Re: C550 Operators

I had 2500 hours in them, long ago. There was no “bleeds off” procedures. IIRC, the switch on the right side pedestal below the radio panel, was OFF, L, NORM, R, EMER. It was left in NORM all the time that I recall. Light, it’d climb pretty fast and there’s no aural warning, the Master Warning on th...

Re: Unresponsive Aircraft Crashes but causes Sonic DOD response..

As others have said, a high cabin altitude would trigger alerts that would be nearly impossible to miss. Therefore, my guess is the pilot became incapacitated for reasons other than decompression/hypoxia, such as heart attack, stroke, etc. With no other crewmembers on board, the poor family was hel...

Re: Unresponsive Aircraft Crashes but causes Sonic DOD response..

The pilot was announced by CNN, former WN captain, ATP B737 and several Cessna types, latest being the CE500 in late 2022. So, slathers of experience in crewed planes. The are many false economies in private aviation, single pilot in jets in one of them. I say that with 1200 of single pilot fighter ...

Re: Excavations for 740 8th Avenue in New York City Underway

Just another building in NYC What is different about 30 Rockefeller Plaza, One World Trade Center, 30 Hudson Yards, and One Vanderbilt compared to this building? The Empire State Building is obviously a unique design that is found nowhere else and an iconic symbol of New York City. Observation deck...

Re: Unresponsive Aircraft Crashes but causes Sonic DOD response..

sealevel wrote:

This aircraft contains both a fdr and cvr correct?

Re: Any plans for a civilian air refueling operator buying ex USAF KC10’s ?

Flight Global says the first retired one has just over 33,000 hours. Not, by any means, the highest flight time, but within 5,000 hours of the highest and lowest times. Depending on how many Local Pros it flew, it might have lots of cycles, four hours of touch and goes is hard, but they’ve reduced t...

Re: Unresponsive Aircraft Crashes but causes Sonic DOD response..

Assuming this is hypoxia related, I'm having trouble understanding how the pilot would not be able to get oxygen in time or at least initiate descent. The flightpath doesn't appear to show any attempt at dropping to a breathable altitude, which is what I would expect if there was a discovered issue...

Re: Getting Hours on a Phenom 300

Then, no. It’s a single pilot airplane. Under 135 and 91K, I believe there’s a process to count flying time in a single-pilot plane, as a “developmental” pilot. Still need a Commercial Certificate.

Re: 737 GPWS on what seemed like a normal landing?

Too small by orders of magnitude.

KBGR, among other airports in the US, has a few terrain features that can trigger a GPWS warning but not on final.

Re: 737 GPWS on what seemed like a normal landing?

KAUS is flat from experience and the charts. I’d suspect 5G but the FAA has cleared the type and airport. The “usual” GPWS on final might be “sink rate”or “glide slope” if it’s a hastily done visual, not terrain. Any of these will be recorded in a FDM program.

Re: Excavations for 740 8th Avenue in New York City Underway

Just another building in NYC

Re: Getting Hours on a Phenom 300

What regulations are flying under? US, 91, 91K, 135. EASA, TC. Pilot-in-Training isn’t FAA, though. In general, no.

Re: Unresponsive Aircraft Crashes but causes Sonic DOD response..

The problem with the Helios accident is the fact that the cabin altitude warning on the 737 is the same as the take-off configuration warning, so the crew thought they were getting the take-off configuration warning. Now they have lights on the main panel, so when that alarm goes off, they can look...

Re: Unresponsive Aircraft Crashes but causes Sonic DOD response..

RIP to all onboard. I did have a question, and forgive my ignorance to these things, but do corporate/GA aircraft that are pressurized not have a warning system of some sort to aler the pilots that the cabin is losing or is no longer pressurized? Granted, if it's a sudden depressurization (ie the W...

Re: Unresponsive Aircraft Crashes but causes Sonic DOD response..

True, but it’s another layer of protection. Helios was pretty unusual, look at the number of pressurization related accident in GA ops—everything from TBM to jets. Helios crew misinterpreted the altitude warning horn and didn’t properly analyse the problem.

Re: Unresponsive Aircraft Crashes but causes Sonic DOD response..

RIP to all onboard. I did have a question, and forgive my ignorance to these things, but do corporate/GA aircraft that are pressurized not have a warning system of some sort to aler the pilots that the cabin is losing or is no longer pressurized? Granted, if it's a sudden depressurization (ie the W...

Re: Unresponsive Aircraft Crashes but causes Sonic DOD response..

If it was on an auto pilot flight plan, is it possible that people in the aircraft could have been incapacitated before it reached ISP? Or is is more likely that something happened right before landing? The only thing that seems odd with the second scenario is that it didn't descend at all. If a pi...

Re: Unresponsive Aircraft Crashes but causes Sonic DOD response..

Wow, supersonic flight to catch the slowest jet, Citation pilots will crow about that.

Re: Unresponsive Aircraft Crashes but causes Sonic DOD response..

Old Carousel INS would, crossing the 9th waypoint, turn back to the #1 waypoint, but that’s not how any of today’s FMS works in my experience. Passing the last waypoint or the loaded destination, the autopilot will change to ROLL mode, hold the heading established at the waypoint. Whatever procedure...

Re: Any plans for a civilian air refueling operator buying ex USAF KC10’s ?

The problem is, I believe, the KC-10s lost their “civilian off the shelf” status with the FAA—it’s no longer a certificated civilian airplane, so anyone seeking a FAA CoA would have being into full compliance first. I know the AMP program was signed off with the proviso they were now military only. ...

Re: Pax gifts for Flight Attendants

Airline crews are paid well, better than many overseas crews. There’s no need to tip them. Tipping in the US is out of control and Apple-based POS devices have created tipping for all sorts of new positions, even well-paid ones. Bakeries now expect tips.

Re: Airport Mistakes

CGKings317 wrote:

Can the complete removal of Merrill C. Megis Field (CGX) be considered a mistake? Or is that touching on some . . . errr . . .stuff?

~CGKings317

Re: KC-10 Retirement

Yup, they can and have been in all fighters that I know off.

Re: KC-10 Retirement

Yup

Re: A320 ADIRS power up

An opinion, but anytime you move a switch or a control on a plane, there’s an indication that what you selected actually happened to confirm it. It might be ON BAT, it might be on the FMA, it might be posted on the EICAS, it might be an indication like flap or trim position. Nobody’s perfect, but th...

Re: Your most extreme airports by Latitude and Longitude

As Perth is an east longitude, that’s not your furthest east, SYD might be it. KACK is 60W. You got the N and S right.

Re: 737 Integrated Stairs

The airstair (looking at you, CRJ) was a legacy of the Challenger from which it was designed. Originally, when planned as a small freighter for a Memphis-based company, the door was a upward clamshell with a ladder that slide from behind the pilot’s where it showed out of the way for loading. Well, ...

Re: Rocket Powered Plane Could Fly New York To Sydney in 90 Minutes

This is suborbital Space Shuttle, any takers on those odds. Teleportation is more realistic.

Re: Ability to develop sophisticated aviation products in China/Russia

A capitalist system facilitates cooperation between developers and designers. When Compay A is building a plane and needs landing gear design/build, Company B and Company C, both with experience in that specialty, compete seeking profits for their investors. In Aviation, the US and the EU both have ...

Re: Tugs vs Towbars: Technical help?

Nose gear tow bar attachments vary by OEM, specifics of the spacing etc. when I worked the line, we had Beech, Cessna and Piper tow bars just for pushing and pulling the plane in the hangar. The Global 6000 nose attachment is different than the new 7500 gear.