Typically (and that word is covering a huge range of weights, temps, and density altitudes), I see climb rates of about 2000 to 2500 fpm below 10000 at 250 kias. With a "B" engine on a cold day with a l might see 3500+ fpm. On the way down I have had descent rates as high as 6000 fpm, but typically ...
Jump to postI couple of days ago, I paid $3.02/gal in Furnace Creek, CA for premium.
Jump to postTry looking in the J.C. Whitney catalog or website. The stock a variety of aftermarket parts.
It may take a little creative engineering, but you can probably find something to do the job.
I have to agree with superfly here. Health has less to do with weight and more to do with overall condition. This is also not a uniquely american issue either. All you have to do is sit in the terminal at <acronym title="Orlando - International (McCoy) (MCO / KMCO), USA - Florida">MCO</acronym> and ...
Jump to postSuperfly: I am afraid you missed my point entirely. I may be insecure about some things, this is not one of them. I am trying to account for the disparity in the way that members of various faiths are percieved. You brought up the idea of intelligence or lack of being related to a belief system. I a...
Jump to postOutstanding. We should be sending that judge thank you letters.
Jump to postNot all aircraft are set up for single engine taxi. For example, nose gear steering and brakes may be powered by seperate hydralic systems or may require two or more systems on line for normal operation. I would imagine that most transport catagory aircraft produced in the last 15 to 20 years or so ...
Jump to postSuperfly: Upon re-reading, I may have come off as a little harsh, but I simply cannot abide the stereotype that all who believe in God are ignorant, trailer dwelling, toenail picking, hill dwelling folk. "Well people with your point of view aren't the smartest people either." That comment more than ...
Jump to postOn a side note, I am really dissapointed with the way this thread has gone. Someone started out with a good question, and I don't think they will get the answer they were seaching for. I am as much to blame as anyone.
Jump to postWell, if you want to go from general to personal: I do support the war in Iraq, but not for war's sake, nor for oil, nor for profit. I am not going to debate the merits of the terrorism case, because it gets into an area of murky intelligence and, frankly, we could thrust and counter-thrust with fac...
Jump to postSuperfly:
What I missed is why you tried to tie "Bible-thumpers" to the war in Iraq. It is a false generalization. Now if you want to tie those who take a literal view of the Bible to pro-life or ant-gay marriage, I think you might have a valid generalization there.
Superfly: The difference between my post and yours is that I admitted that I was speaking in broad generalizations, you did not "More often for worse. Look at the Bible-thumpers that are in favor of the war in Iraq. The good things that some Churches do is also done by many secular organizations and...
Jump to postI can see why it would be difficult for a person with no particular religious or spiritual conviction to understand this. Speaking in broad generalizations, a person's spiritual beliefs can have powerful impact on the way they view the world around them. For better or worse, it can the filter throug...
Jump to postMost of those rules are written in the ink of others mistakes. I imagine that there will be a rule regarding the minimum speration between aircraft and ground equipment before giving the wave off to taxi. Azul320: It has nothing to do with the pilot being an ass or any sort of paycut. It was probabl...
Jump to postIt begs the question of how much is too much thrust. Breakaway thrust on heavily loaded aircraft is usually high. This is no secret. If the a/c was heavy, a large amount of thrust may have been needed, particularly if the <acronym title="Air China">CA</acronym> was attempting to start into a turn. O...
Jump to postIt is arbitrary in that any unit could have been used to measure aircraft speed. Knots just happened to be the one chosen. Any other unit of speed measurement works just fine as well, so long as it is usable for all performance and nav calculations.
Jump to postMy vote goes to either Eek, AK (EEK) which, if memory serves, is about 1100 feet and gets served by a few caravans and 207s or Quinihak which I think is only a 207's
Jump to postEase up a little there, chief. I think the point is that knots is just an arbitrary unit of measurement. You could use furlongs per fortnight and it wouldn't make a difference, so long as you could calculate all the appropriate numbers. Yeah, knots should probably be defined in a PPL manual. I found...
Jump to postFlybyguy: You need to read the whole post. He probably used up some fuel waiting to depart. This is normal. Stronger than forcast winds probably ate into the rest. You do not know that the winds are stronger than forecast until you are in them. Every flight has a min fuel for departure number. If yo...
Jump to postI doubt it has anything to do with being cheap. Lengthy ground delays combined with stronger than forecast headwinds probably ate into the fuel reserve. It happens from time to time. This time, for some reason, it happened to make the news. Must be a slow day.
Jump to postI have to agree with NWA 742. David Caruso apparently went to the William Shatner school of acting. He is not believable in that role. The plots for Miami are like a set of railroad tracks, and tend to rely on over simplified science and strange improbabilities. The charaters on Vegas are much more ...
Jump to postIts too bad she was fired. I mean that with all sincerity. I understand the reasoning, though. Every family has the one relative they prefer not to acknowledge. If nothing else, she was entertaining. If she is determined enough, she will find another outlet. I am sure a few US based talk shows would...
Jump to postKlaus the only problems with your reasoning are: 1. There is not Palestine to be head of 2. Arafat was the leader of the PLO (and probable Hamas by default), which is not a state, but, at best, a Non-governmental Organization. This gets him no official diplomatic status. 3. George Bush may be our pr...
Jump to postThe only problem is that Arafat was not a head of state. He was a terrorist. A charismatic one, to be sure, but a terrorist none the less. You can polish a turd all you want. In the end it is still just a shiny piece of crap.
