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kearnet

Re: 727-200 L2/R2 exit operation

Given the vanishingly small chance of flying on one and needing this information, I am intrigued to ask why? Because people like me and OP, when we see something like this handle in the stowed position (I assume OP saw a static image in stowed position), with no recess to allow your hand to grab sa...

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kearnet

Down sides to top-of-wing engine placement?

While the underslung engine/inverted-T design (UI for short) - 737, A320, E190, etc., dominates commercial models, followed by the rear mounted engine (RT For short) - 727, DC-9, CRJ, etc., Each of these designs have their pros and cons. UI: Pros - Wing loading weight of engine counter balances forc...

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kearnet

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX

AS CEO making phone call really soon: “Airbus! Buddy, pal, amigo! You are looking great, have you lost weight? …. “

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kearnet

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

My condolences to the family and friends of the CG crew who perished. Based on what we know so far, I have a hypothesis that the root cause of this will be severe fatigue and/ or emotional strain on the part of the CG crew. I’m guessing the poor crew had been working for hours (24 hrs+ ?) prepping a...

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kearnet

Re: Phoenix Aviation - 2023

I find myself agreeing with you. And I can't imagine anybody from the West Valley driving all the way to SDL (isn't it SCF?), what a pain! I sure wouldn't, especially with their high fares. And you've found that with this move they're already published fares HIGHER than what they've been at PHX? It...

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kearnet

Re: Phoenix Aviation - 2023

Any word or signs of progress on T3N2 or taxiway uniform? Uniform hasn't broken ground but construction offices are setup and making progress. The West Cargo refurb that is currently occurring is necessary to get Uniform going. TRACE was also just awarded an engineering contract for the demolition ...

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kearnet

Re: America West Green CRJ Wings

S7 painted EVERYTHING green on the classic 737s

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kearnet

Re: KPSM closed to large/commercial traffic because all ARFF is broken

FlyingElvii wrote:
And no one thought to call the local fire department for help??
IIRC, local fire can stand in if they have trained ARFF personnel supervising?

I’m guessing that’s why it’s only larger aircraft and not all ops. The local can handle small GA just fine.

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kearnet

KPSM closed to large/commercial traffic because all ARFF is broken

Yikes! According to WMUR, KPSM (Pease International Airport, Portsmouth, NH) is closed to all large and commercial flights because all 3 of the ARFF trucks available are down with mechanical issues. This affected Thursdays Allegiant flights (I don’t think they operate daily). Source: https://www.wmu...

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kearnet

Re: Airport Mistakes

IMHO MHT (Manchester, NH) made a few missteps which˙ added together has really hurt them: - Changing the airports name to "Manchester-Boston", thus making folks think "why don't I just fly into Logan (BOS) anyway?" - Becoming hyper focused on trying to get more people from Massac...

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kearnet

Re: Phoenix Aviation - 2023

I was looking at PHX in Google Maps tonight and noticed a structure I hadn’t noticed before. To the east of the ANG area, before the end of E Old Tower Rd, there’s a structure that looks like it could be either an old Terminal (except there’s no ramp to it) or train station with a circular drive, in...

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kearnet

Re: Possible Security incident at PHX

Any updated info on this? I haven’t had a chance to check the LiveATC recordings for clues.

I’m assuming it was something pretty mundane if no one else is talking about it. The updated linked article says the FBI was infovoled.

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kearnet

Possible Security incident at PHX

https://www.azfamily.com/2023/03/24/sky ... ly-closed/

kearnet

Re: Phoenix Aviation Thread - 2022

https://www.azfamily.com/2022/12/20/sky ... avel-rush/

kearnet

Re: 36 Injured on Hawaiian Airlines Flight

Just saw this on a family.com. This is why I always keep my seatbelt on even when the sign is off.

I saw in the article one of the pax treated was just 18 months old!

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kearnet

Re: No JetBridge Canopy for E175 Boarding

Operator error? Maybe the canopy wasn’t working? Maybe the bridge gets too hot? I’d say about 20-30 other gates weren’t using them, so I don’t think it was an operational error. -Would be pretty bad for DFW if 20-30 canopy’s were inoperative lol. All the AA mainline aircraft were using them. I'm gu...

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kearnet

Re: Boston Aviation Thread - 2022

Last night while taxing for departure on B6 1303, I was shocked/thrilled to see the LH 744 is inservice. Does anyone have any info on how long it'll be on the Boston route or heard how long LH is going to keep it? Flying upper deck on a 744 is one of my big list items and I thought I'd lost the chan...

