I think that is a flight sim issue. The charted ILS 02 approach plate doesn’t show a CF02 When you load the ILS 02 it will try to link the approach to the STAR with an APPR VIA PESEX. Which then loads the box with PT422 PESEX NETVO without the discontinuity. If you do no transition then it loads the...
Jump to postThe box will fly exactly what is in the box. It’s incapable of thinking. The star ends at PESEX so should link right up with PESEX on the ILS 02. When you choose no transition you’re telling the box not to connect the two procedures so it puts in a discontinuity and keeps the procedures separate. PT...
Jump to postGPS altitude is altitude above a reference plane of a gravitational earth model, not any physical terrain. So it doesn’t correspond with MSL. https://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0703/geoid1of3.html So while using GPS altitude wouldn’t cause any issues in cruise flight, using GPS altitude near the sur...
Jump to postSo, does anyone see a day where above FL180 instead of using 29.92 in a pressure altimeter everyone uses GPS altitude as a true altitude? GPS altitude is altitude above a reference plane of a gravitational earth model, not any physical terrain. So it doesn’t correspond with MSL. https://www.esri.co...
Jump to postI once got an airplane with 8 MELs and 8 orange inop stickers - all 8 MELs were for cockpit lighting - oh no big deal...they're just light bulbs.... we flew the plane all day without any issues until.... the sun set... after the sun set the cockpit was dark - each light that was MEL'd was a light in...
Jump to postWe had a pax show up in Columbia (COU) to board his flight but his ticket was booked from Columbia (CAE)
Not the same thing but it was a headache for him that day.
Not knowing what your goals in aviation are, while you can get your certificates without attending an aviation college via Part 61 and Part 141 flight schools. The benefit of attending aviation colleges in the US is the reduction in flight time to 1000 hours to obtain a restricted ATP. So many peopl...
Jump to postA dipping sonar is nothing like a sonobuoy. - there is nothing “disposable” about a dipping sonar. The sonar transducer that’s “dipped” in the water weighs a few hundred pounds. it does “everything” active, passive, etc. Sonobuoys are a onetime use expendable with a limited lifespan. They’re special...
Jump to postAfter rereading the thread, a sonobuoy is not the same thing as a dipping sonar. And it appears you’re using the terms interchangeably. But are asking whether a quadcopter can carry a dipping sonar at less cost than a helo. Sonobuoys are expendable, one time use items, that contain their own battery...
Jump to postThere is a difference between sonobuoys and a dipping sonar. Sonobuoys are not all the same. All sonobuoy types are needed depending on what you’re trying to do. I can see value in a drone that carries 30-50 sonobuoys that can go out and seed my sonobuoy field and then loiter to relay the sonobuoy d...
Jump to postThere is no requirement for security screening. Actually there are flights in the US you can board today without going thru a security checkpoint. Granted the flight won’t be flying outside the state that the flight originates at. We had many flights that departed without security screening. Once we...
Jump to postThe LAMPs helo is more than just a sonobuoy carrier. There is a lot of capability in the helo that a drone can’t replace. The helo does and can do limited sonobuoy data processing independent of the ship. But the helo does offload the processing to the ship since the computer processing capabilities...
Jump to postThey’re probably not real sandbags. Instead it is a rectangular rubber puck that weighs 50lbs. Stackable I didn’t know mainline aircraft used them but it’s common for regional jets to get “sandbags”. They don’t need to comat them around sending them back to the origin. It goes for the flight that ne...
Jump to postCrap. I knew I mixed up the numbers somewhere. But it’s been about 20 years.
Jump to postA CRJ-200 has an average empty weight of 31300 lbs - each aircraft is different Max Takeoff Weight is 53,000lbs, max landing weight is 44,000lbs, max zero fuel weight is 47,000lbs So we are going on a flight from RIW to DEN a distance of 274nm along a routing of KRIW TOFUU.FLATI3 KDEN enroute fuel b...
Jump to postA turbine engine and a piston engines both do the same thing…. They both suck, squeeze, bang, and blow. The turbine engine does it all simultaneously, but a reciprocating engine whether diesel or 100LL or the internal combustion engine in your car does it sequentially in each cylinder. Same concept ...
