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The turbo is short for turbomachinery which is a category of machines that transfer energy between a rotor and a fluid. So technically it makes sense, but it does make most think of turbochargers first
Jump to postInteresting thoughts Lightsaber, unfortunately I'm retired now so I not up to scratch on the very latest techniques but the Russians have some interesting manufacturing methods as well. Another thought comes to mind and that is the yacht building industry seems to be the leaders in this tech. Yes, ...
Jump to postIf you're not just referring to majors, there are heaps. For example the Nepalese airlines that just fly from Kathmandu to Lukla and back
Jump to postSounds like a compressor stall. When the afterburners are lit the exit nozzle needs to expand to match the increase in mass flow rate. Sometimes the compressors can briefly stall as the ABs are lit before the nozzle expands fully emitting loud bangs.
Jump to postI do believe GFRP is more ductile which allows more elastic deformation as compared to CFRP
Jump to postHowever - the implication then often becomes that nothing could have, or should have been done differently and it is this this that I take issue with. Perhaps by the media, or by other parties who are merely touting their opinions, but remember the accident investigative body certainly doesn't fall...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/WarrenPlatts" class="quote" target="_blank">WarrenPlatts</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i> Sounds like it is uncertain as to...
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Jump to postIf you lose engines and APU to fuel exhaustion, you only have the RAT and battery to provide electrical power. If this happens you will go to secondary flight control mode where you lose your envelope protection
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/larshjort" class="quote" target="_blank">larshjort</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>The only obligation of the investigating...
Jump to postA few pictures of the flight recorders (credit: mak) <center><table align="center" border="0" width="268" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="/uf/view.file?id=197578&filename=14584855822c2fPY.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/uf/197578/14584855822c2fPY.jpg"...
Jump to postLets not be so quick to jump to questioning the quality of airmanship and degradation of flying abilities. It is a real possibility that despite the best actions of the crew, they were not able to recover through no fault of their own. It is quite possible there would be no effective action they cou...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/pilotaydin" class="quote" target="_blank">pilotaydin</a> (<a href="#169" class="quote">Reply 169</a>):<br/><i>If the aircraft is light the trim ...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/WarrenPlatts" class="quote" target="_blank">WarrenPlatts</a> (<a href="#111" class="quote">Reply 111</a>):<br/><i>If this theory is correct, it ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/thegman" class="quote" target="_blank">thegman</a> (<a href="#65" class="quote">Reply 65</a>):<br/><i> If they had put the correct distance rema...
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Jump to postI think it was to do with better visibility for short field landings
Jump to postSo good steps on the simulator side, Do you (or anyone) think there is merit in having airlines perform flight sessions in a light aircraft with no automation as a supplement throughout the year? Logistics aside such as cost, would there be any tangible benefit to this, considering some pilots may n...
Jump to postGreat input so far, <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/longhauler" class="quote" target="_blank">longhauler</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>Recurrent (simulat...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/seahawk" class="quote" target="_blank">seahawk</a> (<a href="#214" class="quote">Reply 214</a>):<br/><i>The plane gives the crew so much informa...
Jump to postI think it would be useful to have a discussion on (1) The options available to prevent decaying of flying skills that occur naturally over time (2) What could be done to make unusual scenarios a more comfortable occurrence? Naturally a few accident examples don't define an industry, and what might ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/hivue" class="quote" target="_blank">hivue</a> (<a href="#83" class="quote">Reply 83</a>):<br/><i> flight controls are not flight instrumentatio...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/D+L+X" class="quote" target="_blank">D L X</a> (<a href="#78" class="quote">Reply 78</a>):<br/><i>Wow. Where have we seen that before?</i></font...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/airtechy" class="quote" target="_blank">airtechy</a> (<a href="#71" class="quote">Reply 71</a>):<br/><i>The problem would not occur with synchro...
Jump to postYeah, I don't recall there being a thread about it here. I haven't had the chance to look over it properly but an interesting point the report highlighted was that a <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym> procedure regarding a speed check could be misinterpreted. I believe <acronym title="...
Jump to postGood question Like anything, the more you do it, the more second nature it becomes. At the beginning of your flying training simple tasks can require almost full attention. For example you might look at your instruments to do a scan and realise you aren't actually processing what you are looking at ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KC135Hydraulics" class="quote" target="_blank">KC135Hydraulics</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>My question is, why? Isn't t...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Kaiarahi" class="quote" target="_blank">Kaiarahi</a> (<a href="#137" class="quote">Reply 137</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Do you know...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/wjcandee" class="quote" target="_blank">wjcandee</a> (<a href="#130" class="quote">Reply 130</a>):<br/><i>The BEA is in it, but they are doing t...
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Jump to postA bit more information on the aircraft:
Last C check was on the 18th of March 2014
Total flight hours: 57428
Total flight cycles: 21551
This is correct as of 31st of October 2015
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/GlenP" class="quote" target="_blank">GlenP</a> (<a href="#99" class="quote">Reply 99</a>):<br/><i>I leave it to everyone to assess the report &a...
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Jump to postThey are Split Scimitar Winglets, came around some time in 2014.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/peterinlisbon" class="quote" target="_blank">peterinlisbon</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i>They came very close to turnin...
Jump to postBy ICAO standards this would most likely be rated a serious incident as opposed to an accident. It could be an accident depending on the extent of the damage however we don't have information about that.
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Jump to postEngine 3 and 4 were both shut down - part of Engine 3 separated and Engine 4 was shut down due to an oil pressure warning. <center><table align="center" border="0" width="650" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="/uf/view.file?id=197578&filename=1444930840xOszkv.jpg" target="_blank">...
Jump to postThere's also a video of it from surveillance cameras:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKGx4WBnskI
There was someone nearby, could have worked out really bad
There's a video of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pXQ4jtrMcM
and yes, ignore the video title
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AR385" class="quote" target="_blank">AR385</a> (<a href="#82" class="quote">Reply 82</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table><table border="0" al...
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