Sometimes you get the opposite, of course; last fall I was surprised to find myself on an A346 FRA-DTW, the only time I've been on an A340 family. (Pleasant experience, by the way, and contrary to popular snide remarks, the plane does have perceptible vertical acceleration capabilities.) You were o...
Jump to postI would also imagine it would create a drop in travel to Europe as many may fear attacks Europe as well. With the Olympic and Euro Cup coming up this could have a devastating affect on international travel if they do strike People would fear attacks in Europe because of a war in the Middle East? If...
Jump to posttax1k wrote:Was just looking at flights to Tehran to see what’s going on. Curious what the “+3:30” in all the arrival times means.
How in the world????? Looks like the aircraft right elevator was torn off, how in the world does a jetbridge hit that? Looks like right ring hit a pole? I would bet on a runaway, either missing chokes or towbar problem with nobody in the cockpit. Maintenance was mentioned elsewhere, accident happen...
Jump to postYikes! https://youtu.be/xauO-7FH8qI?si=XTE5c8fVHHn5j6Nn https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/wn147#347b1b46 (look at 5:01 utc) WN 147, BNA-LGA arrived in the New York area with craptastic weather causing havoc at LGA. On a second landing attempt, LGA tower orders 147 to go around a second tim...
Jump to postI'm reminded of the prototype 777 that flew with PW4090s before getting reengined with Trents as part of a deal with CX. Boeing agreed to do the relatively-extensive rework, but as I understand it that was a one-off. This 777 is now retired at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona, USA...
Jump to postI was just looking on the AA app and AA is offering a flight from DFW TO MIA that routes from DFW to HOU on Envoy Air and then IAH to MIA via AA. The connection between the two Houston flights is only 2 hours and 8 minutes and that is during rush hour. Puzzles me why AA would offer such an insane r...
Jump to postThe B743 had a slightly higher MTOW than the B742, but only the final 8-10 B743’s were built with the 747-400 wings, engines, composites, and extra weight. They still had 3 pilots, and were flown by AI, TG, and RG. As far as I know, the 747-300 had the same maximum take-off weight as the 747-200, b...
Jump to postIt was close enough for the tower to call the go around. I bet they will want answers. Pilot deviation by definition. I'm 99% certain they were asked to call the tower afterwards ( I can't imagine any scenario where they wouldn't have been) Edit: BWI tower As you mentioned in your prior post, It's ...
Jump to postGatorClark wrote:seabosdca wrote:They would be oddballs in the DL fleet because of the engine choice.
Is it possible/feasible to swap out the RR engines for PW engines?
Could be a combination of weather and mechanical.
Jump to postoh :/ i thought they were going to make the changes when the second daily starts. i just found the article again. on the 20th they'll have BA265 at 3pm with B772 and BA273 at 6pm with B788. They should just send an A380 instead. those two flights have the capacity of one A380 flight. One could only...
Jump to postFunny take, did you ever wonder what'd happen if China and the countries affected by this so-called ban decide to do the same as retaliatory action? Everything is nice and fine until the time comes to put it into practice. Keep the discussions sane. Thank you. What? Ban overflights over russia? Tha...
Jump to postChicago-Des Moines-Denver on United Countless others! These were not same plane/one stop/direct flights. Rather, distinct flights with individual flight numbers. Interesting that you mention this one because I have seen it where it was, in fact, the same plane, although you are correct that they ha...
Jump to postHere’s the FMCSA version. https://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/Documents/SMSMethodology.pdf Copy. Thanks. During the time I was driving, I've never heard SMS mentioned, but it does mention the seven categories that they check, which I am aware of. The company always just called it CSA scores when they talked ...
Jump to postThey would still need airplanes and crew to operate the flights. Do you know for sure that they had either available.
Jump to postAre you a pilot? SMS has been a ICAO SARP since 2006 and formalized in an ICAO document 11 years ago. I’m in a group of 51 Bizjet operators, all have had SMS in place for 10 or more years. https://skybrary.aero/sites/default/files/bookshelf/2423.pdf Have you heard of Flight Data Monitoring! That’s ...
Jump to postGalaxyFlyer wrote:Not corporate lingo, pretty well established term in aviation, rail, trucking. The FAA, NTSB, TC, EASA, ICAO all use and have for 20 years. The USAF used it in the 90s.
notsb wrote:Anyone else see "SMS" and think of texting versus corporate lingo?
Why wouldn't this work for the -8 in a similar way? Keep the outside and rearrange the interior? I assumed that's what they were going to do if they were going to do it. How much does it cost to certify the plane. There were only 48 built. If, as someone stated above, Lufthansa uses theirs to the f...
Jump to postThere is a certified -8 freighter with the side cargo door and the cargo floor available. There is not much technical trouble to develop or certify things left so the costs and risks are under control. But there doesn't exist one with a stretched upper deck. Presumably flight testing would have to ...
Jump to postA runway between 130 and (I believe) 139 degrees direction is getting the "13" designation. I think the designation will be rounded to the next ten: Anything between 125,0 to 134,9° will get 13. Found an example. EWRs runways 22/4 are 218,5°/038,5° and 11/29 is 107,7°/287,7° Interesting t...
Jump to postThere is a certified -8 freighter with the side cargo door and the cargo floor available. There is not much technical trouble to develop or certify things left so the costs and risks are under control. But there doesn't exist one with a stretched upper deck. Presumably flight testing would have to ...
Jump to postIf there are enough cycles and flight hours left on the structural life they might very well be converted to freighters one day? Lufthansa typically uses their 747 fleet well above 100K flight hours each. However there might not be many 747 retirements before the 777-9 is online because the seats a...
