There’s a lot coming out of that mishap. It makes SteelChair’s idea for more openness moot.
Jump to postNot to mention, for 20mmm the Pilot would have to close to about 2,500’ of the balloon. As you “aim” the gun by aiming the plane, you are on a collision path with it. Try that at M1.0 or greater. M1.0 at 58,000’ is only 192KIAS.
Jump to postUSAF confirmed they used FRANK as a call sign to honor Lt Luke
Jump to postI flew the LOC/DME-x to North Island off the ILS 27 on rainy night with a heavy C-5. The controller had to work us in sequence. Often wondered what the noise level in the terminal was like at 400’. I hated flying in/out of KNZY. No ILS to 27. I think you mean the LOC/DME-A off the LOC to 27. Still ...
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Jump to postI flew the LOC/DME-x to North Island off the ILS 27 on rainy night with a heavy C-5. The controller had to work us in sequence. Often wondered what the noise level in the terminal was like at 400’. I hated flying in/out of KNZY.
Jump to postDid you get a chance to work Aspen call signs out of Beale? Yes, the reason for my username. There were a couple standard training routes for both the SR71s and the U2s (Piñon call signs) out of Beale that went through our airspace. We also had a SR specific refueling track that the IP was near the...
Jump to postMy only question -- why did they need to use a US$399,500.00 AIM-9X missile when a few bullets would have sufficed? Have you tried aerial gunnery at high Mach numbers above 60,000’? Twenty mm bullets only go about 2,800 fps while you’re closing on the balloon at about 1,000 fps and you don’t want t...
Jump to postBut they are in the form of Accident Board reports and frequently in the news. Here’s a recent one, https://www.afjag.af.mil/Portals/77/AIB-Reports/2020/Jan/27%20Jan%202020%20-%20ACC%20-%20Bagram%20Airfield%20-%20E-11%20-%20AIB%20Narrative.pdf Here’s many more, https://www.afjag.af.mil/AIB-Reports/ ...
Jump to postFligtReporter wrote:GalaxyFlyer wrote:It’s a “button” in Canada.
Hey Mr Galaxy !! I dunno if you remember me but I so very much appreciate your insights on my last thread about CAT IIIB ..Thanks again for adding to my knowledge about the "Button".
Wise words Well said! None of this is about my feelings. "Are you going to feel better if...." Your entire argument is about your feelings: your entire argument rests upon supposition and mistrust, with no factual underpinning of any sort. You drop turds into the punch bowl by bringing up...
Jump to postYou can’t shoot it, the projectiles will land somewhere and small holes in a balloon this size won’t bring it down.
Jump to postI know still doesn’t change the dynamic, just who’s doing the fighting—agriculture, urban dwellers, developers. All over a scarce commodity.
Jump to postBeing in the CAP isn’t the same as an “off the street” civilian. CAP is affiliated with the USAF.
Jump to postUS-based, Delta pretty much exclusively, best service domestic, reliable, and don’t care much about fare. The fare savings are long forgotten when you get lousy service and/or missed-cancelled flights. Never,ever had a good UA experience, AA is also pretty lousy.
Jump to postOh yeah. YYZ connections are so easy—NOT! I’ve missed several there.
Jump to postWhiskey is for drinkin’, water’s for fightin’. Been that way for 150 years in the West. See the movie Chinatown.
Jump to postTWO boards, both charged with specific missions is NOT an excessive culture of secrecy. I was in business end for 30 years, read innumerable reports, even was the subject of an SIB and AIB; been involved as a contractor. You don’t know what you’re talking about. Sorry, to be blunt, but you just don’...
Jump to postThat doesn’t happen, officers are held to account regularly. The one thing process that has been key to safety improvement is taking punishment out of the process, “what happened”; not “who caused it to happen”. Punishment leads to hiring problems. That’s the reason for the “safety privilege “ and f...
Jump to postIt’s a brief cold snap, a few days. We’ve had essentially no snow, mild winter in New England.
Jump to postThey still have engineers, the upgrade such as it was, was to avionics—primitive FMS, RVSM, 8.33 comms. IIRC, the upgrades got caught up in maintaining COTS while also military req’ts and budgets. The C-5 didn’t replace the old ADI until the AMP program which is still in the jet. I’d guess in 17 ye...
Jump to postInteresting responses. I should have been more clear. I chose PA and PI as theoreticals. The real question is: would you rather have taken a job at ANY declining major international carrier or with a growing, exciting domestic one? Hard to say, Piedmont was a “growing, exciting” line until it wasn’...
Jump to postIn 1981 it was impossible to know the future of Panam or Piedmont The former still had years to go before they went under and it was quite possible they could have been saved at that point Don’t know much about Piedmont, I think they ended up merging into USAIR ? I would have gone with PanAm if tho...
Jump to postI maybe be old fashioned, but I was taught a phrase, “none of your business””; but it seems today people think everything that passes by their view is their business. Posters ask about diverts, on-normal flight tracks, of which they have no interest beyond seeing it on Flight Aware. People believe t...
Jump to postThat’s how all the services handle investigations. It’s not Operational Security, it’s about finding and fixing safety deficiencies. The system was enacted by Congress to allow the services to quickly and without fear of legal action to investigate safety problems. The system means testimony by ind...
