Flights are still landing. Vueling 8352 for example is landing as I type this.
https://www.flightradar24.com/VLG2SQ
Flights between Spokane and San Diego originate and land in the Pacific time zone, but often pass over the Mountain time zone in Idaho, Oregon, Utah, and Arizona.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA ... /KGEG/KSAN
Sometime around 2004-2005 I was flying EWR-SEA on Delta, and I chose to fly EWR-CVG-SEA instead so I could fly on a 737-200 EWR-CVG. I also flew SEA-PDX-SFO-LAX instead of SEA-LAX just to fly the Embraer 120 SEA-PDX on United. Several years ago, I attended a work conference in Santa Barbara. Instead...
Jump to postListening to the LiveATC feed, it's amazing how calm and composed the pilot was. She is certainly an example of composure under pressure.
Jump to postI grew up half way between Paine Field and SeaTac, and I have been hoping for a formal announcement for many years. Of course, the residents near the airport have been complaining about noise from the additional aircraft operations, but I don't understand the complaints. They live next to Paine Fiel...
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I'll be traveling somewhat frequently for business this summer, and my company will pay for economy seats, including economy plus. What are your favorite brands for value and services received in economy plus?
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/747megatop" class="quote" target="_blank">747megatop</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>How will they open up an the airport w...
Jump to postI think <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> could sell the old <acronym title="ACES (Colombia)">VX</acronym> planes as part of a fleet replacement deal with Boeing. Imagine what would happen to the Airbus prices if 50-60 young A320s and A319s hit the market. Boeing stands to gain fro...
Jump to postThanks for the info! I'll try to find the live music to pass the time.
Jump to postI'm connecting through <acronym title="Portland - International (PDX / KPDX), USA - Oregon">PDX</acronym> a couple times next week, with a 3.5 hour layover during one of the trips. Are there any good spotting locations in the airport without needing to go through the security screening area again? A...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/TWA772LR" class="quote" target="_blank">TWA772LR</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>Turboprops have high rates of effic...
Jump to postThe red smear behind the hole has a very similar color to hydraulic fluid. Does anybody familiar with A321 engineering know if hydraulic lines run through this area? It seems a bit high on the fuselage to me for hydraulic lines, but I'm not an aviation engineer.
Jump to postI'm a little confused on how J.D. Power classified "large" versus "medium" airports. For example, <acronym title="Vancouver - International (YVR / CYVR), Canada - British Columbia">YVR</acronym> is listed as a "medium" airport, but handled more passengers in 2014 than "large" airports <acronym title...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/suseJ772" class="quote" target="_blank">suseJ772</a> (<a href="#153" class="quote">Reply 153</a>):<br/><i>U.S. Intelligence is claiming to have ...
Jump to postThe airspace over Disney (both in California and Florida) is only closed from the surface up to 3000 feet above ground level. I've flown directly over Disneyland in Anaheim in a Cessna 172 at 3500 feet, while in contact with ATC.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Dalmd88" class="quote" target="_blank">Dalmd88</a> (<a href="#32" class="quote">Reply 32</a>):<br/><i>I bet the crew did not even know the plane...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PVGAMS" class="quote" target="_blank">PVGAMS</a> (<a href="#141" class="quote">Reply 141</a>):<br/><i>http://news.sky.com/story/1529113/mh...ear...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Boeing778X" class="quote" target="_blank">Boeing778X</a> (<a href="#24" class="quote">Reply 24</a>):<br/><i> Quoting flyzapper (Reply 20): The C...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/RedChili" class="quote" target="_blank">RedChili</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i>The scientists are 100% sure that a big ...
Jump to postAs a lifelong resident of Seattle (currently in exile in Los Angeles), I have experienced many small-medium earthquakes and one significant one (M6.8) in the Pacific Northwest. <acronym title="Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE), USA - Washington">PAE</acronym> and <acronym title="...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/EMAman" class="quote" target="_blank">EMAman</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i>Ditto between <acronym title="Swissair">SR</...
Jump to postIt appears that the flight crew declared an emergency shortly before the plane disappeared from radar. I'm hoping for the best, but realistically I fear there will be no survivors. <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/573651/C-135-US-Air-Force-QID72-military-jet-English-Channel-Boeing-Stratolif...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/EA+CO+AS" class="quote" target="_blank">EA CO AS</a> (<a href="#17" class="quote">Reply 17</a>):<br/><i>This happened when the <acronym title="S...