Jump to postSeveral different cargo tie down securing options in A320 the flight deck. Most 320 seem to have the same cargo tie downs but then there are other planes where the cargo tie downs are different. There have been 4 different tiedowns I’ve seen
Jump to postIt’s fun watching Embraer pilots adjust from a nonstandard FCU to a standard FCU on non Embraer planes. For some reason Embraer decided to configure their FCU opposite to every other aircraft manufacturer so sometimes when they’re not thinking they’ll turn the heading knob when they meant to turn th...
Jump to postMaybe it’s this….. https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiSmh0dHBzOi8vbmV3cy55YWhvby5jb20vdW5pdGVkLWFpcmxpbmVzLWJsb2NraW5nLXNlYXRzLXVuZGVyLTEzMDAwMDI4Ni5odG1s0gFSaHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLnlhaG9vLmNvbS9hbXBodG1sL3VuaXRlZC1haXJsaW5lcy1ibG9ja2luZy1zZWF0cy11bmRlci0xMzAwMDAyODYuaHRtbA?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=U...
Jump to postSemi-hijacking this thread, I was just looking at the Fokker 70 a few days ago. How did she compare against the CRJ and ERJ? According to Wiki, only 47 were sold to customers, roughly 300 of the family if you include the F100. CRJ family is at almost 2000, ERJ family at roughly 1250. Any ideas why?...
Jump to postIt is interesting that the corporation has kept the aircraft registration even though it was a park ride prop for decades. https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=234MM I wonder if the registration is still going to be kept current. FlightAware shows that it last fle...
Jump to postCosmicCruiser wrote:A J-3 with a radio? Mine didn't even have a battery! LOL
LAW is a bit different because of the R5601 airspace 3nm immediately north of the 18/36 runway which overlies the fort sill artillery range. For some reason pilots don’t like the big sky little artillery round theory of deconfliction of fires when I had to keep planes and indirect fire separated. Wi...
Jump to postLol the 320 tray tables are a disaster since pilots are nasty and can’t clean up after themselves, I love finding remnants of the previous pilots meal when I open the tray table to look at the flight paperwork. I can definitely see cracker crumbs, butter smears, and all sorts of detritus ending up i...
Jump to postIt’s probably a similar issue between sidesticks , but Is it easy for a right handed person to use the trackball/wheel with their left hand seated in the FO seat? I’m trying to figure out how you use the trackball and wheel. Are they used simultaneously or separately. It doesn’t seem to easily allow...
Jump to postThere is no FAR limit for flight attendants for duty time unlike the pilots The pilots do have a limit on duty time flight time and minimum rest time Unfortunately the only thing the flight attendants got was a rule for minimum rest time. All of their other limits on duty time etc are contractual an...
Jump to postRest time at my company is 10hrs while on the road and 12hrs at home between trips. Speaking to the last flight in / first flight out, we have what are called "stand-ups" or "continuous duty days". That means that when working the last in/first out, the break may be longer than ...
Jump to postI miss flying the 1900 immensely. If I could own an aircraft that’s the one I’d want to own. Nothing like crossing overhead entering the 1500ft pattern riding the barberpole and chop the power to idle using your forearm with your index finger on the gear warning override and props full forward turni...
Jump to postThe rule uses the term “rest period” and “duty period” If you’re not on duty you are in a rest period. That rest period has to be a minimum of 10 hours now, where before it could be as short as 8 hours. The 10 hours brings the minimum flight attendant rest period in line with the pilots whose rest p...
Jump to postIt was an essential air service route, so landing and departing even though no passengers deplaned or boarded counted as a completion for the airline to get paid on the EAS contract. It was routine to get a cruise clearance to the next airport before landing, we were landing at ABC airport and the D...
Jump to postTampa is going to reopen tomorrow (Friday) at 10am. No major damage it doesn't seem like. https://news.tampaairport.com/tampa-international-airport-to-resume-operations-at-10-am-friday/ I'm surprised about how quick it can re-open. While the physical damage may not be great, what about the workers?...
