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Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

32andBelow wrote:
Also if you are grounding the max9 due to quality problems I’m not sure how any recent Boeing plane can still be in the air

Maybe they shouldn't. Easy way to find out: remove interior panels on a few sample 900s and wield the torque wrench. It may come to that...

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Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

But what the FAA is doing is clearly politics, much more so than I recall them doing in the past. What the heck was that tweet? Who wrote that? Crazy. The ceo of Boeing has publicly owned the basic facts. But it's those "other discrepancies" that justify the FAA reaction. As of today nobo...

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Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

What is needed in this instance is just a reliable system to ensure that a MAX aircraft, or in fact any aircraft, is released to the customer in compliance with it's design. At this stage it appears that Boeing is struggling to acheive this. We don't yet know if the "mistake" is a lack of...

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Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

FWIW, I highly-doubt the bolts were in loose like that from Boeing or anyone else. The question is whether they were properly-torqued, because most likely they became loose from vibration, movement, etc., which is why in theory Boeing uses a tool which torques them down to the proper torque over th...

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Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

I don't see any report stating how many UA planes did not have issues of loose bolts. Is the detected problem in 5 of 5, or 5 of 90 planes? Either way, as a matter of prudence one might suggest doing a full strip exam of at least one frame. Because if a variety of bolts are out of spec in this locat...

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Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

Skimmed through & didn't see it but wondering if any info has been released on how bad the coast guard captains burns are? I'm not talking about terms like 'severe burns'. Has anything like he has 3rd degree burns to 70% of his body been released. If he survives he's going to go through hell du...

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Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

Regarding CVR, the name is a little misleading. In a lot of cases a large amount of valuable reconstruction has been done based on the ambient sound, warning sounds and control sounds. This diagnostic info isn't available any other way. Nobody outside a.net is going to second guess the crew in this ...

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Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA grounds 737MAX9

How is the exit plug plugged on the 737-9 MAX? How is it designed to be removed? Summarizing from the video on 737 exits linked earlier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw4eQGAmXQ0 (in my understanding, and see still image at 2:50 in that video): The "plug" is a door that opens outward and...

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Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

Possibly the CG crew may not have heard JAL cleared to land because they weren't on frequency yet. From the transcript JAL reads back clearance at 17:45:01, CG first call to tower at 17:45:11

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Re: Challenging landing for AA 777 at LHR

BigJet man could be the twin brother of the St Pancras station boogie woogie piano guy Dr K. Same over the top repetition, even similar accent... In both cases it's just good fun from someone who does one thing and loves it. Any over dramatization of the danger etc is entirely due to the media that ...

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Re: RA-02795 Wagner Legacy 600 (Prigozhin's Jet) Crashes

My Guess was that the nose of the plane was missing due to an explosion. That is also consistent with ten souls on the manifest, but only eight bodies found at the crash site. The nose and the cockpit including two pilots can have fallen undetected in a forest or in a lake, and it can have fallen m...

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Re: All quiet at AirBridge Cargo?

There has been some moves to get up and running again with IL96s, one has been painted up (RA-96103) but doesn't seem to be operating as yet. Image at the link below, great looking bird! https://twitter.com/Gerjon_/status/1666862604805865490/photo/1 According to "sources" this deal is off...

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Re: KIAH Bush airport construction and parking

Once it’s all completed, IAH will be one of the most modern airports in North America. With a railway station directly beneath the terminal building, connecting the airport to the city and many parts of the state? The USA needs way less cars and much better public transport. Houston city limits are...

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Re: Icelandair orders Airbus

Scoreboard wrote:
BoeingVista wrote:
gkirk wrote:

This is neither the time or the plaice for fish jokes

Ok lets skate over them then..

Oh Cod, have your guys got no sole....

You are just floundering.

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Re: What’s the toughest/most challenging large commercial airport for pilots to land at?

ZQN is an interesting one Queenstown, yes! How did this one escape my mind. Was fortunate to spend NYE 2018 there. Such incredible views on approach to runway 23. I wonder if 23 is always used for arrivals or if they ever come in over the lake on runway 05? They do use both ends As I understand it ...

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Re: Venezuela's CONVIASA announces flights between Caracas and Damascus

In all seriousness what even is the Dr Evil logic of this? How does it advance the plot and how does it get paid for?

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Re: TSA discovers bomb in checked bag at ABE; suspect has been arrested

Prost wrote:
Will the customer who checked the bomb on board please pick up the white courtesy phone?

