It would have been possible, with a modified fuselage, probably more than slightly. It might have been viable, if there were no resources to develop a proper passenger aircraft, no development in engines and other technology and no competition. Given all these were untrue, it would have had no chan...
Jump to postIt also points to the fact that Aer Lingus codeshare with UA out of two of the Aer Lingus US destinations and with JetBlue out of one. A total of three out of 12 Aer Lingus US destinations. It shows the map where AA will allow EI to codeshare on them out of all 12 destinations, with some out of Dub...
Jump to postVery true. However the 707, 720, 727 and 737 all share a common fuselage cross section and many of the structural elements of all three are identical. The 737-10 MAX can carry more Passengers than a 707-320 at more than 100k less METO although the MAX does not have the range of a 707. The 757 was m...
Jump to postOmnibus Delete installations go back to the 707. I suspect they were used so as to offer customers a fair amount of customization options to the basic airframe. What O/D did was took parts out of a tabbed installation and installed other parts per the customers/engineering requirements. It made nav...
Jump to postSince the thread has evolved to weight and balance, I have two stories. First. Was traveling from Wichita to N. Ireland then on to Scotland with my wife. She was not comfortable with flying then (she has gotten better), so I thought it best not to discuss the Belfast to Glasgow flight before we left...
Jump to postThis post led to me learning that the official name of the country is 2 words. Had no idea. At one time, it was. That isn't the case today though. The 2-word use is all over the web pages of the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the United States of America . You might want to let the...
Jump to postDidn't that accident hasten the introduction of EGPWS, with the terrain data base? It did However the 757 /67 were not modified to retract speed brakes in flight with application of full power OTOH they will retract on the ground I was not trying to tie EGPWS to spoiler control. I was just identify...
Jump to postDidn't that accident hasten the introduction of EGPWS, with the terrain data base?
Jump to postI saw a lot of the monolithic machined parts on the 787. Very little waste I'm sure. They just take all the chips and melt them down and re-use them. The next step I think will be 3D printing. No chips to have to recycle. They just have to learn how to get the process materials right. Do you rememb...
Jump to postAny 787 pilots that might be able to run a runway analysis and range estimate out of LPB? It’s 5,000 nautical and about 10.6 hours great circle, so it might just be doable. Also, LPB normally has an above standard barometer, reducing its pressure altitude. GF The 787 Airport planning document has s...
Jump to postThe 737NG had a completely new wingbox. If Boeing could have created a significant financial advantage by redesigning the gear to be fully enclosed, it would have done so for the NG. Instead, it consciously retained the old arrangement. Boeing did create, and then redesigned for the NG, plastic whe...
Jump to postHere is another article
http://www.sunjournal.com/super-star-co ... il-lounge/
Flying 101 (Finally figured out how to embed a photo)
Kulula did it best with "Flying 101" https://www.kulula.com/flights/fleet/gallery
Jump to postThe openable windows on the DC-8 & MD11, and presumably the DC-10, are called clearview windows . A quick look at the AOM indicates that they may be opened in flight (unpressurized) as part of the SMOKE/FUMES REMOVAL checklist. I remember reading the emergency smoke evac procedure for the E-4B....
Jump to postTwo different pieces of equipment—the engine has it own set of limits, different certification and production certificates. The engine can be removed, replaced or have an AD against. GF Like many other parts which have their own set of limits, different certification and production certificates. Ar...
Jump to postBased on my experience in Y on a BA744 AUS-LHR, if it is BA744 - avoid it like the plague. I had the last triple row, middle seat (I thought row 52, but seat guru only shows triples back to 50). My seat was narrower than the seat in front of me (the outboard arm rests were not aligned, but the inboa...
Jump to postWhile the E-4Bs have relatively few flight cycles, they are used a lot sitting ground alert. And parts for old airframes get harder and harder to get, and more expensive How many 747-200s are still flying today? And here is something to think about, while the E-6 is based on the 707, they were all d...
Jump to postYes. seats can be adjusted in one inch increments, as can passenger service units.
Jump to postFor HA, Boeing could restart the 737-600 with BR71x engines. Cal it a 737-2Max. Maybe add a gravel kit for northern Canada.
Jump to postHere is a good/simple explanation https://www.quora.com/What-the-function ... n-airplane
Jump to postThe museum in Windsor locks CT. used to (maybe still do) run open cockpit days, where you could sit in the seats of some of the planes. But that was supervised with volunteers watching you in the planes. .
Jump to postTalking about cost effective, I was doing some interior work on a contract we had with NMB miniature bearing's DC10-30F at TIJ and one day the hanger boss had must of been 30 or more of their local "mechanics" polishing the Leading edges by hand. This was IIRC 8 months into a "D"...
Jump to postThe OEM cannot prevent someone from getting an STC, they can just make it very difficult by not providing data. The STC applicant is free to reverse engineer a solution with out OEM support, they will just have a very uphill effort to get the data approved by the regulatory agency. For IAI, they pro...
Jump to postThe DC-3 is still a supported airframe with a valid TCDS, if you look at something’s like the BAC 1-11 the TCDS has been handed back to the regulator. https://www.easa.europa.eu/documents/type-certificates/aircraft-cs-25-cs-22-cs-23-cs-vla-cs-lsa/easaa188 Without continuing airworthiness support fr...
Jump to postIt's incredible that one day after the accident there is almost no background info in the media, no word about how many passengers were on board (only how many passengers the Ju-52 can carry). I can only explain this with the character of the Swiss people who never panic but stay perfectly calm no ...
