The Meme would be "Help, I've Fallen, and I can't get up." Juan Browne gives his analysis: United 737 Max Runway Excursion IAH 8 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woms1sBqUdo Aha, so it sounds like they were coming in hot on a wet runway to make the high speed turnoff at Twy SF s...
Jump to postSomething about this seems odd to me - say the flight controls just completely switched off, wouldn't the plane enter some sort of phugoid cycle if the engines were still running? The article I read said that someone wasn't in his seat belt and was suddenly on the roof of the plane, and then crashe...
Jump to postHow do other competing aircraft of the same generation solve this problem? And why are they all doing it a certain way and why it is done differently on the MAX? wrt Ergonomics, reducing possibility of pilot errors etc etc, which is the better approach? Which is better - having Alerts show up on th...
Jump to postIf there's ever a place where we could easily commit to being better with pronouns, I think it's here. It's very easy to say "they" did a great job putting it down, or "he or she." There's enough female pilots out there (including one of the two on this flight - and most likely ...
Jump to postDrove past the landing spot on the way to work this morning (my normal route actually) and took a crappy photo (lots of traffic) but wow - it chewed up the guardrail pretty good, something I hadn’t noticed in all the news shots. I’m kinda surprised a feathered prop would still do that much damage to...
Jump to postHe landed right by the spotting location for runway 30, there is a set of wires that runs along the road there, but otherwise it's a 3 lane pretty straight where they came down. Probably no traffic due to snow today. Yes it's quite possible to tow it back from there, assuming it fits through the ga...
Jump to postI don’t think that image is representive. I think the horizontal stabiliser of the DHC-8 collided with the nose cone of the A350, the nose gear into the DHC-8 fuselage, main gear into the engines, and the A350 engines into the DHC-8 wings. And fuel in its wings into the engine was the ignition sour...
Jump to postJL516 did get landing clearance at 14:52-14:55 into the below recording, they readback at 15:06. https://archive.liveatc.net/rjtt/RJTT-Twr-TCA-Jan-02-2024-0830Z.mp3 I can't be the only one struggling to understand 3/4 of what is being said on this recording! Are they speaking English and Japanese? ...
Jump to postMight be a dumb question, but the CG Dash 8 carrying the earthquake 'supplies' wouldn't have included anything that caused or enhanced that big fireball...right? Nope, not compared to tens of thousands of lbs of jet-a. Also, whatever was hit upon impact with the Dash-8 was left behind instantly - t...
Jump to postNo casualties for the JAL part, unbelievable, such a perfect evacuation could only happen in Japan. Air France 358? A340 into Toronto, Canada - 309 evacuated safely after plane went off runway and subsequent fire engulfing entire aircraft. I know it’s impossible to quantify, but Airbus does seem to...
Jump to postLooks like this is a catastrophic runway incursion incident. The A350 is equipped with a forward facing nosewheel camera right? Zeke and Starlionblue, is this something that is displayed on one of the monitors in the cockpit prior to touchdown and if so, does the PM scan this? No it’s not. Because ...
Jump to postWow, so at least ONE of the safety systems for the reversers worked! Sounds like when they applied TOGA power, that's when the doors unlocked, however thrust was automatically reduced to idle. 100kts at 900' AGL with the drag of 3 thrust-reverser doors? That's about as close as it gets. So yeah, som...
Jump to postAgree with the Bone, I remember it to this day as a kid at airshows - it shook the damn ground. Such a cool plane.
Jump to postI was having the same internal conflicts about this after seeing the images as well (but lets admit, seeing any carrier with 100% 5th gen aircraft is pretty amazing!) My conclusion is that it's just an extension of capability, and fits in very will with the mission of the USMC in general. They ARE r...
Jump to postRumours are that this radar can see any stealth aircraft and the RCS is meaningless to it. https://www.hensoldt.net/products/radar-iff-and-datalink/twinvis-passive-radar/ The bit I get is that being passive is an advantage: The system uses existing electromagnetic energy from radio- and TV-broadcas...
Jump to postJust to be clear ... A Typhoon/Rafale/Gripen might have an RCS of about 1 meter. An F-15/Su-35 might have an RCS of 5 meters. You see no practical, operational difference? You're being extremely generous with the RCS; a Typhoon/Rafale/Gripen is in the same category as an F-16 or F-18 E/F... easily....