Jump to post2H4 nailed it as to what the big deal is. What he describes happening is every pilot's fear. We do not need to worry about how our actions or reactions will be percieved in hindsight during an emergency. Pilots are already subject to background checks, medical checks, proficiency checks, line checks...
Jump to postGive it up. Bush won. All of this gloom and doom will not serve you well. Don't forget, other countries outsource jobs to the United States as well. Its a two way street. I am waiting for your post on how Bush steals food from blind, crippled orphans or Bush like to shoot puppies.
Jump to post"It takes a whole lot to get someone terminated where I work (excepting some very severe infractions) and the employee (along with the union) is aware right from the start, with the first thing that actually goes on paper. And they fight the whole way. If I'm not mistaken, a union can't tell a membe...
Jump to postInitially everyone climbs straight out. Each side of <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson International (The William B Hartsfield) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL</acronym> has its own tower freq and its own arrival and departure freq, so the situation isn't all that different from one set ...
Jump to post"I see unions as a way to protect the lazy and incompetent. " Common stereotype. A competent, well run union will do neither. My local has actually done the opposite and told a few people that they are on thier own, and will have to pay the consequences for thier behavior. I can only speak for pilot...
Jump to postUnion benefits go way beyond pay and benefits, but those are usually the the most visible aspects. To understand the benefits (at least in the United States), you must first understand why certain labor groups choose to organize (or unionize) in the first place. Unions are usually born out of an adv...
Jump to postThey may be upset, but if you go in there with an "I'm sorry, it won't happen again" attitude, you will stand a better chance of getting through unscathed. Unfortunately, each airport has a fairly wide degree of lattitude when it comes to security proceedures specific to that airport. If you ask for...
Jump to postI didn't back up my arguement? As far as I know, I did not make one. I merely stated facts that were readily evident. If I had stated a viewpoint that was different than Barry's, then I would be remiss if I did not back it up with sources. After viewing the website you provided, it is a rather large...
Jump to postA little paranoia can go a long way. It was a very eye catching, attractive presentation, it was just short on facts, documentation, logic, and verifiable evidence. Michael Moore should hire this guy, lest he become serious competition.
Jump to postI doubt it. I would believe that the mystery illness was syphilis before I believe poisoning. Israel has plenty of reasons to kill him, but poison would be logistically complicated, and a slow acting one is far for a sure bet.
Jump to postI would agree that it is probably not suitable for kids under about 13 to 15. They will be too overwhelmed by the action in the movie to grasp the significance of the story.
Jump to postIt wasn't a mistake. Anyone who thought the war was going to conform exactly to a plan is delusional. Have patience. Any war viewed through as a series of real time events always appears chaotic and awful, because it is. Only by studying it from a historical perspective can you see the evolution of ...
Jump to postCredit cards are one of the worst blights ever introduced. No one should have more than one. The line on it should be no more than 5% of your monthly income. I have lived by this since moving out at 18, and have never had to carry a credit card balance from one month to the next. Borrow money for a ...
Jump to postI just have one thought to add to the discussion. Many people in the world may not like GWB. Thats ok. A leadership position is not about being the most liked person. It is about doing the right thing; making the right choice. I think that the US vote shows that the majority of the country values ac...
Jump to postI think people find the term liberal insulting only when they are either opposed to the ideology associated with the label, or they are ashamed to admit what thier true beliefs are. If you are truly liberal, be proud of it and the label can't be used against you. If you are ashamed of what you belie...
Jump to postI agree that ops freq's should not be given out. It is true that you could probably find them if you try hard enough, and 99% of what you hear there would be so boring and repititious that it would bring you to tears. If out, off, on, in time and fuel burns are that exciting, then we really need to ...
Jump to postThe why is probably as varied as the people who actually leave, but my guess would be they think that we will miss them, see the error of our ways, and fall all over ourselves trying to get them back. I would like to hear how many actually leave.
Jump to postIf people want to leave, that is fine. If they find Bush so adhorant that they cannot stand living in the US with him as president, I would rather they leave and be happy than stay and complain. I have said before that denying the government your tax dollars is a good way to protest. If enough peopl...
Jump to postPerformance, Performance, Performance. It was a truly worthy replacement for the 727
Jump to postHaving "numbers" also implies having the necessary performance. For a 121 carrier to use a partucular runway, they not only have to be able to land within the touch down zone and stop withing a certain percentage of the usable length, they must also be able to go around on a single engine and clear ...
Jump to postI go away for a night, and look what happens to this thread. Well, I will give padcrasher, one point, I should have kept my mouth shut and simply asked for the deletion of the thread, but I just couldn't resist the bait. I can only stand so much disinformation and dishonesty. First, I did not read a...
Jump to postI have asked for this thread to be deleted. Take it to politics.com. The facts present this thread ended with "Bush won, Kerry lost". Everything else has been rhetoric, and opinion, with little of it being aviation related. If you don't like it, deal with it, or vote with your feet and move. Surrend...
Jump to postLost one in a 172 on take off about 5 years ago. The valve seat broke, and pieces of it went through the piston, creating all sorts of expensive shrapnel inside the case. I was about 50-75 feet agl when this occured. I closed the throttle, pulled the mixture to cut off, and landed straight ahead. I ...
Jump to post"Saves the Day" may be a little optimistic. In the great big scope of things, 600 million is not that much. Remember, <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> lost more than that last quarter. Not to rain on your parade, but its going to take a lot more than that to stay away from the cou...
Jump to post1. Startup
2. Taxi
3. Takeoff
4. Climb
5. Cruise
6. Approach
7. Landing
8. Taxi
9. Shut down
10. Repeat 1-9 as often as able, allowing for wx, mx, servicing, and delays.