High heels would likely create indents on the top of the wing, potentially disrupting airflow over the wing, reducing lift, and ultimately risking the lives of 300+ pax as the 777-300ER fails to gain altitude and ending in a horrific ball of fire, with hundreds of not thousands of mourning friends,...
Jump to postUnder what circumstances would flashing nav lights be selected? At least on some select military aircraft, they are often used to denote who is who as they have different flash sequences that can be used. Callsign 1 - Single flash Callsign 2 - Double flash Callsign 3 - Triple flash So on and so for...
Jump to postNorse must have received approvals (or some kind of temporary dispensation) from the CAA, because LN-FNI (formerly G-CKWN and OE-LNN) is currently en route from LGW to JFK as N0701. Live: https://fr24.com/NBT701/2d089722 https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2022/08/12/norse-atlantic-ai...
Jump to postI seem to remember TUI flies/flew 788s into BOH on a few select long hauls.
I can't imagine SOU will be taking 787s any time soon.
I really fail to see how AS were responsible for this in any way.
Jump to postThe 38 aircraft will cost EUR 5.5 billion (USD 6.54 billion), or USD 172 million each. The price includes an unspecified range of ground equipment and spare parts to increase combat readiness, so you can't really deduce a price per unit. Correct, this is not the fly-away-cost, this is the full syst...
Jump to postI guess we will be forced to believe one side of the story or the other untill some official investigation will be launched. I'm just wondering about that altitude change JanEejit mentioned earlier. 600ft isn't much in a space of 5min, even asuming they climbed 600ft within 2.5min (that gives less ...
Jump to postI don't see why any manufacturer would bother offering up a tender?
The T-7A will be the chosen platform regardless.
Looks like everything has stopped at MDW. All SWA flights cancelled into tomorrow.
So I guess no flying until tower can be up and running.
Dutchy wrote:Gingersnap wrote:Would that break EU state aid rules?
There are exceptions to rules and we live in exceptional times.
Would that break EU state aid rules?
Jump to postThe NAX share price has taken a beating today. Down 18%.
Shares now valued at 1 Euro.
Stitch wrote:flee wrote:Prospective USAF order was in my mind...
Current USAF planning is to use the KC-46A Pegasus for KC-10A Extender replacements.
Hearing all BE flights at BHX have been cancelled.
Jump to postSeeing that they have been rejected for their £100 million loan.
Jump to postNope. The 5 airlines serving SFB have no presence at MCO.
And two (TUI UK and TUI NL) of those at SFB are moving to MLB IIRC.
I believe the 787 beacon (along with other types) has a failure mode which forces the beacon to remain a steady red. Although sometimes it remains a steady red but also brighten as per the normal cycle as seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ipI5HqaKfY I've not seen a 787 where that happens, ...
Jump to postHaving seen many 787s go into and out of Heathrow, I've noticed that several have not had the ventral red beacon flashing (as I am looking up at them I can't tell if the dorsal light is flashing), whilst others have not had the white tail lights (one on either side) flashing. Although I've noticed ...
Jump to postThat won't do the MLG any favours.
Jump to postIt is the Daily Star so take this story with a healthy dose of salt but apparently the Tempest program is looking at building an aircraft capable of hypersonic speeds…. Additionally a wearable cockpit by potentially removing many of the cockpit controls and having them virtually displayed via the h...
Jump to postClackers wrote:BA from Geneva has diverted to Lyon and declared an emergency... ?
I've seen a few rumblings of at least 1 deceased passenger so far.
I'll try and find a reliable source.
Edit: The Turkish Health Minister has announced the death supposedly.
PLM8471 from Wuhan just touched down at BZZ this minute.
Jump to posthttps://twitter.com/bellingcat/status/1215352457972404226?s=19
Video claims to show the impact of the missile when it struck the aircraft.
Unconfirmed for now.
Forbes magazine has hinted that the FAA will recertify the MAX but as a separate 737 type. They also said that once it starts safely flying again that the whole fiasco will be forgotten. That doesn't make much sense. - The MAX is already a seperate 737 type. It's certified as a 737 MAX, not a 737 N...