Jump to postIn 1981 it was impossible to know the future of Panam or Piedmont The former still had years to go before they went under and it was quite possible they could have been saved at that point Don’t know much about Piedmont, I think they ended up merging into USAIR ? I would have gone with PanAm if tho...
Jump to postNote what I posted, there are TWO boards—Safety Investigation Board (SIB, aka Mishap Board) and Accident Investigation Board (AIB). The SIB is privileged and NOT released, the AIB is released and may recommend disciplinary actions. The public will NOT see the SIB report. It’s not FOIA actionable. Th...
Jump to postOverflight only means out to 12nm offshore, then the flight is in international airspace. Argentina might control traffic, but their sovereignty doesn’t extend across the FIR. The Chilean flight transits the Argentine FIR and always has.
Jump to post'81 was a bad recession year here in the U.S. -- not easy to get on with the Majors. Assumption would be that in 1981 an aspiring pilot would have an easier time finding employment with a start-up such as New York Air, Midway, or Peoples Express (1982 start-up IIRC). Personally, I would have tried ...
Jump to postWell, actually cost does enter into the process. For example, you’re a USN user, say deploying a helo detachment from North Island to Sigonella, Sicily. Now, you “pay” out of your transport budget for the C-5. If your delivery schedule is open enough, fine, pay $xx,xxx to TRANSCOM and delivered. If ...
Jump to postThat’s formatting altitude, which enters with in-flight gross weight, temp, altitude and gives maximum altitude with a small margin at max continuous thrust. Of course, work the graph backwards to get max gross weight for a given altitude. Engine loss on the noon and you’re falling off quickly. IIRC...
Jump to postSafety Investigations (Mishap Investigation Board) are privileged investigations and not released. The Accident Investigation Board report is releasable, but not easily found. Congress gave the DOD an exemption keeping safety investigations privileged so the outcomes don’t become public allowing for...
Jump to postThe F-35 would be better off going in dark keeping it's receiver turned on so it can locate the opposing sources of EMF. What would the F-15 bring other than a lot of noise? That’s exactly what an EX brings, noise for F-35s to hide behind while remaining silent and getting data linked messages abou...
Jump to postThe retirement of the KC10 is infuriating to me. I view the retirement in the context of the fiasco of the KC46 acquisition, where the corruption was so bad that people went to jail. To retire this asset on the basis of costs is mind boggling. "We're going to spend billions on acquisition of a...
Jump to postYeah, that’s pretty much it. Units do occasionally have Bosses’ Day flights for unit members to give a boss a ride as a Reserve ANG community appreciation deal. Still have to be a member. Local media, rarely when a headline event is going on. It’s gotten a lot harder over the years.
Jump to postWe had a normal Maximum Take-Off Weight and Maximum In-flight Weight. Obviously the only way to increase weight in-flight is with an air refueling. Our normal MTOW and In-Flight Weight was 769,000, Emergency War Weight was 840,000. The M model increased empty weight by about 16,000 pounds and EW bec...
Jump to postkalvado wrote:GalaxyFlyer wrote:Flutter is a harmonic, aerodynamic vibration isn’t.
Wut?
I don’t know about lapse, but GE did do a HT-90 mod on the TF-39s during scheduled maintenance in the early 2000s. Made a pretty difference in cruise and climb performance. With HT-90s in all four pylons, it’d go 2,000-3,000’ higher than the book. They didn’t do any testing, so we didn’t have new ch...
Jump to post840K was the war emergency weight, never used with rare exceptions approved by Lockheed. Take-off performance limited weights to about 800k with the TF-39s and that required SL, standard day. We sim trained a OEI case at ETAF, the only NATO airport where 800-ish was even likely and the return had to...
Jump to postIt’s probably like the C-5 during air refueling—the horizontal stab was in the engine wake efflux creating vibrations that eventually showed up in the tie box cracking. Flutter is a harmonic, aerodynamic vibration isn’t.
Jump to postWesternDC6B wrote:I believe National Airlines named their aircraft after stewardesses, as we were still allowed to call them back then. I believe a DC-10 was called Betty Lou.
Might be outdated, but I doubt UK’s ranking has changed much, heck, Alabama more likely moved further ahead. I saw somewhere in the news today, the UK GDP is shrinking slightly. The UK is a long way from Downton Abbey and Alabama is long way from Reconstruction poverty, but the up image hasn’t chang...
Jump to postThe C-5 with TF-39s were also dogs, but the wing was lighter loaded. I’ve seen 11,000’ plus all-engine take-off runs. Initial optimum on a warm Pacific out of Honolulu would be F240 or F250, the last couple thousand feet climbing at 500fpm.
Jump to postProbably winds, check out Windy.com. Not sure if they have historical wind data
Jump to postLast year over Northern Michigan I recall seeing a 757 at FL360 doing 280kts into a stiff west wind. Directly below them was a northeast bound Cape Air C402 inbound to MBL at 070 doing 260kts. I thought that was absolutely wild. Peace :box: You mean the C402 was at 7000. If it was flying 070, it wo...
Jump to postCoThG wrote:GalaxyFlyer wrote:What sonic boom, they’re still at M.82-ish, no where near M1.
The groundspeed on some of those flights were greater than Mach One.