maybe its a doubler? That's my thought. Looks like a repair. If you look at other A319/20 pics you will see that the 319s have it and the 320s don’t. I think it has to do with a different contour with the flaps. I don’t know much about Airbus, but I’ll bet the flaps are different between the two ai...
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 postThe closeup picture looks like there's wood (above the vehicles windshield). Are there wood components in any modern civil airliner? I believe what you are seeing is a corrosion prevention spray usually seen in wheel wells. It is sprayed on in a heavy coat and allowed to drip dry. Here is the top s...
Jump to postI'd be pleased to see if anyone has other variations/examples. I think this was the first hockey stick livery with the N-number on the engine cowling and a white rudder. https://www.flickr.com/photos/30761171@N05/16976428209/in/pool-1515526@N22/ https://www.facebook.com/318411398349183/photos/a.318...
Jump to postWhere I fly, it is required that the Pilot Flying be on oxygen when above FL410. So, we don’t see higher that often. O2 supply is drawn from a tank for the cockpit crew, right? How long does it last before it needs to be replenished? Yes, there is an oxygen bottle in the forward e/e bay dedicated t...
Jump to postAround 2000, Delta flew JFK-BDL-JFK (Hartford, Ct.) a distance of 106 miles and JFK-PHL-JFK (Philadelphia, Pa.) at 96 miles just to make some space on the JFK ramp. Both were flown with a 48 J BusinessElite cabin 767-300ER. Service was only a pre departure beverage in J.
Jump to postFor those following 767ER ship 171, it completed it's first Trans-Atlantic flight in many months. Delta seems to be keeping this one stateside, adding more cycles than hours on the airframe. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N171DN Last SDR (Feb, 2024) showed 144k hours and 21k cycles on the a...
Jump to postI read somewhere else that United maint in LA says that the nut is still on the axle, and they are investigating a separation of the two halves of the wheel as the cause of the tire coming off... That is certainly interesting if true. Hearing the same. Might've been a outer bearing failure, which w...
Jump to postPut the Engineers back in charge and not the money people!
Jump to postThe answer you need might be in the Airbus FAST magazine. You would need to contact the editor for articles older than 2004.
https://aircraft.airbus.com/en/newsroom/fast-online/fast-magazine-articles
A good view of a Super80 seat is at 10:12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6zUsd_VxSU
Is there a good read either long form essay or book about his time with TWA? I own Hard Landing but was looking for something specific to Icahn and TWA in a similar style to Hard Landing. This video was put out by IFFA, the TWA flight attendant union about their 1986 strike: https://www.youtube.com...
Jump to postI am also leaning toward a Boeing seat as the seat legs are equally spaced on the seat. The MD80 has the outboard seat leg close to the sidewall. It could also be a crew rest seat.
Jump to postNo audio jack for IFE. Probably from a Super 80 or 727. However, the row number would make it from a widebody.
Jump to postA340 lower galley tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq4KLZaVFzo
Looks like it only has cart lifts. Anyone know for sure?
Entrance appears to be behind the mirrored panel at 0:41:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2ybF6zbFao
WNCrew wrote:
Wow! Thank you so much!
lxman1 wrote:This story just gets better and better!! I wonder how many hours and cycles that the old girl actually has? It may still have a lot of life left in it, with a few upgrades..
Actually here is what looks like to be next-up 75D retirements based on what looks like when due for heavy maintenance check in 2024 674 Feb 2024 675 May 2024 676 not to be retired, recent HMV Jul 2023? 678 Mar 2024 679 May 2024 680 Sep 2024 678 received quite a bit of damage early on in its career...
Jump to post75D 674 appears to be timing-out for a major airframe check that would be due in March 2024. My guess is a combination of using it as a parts harvest / donor, engine spares, MRO capacity, and the justification/cost of doing so on a 32 year old frame. SDR shows 96943 hours and 43631 cycles as of 09 ...
Jump to postUp until 10 years ago or so, most airplane seats were real leather as automotive grade vinyls could not pass the burn tests required for aircraft. The ELeather that is used today was invented using scrap material from the leather industry. I believe Southwest was first to use it in their Evolve inte...
Jump to postThanks for recording and posting that video. I truly appreciate what a effort it was to haul that huge camera around.
Jump to postLamp1009 wrote:On the other, he's old as bricks...how long is he going to last before he ends up biting the dust, and how much damage can he do in that time period?
Anyone know what % of the JetBlue fleet is owned so that he can sell them to one of his shell companies?
Jump to posthttps://thepointsguy.com/news/delta-air-lines-cabin-refresh/ I like these updates particularly to the bulkheads, not too sure about the new look of the domestic first seats though. Signs of a larger brand refresh with hopefully an updated livery maybe? Also mentions a potential new next gen D1 suit...