Jump to postI love the 757 L2 boarding. I wish the A321s would do it as well. As someone who seeks out the DL 757s where possible. I wont lie, turning left is an ego boost lol But it is also nice for boarding and deplaning. So much nicer not having 150 people walk by crowding up the aisle. And getting off is a...
Jump to postNYPECO wrote:Can I just watch the video please? Why does clicking the play button bring me to "Fox News Flash top headlines for Nov. 27"? I can't tell if the fuel truck clip is in there somewhere because the thing won't load.
I’ve been sent a photo from a friend, of various TUI Airways registrations from their engineering department at LGW. TUI are set to receive their final two -9s this month, (G-TUIN and G-TUIO) However there is also a G-TUIP registration... Does anyone know if this is a new aircraft hasn’t been annou...
Jump to postN480MC diverting to SNN seems confirmed now. Unknown as to why.
Edit: reportedly a technical issue of sorts.
The Atlas 747 seems to have hit a snag on it's way back from MAN to MCO. It's currently doing circles just west of Ireland. Must suck to be a TC customer stranded in MCO and then when there's finally hope of a ride home it get's hit with new issues. Looks to be headed back and descending west of Ir...
Jump to posthttps://twitter.com/UK_CAA/status/1175938601835728896
CAA put up notice on Twitter
9M-MNF has touched down at MAN just now.
Jump to postN14AZ wrote:lhrnue wrote:KliptWings wrote:Its dreadful........
The air traffic controller was gorgeous tho ...
You know, this forum usually works with pictures to support a statement. So?
Not sure what the Typhoons are for in the case of a bomb threat.. Simply put, to take the aircraft out to sea and put a missile up its rear if the threat is deemed real. And how would they 'take' it out to sea? With a big rope? They could threaten to shoot it down over land if it didn't comply... e...
Jump to postFabDiva wrote:Not sure what the Typhoons are for in the case of a bomb threat..
Well you what they say. Aim high.
It's not a totally unreasonable demand. The last thing we need at LHR is for IAG to receive the lion's share of the extra slots (which is probably the most likely scenario).
pabloeing wrote:¿VS A350 first destinations?
Reminds me of when VS operated to LGW on the 742 out of BOS in the early 00s.
Jump to postTHY4TW was en-route IST-LGW.
Appears to have done a u-turn just southeast of Prague. I guess they're headed back.
UK just grounded all MAX 8 aircraft. I really think this is a bit premature. What if the ET plane was improperly configured (e.g. flaps not deployed)? The FO was extremely junior. This is a possibility. Well there are guys and girls with less than 300 hours flying airliners in the UK/EU. So let's n...
Jump to post737 MAX 8 aircraft now banned from UK airspace
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/boeing-737-ban-uk-airspace-caa-ethiopia-crash-a8819301.html
As per https://twitter.com/British_Airways/status/1104086906109865985 G-BNLY is leaving DUB tomorrow sporting her old Landor livery. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1KaWIKWwAAK0xN.jpg:large Photo credit via Mike Thorn on Twitter https://twitter.com/supermikey11
Jump to postIt appears BNLY will be painted in Landor rather than Negus as originally thought. I assume CIVB will now receive the Negus livery.
Jump to postThe statement by flybmi is quite candid in its explanation about how Brexit has proven to be its downfall. Far too easy nowadays to blame Brexit..... Far too easy for doubters to dismiss Brexit as a valid reason for a company to go under. Surely they would be in best position to know, and if they h...
Jump to postIncompetence? I guess that's why the airport resumed flights soon thereafter?
Also it wasn't about an hour, it was barely more than 40 mins.
Yeah they're firing them out now. Departures seemingly back to normal.
Jump to postI guess only arrivals are at a 0 flow right now. I guess if they can get departures out where possible, they will.
Jump to postTUI increasingly targets other markets. For instance, TUI in Belgium (I know that TUI UK is a legacy from Thomson Holidays, so not exactly the same thing) flies many VFR routes and increasingly opens more. I have flown TUI (or Condor) a few times and many of those flights are not very different tha...
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