Re: Flight UAL2143 diverting to EWR 2023-06-15

"Delta TechOps" sounds so much better than "Delta MechanicalOps"... Just sayin'

Re: Flight UAL2143 diverting to EWR

Interesting difference in American English and English English I'd not picked up on before. Here in the UK we'd be much more likely to say technical issue than mechanical issue, not because of it being a qualitative indicator of how much impending doom we should experience when diverting etc. but be...

Re: Jetliners who made mistook airports in the past cities

The C-17 that should have landed at McDill is rare in in having been filmed on the way in... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHMhClzfoi8 as well as on the way out... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi58Ds3Krgw Pan Am 707 landed in Northolt instead of Heathrow by mistake. WOW! I’ve been in Northolt a...

Re: Alaska 737-800 ETOPS Question

A few points to think about: 1. The HA A330 you are comfortable with also has (only) two engines. 2. If flying longer haul in a narrow body feels unnatural, spare a thought for passengers in the days of the 707/DC-8, it's the same cross section. 3. If 5 hours over water in a 737 sounds risky, how ab...

Re: Yeti Airlines AT75 crash in Nepal

The video from inside the plane certainly looks and sounds real, but I'm having a hard time believing that was live streamed.... That smartphone went from filming in the decent to flipping over and surviving the impact of crashing possibly inverted in a ravine with no buffering, interference or any ...

Re: Yeti Airlines AT75 crash in Nepal

Although hard to see, in the video the aircraft wing looks clean, i.e. no flaps deployed as would be expected at this stage of the flight.

Re: Two bodies found in an Avianca's airplane landing gear compartment

Can we not get a placard in multiple languages placed in airliner wheelbays that says "If the hydraulics don't crush you then the hypoxia or hypothermia will surely kill you"?

Re: Wolf’s Fang Runway in Antarctica

Now that was a cool trip report. I presume the plane tankers fuel for the return fight as well? That would mean a pretty darn heavy takeoff from CPT and landing in Antarctica. Fascinating stuff. There is nothing unusual or remarkable about an A340 taking off with fuel for 10 hrs 30 mins flying, plu...

Re: The first Airbus A320 to break the 30-year in service mark

Amazing really. Totally unrelated, but fun to compare, these aircraft first flew the year before Microsoft released Windows 3.1 !! Since then we have had Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, Vista, XP, 7, 8, 10 and 11 I wonder how many times the primary flight control software of the A320 has been updated...

Re: Plane Crash in Labrador

Is it me, or should we have a separate section for plane mishaps, accidents and or crashes. The topic here looked pretty bad, and we think the worst, but it turns out its a light acft with 2 injuries. No, it's just you. The title was accurate, there was a plane crash and it was in Labrador. Despite...

Re: Boom Supersonic new configuration.

I can't help thinking that the best engine solution for this thing would be three Olympus 593s OK, they are pre-historic and out of production, but they are proven, certified and designed for the job. If an engine has to be designed and built from scratch, at least one that is already designed is ha...

Re: Boeing’s Everett factory

Lease it to Airbus for another A32x FAL to help with the backlog?

Re: Last time the largest aircraft in production was a twin?

It had to be back during WWI I’d think. Interestingly enough, I can’t think of any military jet aircraft with more than two engines in production either. The Dassault Falcon tri-jets might be the only jet aircraft in production with more than two engines. The Xian Y-20 is in production... 6548277

Re: 18 hours to Honolulu. In a Cessna 172.

As Merced was once Castle AFB, home to B-52s and KC-135s its runway is plenty long enough. He departed MCE, not MER. 5900' is still more than enough for a 172 to get up over gross. --- OK, thanks for the heads-up. I didn't know Merced Regional Airport existed. That's what happens when you make an a...

Re: 18 hours to Honolulu. In a Cessna 172.

I'm still curious why this pilot chose to depart across the pond from MCE and not from OAK or SFO to top off the tanks before the transit as well as a much longer departure runway for the overweight take-off. I realize everything was probably well within the calculations for the flight, but any add...

Re: Iberia's high density A350 used on European flights

atcsundevil wrote:

kaitak744 wrote:

Wouldn't this have some major CG / balance issues?

Presumably they can just add ballast in the forward hold.

Re: RIA likely to order 40 A350

Ambition is great, and emulating Emirates is aspirational indeed. However, can that really be achieved with a carrier wanting to connect East and West that does not serve alcohol? I just can’t see it appealing to mass markets of Europeans and Americans heading East for example. Am I missing somethi...

Re: BA Dreamflight 2022

It's called Dreamflight and they didn't use a Dreamliner. Talk about a missed opportunity. BA has operated the Dreamflight as a charity flight since before the Dreamliner existed. It's about giving some seriously medically challenged kids a once in a (possibly short) lifetime an opportunity. Carers...