Paging Mr Guerrero, Mr D O Guerrero, please return to the insurance sales counter to collect your change.

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Re: Runway Incursion at JFK 1/13/23

As far as I can see we know without doubt that there was a significant loss of situational awareness in the AA crew, leaving aside the event, consider the official version of the aftermath. They were told a number to call and this apparently didn't ring big bells for them. How many times in a career...

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Re: Electric airliners coming soon...

I can't imagine the requirements, not having the technical knowledge. But I believe that management of the risk, to the same level as other risk in the aviation world, will be required. Laptops are not subjected to nearly such stringent requirements. Thus I say again this specific incident isn't rel...

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Re: Electric airliners coming soon...

And just yesterday on a different airliners.net thread "Fire aboard JetBlue aircraft at JFK" "Looks like a battery fire caused passengers to evacuated via the slides. Not sure if it was at the gate or where." https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/25/us/jetbl ... index.html Passenger's lap...

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Re: LGW closed due to snow it seems.

Hmm, even if the airports had all of that extra snow removal equipment, would they have the trained staffing necessary to operate all of the machines? I doubt that that is as easy as calling the neighborhood temp agency and saying, "Send me fifty snowplow operators!" All the accountants a...

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Re: Hawaiian Airlines to fly between Hawaii and the Cook Islands

iridescent wrote:

https://www.ewansmithphoto.com/Galleries/Aviation/i-8mrM52B/A

Wow what a treasure trove!

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Re: Yaw Damper: On or Off?

For the usage in smaller jets refer to some well known YouTube channels. One of the pilots really struggles with 'dampener'. He obviously knows it's wrong but still says it about half the time. It's a checklist item.

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Re: VFR question regarding US Airspace: Class D and Charlie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTcvukCYZJs&t=1098s
VFR arrival to LAX in Cessna Conquest - good example of procedures and good comms (at least from the pilot...)

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Re: Time to talk about.....old airlines!

https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/30/business/2-casino-operators-plan-to-start-las-vegas-airline.html?pagewanted=1 This is the only link that I can find, but it's behind a pay wall. I tried to find another link without the paywall, but I'm falling short. From what I can gather without paying for it, ...

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Re: Time to talk about.....old airlines!

Other fallen flag memories include TWA: ALB-PIT-SFO and Piedmont: RWI (don't even ask) to CLT and on to SEA and another trip, LGW. Overheard some Brits who were sorely puzzled by the airline from the US with the "Italian" name. Then of course PI was swallowed again by the franken-son of Al...

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Re: Time to talk about.....old airlines!

Mohawk. As a kid I felt personally betrayed by them twice. Once for the change away from the classic black and gold livery, and again for the Allegheny merger (of course I had no idea why that was necessary). I associated Allegheny with the "old fashioned" Convairs that they flew to ALB, c...

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Re: May we never forget.

As to Civil Aviation, the events of 9/11 indeed had major implications. But, what is the ongoing legacy or continuing effect? An awful lot of other stuff has happened since (GFC. Covid). At this point is it fair to say that economic or pax number impacts attributable to 9/11 are no longer distinguis...

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Re: AA orders Vtol aircraft

They can offer it as an add on service instead of people getting an Uber to the city center. . The vaporware website illustrates this idea with LHR to Canary Wharf. No slots at the former, no demand at the latter... As for AA's US markets, where are the pilots for such an air taxi service, there ar...

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Re: AA orders Vtol aircraft

"Confirmed delivery slots" is not an order, but presumably more than the previously announced "pre-order". The company that American has invested in calls itself "a manufacturer" but they have not in fact delivered anything, ever, and their supposed timeline is extremel...

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Re: AF 011 go around - Possible flight control issue

Maybe a bit more talkative than most english language comms? This is a classic report though perhaps not quite standard phraseology: "l'avion a fait à peu près n'importe quoi" = "the plane did whatever" Then the controller catches himself babbling and cuts off with "enfin br...

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Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread - March 2022

Hoping someone here remembers this. At Polynesian Pools in Rotorua there is an artwork said to be originally from NZ DC10. It's a painted bas relief of sailing canoes. It's two pieces mounted together and is about 4m total width x 1.8m high. I don't see where this could have fit in the cabin. Defini...