Jump to postBut just to clarify, the ATA 500's (ex DL & RJ)... in addition to the extra pax ATA crammed in, what is the distance between door 2 & rear door before the modification was done... is it more than 60 feet? I believe ATA’s TriStar 500 fleet was all ex RJ. As new aircraft to the US register th...
Jump to postGotta love how times have changed! In the early 2010s, DL was flying aircraft delivered in the 1980s and early 1990s (including some 757 with ashtrays in the armrests) with minimal updates besides a change of seat covering. And now we think new (economy class) interiors installed less than a decade...
Jump to postI used to visit a Budget used car lot in the late ‘80s to look at the fleet of 87-88 Fox Body 5.0 Mustangs that they had for sale. Performance cars for rent was quite unusual in the ‘80s. All of the cars had 25k miles and needed tires. The VR60 Goodyear Gatorback tires that they used were quite expe...
Jump to postMatt Cochran has video of the missing axle in the first part of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ye2sn2YVsU
The missing axle can be seen at 0:04 when the white truck drives by.
A sign in front of a church read:
Appearing this Sunday “The Temptations”
A sign behind the cash register:
Our credit manager is Helen Waite.
If you want credit, go to Helen Waite.
And the classic Three Stooges Line:
“ I’m trying to think, but nothing happens!”
Max Q wrote:It was really good at using most of the runway, that variant was at the limits of the wing and engine thrust
It was no MD80 !
CriticalPoint wrote:FiscAutTecGarte wrote:HMV - Heavy Maintenance Visit.. aka D-Check?
But they'd just order the 2 plugs be inspected, not a full D-Check, no?
C checks are heavy too.
LHRBFSTrident wrote:Finding a safety card or a video of the CV-880/CV-990 door operation has yielded very little, unfortunately
dragon6172 wrote:
I have seen that video. You think that is from the Boeing factory in Renton? I have my doubts.
Updated guidance showing 757 drawdown will begin this year, 6818 will officially "retire" this year (in storage) as well as a few 75Hs and 75Ds as they come up for heavy checks. Sad. I remember this like it was yesterday. https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=535059 I know some ...
Jump to postThe Tire Pressure Indication System has always been baseline on the 777. Free and comes with the airplane, unlike the 767 where it was a priced option. It sounds like some customers had it removed anyway. Interesting. I know Boeing customized a lot of options for Delta, specifically to match servic...
Jump to postThanks for sharing. I’ve noticed the hole where the system would be installed is completely hollow - you can actually see directly through it. You can see the wiring harness for the system on the aft side of the gear on the Emirates above, attached to the scissor link. It enters the strut on the af...
Jump to post^ is there a reason why UA would opt to not have it installed on early 777s? It seems rare to see 777s without that cap - I can’t recall another airline besides UA and ANA whose 777s don’t have it. Delta’s 777 ERs did not have it either. Since tire pressure is frequently checked by maintenance, the...
Jump to postThe nose gear without the hub cap does not have the tire pressure indicating system installed. The Delta plane has the system, the United does not. It is the same on the 767.
This photo shows the connection between the center cap and tire valve stem.
744lover wrote:Answering the OP, I guess everything is possible in this word as long as you have time and money to put into what you want but I don't think any 757 has been re-engined before.
You could always tell when the pilot was a smoker……positive rate, gear up, no smoking sign off. At 3:24 in the video
https://youtu.be/1rz3t-ikEWY?si=Z54FbX9itDMsSxwP&t=180
Max Q wrote:Interesting the 707-320 maximum fuel capacity is the same as the 767-200/300-ER,
When did DL make a big deal about seat width? Airbus did as an effort to distinguish itself from Boeing, but I don't recall DL making a big deal out of it? DL did have the A350 seats advertised on their website as 18” originally even though other carriers with the same seats quoted 17.4”. It has si...
Jump to postRetiredNWA wrote:many of those 5th Freedom flights were operated by the Generic and DC10 fleets
What were the original routes flown by NWA on the -200s? What was the reason why they were ordered?
Jump to postI think watching cabin walkthrough videos are the best way to determine window placement.
https://youtu.be/kyniJHVxIAo?si=ATguaugLrQOKahuN
If it's so easy to snag a bag/item of clothing/accidentally kick the CB, why didn't Boeing put a protective cover over the whole board or easier still, move it slightly upwards from the floor? Boeing did add CB guards in that area on the production line and offered them to operators of older aircra...
Jump to postHeck, at Warsaw, the tech crew jacked up the plane reset the breaker, extended the gear and towed it away. And my memory was that the same aircraft was flying again in a few months as repairs took more than just speed tape. SP-LPC was ultimately scrapped at WAW. A shame really as it looked very rep...
Jump to post30 years ago, Delta employees had a pension plan. Not sure about F/As, but ground employees received 60% of their Final Average Earnings salary during retirement. This was in addition to a 401k plan with a company match.
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