Re: Airbus A350 Production/Delivery Thread - 2019

Any photos of the SAA aircraft?

Re: Southern African & Indian Ocean Aviation Thread - 2019

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?

Re: Southern African & Indian Ocean Aviation Thread - 2019

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...

Re: Why does the horizontal stabilizer of a Dash 8 droop?

[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...

Re: Small Cockpit Device On All Passenger Planes

It is a visual reference point for the pilots when adjusting the seat height.

Re: Small Cockpit Device On All Passenger Planes

It is a visual reference point for the pilots when adjusting the seat height.

Re: Physial design of control of 737 jackscrew

Re: More safety issues for Boeing...

Eh, 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...

Re: More safety issues for Boeing...

Eh, 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...

Re: Boeing Wing Issue?

It 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...

Re: Airbus A350 Production/Delivery Thread - 2019

So 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 ...

Re: Airbus A350 Production/Delivery Thread - 2019

So 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.

Re: The world's longest-running airlines

South African Airways came into being in 1934 after the government took over an ailing Union Airways which began operating in 1929.

Re: Fear of flying, working on getting better but still scared about maintenance

If 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...

Re: Pilot/First Officer Preflight Announcement

Only announcement made by SAA pilots is for the cabin crew to cross check the doors for correct arming.

Re: 2 Kenya Airways E-190 aircraft collide at JKIA.

This 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...

Re: Refuelling time question

When 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 ...

Re: Passenger suing United for shattered windscreen and fear it caused

Maybe 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.

Re: Aircraft tested on shorter scheduled flights after maintenance?

I 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 ...

Re: B787 cockpit windscreen issues

stratclub wrote:

What "issues" are you referring to? Can you link an article or something?

Re: B787 cockpit windscreen issues

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...

Re: B787 cockpit windscreen issues

Is it a case of these new plastic fuselages flexing too much?

Re: USAF PCA and other 6th gen fighters

Gripen 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&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&...

Re: USAF PCA and other 6th gen fighters

Gripen 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&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&...

B787 cockpit windscreen issues

While browsing AeroInside, I noticed that the B787 has quite a few cockpit windscreen issues, has anyone got any more info on this.

Re: Airbus Claims that A350XWB is quieter than B787, but is it really?

I 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...

Re: Another PW engine fails in A320 Neo aircraft

Yup, 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...

Re: Are toxic cabin fumes an underestimated risk, or not?

@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...

Re: Swedish pilots presented with U.S. Air Medal regarding SR71 incident in 1987

An 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 ...

Re: Are toxic cabin fumes an underestimated risk, or not?

I 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...

Re: Are toxic cabin fumes an underestimated risk, or not?

Then, 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...

Re: Are toxic cabin fumes an underestimated risk, or not?

I 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...

Re: Pilots and AMTs, when do you use the a/c horn?

On 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.

Re: QF64 JNB-SYD returning to JNB (27/12/2018)

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Re: QF64 JNB-SYD returning to JNB (27/12/2018)

They had a lightning strike, causing an electrical failure, Some EADI’s lost and returned on standby instruments.

Re: Swedish pilots presented with U.S. Air Medal regarding SR71 incident in 1987

Getting 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...

Re: Explosive decompression question