Hi Boeing 747_600 you are right. I mixed it up by myself. It is dangerous lining up instead of holding short off the active. Thats what I meant before. I did not want to interact with the delay question. But I wanted to highlight the different phrases used worldwide. And the possibility that foreign...
Jump to postHi there, in europe there is no such phrase like "taxi into position and hold" because there is a risk that it may be mixed up with the holding position before the runway! There has been several incidents before. Instead the controllers in europe use the phrase "line up and wait rwy xxx". This phras...
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it is possible to order 333 without a center tank. That explains some of the range issues.
The aircraft is lighter without the center tank and you can increase the payload as well, which is an important factor for many operators.
Regards, Michael
Hi there,
nice camera. I use it with my 24-70L and my 70-200L IS and it performs well.
Autofocus is fast and accurate which is nice. The pictures normally don't need very much editing afterwards.
Michi
Hi there, there are no structural restrictions/limitations for max. climb or descent rates. But airlines have company procedures for max descent rates. However that was not the question. The max. rate in the simulator for me was 17000fpm (A320) during a GPWS recovery. In real my max. rate was 14000f...
Jump to postHi guys, there is a cool down period after usage of reverse thrust out of idle reverse. In case you expect a short taxi time after landing, you should think of using reverse. The cooldown period depends on the type of engine (e.g.. <acronym title="Royal Air Force (United Kingdom)">RR</acronym> Trent...
Jump to postHi there, actually those levers are named THRUST LEVERS (on an Airbus/FADEC controlled engines). Because you control the thrust! You set the levers at a certain point and you get you desired thrust (the FADEC is doing all the calculations for you). On other, mostly older systems, you did not control...
Jump to postHi there, it is an ICAO recommendation to say the callsign first. Only if you answer "conversation like" you can put the callsign to the end. But when does a conversation start? So it is easier to state your callsign always in the beginning. Controller also like it when you begin your reply with the...
Jump to postHi there, the attitude during approach depends on the "wing configuration" regarding slats and flaps. The Canadair has no slats (at least the 100/200 series). Extended slats on an airfoil allow an higher lift at a higher angle of attack until stalling. Flaps (when extended) however produce higher li...
Jump to postHi there, for shure there are a lot of regulations and restrictions you have during flightplanning. But there is another term: the minimum time track (MTT). Companies use this track rather than the great circle track. It is longer than the <acronym title="Lina Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)">GC</acronym>...
Jump to postHi there, actually I have another explanation for the black triangle (I can speak only for A320 family). When you look out those windows you are able to see markings on the wing which indicates the current slat or flap setting without any paralaxis. And as well, they are very good to see ice accumul...
Jump to postHi BCAL, there are no records like this in my company! It would be too dangerous to have records like that. Because the management could use this tool to "suppress" the pilots. And when they are suppressed they may not perform well or have no chance at all to perform well. Safety is first all the ti...
Jump to postHi there, there is a fuel calculation method used by airlines which is called reclearence or decision point procedure (or even other names for the same procedure). Normally you have to have certain amounts of fuel on board to be legal: 1. Trip Fuel: A to B 2. Contingency Fuel (5% of trip fuel, or 20...
Jump to postHi there, I saw a taxi chart from <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym> in our ops recently; headline: TAXI RECORD. They highlighted their taxi routing outbound. That was amazing!! 2 hours, lots of extra fuel and a routing that is nearly unbelieva...
Jump to postHi there, Using the FMGC (Flight computers) is quite tricky. There are many things you have to be aware of. Otherwise your flight computer will "fly" you in a situation where you don't want to be. One small example: When you did not enter the wind in the descent page of your FMGC the actual descent ...
Jump to postHi there, it is the HYD PTU (Hydraulic Power Transfer Unit). It comes on automatically when the differential pressure between the green and the yellow system is greater than 500 PSI (normal system pressure is 3000 PSI). This normally happens, when you start or shut down an engine. The PTU is working...
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