Jump to postWasn't me, but this happened to somebody ten years ago.
First attempt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LZ7Z5GN_Oc
Second attempt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB901AmTV8U
I wonder whether we'll see an airliner with auto-flaps, comparable to horizontal stabiliser auto-trim? Auto slats/flaps have been in widespread military use since at least the WWII. Flaps and slats will extend to improve turn performance for example. They're not uncommon in civilian use, with AoA b...
Jump to postSome1Somewhere wrote:I wonder whether we'll see an airliner with auto-flaps, comparable to horizontal stabiliser auto-trim?
He explained the reasoning behind his announcement four years ago in this clip.
https://clips.twitch.tv/ModernGentleTro ... entSleeper
What is even more interesting to me about the original Eastern 757s is that the Rolls Royce engines were not completely wrapped in the nacelle like they are now. The early versions had the smaller exhaust output on the end sticking out. I too have noticed the angle of the stripes on the Eastern 757...
Jump to postChina Airlines Boeing 747-400 from ANC to TPE and back, Northwest Airlines Boeing 747-400 from JFK to NRT, Continental Airlines Boeing 777-200ER from NRT to EWR, American Airlines Boeing 777-200ER from JFK to NRT and back, and United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER from SFO to KIX and NRT to JFK.
Jump to postI know Im going to get bashed for this, but could this allow for ICN-SLC? The 359 has the range for the route. The question is, would there be a return SLC-ICN? How much of a performance hit would the 350 take on that? Assuming that you haven't confused SLC, Utah and SCL, Chile: the answer should b...
Jump to postI thought the South African 295 crash made it difficult to be able to certify one these days.
Jump to postTo get these optimum settings, pilots will put in the flap configuration from flysmart performance into the FMC, eg 2A,2B etc and that will go to the Slat Flap Control Computer (SFCC), so when the pilots select the flaps lever to 2, the SFCC will drive them to the 2A,2B setting etc. New question. S...
Jump to postHow was this NOT caught? Does the gate system not check for duplicate use of the same boarding pass? Wouldn’t the gate agent managing boarding receive an error message? Wouldn’t an error message trigger an investigation into why a boarding pass was used twice? Exactly. One would think so. Maybe it ...
Jump to postUA870 SYD-SFO of March 19 appears to have diverted to HNL where the flight was cancelled. UA lists the reason as technical. The aircraft is 777-200 N225UA. I’m curious as to what the fault was. Also, the seat map shows only about 50% occupied. UA has added a lot of South Pacific capacity in recent ...
Jump to postGalwayman wrote:Difficult to believe his crewmates didn't know he'd been drinking , Delta should fire all of the in these circumstances , saftey is their number one priority seemingly ...
I have not. I was supposed to fly on a United Boeing 767-300ER from ORD to AMS in May of 2020, but that didn't happen for obvious reasons. After a flight from ATL to MCO got cancelled in September of 2022, the second flight I tried to get on was a Delta Boeing 767-400ER. The flight was full.
Jump to postI was booked on BA 744s DEN-LHR and back in April of 2020, but that didn't happen obviously. That reminds me, I was supposed to fly on a Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 from FRA to MCO in May of 2020, but that obviously didn't happen. That would have most likely been the last chance I would ever be able t...
Jump to postJune of 1998 from JFK to TPE with a stop in ANC on China Airlines 11, followed by the return in August on China Airlines 12. June of 2002 from JFK to NRT on Northwest 17. June of 2004 from NRT to TPE on China Airlines 101 followed by the return in August on China Airlines 100. All flights were on th...
Jump to postThe fascination with carry-on is fascinating, I’m going on the 2-day trip to CLT next month, checking my bag. It’s far enough enough to drag it from the cab to the counter. Back in 2007, when I was flying home from college for winter break, I was supposed to take the bus from campus to the airport....
Jump to postNot the case on a 787. There is no physical connection between the yokes (which are connected to each other) and the control surfaces. It’s entirely fly by wire. The yokes being connected to each other is fly-by-wire? Yes? The yokes are not directly mechanical linked to the control surfaces…that me...
Jump to postcapicua wrote:Never got to fly transatlantic on an A310, L1011, B707, B777, or VC-10, which were all possible options at some point in time.
Assuming that a meal tray was in the way, isn't there something like a yoke authority button ("sidestick authority" in AB speak) with which the PM could have activated to cancel the push forwards? The yokes are linked to each other, so if one moves, the other moves in unison. In order to ...
Jump to postbennett123 wrote:You were told that you needed to bring your guitar after you passed security?.
There are a million things that could have caused this, and “events” like this happen every day and have always been a part of the business. The only difference today is we have social media & 24 hour news sites that need to attract viewers to protect their phony-baloney jobs. Case in point, AA...
Jump to postJFK, EWR, and SFO, all going to and from Japan. ANC going to and from TPE back in the days of refueling stops.
Jump to postAssuming that a meal tray was in the way, isn't there something like a yoke authority button ("sidestick authority" in AB speak) with which the PM could have activated to cancel the push forwards? The yokes are linked to each other, so if one moves, the other moves in unison. In order to ...
Jump to postIs that the first time the Concorde ended up in New Jersey. She looks great, but they really need to put her inside else they’re just going to go through this process again and again. It's an aircraft carrier. How would they do that. I don't know if anything has changed since the last time I was th...
Jump to postAs far as I'm concerned, that's not all that high. I don't think ETOPS would be around if the risks were high. If you will, it's about psychology. You have 2 engines, you have a solid game with a plan B. One engine failed? Plan B, and no more backup. Pray hard that a bad day doesn't turn into a ver...
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