I flew the DC-10 and MD-11 for about 15 years. Those few times the seat was forward for some reason it was not at all a problem to lean forward and down to run it back with the regular inboard side switches so you could sit down. That seat top switch is merely a convenience and it could be deactivat...
Jump to postThose four critical bolts are removed for both an "opening" or "removal". Both procedures need to be inspected and logged; no difference.
Jump to postPretty sure 767s cannot dump fuel, but they can land at takeoff weight. They could have burned off fuel to avoid overweight landing inspections, but only they know.
Jump to postHere's an article from November 2016 on the 1649 restoration:
http://www.conniesurvivors.com/1-luftha ... e-2016.htm
Check out: www.conniesurvivors.com .
Lots of Connie info there, including the latest on restorations.
When I was a US<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> pilot in the early sixties we were crossing the North Atlantic westbound one time and caught a Constellation that was cruising on three engines, just below us. Since we hadn't heard any notice of an engine failure on the radios I called on the ...
Jump to postThanks, jsnww81, I had forgotten about the "2 stripe" version, but found it easily in the Cearley book. When we taxied onto the ramp at <acronym title="San Diego - International / Lindbergh Field (SAN / KSAN), USA - California">SAN</acronym> one night in the 720 wearing an early version of the schem...
Jump to postThat 720 as pictured was a revised version of the original, which did not have the white outline around the letters. It was REALLY ugly; outlining made a huge difference against the aluminum.
Jump to postThree of the four 707s have <acronym title="OLD: Hapag Lloyd (Germany), NEW: Hapagfly (Germany)">HF</acronym> antennas, but the fourth isn't automatically a 720. Many 707-123s had the fin mounted <acronym title="OLD: Hapag Lloyd (Germany), NEW: Hapagfly (Germany)">HF</acronym> antenna removed in lat...
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Jump to postThanks for all the comments--I need to sharpen my eyes ans well as procedures. There's no excuse for grain on that picture. Jid has a step for edge sharpening in his sample workflow and I need to give that a try. I <acronym title="CURRENT: Guangzhou - Baiyun (CAN / ZGGG), China AND OLD: Guangzhou - ...
Jump to postVery grainy. Wow. Okay, it's very grainy if you say so, but it's grainy at 200 ISO on a D3. I only wish I could see it, and thanks for the replies.
Jump to postHey guys, I'm having a hard time swallowing this one, rejected for Quality grainy. Maybe I need to upgrade my eyes. Any comments appreciated. Oh, and I realize the airplane is 'common', but the tail number wasn't in the database when I uploaded. <a href="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections...
Jump to postThink how many packages and letter envelopes FedEx can cram into a 727--thousands! Maybe tens of thousands. A small incremental fuel burn increase matters little to them. What will matter eventually is an ever increasing cost of maintenance, and that's what generally causes older fleets to be retired.
Jump to postAbsolutely wonderful classic photographs. Thanks to Ralf for taking them then, and for scanning and uploading them now.
Jump to postHere's what they have to say about it. But, can they really enforce it? They might try to keep you from boarding with a Subway bag in hand (and that could get interesting) but what would they do if you smuggled some food onboard and then started to eat it? All pretty ridiculous, IMO. "No food or dri...
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Jump to postDon't know about other airline's fleets, but American's DC-10s originally had small electric fan gaspers in the seatbacks. When they started burning up, away they went.
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Jump to postBeautiful airplane, but can someone tell me what a 77W is? Why isn't it a 773ER, or thereabouts? I hope I'm not the only one wondering about this......
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Jump to postI'm on a small screen and can't be sure, but is <acronym title="Aalborg (AAL / EKYT), Denmark">AAL</acronym> on that picture? They never bought a factory new -30. All that <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> had were from the used market. Also, I'm just about positive N101AA was an...