Jump to postI remember the first time I actually looked because I was flying on a brand new Virgin America (RIP) A320 IAD - SFO, was definitely on the L1 door. It was a couple months old. :shock: Ah those were the days - brand new airline, brand new airplane, first time we had seen on-demand ordering per-seat, ...
Jump to postYou need land because control of the land gives you the 20 mile exclusive economic zone around the island. You have a military base on the island to keep other counties from claiming the zone for themselves. You can not claim an exclusive economic zone from underwater reefs. bt Fine, but they're 10...
Jump to postAgain, you said building those islands was "economic" - please tell me what those islands are doing for the Chinese people? It's all military ops. The economics lies beneath the sea floor around those islands in form of hydrocarbon reserves. bt Uhh...? Why do you need extensive military f...
Jump to postChina expansion has been economic versus military, they became an economic power before starting their take over of "empty islands", other than a couple bust ups with India and Russia, actual military combat on any type scale has been minimal. Not sure what to make of that but their prima...
Jump to postWhy aren't more countries buying the F35C if it's got more range and payload? Because no one else (really) operates COTOBAR carriers, certainly not like the USN's 10 active Nimitz carriers with nearly 800 aircraft. The stronger landing gear and extra fuel is nice, but as I recall the range wasn't R...
Jump to postStealth is not an on/off option. The RCS simply determines the range at which the aircraft can be picked up by a radar, as well as the range at which burn-through occurs if ECM is used. Even the F-35 or F-22 aren't invisible on radar. Less RCS means more options where you can operate safely. For th...
Jump to postIt's NOT A STEALTH AIRCRAFT in any way / shape / form. Its' RCS is likely several times larger than the F-117, which was shot down by a (relatively) primitive SAM system decades ago. Stealth is not an on/off option. The RCS simply determines the range at which the aircraft can be picked up by a rad...
Jump to postAny chance Canada would get the F35C carrier version with the larger wing?. The CF18 has the arrest hook and strengthened gear. KrisYYZ Looking at that idea from my perspective makes sense, considering they may have to use some pretty rough airstrips as emergency landing sites, should that one engi...
Jump to postChina expansion has been economic versus military, they became an economic power before starting their take over of "empty islands", other than a couple bust ups with India and Russia, actual military combat on any type scale has been minimal. Not sure what to make of that but their prima...
Jump to postzeke wrote:Anyone have an idea where this has ended up since the invasion ?
The French optimized the Rafale for strike, stealth and two men crew early on, in the nineties. They could do so because the French AF was the only customer. Political, industrial, contractual obligations of the 4 partner countries mostly prevented so on the Typhoons. I really don't know why they w...
Jump to post:(. The accident rate of the Osprey remains an issue, whatever the reason was. Obviously, the kind of mission they are used on is a contributing factor, but the risk nevertheless seems higher than with other assets. As with the F-35, a lot can be traced to USMC design requirements trickling down th...
Jump to postWouldn’t frozen sensors lead to an AF447 type situation where it would appear as CFIT rather than a steep dive? That must have been horrifying for passengers That was only really possible at night over the ocean - pilots didn't trust their instruments and were in a deep stall for many minutes, whil...
Jump to postlooks like a vertical nosedive....... https://twitter.com/Vlado38793239/status/1505842132162170880?s=20&t=MxJIJKGj4vaRfX8L2LXyhQ That's the one a friend sent me as well. It's just impossible to tell with the crappy framerate, but.... there's only so many objects that travel down vertically like...
Jump to postCould it possibly be frozen pitot tubes or sensors? The rate of change for the vertical velocity is IMHO to much for that because the autopilot would not intervene that extreme. And even if the Autopilot would go full nose down the pilots should have been able to recover fast by just pulling at the...
Jump to postRussian SU-25 limped back to base after taking severe damage from a MANPADS hit. Will be a long while before this one graces the skies again, if ever. https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1503297270355271681 That's amazing, no clue how there wasn't a subsequent major fire or critical control surface ...
Jump to postRussian SU-25 limped back to base after taking severe damage from a MANPADS hit. Will be a long while before this one graces the skies again, if ever. https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1503297270355271681 That's amazing, no clue how there wasn't a subsequent major fire or critical control surface ...
