ever since the dawn of internet forums, this question has loomed. until it's actually caught on video and posted, there will always be those in doubt. for those having trouble understanding the physics, hopefully this link will help! good luck! <a href="http://hingedelephant.wordpress.com/2007/02/27...
Jump to postOH operations handle <acronym title="Air Guizhou (China) and Allegiant Air (USA)">G4</acronym> at <acronym title="South Bend - (Michiana) Regional (St. Joseph County) (SBN / KSBN), USA - Indiana">SBN</acronym>. it seems to be a bit overwhelming for the rampers at times. they take on an MD83, B190, C...
Jump to post<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winglet" target=_blank>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winglet</a> i can't think of any aircraft flying that uses a winglet facing downwards, but i'm sure somebody tried it out. the only comparable thing i can come up with is the wing fence used on some airbus mode...
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Jump to postkeep an eye on gulfstream aerospace in the future. they've been working on a supersonic bizjet for a while now. they're doing their best to eliminate the "boom" while still keeping somewhat of a grasp on fuel economy. i always thought the citation x was enough, but apparently not!
Jump to posti should have been a bit more specific with my comment. i couldn't use the single point due to remote location and lack of competent <acronym title="Mexicana Airlines (Mexico)">MX</acronym> crews. when they had <acronym title="Mexicana Airlines (Mexico)">MX</acronym> <acronym title="Harmony Airways ...
Jump to posti had to overwing a B752 due to remote location and lack of <acronym title="Mexicana Airlines (Mexico)">MX</acronym>. thankfully, it wasn't going too far, so i was able to put it all in the right wing and transfer afterwards. <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=95% style="border-top: 1pt #28455E soli...
Jump to postas far as i'm concerned, if you have managed to get in the playoffs as a "mediocre" team, so be it! obviously you've done something well enough to take care of business. if you manage to get to the super bowl, you've done EVERYTHING well. the wild card teams are there to balance out the playoff brac...
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Jump to posti count myself lucky to work at an airport that has a fed ex B722 operate monday through friday. though not in passenger form, it's a special plane. certainly one of my favorites. watching that plane power down the runway is incredible! i've tried to get on champion several times, but always strike ...
Jump to postthe most i burned in one fell swoop was 1800 gallons of type 1 on a C-5 that brought all the equipment for the president's arrival. AF1 rotated just as it began to snow, so all we had to take care of was the galaxy and an A319 used as the press plane. <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=95% style="bo...
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Jump to posti'm surprised nobody has mentioned the cirrus jet, fitting into the PLJ category. personal light jet...
one step up from the SR22, it looks quite similar, with intakes on either side towards the rear of the a/c. there was a small write up on it in flying magazine i believe.
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Jump to postgood solid aircraft. none of IAI's planes have been especially good looking, but they're damn good performers for what they are! i don't see what the major deal is really. most state's have private aircraft of some sort for transport of the governor. king airs, citations, lears, and beechjets come t...
Jump to posti hope the <acronym title="Frontier Airlines (USA)">F9</acronym> ramper recovers. very unfortunate. no matter how many times you do something, there's always a possibility that it all goes wrong. <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=95% style="border-top: 1pt #28455E solid;border-right: 1pt #1B2E3F so...
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Jump to postjetjock, i'm happy to hear your efforts. whether or not you're tooting the <acronym title="JetBlue Airways (USA)">B6</acronym> horn, it's good to hear people working hard. i've spent plenty of time biting my lip at work dealing with employees with no enthusiasm or motivation at all. even working on ...
Jump to postout of curiosity, has any private manufacturer ever done anniversary aircraft schemes when reaching a certain number? we used to see a hawker (don't remember the tail #) about once a month that was the "millennium hawker." it was raytheon's 1000th H25B. it came with iridescent stripes. REALLY COOL!
Jump to postnothing not to love! the C680 is beautiful. by far my favorite citation on the market. congratulations to cessna!
Jump to posthere in <acronym title="South Bend - (Michiana) Regional (St. Joseph County) (SBN / KSBN), USA - Indiana">SBN</acronym>, we have 8,000 gallon tanker trucks delivering fuel daily. each airline has contracts with respective fuel suppliers they purchase jet a from, my company is paid to store and fuel ...
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Jump to postnorth carolina took a delta B763 to SBN
the fans/booster club took an air tran B737
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Jump to postSBN issues job specific badges. i myself, as a fueler, have access to the SIDA area and taxiways/runways when a/c towing is required. i can get to most areas on the airport through gates, but not without somebody keeping an eye on me. that is, every time i swipe my card, the camera shows who it is i...
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Jump to postfrom what i've heard, piper and honda were going their separate ways. makes sense since piper was assisting honda in marketing/sales of the <acronym title="Hawaiian Airlines (USA)">HA</acronym>-420. from the piper brochure... Dimensions 33'9" long 16'6" tall 44'7" span Performance max cruise speed g...
Jump to postall this talk about jets, what use is the BE20 of theirs then? N200PU shows up in SBN from time to time. i don't recall whether or not i've seen the BE40
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Jump to posti can 100% guarantee the B752s that UPS owns are capable of overwing refueling. i have done it once. the single point was completely inop for whatever reason, forcing us to overwing it. luckily, the flight wasn't long. i put about 1200 gallons in the right wing, then transferred to the left. my hand...
Jump to posti bought my tickets on continental 2 weeks ago based on cities i haven't been to and a/c i've never been on. i get a codeshare flight w/ mesaba on an SF34 ( first!) to detroit. from detroit, i opted to fly to newark on a rough little ERJ since i've never been to <acronym title="Newark - Liberty Inte...
Jump to posthangar rental isn't cheap. a month to month basis would be much more expensive than signing a long term lease in that case. <acronym title="South Bend - (Michiana) Regional (St. Joseph County) (SBN / KSBN), USA - Indiana">SBN</acronym> was used as a <acronym title="Mexicana Airlines (Mexico)">MX</ac...
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Jump to postSBN caught a few mesa CL600s. crew timed out on both. we also caught an A319 (UAL651) that was still sitting in <acronym title="South Bend - (Michiana) Regional (St. Joseph County) (SBN / KSBN), USA - Indiana">SBN</acronym> when i left at 11:40. midwest called us asking to divert a B712, but called ...
Jump to posthmm....i looked up the HondaJet in the FAA database, tail # 420HA owned by "Honda R&D Americas" if you look it up on flight aware, it shows the same owner, but claims the tail number belongs to a CJ1. i don't get it! it claims the last flight of 420HA was on july 31st, but i know honda has used that...
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