RIP to all involved on this accident. I was reading all the posts, and while there's nothing to do more than wait for the FDR and the CVR datas, my guess is that possibly was a suicide act. The slight recovery during the descend can be due to a fight in the cockpit to regain control. Just a wild gue...
Jump to postDoes exist any pic of the damaged/lost An-225 apart of the damaged hangar? Sad days for the world and for us, enthusiasts of aviation.
Jump to postI don't think the L1011 could beat the DC-10 on sales on any hipothetical scenario, and the explanation is simple by 2 facts: Douglas (McDonnell Douglas) was at the time a very well stablished comercial airplane builder, with very loyal customers from around th world and a strong presence around the...
Jump to postI've readed so many times about the "heavy engines" of the 737MAX. Just curious: does somebody knows the weight of the CFM's used on the 737NG and weight of the LEAP engines used on the MAX to know really how many more weight is managing the 737MAX and their MCAS? There are some good info...
Jump to postI've readed so many times about the "heavy engines" of the 737MAX. Just curious: does somebody knows the weight of the CFM's used on the 737NG and weight of the LEAP engines used on the MAX to know really how many more weight is managing the 737MAX and their MCAS?
Jump to postAren't needed 3 crew to fly a 727? Sad fate for the crew and a classic piston airliner as the flyable list of those diminishes more and more. On another note, I don't know which is worse, dragging the 727 into this at the beginning of the thread without knowing all the facts, or the questioning the...
Jump to postNothing like a good "CDTMYLPQTRMP" to defuse the average Argentinian... :roll: As a Uruguayan myself, I know exactly the meaning of that phrase LOL On a serious note, that was too close for comfort and reminds me of the infamous film Fuerza Aerea Sociedad Anónima, controllers in Argentina...
Jump to postI don't see coming a "New Conviasa" if Venezuela get a new political direction. I see Avianca taking over the venezuelan market.
Jump to postI have readed some details of the ill fated flight, but does somebody knows if the crew told to the TWR that they were suffering some kind of difficulties? A distress call? Something? RIP to all perished.
Jump to postI flew from EZE to Rio Gallegos on a 747 that the flight crew said was the first 747 ever entered into the AR fleet, this was back in '98 and the plane was showing her age. If i remember the plane went on to SYD, we transferred on to Ushuaia which was the scariest landing I have ever experienced; a...
Jump to postThe very first route with the brand new type on the fleet, the 747-287B was EZE-GIG-MAD-FCO-FRA and FRA-FCO-MAD-GIG-EZE just one time per week, starting this route on Jan 1977 with the LV-LZD.
As far as I understand, the MOM bet that Boeing wants to do with just 1 model, is very, very ambitious. That big ambition is complicating the resolution of the case. Boeing needs to understand that to fill the gap that they want to cover, is needed 2 models with diferences between them, as happened ...
Jump to postLet's hope that HQ starts its operations better than FO, the local LCC. Argentina need to improve it's connectivity. Also let's hope the local unions take it easy with HQ. The local unions seems to be aggressive with all the airlines except AR due a a strong presence on the State owned company. If ...
Jump to postLet's hope that HQ starts its operations better than FO, the local LCC. Argentina need to improve it's connectivity. Also let's hope the local unions take it easy with HQ. The local unions seems to be aggressive with all the airlines except AR due a a strong presence on the State owned company.
Jump to postStitch wrote:Antarius wrote:Airbus didnt make the concorde.
No, but they as they are the successor company to the ones that did make Concorde, they became responsible for them and provided engineering and maintenance support to BA and AF.
This change will affect only the planes that fly on argentinian routes. Personally I see this a smart move, that will allow AR to offer lower fares and keeping it's lead on the argentinian market. AR is struggling in many directions to reduce it's deficit, that many years ago reached figures very d...
Jump to postThis change will affect only the planes that fly on argentinian routes. Personally I see this a smart move, that will allow AR to offer lower fares and keeping it's lead on the argentinian market. AR is struggling in many directions to reduce it's deficit, that many years ago reached figures very di...
Jump to postMay be Airbus guess that after the Neo version, there's no life on it, and they see better to think on a A360 model to match the MOM of Boeing.
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I'm surprised with all the haters that this thread has... even more in a site that's supposed to be dedicated to aviation lovers... maybe that says something about the original post.... direct feedback from peers can be good for character development lol This thread it's the same with all other thr...
Jump to postI'm surprised with all the haters that this thread has... even more in a site that's supposed to be dedicated to aviation lovers...
Jump to postShame that PA, who was a huge operator of these aircraft never updated it's interiors to the wide body look, pics are not easy to find, suggest googling for a few pics My guess is that the "wide body" style cabin was avaible very late on the life of the 707, at least operating for PA. The...
Jump to postIt looks like was painted with the same dark blue of the 748. That blue wasn't that corrected on a A320/321? Or the widebody fleet will be darker version and the narrowbody will be painted with the "revised" version of this new livery?
Jump to postIf ETOPS had been introduced sooner, this would have made it unnecessary to make the A342/3 in any way, shape, or form. The A339 basically has the range of the A343. Not really true. The performance of the A339 is the result of 25 years of development, improved wings and much newer engines. None of...
Jump to postAn interesting fact is that the nacelle is very intact despite what happened.