Jump to postItaly procures AIM-9X blk. II for F-35, foregoing IRIS-T integration. Italian F-35s Will Get AIM-9X Block II Air-To-Air Missiles Italy already operates two types of short-range air-to-air missiles: the AIM-9L (for Tornado, AMX and AV-8B+) and the IRIS-T (for the Eurofighter Typhoon). However neithe...
Jump to postMaybe the DoD will wait a little, to see if the 777X achieve its certification? If range and cargo becomes a priority, a 777X tanker would be a competitor of A330 Neo Mrtt. Absolutely not, even if the 777X enters commercial service, that has nothing to do with an entirely new tanker program. Boeing...
Jump to postThe LMXT / MRTT can carry standard 463-L NATO military pallets lower deck. The KC-46 cannot, it’s lower deck is smaller & occupied by fuel tanks. Hence the KC46s cargo main deck/ door. This is a key point lost on many. ^^ Use the heavy-density transports for troops and bulk cargo, and load up t...
Jump to postHere's a higher resolution version of the satellite image KFLLCFII posted: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMofSSsWUAMYNT8?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 Source: https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1498044269524885507 I know Airliners.net doesn't want/like users posting other similar websites but I...
Jump to postSo why does Boeing not have some readily developed Dreamliner freighter at hand then? Just ready to be made whenever they feel like it? They seem to have wasted so much time. Thinking about it costs almost nothing as the experienced specialists are available anyway. It seems like they really baked ...
Jump to postIf LMXT wins this competition, I wonder if the Lockheed Martin / Airbus joint venture will open the doors for further cooperation in the future. Technically they were prime contractors together for the NASA Orion capsule, which was actually a really complicated (and large) project that has been VER...
Jump to postTo me it looked like it stalled (that AoA is extreme, even for an F-35 - especially at those speeds) and pancaked onto the deck before sliding off.
The smoke at the end isn't from the plane, it's from the solid rocket booster on the ejection seat which puts out a TON of dense white smoke.
Great video, Hifly seems like a really professional operator.
Jump to postIt's again small but an order is an order, good news for the program as Indonesia eventually purchase 2 A400M and sign LOI for 4 more. https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2021-11-indonesia-ministry-of-defence-orders-two-airbus-a400ms The order was expected for a long time now, rumor w...
Jump to postThe whole XLR thing just blows my mind, it seems like just yesterday that EVERYONE was calling this a "niche" aircraft. [...] The only thing more impressive than the overall A321NEO orders to me is the XLR orders. That reminds me, what happened to the LR? Many people predicted that the LR...
Jump to postDamn, first B crash (not counting the mid-air). I posted a few months ago about how remarkable the safety record is for the B model given its extreme complexity, guess I jinxed it. Still, considering that more than 700 of these highly-advanced jets have been delivered worldwide with only ONE death (...
Jump to postThe US did such tests, too - in 1985 and 2008. I don't know why the US side is complaining... Maybe because it was a low / decaying orbit which burned up in a matter of months? Russia only had one suitable old satellite to shoot down, and its orbit is nearly identical to that of the International S...
Jump to postAlthough perhaps the most interesting 7 A350F's isn't the best endorsement a new project could receive, although I suspect it does confirm that Airbus are actually going to make it :) 55 A321's and another 20 XLR's - I'm losing track, what's the backlog for the XLR now? At this rate I could see it ...
Jump to postOrion stacked yesterday. https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2021/10/20/lift-underway-to-top-mega-moon-rocket-with-orion-spacecraft/ The fact that they're doing this "a little after midnight, EDT" is rather telling - it sounds like NASA realizes that they're up against it, and that there is a ...
Jump to postI crew and work maintenance on a 1943 Grumman TBM-3E Avenger which we fly around to air shows / events around the east coast, so naturally I should say it's her... Besides that though, it would have to be the F7F Tigercat, as it's just an insane sexy beast. Besides that, it would probably be the F8F...
Jump to postThere’s a good/real reason why the A330 won the bidding 1st time around. Too Much politics making too many wrong decisions . I agree - even then it must have been difficult to select a mostly "foreign" aircraft over a BOEING (!!! omgpolitics/economics) product. Yet they did. This time aro...
Jump to postLockheed, Boeing, and NG all spend about $13 million per year in lobbying (directly; this excludes advertising etc. I think). https://www.opensecrets.org/news/reports/capitalizing-on-conflict Overall, it is split relatively evenly between parties, depending largely on who is in the majority (per th...
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