood."

She's at most about 5 years from hitting the wall.

Hope she planned accordingly.

Re: 250kg bomb found during construction in Dhaka airport

Sadly, this is almost routine in countries that suffered a war. Ask people in German cities. Had the German ability/will to fight in that war gone on much longer, the individual thousands of bombs and resultant unexploded ordnance dropped upon their cities would have shortly evolved into single uni...

Re: CAAC recommends cabin crew to wear nappies

Saves a couple kilograms of water too. Don't need to take as much onboard.

The fuel savings would add up.

Re: Paris Air Show 2021 cancelled

They should move the Paris Air Show to Victorville.

The business is booming there.

Re: FAA order addresses Boeing 787 localizer capture issues

I've found multiple stories that talk about only Hong Kong. Is this a specific issue there or has it been seen elsewhere? IF only/so often at Hong Kong, has there been any look at what is different about the ILS there as a possibly contributing factor? I'd imagine the signal could be reflecting off...

Re: First plane that needed software?

As zeke pointed out, a computer need not be digital. Mechanical and electromechanical computers were both been widely used. The word "computer" predates either, and refers to a human performing calculations. I know that, but the question is software, which is by definition immaterial, and...

Re: DOT Revisits "Emotional Support Animal" Rules

A hundred different vendors on Amazon who hawk "SUPPORT ANIMAL" labeled vests, harnesses, and other pet paraphernalia just saw their incomes go up in smoke. Why? They'll just change the wording to "SERVICE ANIMAL" and the passengers will sign whatever silly attestation form the ...

Re: DOT Revisits "Emotional Support Animal" Rules

The DOT covered Every angle on this new ruling and worked with every ADA official group to set forth new regulations. Good riddance to the Scammers and abused ESA BS system. Flyguy A hundred different vendors on Amazon who hawk "SUPPORT ANIMAL" labeled vests, harnesses, and other pet para...

Re: Can freighter aircraft supply electrical power for refrigerated cargo ?

DALMD80 wrote:

GalaxyFlyer wrote:

Well, might be hard on the crews because if the cargo is at -40, so are the crews and they’re breathing O2 besides.

Good point.

Re: Emirates confirms future A380 deliveries

Taking the remaining 8?

Yeah, I guess it's more cost-effective to ship all those spare parts as 8 complete sets.

Re: AS 737 hits a bear in YAK

So many of these comments are just unbearable.

Re: Worst civilian procurement

Concorde.

Re: Boeing CEO: NMA will "start with a clean sheet of paper again"

Opus99 wrote:

https://twitter.com/sidyoutwit/status/1319964122725949440?s=21

RR seems quite keen to hop on this project.