Jump to postA few years ago, I was in the Alaska Board Room at <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym> and I saw several Menzies baggage workers sleeping in luggage carts. Maybe their supervisors caught on to the luggage cart sleeping and the baggage loader...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/VCEflyboy" class="quote" target="_blank">VCEflyboy</a> (<a href="#162" class="quote">Reply 162</a>):<br/><i>Some things dont add up still.. One ...
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Jump to postDoes anybody know if the position of the door lock switch in the cockpit is recorded in the FDR? If it is, I'm not sure that the exact details will ever be made public, but investigators or airline regulators are probably very interested in how the switch was used in this flight.
Jump to postDoes anybody know if the FDR records the position of the door lock switch in the cockpit?
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Jump to postI posted this just as part 6 was locked. The news about one pilot being unable to return to the cockpit made me think of Ethiopian flight 702 last year. The co-pilot locked the door while the pilot went to the restroom, then hijacked/took the airplane to Geneva and refused to land until he was grant...
Jump to postThe news about one pilot being unable to return to the cockpit made me think of Ethiopian flight 702 last year. The co-pilot locked the door while the pilot went to the restroom, then hijacked/took the airplane to Geneva and refused to land until he was granted asylum in Switzerland. Clearly, it is ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AirCalSNA" class="quote" target="_blank">AirCalSNA</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i> Can't they even build a Black Box that ...
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Jump to postI think the lack of non-stop service to <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym>, <acronym title="Portland - International (PDX / KPDX), USA - Oregon">PDX</acronym>, <acronym title="Vancouver - International (YVR / CYVR), Canada - British Columbi...
Jump to postThe <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> website has been down for a couple hours today and I am trying to check a flight status. Does anybody know if the outage is affecting <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> systems causing flight delays, or if this is limited to th...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/md80fanatic" class="quote" target="_blank">md80fanatic</a> (<a href="#76" class="quote">Reply 76</a>):<br/><i>AA191 is a good example of pylon s...
Jump to postA laserproof windshield calibrated to a specific frequency would also block out all other visible light in the same frequency, reducing contrast and visibility for the pilots.
Jump to postI would think that pilots would go through emergency checklists before simulating an engine failure in training. It may seem obvious, but lowering landing gear should be in the emergency landing (or standard landing) checklist.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Capt.Fantastic" class="quote" target="_blank">Capt.Fantastic</a> (<a href="#17" class="quote">Reply 17</a>):<br/><i>From what the OP described, ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/B737-112" class="quote" target="_blank">B737-112</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Thanks for the ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/hotplane" class="quote" target="_blank">hotplane</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Could it have been N801DM? </i></font></td...
Jump to postI was driving to work today, and I saw a mystery 757 with winglets take off from Burbank airport. 757s are very rare at Burbank, so it immediately caught my eye. The plane took off at around 9:40am local time, and I checked flightaware and flightradar24, but I couldn't find anything. The plane was m...
Jump to postOn St. Patrick's Day 2009 (I remember because <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> offered free beer on the flight in honor of the holiday) I flew a 737-700 <acronym title="Ontario - International (ONT / KONT), USA - California">ONT</acronym>-<acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor In...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Mark2fly1034" class="quote" target="_blank">Mark2fly1034</a> (<a href="#174" class="quote">Reply 174</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> A f...
Jump to postRegarding the debris ~1500 miles from Perth, I did some research about surface currents in the Indian Ocean and the direction of the currents. If the plane crashed 12 days ago, the debris could have drifted 150-300 miles NE towards Australia using conservative numbers, over 500 miles using faster cu...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/JimJupiter" class="quote" target="_blank">JimJupiter</a> (<a href="#78" class="quote">Reply 78</a>):<br/><i> Quoting flyzapper (Reply 63): Thoug...
Jump to postI have a theory: What if Ethiopian 702 that was diverted to Geneva by the pilot a few weeks ago was a practice run? Some organization wanted to know how easy it would be for the pilot to divert the plane to a chosen location. The Ethiopian 702 scenario had an obvious asylum request, but it could hav...
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