Re: Dreamlifter Loses a Wheel in Italy

Did the FO kick it too hard on the walk round?

Cue all the "wheels have fallen off at Boeing" jokes...

Is Blue Air in trouble?

I have a booking on a flight from London to Romania on Blue Air in early October, a trip that has already been re-scheduled by the airline several times in the past Today I got an email cancelling the flights and inviting me to book alternative dates. The email contained some surprisingly candid inf...

Re: Boom Supersonic new configuration.

With American and United orders this is 100% done deal. So this is RR loss. There is no way this would not get delivered in time. These airlines doesn't play childs games. And if FAA makes a fuss of this, United can just threaten to withdraw from the states, and issue would resolve immediately. Bac...

Re: Boom Supersonic new configuration.

I would have suspected this from the power plant company that once powered the Concorde. I think they are saving their expertise for a new European version! And to Boom's credit, perhaps where others have failed since the Concorde, they are really trying to establish a framework by which to solicit...

Re: Boom Supersonic new configuration.

"Legacy business model" = "They expect us to pay for an engine, how old fashioned!"

Re: American Airlines orders Boom Overture aircraft

Scientific institutions around the World have studied whether its possible to reduce the audible shockwave of an aircraft flying at speeds greater than mach 1 (sonic boom) that spread out behind the aircraft like a ship's wake. None have yet concluded that it's even possible, let alone what the necc...

Re: Why are there daytime flights from North America to Europe?

Bring back Concorde!

Re: YouTube Vlogger Captures DL Diversion

Regardless of this cringe overdose, I have a technical question. If this happens during a night flight, how easy/difficult is it to spot a fuel leak from the wing outside? This was virtually a night flight, the 767-300 took off from JFK at 17.13 and flew east into the approaching dusk. Ignore the p...

Re: Boom Supersonic new configuration.

I see plenty of people willing to pay tickets 4 times more expensive than a regular major airline first class to travel M1.7 between LHR and JFK with other 60 people and not thinking about leasing a Netjets or similar long range Gulfstream or Citation and travel alone Fortunately we have some old d...

Re: AFR055 2022-07-25 Quick Return to IAD

Fact snippet - Twenty two years to the day since AF4590 wasn't able to complete a quick return...

Re: Bill introduced in U.S. Congress to raise pilot retirement age to 67

JayinKitsap wrote:

Why not 70 if the pilot meets all the medical and training requirements.

Re: Alaska Fleet to all Boeing

I can see why they might want to get out of some overpriced leases but I don’t get why they make such a big deal over it. Tell Boeing you’re in heavy talks about a new fleet of Neos, that A330-900 looks awfully good for transcon… Keep em honest! This! Whilst it makes financial sense for Alaska to h...

Re: Why no single-engine GA aircraft with contrarotating propellers?

I think I know the answer to this, and it has to do with cost, complexity and weight. However, a contrarotating propeller setup on a single-engine GA aircraft would it much easier to fly. Anyone who's driven dual-prop and single prop boats knows what I'm talking about. As a bonus, it would save CFI...

Re: Why no single-engine GA aircraft with contrarotating propellers?

I think I know the answer to this, and it has to do with cost, complexity and weight. However, a contrarotating propeller setup on a single-engine GA aircraft would it much easier to fly. Anyone who's driven dual-prop and single prop boats knows what I'm talking about. As a bonus, it would save CFI...

Re: Possible Farnborough announcements?

I think it might mean something important that Boeing and customers are announcing orders even right now. An example is of the recently announced Icelandair 737 MAX top-up order for 4 NTUs. Even though there is a lot of buzz going on at the Airbus side (good for Airbus), if Boeing is not choosing t...

Re: New Icelandic start up: Nice Air

Ridiculous red tape nonsense . Yes..........and the UK voted for it ! Actually, only 37% of the UK voted for it - Brexit, the gift that just keeps on taking! Back on topic, does anyone know if Nice Air actually started service to STN on 3rd June as planned? I'd like to go whale watching in Husavik ...

Re: United's supersonic purchase... one year hence

Lpbri wrote:

Has UA laid out any cash for this yet?

Re: What’s wrong with EasyJet ?

A few weeks ago I flew on easyJet from Luton to Dalaman. As we taxied out the cabin crew casually announced there was no hot food available, and a very reduced selection of other BoB items like snacks and drinks. This was due to "problems with our suppliers that we have had for several weeks&qu...

Re: Junkers JU-52 NG planned

But surely with newer tech etc you could just use 2 engines instead of 3? Or is the power output of the V12s not sufficient and you'd need a turboprop? But that would seriously change the weight and balance characteristics in a way that would require changing the geometry of the whole plane. So eff...

Re: Boeings 1Q22 Earnings