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kearnet

Re: Phoenix Aviation Thread - 2022

Several things. First of all the comment about the new arena hampering the possibility of the south runways being extended further East is complete nonsense. The runways cannot be extended further East because the Salt River is in the way. They are already extended as far East as possible. This has...

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kearnet

Re: Phoenix Aviation Thread - 2022

Anyone know what the huge plume of grey smoke is coming from PHX?

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kearnet

Re: New Terminal EYW

toga998 wrote:
Pipedream

Huh ???

The contractors were hired last fall and they're breaking ground in few weeks. this is no dream, it's happening.

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kearnet

Re: Jetblue Repaint Thread

Notable updates: Harlequin tail eliminated, none remain on any B6 aircraft :( Praying for a special livery of some sort with one of the old tails on it. If you get to fly on a 320 tail that isn't highrise or spotlight enjoy it- the others are going away quickly. Shockingly, only 2 barcode tails are...

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kearnet

Unusual GSE

While looking for new plane vids to watch, I came across the thumbnail of this video which shows a piece of GSE I've never see before. I tried scrubbing through the video to see said GSE in more detail but alas it was not there. I'm referring to the yellow truck that has what looks like a steep belt...

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kearnet

Re: Phoenix Aviation Thread - 2022

Has the western extension of the SkyTrain opened to the Rental car center yet? When I drove through a few weeks ago, I believe I saw posters up on the columns in the pickup area announcing the change from buses. Getting rid of the busses will be such a relieve to the roadways!

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kearnet

Re: JetBlue Officially Launching LHR/LGW

Flight B6 7, first with PAX to LHR is officially on her way!

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kearnet

Re: Say hello to the "Green Africa" airline. AOC received.

Any idea of what aircraft type(s) they’ll operate? I didn’t see it mentioned in the article.

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kearnet

Re: How much does a typical airline pilot know about his/her aircraft?

This topic makes me think of a discussion here on a.net from maybe 10/15 years ago when, I think it was AA, updated the flap mechanism of their MD-80s to decrease drag. I was surprised that the pilots of the fleet were not aware of the change nor seemed to even noticed it happened.

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kearnet

Re: JetBlue Officially Launching LHR/LGW

I was just playing around on JetBlue.com to get a sense of initial bookings. It's completely anecdotal, but doing searches from JFK to London area, it would seem at the time of me writing this, the LGW flights are sold out until Sept. 29th. The LHR flight have some booking here and there. Grant stil...

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kearnet

Re: Flight school housing in Mesa, AZ, ATP?

The students in Stone Canyon right now are the ones from CAE Oxford Aviation Academy. CAE trains their students at Falcon Field (KFFZ) where they do their Single Engine VFR and IFR training, also some Multi Engine training is done. They have a lot of European students from Belgium, France, the UK a...

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kearnet

Flight school housing in Mesa, AZ, ATP?

The apartment complex where I live in Mesa, AZ (Stone Canyon) has several units used by a flight school in the area to house students. There seems to be a good number of students here, maybe as many as 30 at any one time. They seem to be from all over the world. I've been curious for a while about w...

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kearnet

Re: UA328 engine explosion at DEN

Not to be melodramatic, but as it has now been essentially confirmed to be a blade-off uncontainable engine failure, is anyone else thinking about UA 232?

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kearnet

Re: Air scoops on B-36 prop blades

VMCA787 wrote:
I can confirm what DH106 has written. The exit vents are for prop de-icing. They use exhaust gas mixed with air to heat the prop to get rid of any ice buildup.

DH106 wrote:
Think they're exit vents for the prop heating air?

Thank you guys, Very cool (Or hot in this case?).

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kearnet

Air scoops on B-36 prop blades

Hello all, With nothing to do this past beautiful Sunday I went down to Tucson to the Pima Air and Space museum. While there taking a close detailed look at their B-36, I noticed on the tip on each blade was what appeared to be ram air scoops. Can any one tell me what these indents where for and how...

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kearnet

Re: Person jumps fence at LAS, jumps on AS 737

https://youtu.be/7wsOqoHbuiI

kearnet

Re: AS 737 hits a bear in YAK

iamlucky13 wrote:
bennett123 wrote:
So what will they do with the cub?.

Teach it to play the flute for the circus. He will become a piper cub.

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kearnet

Re: The good old times: old commercials on YouTube

Don't forget Mohawk / Allegheny / Piedmont / USAir My Mom used to sing the first one to me when I was a kid! https://youtu.be/jRXrAMWKvq8 https://youtu.be/IX9mOnXOWq8 https://youtu.be/Qx80f8y3lJo (Audio only) https://youtu.be/2dBigpqGnzA https://youtu.be/mJpAaCTWPMk (This one gets your heart racing ...

