I was involved with a sim company once. We took a shell of a 737-200 and converted the cockpit into a 737-800 simulator. It worked well!
Jump to postIn response to the original question, the B777-300ER is approx 29 tonnes heavier than the A350-1000 at MTOW so the power-to-weight ratio difference between the two isn’t as big as the thrust difference would suggest.
Jump to postThe 787-10 can fly as far as the 747-200 which seemed able to serve most destinations required by airlines of the day. It can for example reach LAX from London with a full load. I would say that is not limiting in most circumstances.
Jump to postI often wonder why OGG has persisted with such a short runway when there is plenty of land free for extension especially to the SW.
Jump to postI remember in the early 1990s when Delta had a hub at DFW, the commuter wing (Skywest I think) used to operate this version from Dallas to Chihuahua, a distance of 600 miles. Block time would have been around 2 hours without a toilet! Shortly after the type was replaced with the larger (and toilet f...
Jump to postI flew the Airbus 321LR around the world in MSFS 2020. Longest flight was MNL-HNL which from memory was around 9 hours.
Jump to post30 years ago I was lucky enough to fly jumpseat in a BA 757 from ABZ to LHR. Full power take-off then climb at up to 5000fpm to FL410 where we stayed for less than five minutes before starting descent.
Jump to postSpot on Tugmaster. It was probably the worst airmanship of any crew in the history of civil aviation. There were over 30 seconds between normal flight and the impact. Not only that but there were three captains and a first officer in the cockpit at the time. Weather was perfect and there was no tech...
Jump to postCould do up to 15kts at a push but most operators would limit to 10kts.
Jump to postI remember passing the departure end of 27L at Heathrow on the M25 in 1990 when a Pan Am 747-100 took off. It was so incredible low, I wondered if it had lost an engine after V1!
Jump to postEmpty weight 130k kg
Fuel incl reserves approx 60k kg
Pax payload approx 25k kg
Total weight 215k kg
MTOW 254k kg
I would think they would be ok at that weight up to around 35c based on the numbers in post #8 so worst case maybe a delay of an hour or two.
leader1 wrote:Just curious what they expect the runway capacity to be if they do move the runway? My understanding is that they can currently run 60 movements an hour with just one runway.
Brilliant report - thank you very much for the huge effort you have gone to in writing it. All the best.
Jump to postA good friend of mine works at IAD and when I went over there a couple of weeks ago, he mentioned that landings on 30 are becoming a lot more common.
Jump to postBrilliant post as always, I really enjoyed reading it. I noted at the start you said it was a 12 leg trip, but only 10 legs were reported to 5 different cities. Was there a 6th rotation that you didn’t include?
Jump to postJFK always used 22R for landings even back in the 1980s, especially for European arrivals in the afternoon. Not critical, but 8400ft was reasonably tight for 747s.
Jump to postI flew PVD to EDI in the 737 once. No difference comfort wise to a larger aircraft and for £60 I wasn’t complaining!
Jump to postI think the range would be ok for this sector as 77E maximum range is 7000nm. Although the dense configuration of the LGW fleet might be a limitation. The real issue is the yield which would have to be between 150-200% of yield on an East Coast or Caribbean sector to stack up given that the latter r...
Jump to postWhat on earth the pilots were thinking flying through that we will never know! It is a miracle that plane landed in almost one piece.
Jump to postThey have been known to do the odd charter to New York from the north of England and both 320 and 321 neo have the range. The sector length of approx 2900nm does not require an LR or XLR variant so these sorts of routes are certainly possible.
Jump to postThanks very much for the answers. From my experience of flying in the Airbus as a passenger it is very good at stopping!
Jump to postI do warn the pax before landing in BUR/SNA that it’s not going to be a “smooth/greaser” landing. It’s definitely get the wheels down firmly, FO says “SPOILERS”, I respond “MANUAL BRAKES” and override the MED auto brakes immediately by applying the brakes with the rudder pedals while simultaneously...
Jump to postI believe Air Canada tried it once at SFO. They forgot that SFO only had two parallels!
Jump to postEmirates has very specific requirements for large capacity aircraft to make their business model work. There are many other airlines who do not have such a requirement and this will dictate the manufacturer offering.
Jump to postGreat report Ben. Out of interest what date was your trip to SAV? I was also 21 in 1991 and with two university friends we flew from our home country to the USA and spent a month flying around on Delta Airlines. We had a special ticket which allowed for 30 days unlimited air travel on a standby bas...
Jump to postAs many have said, the 737 Max 10 can take over any domestic 757 mission at greatly improved route economics, not least because it is 25 tonnes lighter for a similar passenger load.