Jump to postBoeing does not use this stuff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alclad on the 787 anymore for unpainted aluminum surfaces? What does Boeing recommend for maintenance/repair on unpainted Aluminum surfaces on the 787? Do you have AMM, SRM or general references for your statement? AMM References, No. I h...
Jump to postThat would be my guess. The leading edges of the horizontal and vertical stabilizers on Boeing aircraft are aluminum and they are not heated. I think that polished clad aluminum just might be a better material for critical aerodynamic areas than composite because it is less likely to degrade from a...
Jump to posttxjim wrote:FrmrKSEngr wrote:Big players are Rockwell Collins (Now UTC Aerospace Systems - UTAS), General Electric (formerly Smiths) and Honeywell.
Not quite UTC yet!
So am I right in thinking this relates to the shear vs. Tension/compression strength per unit of aluminum vs. CFRP? does anyone have the figures for the various moduli? Google has lots of information for the raw fiber, and pre-pregs. Here is a site that came up: https://www.build-on-prince.com/carb...
Jump to postBig players are Rockwell Collins (Now UTC Aerospace Systems - UTAS), General Electric (formerly Smiths) and Honeywell.
Jump to postReminds me of TWA Coach Ambassador service from the mid-late 70s. Much better than my BA AUS-LHR flight in April. Thank you Delta.
Jump to postkanban wrote:FrmrKSEngr wrote:How about something based on the Thunderbirds.
The British animated series????
Add to Stationblue ensuring the data link is maintained. Not just satellite coverage but also system integrity and antenna pointing. As long at paramaters are being sampled, and the plane is intact, the black box is recording. It a plane gets into unusual attitudes, the high band width SATCOM system...
Jump to postAlphazone: I would think calling an airport to get that info may be sketchy...they may not want to attract lookers...the other resource is Google Maps satellite view, which can be 3-4 years old, but go to street view and the actual photo date is shown on the lower right toolbar, sometimes much more...
Jump to postThat'll buff out. But seriously, glad to hear everyone ok. In my untrained opinion it looks like that plane may actually be fixable (for lack of a better word). The post crash photo looks like the fuselage bruned out and only the wings appeared to be intact. This link has video of the post crash fi...
Jump to postTo me it looks like the pilot could not keep the tail up, and when the tail settled back down the plane unintentionally got airborne with out enough airspeed to sustain flight. The pilot appears not have directional control once the wheels left the ground.
Jump to postHow about this. Get Paul Allen involved. He has experience getting old jets restored. Fully rebuild the B-52s. The only part you need keep to call an aircraft a restoration as opposed to a replica is the ident plate. That should get it all past congress. Restored planes are not new planes. ;)
Jump to postLocal news says it was a DeHavilland Venom that went down
https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/sh ... ne-crash-1
Frustrating hearing the US news reporting "The Ryanair plane plunged thousands of feet and suffered loss of cabin pressure". Not quite the right cause and effect pairing - Loss of cabin pressure then rapid decent - SOP. Then passengers complaining that they were not being told what to do d...
Jump to postchunhimlai wrote:Why not EWR after Donald Trump?
Or LHR (after 3rd runway constructed) after Boris Johnson?
It really needs to represent what our government has become.
Sell space to sponsors. Southwest did Shamoo, the Simpsons were flying around for awhile, and ANA had Star Wars. Why not "Air Force One, sponsored by Koch Industries, Las Vegas Sands and Hobby Lobby".
80001, 80002, 90003 and 90004 - New build C-32As 90015, 90016 and 90017 - Ex-Airliners. Per Joe Baugher's USAF Serial Number site they were aquired in 2009: 09-0015/0017 Boeing C-32A Boeing 757 airliner to USAF 0015 (MSN 25044) B757-2Q8 with 1AS/89Wg at Andrews AFB. Ex N440AN, N341LF, CC-CYG. 0016 (...
Jump to postThe military emblem is on the lower rear fuselage and there is not a flag on the tail. Also pics of it show a number on the tail as well as U.S. Air Force on the fwd fuselage. It's a C32B and no there is not just one thats government owned. There are quite a few. Including the VP's 2 C32B's that ar...
Jump to postFound it in the CMM, Turns out it was the same O-Ring used on all the other transmissions, why wasn't it illustrated in the IPC only Boeing knows... That is why it is not in the IPC, because it is in the CMM. It probably an assembled item from a vendor, and the vendor controls the design and mainte...
Jump to postB767 does not have a bottle. It uses a spring. The B757 has an air bottle (the pineapple) for emergency opening. Why different mechanisms for two aircraft designed at the same time and share lots of systems in common? Not as much room in the overhead of the 757 as the 767 to accommodate the upward ...
Jump to postLooking a little closer, there is a USAF C-131 next to the DC-7, so it probably is Andrew's AFB when Khrushchev came to the US, The topography looks about right (flat with some low rolling hills on the left side of the picture, no mountains the background).
Jump to postPer this article, a TU-104 accompanied Khrushchev on his 1959 trip to the US. But from what I can tell, the United logo is post 1959. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarch ... 9/sizes/o/
Jump to postThat's embarrasing... :oops: :oops: :oops: Full Concorde specs including MTOW can be found here: http://www.concordesst.com/techspec.html We all make mistakes. Thanks for the link. I have multiple references on the book shelves, but was too lazy to get out of the recliner and open one.
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