Are you guys sure that it is real because in some stills I've seen, the front canopy frame is too round, more like a Mig29?
Jump to postAnyone have any experience with British built jets? I've heard that Hawker biz jets and the BAC 1-11 were notoriously bad. The Hawker Siddely 748 was a nightmare as were the B747-200 Super B's with their terrible JT9's, FCU changes, teleflex cable on the engine, centre tank boost pumps or water inj...
Jump to postYes SAA re engined its aircraft. The -7r4g2 engine had much better fuel consumption and basically killed off the 747 -SP.
Jump to postIf the fuselage is different to the original design, then Boeing should not have been allowed to grandfather the design. The bonded skin referred to was on the fuselage sides on the original 737, the crown was regular ally riveted skin. The original problem stemmed from the tie brackets that connect...
Jump to postThe -300 SUD had engine fan blade problems caused by the airflow pattern being disturbed by the stretched upper deck on take-off, especially when the aircraft banked left of right. We, SAA, had a few inboard engines throw fan blades due to this phenomenon and P&W had to send out a team to invest...
Jump to postWater injection, for example on the JT9, is for cooling the first stage turbine, nothing else and is injected into the combustor chamber alongside the fuel nozzles. When water injection pressure increases, the FCU is commanded to add extra fuel which gives the extra thrust. Any water in the incoming...
Jump to postGeorge, GRJ or FAGG is an alternate especially for local aircraft.
Jump to postDon't you get cupholders with these things? On the A350 there is 3 cup holders which can hold anything up to around a 600 ml bottle, and one larger bottle holder that will hold a 1-1.5 liter bottle per side. Drinks are supposed to be passed on the window side in any aircraft. https://i.ibb.co/MZSSs...
Jump to postDon't you get cupholders with these things? On the A350 there is 3 cup holders which can hold anything up to around a 600 ml bottle, and one larger bottle holder that will hold a 1-1.5 liter bottle per side. Drinks are supposed to be passed on the window side in any aircraft. https://i.ibb.co/MZSSs...
Jump to postDepending on the day to day operational requirements, the SAAF has most of the aircraft in storage or maintenance and some of those in storage are awaiting spares. The spares procurement process takes so long and this adds to the problem and most likely they rob items from the stored aircraft to kee...
Jump to postI found this on the Airbus site Today, a third of Airbus’ customers operate A300/A310 Family aircraft as part of a wider Airbus fleet and more than 200 of the 650 aircraft currently flying with some 80 operators will still be in service in 2025. The A300/A310 Long Term Support team will ensure that ...
Jump to postA SAAF cargo transport veered of the runway in a wet Goma. It was busy with UN duties.
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/ ... ds-in-drc/
mr02 wrote:T54A wrote:mr02 wrote:SAA doesn't have premium economy as a class unless they want to unveil it when the first aircraft arrives.
Hainan machines (MSN 226/246) already configured with premium economy.
But SAA are leasing them from MK,no?
From Avcom Just heard that SAA pilot training is happening for new A350 aircraft in Miami in October. Some pilots have already headed to Toulouse this week. Initially 2 x A350 will be leased from Airbus that were originally going to be leased to TAM. There is possibility of further aircraft from Hai...
Jump to post[quote="Ethan22"]While looking at the Dash 8 family, I noticed that the -100 and -300 family of planes horizontal stabilizer attached to the tail always droops while on the ground, but not while airborne...… I did not notice this on the Q400 family.... Thanks[/quote Are you talking about t...
Jump to postIt is a visual reference point for the pilots when adjusting the seat height.
Jump to postIt is a visual reference point for the pilots when adjusting the seat height.
Jump to postEh, this is standard AD stuff that is getting magnified due to the Max. You have to be kidding, since when has it become okay to say AD's are normal, they are not, they are issued to rectify serious design flaws or procedures or any abnormalities that affect flight safety. Maybe you're getting conf...
Jump to postEh, this is standard AD stuff that is getting magnified due to the Max. You have to be kidding, since when has it become okay to say AD's are normal, they are not, they are issued to rectify serious design flaws or procedures or any abnormalities that affect flight safety. Maybe you're getting conf...
Jump to postIt might be considered a “non-issue” by some but really, just put this thing out of its misery. What else is going to come out in the wash? How many more people have to be killed before this plane is grounded for good? But then what do I know. As much as I love Boeing this is atrocious. Exactly and...
Jump to postSo it could be one of the following; sn 246, sn 251, sn 260, & sn 270. 283, 299, 320, 351, 355, 384... Fiji is apparently taking 320 and another one. Ok cool, I mistakenly thought they were arriving in August, hence me thinking of those early sn's. The rumours are that they will be here within ...
Jump to postSo it could be two of the following; sn 246, sn 251, sn 260, & sn 270. Apparently the aircrew have already left for conversion training. Don't believe everything you read about SAA, it is still a great airline.
Jump to postSouth African Airways came into being in 1934 after the government took over an ailing Union Airways which began operating in 1929.