Jump to postBrilliant report again - thanks very much for posting.
Jump to postThanks for a very detailed report which was absolutely fascinating to read. And huge congratulations on your achievement of reaching IOE! I hope you will post many more reports as your career progresses. I noticed that on the leg into DCA you landed to the north - if the winds had required a River V...
Jump to postGreat report Ben. Out of interest what date was your trip to SAV? I was also 21 in 1991 and with two university friends we flew from our home country to the USA and spent a month flying around on Delta Airlines. We had a special ticket which allowed for 30 days unlimited air travel on a standby basi...
Jump to postYou are not wrong. Last week they went from 90F to 35F in 12 hours before snow moved in!
Jump to postThe fourth engine was installed in the stretched 3B variant. It was needed because RR never developed a proposed more powerful engine so HS came up with this curious “Heath Robinson” fix. It was only ever used during take-off and initial climb, basically to get a fully-laden aircraft off the ground....
Jump to postI was on a one hour 757 flight from Aberdeen to London once. We climbed to FL410 and stayed there for two minutes! I was lucky enough to be in the jump seat for that flight and the pilots told me if was the most fuel efficient profile.
Jump to postAlso worth noting that even at base back-up aircraft are not in over-plentiful supply. There might be one or two LH aircraft at any one time but if those go, then ops will have to do a bit of juggling. Perhaps in this case an arriving aircraft landing in early afternoon may have had some downtime wh...
Jump to postAs I understand it reverse thrust is not included in the stopping calculations for aircraft certification so the answer to your question is yes. Quite often at airports with longer runways or where noise is an issue, aircraft use idle reverse which does aid in slowing the plane down but makes no noi...
Jump to postFrom my experience in the simulator business a large part of the cost is the flight model pack from the manufacturer, without which you cannot get the regulator approval. We were trying to get a lower level of approval without spending the money on a data pack and were told that we would need to hir...
Jump to postThe pavement strength on the main bit of runway would I guess need to be stronger to withstand the hit of a landing aircraft so I am guessing it is a cost saving issue, given that most aircraft can be landed and stopped inside half the distance of the runway’s 14,500ft.
Jump to postSlightly off topic but has anyone noticed that the A320 in MSFS2020 does not reach full power on a TOGA setting since the 22nd December update? I am sure I am not imagining it but it seems more sluggish.
Jump to postEmpty 747s have landed at a variety of short runways over the years. Where it is the last flight considerations such as brake temperature are unimportant. An empty 747 can be stopped in around 3000ft if brakes are set to Max, although you would never do this with passengers on board. Regular line fl...
Jump to postThere must have been numerous fog diversions over the twenty or so years they were in service.
Jump to postPerfectly fine at MAD with almost 1km available from this point.
A little bit tighter elsewhere!
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DY will almost certainly be gone by Easter so it is meaningless.
Jump to postNorwegian may not even be around summer 2020. Except we thought that last summer too. After last Summer they had NOK 1.3bn profit, their Gatwick slots and shares in investment backs to trade, as well as cash from their rights issue. After this Summer they will have nothing, and few ways to raise ca...
Jump to postLoving the comments about airmchair CEOs and yes, whilst true that none of us are on the inside it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the airline is deep in the mire. If nothing else, the seat sale of $115 across the pond for the entire Winter should be raising a red flag. Bear in mi...
Jump to postThey can’t sell leased aircraft and anything they own is offset by debt. The borrowing costs will skyrocket now they have defaulted so their only option is to issue more shares. Their cash position will see them through one quarter if that, and short of a miracle they will run out around the end of ...
Jump to postThey are up to their eyeballs in debt, selling off assets and defaulting on bonds. Unless Q3 is stellar, which it won’t be, they don’t have enough cash to see them through to Spring, assuming Q4 and Q1 are as bad as last year, which they will be. On top of this they have 100 aircraft on order with n...
Jump to postReports on Pprune that the major bindholder will reject the offer, wanting a share issue instead. Not good.
Jump to posthttps://www.euronews.com/2019/09/10/norwegian-air-proposes-to-increase-unsecured-bonds-call-price Why would this be announced ahead of the bondholders’ meting? Surely it could be used as a negotiation tactic? I am guessing it is academic as I doubt the bond will be repaid early but even so it smells...
Jump to postI have been involved in a detailed analysis of DY’s P&L position for Q3 ahead of the results in early October. Our resources are the financial statements that appear on their Investor Relations pages. We have looked at revenue and cost trends and it does not look good. Bear in mind that Q3 is wh...
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