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kearnet

Re: OAG Changes 5/10/2020: JUNE DECIMATION; DL Suspends BUR/CAK/HPN/LGB/MDW/MHT/OAK/PVD/SWF Till Fall

paulsaz wrote:
PHX-LHR is scheduled to resume Oct 2020.

Thanks for the reply. Now I know I can get my money back to use for my apartment move.

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kearnet

Re: OAG Changes 5/10/2020: JUNE DECIMATION; DL Suspends BUR/CAK/HPN/LGB/MDW/MHT/OAK/PVD/SWF Till Fall

I think I can safely assume BA PHX - LHR is also axed for June?

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kearnet

Re: Phoenix Aviation Thread - 2020

https://www.azfamily.com/news/slideshow ... ae.html#17

kearnet

Re: Surprising history of hijackings to Cuba: Facts, Figures, & Questions

[threeid][/threeid] How did that number compare to hijacking flights to Luton? If you don’t get the joke, grab a hay bale, have a seat and look it up on the interweb. How on earth have I as a self professed MP fan never seen this sketch before??? I haven’t been this riled up since there were caribou...

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kearnet

Re: Surprising history of hijackings to Cuba: Facts, Figures, & Questions

Seabear wrote:
Lockheed Constellation?

Correct!

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kearnet

Re: Surprising history of hijackings to Cuba: Facts, Figures, & Questions

A few come to mind but I don’t know if they’re what you’re after: ⋅ DC-7 ⋅ BAC 1-11 ⋅ BAC/Aérospatiale Concorde (but hardly shocking) ⋅ EMB-110 Bandeirante ⋅ Swearingen Metro Am I close? V/F They're all “too new”. The one I’m thinking of had over 80...

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kearnet

Re: Surprising history of hijackings to Cuba: Facts, Figures, & Questions

- Every well known, for the period, aircraft from the DC-3 to the 747 made the list, with one very notable (shocking in fact) omission - leave a comment if you know which one. ### - Aircraft that were relatively rare to the Americas such as the Sud Caravelle, Comet, and HS-748 made this list. - The...

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kearnet

Surprising history of hijackings to Cuba: Facts, Figures, & Questions

While obeying the current quarantine rules for Covid-19, I started looking through all the entries on aviation-safety.net, a site I’ve been to many times for over a decade, but was usually looking up a specific incident. As I was browsing through, I started to notice a mind bogglingly high number of...

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kearnet

Re: Phoenix Aviation Thread - 2020

Just updated today on Routes Online regarding BA equip. here at PHX: London Heathrow – Phoenix 777-300ER replaces 747-400 during following period: 25APR20 – 22JUN20, 30JUN20 – 04JUL20, 09JUL20 – 24AUG20, 17OCT20 – 24OCT20 (Additional dates now scheduled with 777 instead of 747, previously not repor...

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kearnet

Re: FD uses ladder to extract pax from upper deck of a380 on med divert.

Probably because you can load the passenger onto the little platform atop the ladder and either lower said platform along the ladder or most probably lower the ladder with the platform to ground level. It then works like an elevator. I admit I did not think of the ladder as being equipped with such...

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kearnet

FD uses ladder to extract pax from upper deck of a380 on med divert.

So while a medical divert is hardly news worthy, this one really caught my attention: This past Tuesday, an EK A380 flying DXB-JFK diverted to BGR for a sick pax. Instead of putting air-stairs on the main deck, the fire department used their ladder truck to extract the pax direct from the upper deck...

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kearnet

Re: Looking to fly on CityJet's RJ85

I’m on the same mission and am doing LCY-DUB at the end of June. In my research, this is the only route they’re used on until they find another LCY compatible plane or drop the LCY service all together. While I’ve not heard anything concrete, based on the fact they went through the time and expense ...

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kearnet

Re: Tips or Tricks on getting a Window seat?

Perhaps you can give us some details that we can maybe better help you out. Can you tell us the date you’re traveling, the route and/or flight #, and what airline?

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kearnet

Re: Your 2020 Booked/Flown Flights

JAN 18-19: PHX T2 Farewell trip. PHX-LAX UA5435 United (Skywest) E175 LAX-PHX UA5512 United (Skywest) E175 - Saying goodbye to T2 before closed and torn down - First time flying with UA - First time actually leaving the vicinity of LAX and going into the city despite having been there twice before....

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kearnet

Re: What do you think is the worst recently built airport terminal?

alan3 wrote:
Does Berlin count?

LOL, I had the same thought when I read the title.

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