Jump to postIf you can, go to an airport where you can view the take-offs and landings of aircraft where you will see the most dangerous parts of a flight and I bet you won't see one incident. Now imagine that this is happening a million times a day all over the world and again there will be very few, if any, i...
Jump to postOnly announcement made by SAA pilots is for the cabin crew to cross check the doors for correct arming.
Jump to postThis happened to us way back on one of our A300's. The wheels were chocked correctly and the park brake set. The problem was that the engines were pretty powerful and these modern aircraft are very light and with takeoff power on one engine and balance power on the other is enough to drag the aircra...
Jump to postWhen SAA had to fly around the bulge of Africa we would fuel the 747-200's to max which was s about 162000 kg's and it would take about 2 hours. The dispenser would have two hoses connected and often one of the other dispensing trucks with a bit of spare time would hook up on the r/h wing for maybe ...
Jump to postMaybe it's time for the airlines to make the passengers sign an indemnity form and if the pax don't like it, they can go by road or sea.
Jump to postI remember back in the 1970s, I was non-revving a Braniff 747 from DFW to London. There was a problem with the #1 engine that was discovered at the gate, which required an engine change. The engine change was done at the gate, and was watched by all the waiting passengers. The process took 5 hours ...
Jump to poststratclub wrote:What "issues" are you referring to? Can you link an article or something?
Is it a case of these new plastic fuselages flexing too much? I haven't read about any windscreen issues? Since when is the fuselage plastic? The fuselage is primarily carbon fiber see link: https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/the-first-composite-fuselage-section-for-the-first-composite-commer...
Jump to postIs it a case of these new plastic fuselages flexing too much?
Jump to postGripen E is a 6th generation aircraft according to this article: [url] https://hushkit-net.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/hushkit.net/2018/05/12/6th-generation-swede-the-saab-gripen-e/amp/?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&...
Jump to postGripen E is a 6th generation aircraft according to this article: [url] https://hushkit-net.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/hushkit.net/2018/05/12/6th-generation-swede-the-saab-gripen-e/amp/?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&...
Jump to postWhile browsing AeroInside, I noticed that the B787 has quite a few cockpit windscreen issues, has anyone got any more info on this.
Jump to postI can bet you one thing and that Joe soap wouldn't know a Decibel from a barbell and even a poll will be inconclusive as each person would perceive noise differently, so wind your necks in and just accept that Airbus aircraft are generally quieter than Boeing. For interest sake, has Boeing ever said...
Jump to postYup, damn those engines on all those DC-9s 737-100/200s 707s, DC-8s, 747s, 767s,757s, 727s, Mercure, all the fighter jets powered by the J-57 and variants! Something about all those radial engines like the R-2800 in the Corsair, Thunderbolt, Bearcat, hellcat, tigercat, And the R-4360 on the B-36, c...
Jump to post@horstroad, have you read any of the so called events with respect to the Airbus aircraft? A lot of the occurrences were with Lufthansa. Some of the incidents had no relation to oil smells. Airbus concluded that incorrect maintenance was the cause of some events. Again the number of incidents versus...
Jump to postAn excellent chapter from the revised edition of Paul Crickmore's "Lockheed Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions". I believe that chapter (Chapter 13: Squaring up over the Barents Sea) was one of the sections added to the revised edition. In fact, the whole book is probably the best book ...
Jump to postI have the feeling that these events happen more often on A320 aircraft. There you go. We've gone from conspiracy sites and videos full of lies and misdirection to what you "feel" might be the case. Glad it's science based, because a scary feeling trumps all. Maybe rather than pushing the...
Jump to postThen, the air usually will pass through a water separator coalescer or the sock. The sock retains the dirt and oil from the engine bleed air to keep the cabin air cleaner. The coalescer is not a proper filter. It is just a piece of cloth. Its function is to collect condensed water, not to filter th...
Jump to postI think the op is getting confused by reports of smoke in the cabin which are mostly due to ACM failures or rarely a recirc fan burning out, nothing to do with the engines which get their bearing compartments vented overboard. These types of incident always result in an aircraft turning back and are...
Jump to postOn the 747's there is also a horn in the r/h b/gear wheel well for the APU fire alarm.
Often pilots would flash the nose gear taxi lights to get our attention, especially if the ramp is busy with aircraft coming or going.
They had a lightning strike, causing an electrical failure, Some EADI’s lost and returned on standby instruments.
Jump to postGetting a kill on an SR-71 would have been a big feather in some Soviet Officer's hat would have been worth it to them, even if it was a cheap kill on a disabled aircraft. Killing the Swedes would have meant nothing to them. Killing an American plane over international waters would have been a seri...
Jump to postHave look here at what a fuselage looks like showing the stringers and frames and in the Daallo case only a few stringers were damaged and none of the frames:
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Aircraft structure is designed to carry the load should something small pierce the pressure hull. What a bomb does is damage this redundancy causing several stringers or frames to give way. Just remember that a fuselage under pressure is like a balloon waiting to pop. Structural failure, ie metal fa...
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