Jump to postAre there any jet engines that can be started with an electric starter? I guess 787 engines are electric start and I guess the FJ44 engines When the FJ44 engine was mentioned in the previous post, that brought to mind one conversation I had with a corporate pilot about the citationjet he flew as he ...
Jump to postAt first I thought a PC-24 was a twin engine PC-12 but I guess not Having no idea what avionics are on a PC-24 I would imagine that the processes that take the longest to accomplish would be aligning the AHRS or whatever ADIRU type navigation sensor is installed, programming the flight management sy...
Jump to postEmbry probably wants to train you their way instead of you spending money on instrument training and you’ll still have to spend money at Embry taking their instrument course While it is laudable to have a final destination like Delta in mind, nothing wrong with that, you should keep an open mind so ...
Jump to postI saw a movie today with Orson Welles (The Lost Airplane? or some title like that) from 1961. Great movie btw! My question is they said that they were 10 miles up in the air, and 22,000 feet. Could that be accurate? Cause if it was, then the distance would be, from the ground to air, just about the...
Jump to post22,000feet would read 3.6DME if you flew directly over a DME transmitter located at sea level.
Jump to postLAX uses LUAW for basically all departures. This is to increase runway usage with IFR spacing. Can you explain what all that means? Line up and wait. Planes taxi onto the runway and hold until the runway is clear, then they take off. Not when the runway is clear... They hold until issued a takeoff ...
Jump to postThanks for posting the link to the training materials…. I have never flown a DC-3. But I have flown a 1900 which is a “modern” turboprop (ok who am I kidding… an obsolete turboprop) that does not have any hydraulically actuated controls like a DC-3 from what I can gather from perusing the limitation...
Jump to postI used to be a max reverse minimum brakes kind of guy. A few times I could land and taxi to the gate without the brake temps exceeding 50c. the pilots got an operations bulletin saying brake temps after landing were not high enough causing excessive brake wear and early brake replacements. So now I’...
Jump to postI think the only thing that stops better would be an arrested landing using arresting gear.
Although bringing a 10000ton ship from 31kts to a stop in 1500ft/450m comes close.
Did you read battlegroup’s response to the last time you asked this question and refer to the TCDS that was given in that response? https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1475671#p23426113 https://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/0/c9a6ce3a43c7556a86258336...
Jump to postPretty big jump from when mesa pay was 1st year FO $18 and 1st year CA $26.
Jump to postIt’s perfectly valid to do “nothing” and let MED autobrake do everything. When we run the performance numbers for landing we get the runway landing distance for the various autobrake settings. At the airports where we use MED autobrake normally, the performance numbers typically come back with the r...
Jump to postEvery recurrent at my operator, we have to demonstrate 3 landings and 6 approaches, so that means we will go around 3 times. The three landings come off a normal ILS, single engine full approach and landing with an inop autopilot and a Cat III auto land. Of the 3 go arounds, two are late go arounds ...
Jump to postEdit: never mind I just saw the airportviewer screenshot. When I am at the airport just before push back I check airportviewer.com to see what the lineup is like waiting for takeoff It’s saved me tons of fuel whether to taxi single engine or dual engine. That ways it’s not a surprise when you taxi o...
Jump to postI do warn the pax before landing in BUR/SNA that it’s not going to be a “smooth/greaser” landing. It’s definitely get the wheels down firmly, FO says “SPOILERS”, I respond “MANUAL BRAKES” and override the MED auto brakes immediately by applying the brakes with the rudder pedals while simultaneously ...
Jump to postOur A320 airline uses MED autobrake settings regularly landing on certain runways, like LGA, MSY, BUR, SNA. For BUR/SNA once the aircraft touches down, we override the auto brakes and apply manual braking along with max reverse. Since the auto brake targets a specific deceleration rate, any applicat...
Jump to postI had over 600 1:500 Herpas, I couldn’t find any buyers for them so they all went to the landfill as trash. I had spent several thousands of dollars for them over 20 years ago.
Jump to postThey eventually stretched the CRJ-200 from 50 pax to 100 pax with the CRJ-1000.
The EMB-145 - was an old turboprop design already stretched, with the prop engines removed and jet engines bolted on, so all they could do was shrink it to 37-seats with the EMB-135.