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Re: NZ B789 fleet going back to Boeing for repaint

Over on the SoCal Boneyard thread there were reports of multiple carriers' 787s rotating through for wing repaint, many months ago. And others reported done in other locations. KL, AC, BA, United, El Al... No mention of deeper issues. But also no mention (that I've seen) whether the fix is permanent...

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Re: Flying A Helicopter With 15 Minutes of Training

Basically this company Skyryse has built an automation system for helicopters, I guess somewhat like how quad drones are managed and stabilized. With a qualified pilot on board for comms and safety, the reporter was able to take off, do something of a circuit and land without understanding the princ...

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Re: Aircraft at Gander on 9/11/2001

VPBLP registration on that date was a Dassault Falcon 900, from photos in a.net and other databases (berfore and after the date)

The current frame with that reg (Aeroflot A320) was delivered in 2013.

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Re: Bombardier CL 600 down near Truckee, California

GalaxyFlyer wrote:
Unless the speed is mph and even then touching down at about 140 is too fast.

I believe that particular youtuber's speed widget is in fact showing MPH.

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Re: Air Baltic A223 - Both engines automatically shutdown on touchdown

Reminds me of my childhood, living on a hill. Our home was uphill from the local doctor — a Radiologist. When he was coming home, and was at the top of the hill, he’d turn off the engine and coast down the street. In summertime when we played outside on the street, he ran silent and frequently honk...

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Re: Five Word Story Thread - Q3 2021

Due to overweight landing on

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Re: COVID-19 News and Reference Thread

"Travel bubble" quarantine free flights from Australia to New Zealand have begun. Fifteen flights will land from Australia in Auckland on Monday. (Australian states already allowed quarantine free entry from NZ.) https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/300280470/transtasman-bubble-emotional-scenes-...

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Re: NTSB Renews Calls for Cockpit Video Recorders

There are a couple of rich guys flying around single-pilot in their Citation and Premier biz jets who have several GoPro's stuck around their cockpits to feed material for their successful YouTube channels. There is also an Envoy 2nd officer who is allowed by the company to do cockpit videos on som...

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Re: DC-8 at Santa Monica?

cs03 wrote:
To compare, TWA (briefly) flew from PIT to ALB in the 1980s using a 707. 1-19 at ALB was 7200 feet at the time.

That TW flight was a tag to SFO-PIT service, so likely light on pax and fuel. I took that flight once, ALB-PIT-SFO then QF to SYD via HNL.

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Re: Grass landing strips

Lots of grass field ops in Papua New Guinea on the youtube channel Missionary Bush Pilot. It's a busy operation with both pax and cargo using Quest Kodiak. Other aspects of the ops are interesting too, mix of old skool and high tech.

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Re: 747-8i (Pax version) Oxygen System

From ATSB final report on QF30: Oxygen storage system The passenger oxygen storage system consisted of 13 high-pressure (12,755 kPa / 1,850 psi) steel cylinders, each with an integral shut-off valve, pressure gauge and over-pressure protection system (frangible disk). Each cylinder carried a quantit...

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Re: 747-8i (Pax version) Oxygen System

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_30

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Re: Pilot pulls off amazing emergency landing on freeway

https://spot.colorado.edu/~huemer/trolley.htm

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Re: Pilot pulls off amazing emergency landing on freeway

The trolley problem exactly. Conflicting duties. Pilot's duty to self and passengers conflicts with duty to bystanders. But what's your view - are you seriously saying that everyone with agency has a duty to avoid all harm to bystanders, to the point of ultimate self sacrifice? I couldn't agree with...

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Re: Pilot pulls off amazing emergency landing on freeway

No, I'm not a pilot. But I do drive. And if a plane landed on top of my car and killed my wife, I doubt if I'd be saying, "Well, what else could he do ...?" Now we're in ethical dilemma territory (not technical skill territory). Not "what else could he do" but "what else sh...

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Re: Calm Air ATR runway excursion in Northern Canada

Reading the title, I thought that was the METAR

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Re: where is N18121 Douglas DC-3 right now.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N18121
If the track is complete and accurate it went from one paddock to another, not any obvious airport.

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Re: Demographics of GA aircraft owners

There's an interesting video by Matt Guthmiller (once youngest solo round the world pilot and currently 20-something) where he makes the case that the 80s Bonanza he owns is cost comparable with other modes for all the travel he does. Some long trips more or less on impulse, some business. Thus if f...

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