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Jump to postThe historic justification has always been productivity. Revenue. Factor in responsibility if you want, but the word is productivity. <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> alters the dynamic with it's homogeneous fleet, but I bet the concept is there via seniority, although I don't ...
Jump to postIt's how the airline does business! Buy a failing airline, park all the acquired airplanes, drop all the acquired routes, and keep (sort of) all the people. It happened with AirCal, it happened with Reno, and then it happened yet again with TWA. Somehow they think it's a great plan!
Jump to postDoes everyone know how unique the -138 is? The 707-100 series airplanes were a bit short-legged for the South Pacific, so Qantas had Boeing build seven airplanes that were shortened by ten feet aft of the wing with the intent of decreasing structural weight and increasing range. Apparently it worked...
Jump to postCan't remember the exact origin of the issue, but when the jets came along, the airlines decided it would be better for future new hire pilots to start in the third seat and work their way up from there. At American the existing flight engineers, with a contract separate from the pilots' were given ...
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Jump to postFrom the Boeing web site at this URL: <a href="http://www.boeing.com/commercial/767family/pf/pf_fltdeck.html" target=_blank>http://www.boeing.com/commercial/767family/pf/pf_fltdeck.html</a> An excerpt: "The crew-size debate reached its peak in the spring of 1981, when a U.S. presidential task force ...
Jump to postThe DC-3 and DC-4 had two crew cockpits. When pressurization was added to the DC-6 the FAA, in their infinite wisdom, ruled that the aded complexity warranted the addition of a third crewmwmber, a flight engineer. The Convair 240 (as well as the Martin 202) with only two engines was exempt from this...
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Jump to postAt my airline, before I retired at least, a puilot on reserve (on call) was supposed to be no more than an hour away by surface transportation, but nothing prevented a pilot from commuting to his base and standing reserve in a hotel or crash pad. It's not any fun, but can be done. And some commuting...
Jump to postThe wing of any airplane is the strongest part of it's structure. I'm having a very hard time believing that the Legacy's plastic or composite winglet could "slice off" a 737's wing. Some chain of events caused an inflight breakup of the 737, and I'll wait for the investigation to prove exactly what.
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Jump to postIt all depends on the circumstances, but no air carrier is going to offer a second chance to kill more people, and don't forget the FAA, either. Basically a guy's career is over if he's at fault in a major incident/accident. Alcoholism could be a different story in our politically correct society.
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Jump to postI flew the <acronym title="Aalborg (AAL / EKYT), Denmark">AAL</acronym> 707s in both front seats during the sixties and seventies, and this is my recollection of the antenna issue. I think all the 123s were delivered with the <acronym title="OLD: Hapag Lloyd (Germany), NEW: Hapagfly (Germany)">HF</a...
Jump to postYou won't find better quality aviation images than those taken by Mike Carter, and if he's too frustrated with the process here to continue uploading, it does not bode well for the site. The subject is not new, but I think the withdrawal of a photographer of Mike's caliber is. The trend is not good....
Jump to postSorry, but it's the captain's responsibility (with the FO's assistance) to operate the airplane safely and legally. Taking off on the proper runway is basic to this.
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Jump to postI remember a deal offered to other airline employees for a time which I believe was positive space on <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> (as of a couple of days prior to the flight, but one has to wonder <acronym title="Panama City (Balboa / Fort Kobbe) - Howard (AFB) (HOW / MPHO), Panama...
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Jump to postIt was only a lounge for <acronym title="Aalborg (AAL / EKYT), Denmark">AAL</acronym> the entire time they had the fleet. Can't remember for sure, but I don't think they even had seatbelts installed up there. For awhile, the rear of coach was a piano bar, but the FAA took a dim view of bunches of pe...
Jump to postOkay, I'll offer my two cents worth. It seems a little dark overall. Without knowing what processing you used on the image, I'd suggest starting over and using the blackpoint and whitepoint eyedroppers to set the basic exposure, if you have them available. Maybe that would help. I like the shot thou...
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