Jump to postIt would look better if the logo was in yellow. I am fine with the blue tail but the white logo is hideous. Here are 2 quick edits https://i.imgur.com/wDa7JBe.png https://i.imgur.com/Sw7T9om.png (Unfortunately, I can't edit/ fix my previous post, so I apologize if people consider my post spam.) :ch...
Jump to postExactly as you say,bland and incomplete.I am glad we have here someone who knows better. In my humble opinion,one mistake is the white outline of the door that makes things worse. You can't have two white outlines,one for the crane and one for the door (speaking about the A320).They should have it ...
Jump to postI honestly think a lot of a-netters with a decent bit of graphic design knowledge can do much better livery jobs than these expensive design agencies airlines employ for no doubt huge fees. How many of us have said the LH rebrand look was too dark. I'm graphic designer, and if LH comes to me to do ...
Jump to postMy guess is that as the MOM model it's aimed to be a best seller in a winde range of missions, Boeing it's being careful to do it fine. Boeing got to see operating costs, fuel consumption, and confort. The average body of these days, isn't the same that was used to design the 707 fuselage cross sect...
Jump to postInteresting that none of the LH group airlines use the same font: https://ambiente.messefrankfurt.com/content/dam/messefrankfurt-redaktion/ebu23/images/services/lufthansa-group-logos.jpg Well, as far as I can see, Lufthansa, Swiss and Germanwings, shares the same typeface: Helvetica bold. The odd f...
Jump to postThe wavy liveries are trendy, but not timeless. LH it's recognized by the representation of the german way and values. A livery as the LH it's a hard work to redesign, even if it's a light refresh. IMHO, LH must keep going the actual one. It's a livery that doesn't look dated.
Jump to postAs I can see, the scene is very different on Bombardier and Embraer. While BBD and canadian gov were with near dry pockets due to the slow sales of the C-Series, Embraer enjoy of a good moment with their actual products, and their E2 program, goes with no surprises. Embraer isn't looking for help, n...
Jump to postOnly in a very, very extreme case. I can't recall a single voluntary ditching event in the Buenos Aires area involving anything above GA level. Can't think of any GA one either. :checkmark: And ditching in the Rio de la Plata may not be the best option. Technically an estuary, not a river, its rapi...
Jump to postThe operations in SABE, includes overflight of Río de la Plata, and SAAR, it's near Paraná river. I know that this isn't enough to convince nobody about the need of life jackets, but I'm surprised if really neither the seats aren't floating devices. Can somebody tell if the floating seats are mandat...
Jump to postThere is no requirement for life jackets on planes that will never venture more than 50NM from the shore. A0 ATRs fit into that category. Now I am surprised that the seat cushions are not floating devices. Is your friend positive about that? Hi DC, my friend has near 250 flighs between national and...
Jump to postYesterday, a friend of mine, flown on Avianca Argentina (A0) from Rosario (SAAR) to Buenos Aires (SABE). They're flying brand new ATR 72-600, and he told me that the seats on board has no life jackets and the seats aren't floatable devices. Is that normal on ATR planes? I have readed, that there's a...
Jump to postJayafe wrote:Even the pig prefers Airbus over Boeing
You are very funny, your gold standard source is a “flight attendant student”. A captain is not a police officer, they do not arrest anyone, the Tokyo Convention as I stated above gives the authority to the captain whilst in flight to disembark or deliver a passenger at the completion of the flight...
Jump to post“The crew” does not have the authority to arrest anyone, the captain and only the captain can either disembark or deliver a passenger on arrival, under the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts on Board Aircraft, (“the Tokyo Convention”). And no the airlines are not required to “keep the or...
Jump to postSo a woman gets harassed/molested on a flight and she is a princess? It seems to be like this to many users here. The whole story is very bizarre on many levels. No airline is responsible for the behavior of passengers, passengers are responsible and accountable for their own behaviour. In some poi...
Jump to postThe father was a minister over 17 years ago. No influence from him whatsoever. The passenger next to the lady was first invading her space and then started to masturbate. At that point she told the crew and then to the purser and in a typically French way was given a laptop, told to return to her s...
Jump to postIt seems that the failure happened over Greenland, so the debris can be recovered to know more about this issue.
Jump to postDoes somebody knows if the debris of the #4 engine reached the #3 engine? Looking at the picture in the second page of the thread, seems to be intact.
Jump to postThe key of the MOM, is the fuselage section. It has to be wider than the Airbus fuselage. The 21th century average man is "bigger" than the 50's man. If Boeing do wrong on this ítem, the MOM, will be a failure.
Jump to postWow! Thanks so much for posting link to the movie. I've been wanting to see it again since it came out at last year but haven't been able to find it at the local Indian market. Pic of the plane the following day after the hijacking. https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/host.madison.com/cont...
Jump to postI wonder how will name its new aircraft if all their 7X7 series has been discontinued in the future. I am also curious why Boeing does not fill up the slots of discontinued aircraft. For example, since the 717 is discontinued, why don't they introduce a new aircraft and name it the new 717. Or rese...
Jump to postAs a lover of the 747, these are hard times to asume that this remarkable model is seeing it's last days of producion. But I got to be honest to myself, as the producion days of the DC-3, DC-6, 707, 727 and 757 came to an end, well... the 747 now it's on the same stage. I'll be forever in love for t...
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