There will be some controversy with this move. Ali refused to serve his country, that will not sit well with veterans. Being a great boxer will not make up for that. On the other side of this, won't the Standiford family be upset by this? Trump, who is currently the president of the USA refused to ...
Jump to post777-200IGW (VIIP-VIIY) GE90-90B engines rated at 94,000lbs of takeoff thrust - these had the "Denver thrust bump" option. In reality basically never use the full 94,000lbs. So this is a software setting then? What were they actually rated at then? The thrust level is controlled electronic...
Jump to postFurther to the above, the Consortium claims it is taking all risks with their proposal to upgrade NAIA ..... https://www.philstar.com/business/2018/09/06/1848964/naia-consortium-taking-all-risks-bid-rehabilitate-main-airport Meanwhile, Congress is reportedly allotting P3.0B in the GAA 2019 budget f...
Jump to postFedEx operates several as the MD-10. I believe one MD-10 is operated as a flying hospital, and the USAF still operates 59 as tankers. The Netherlands has a few as tankers as well.
Jump to postI rode on this registration before. I believe it was from NTC (Victorville) maybe about 5 years ago. It looked pretty ratty, but I'm not a mechanic so I'm sure it's better than it looks to the untrained eye. I volunteered for baggage detail so I could be outside and close. It has changed hands many ...
Jump to postflyingfromcvg wrote:Nice to see the Midwest
I remember flying on a 747-136 from PIT-PHL-LHR sometime in the early 90s as a wee kid. At some point, they moved their flight to LGW and downsized to a 767-336ER. I'm not sure about the exact timeframe though.
Jump to postThis is mostly unenforceable. All this will do is hassle honest people who truthfully disclose. All these people have to say is, oh, I don't have a facebook. You don't have to use your real name to sign up for most social media, so how are they going to find it?
Jump to postOld fashioned way of thinking. I don't see the point in uniforms. It doesn't make me fly a plane any better.
Jump to post1989worstyear wrote:Citation, please. Substantiate your claim with some facts. Jump to postthat's what crack and hip hop "culture" will do to a country.
Getting rid of the longest runway? Sounds dumb to me. Can't they just paint a couple of yellow x's and call it good. It's going to bite them in the ass when they need it later.
Jump to post7100 nm. About 15-16 hours without wind. Definitely an ULH route now..
Jump to postWonder why it went to VCV for a few hours? Sounds like the Mississippi National Guard got tagged for a rotation at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin. It's a horrible experience. Hopefully, some young trooper got lucky and got to sit in F for the ride there, because he will be sleeping on t...
Jump to postcoolian2 wrote:Incidentally, I flew NZ recently,.
What are they going to do with the A330? Use it to up-gauge regional services to get around slot restrictions at NAIA?
Jump to postHawaii is a huge transient population. People (UH students, workers etc.) need to go home for the holidays. Hawaii locals need to go to Vegas for the new year. Sounds like a good use of spare capacity.
Jump to postcrownvic wrote:While I doubt DL spends too much energy watching Allegiant, I do believe this kicks in about the time Allegiant ends their Hawaii service from LAS.
The market is brutal--HA is able to sustain due to having the infrastructure to do so, by virtue of HNL being their hub. They have the feed for connections, and they have the optimal aircraft (717) to run a a shuttle service between the main islands. Mokulele and Island Air (plus some smaller player...
Jump to postOnly one LCC flies to HNL from the US Mainland and only from one airport, G4 from LAS Not anymore. Allegiant discontinued HNL service in Nov 2016. We have Virgin America (quasi-LCC), Jetstar as you have mentioned, Jin Air, soon to be AirAsiaX and Westjet. So given the high cost nature of HNL, there...
Jump to posthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_and_hold_short_operations https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/LAHSO_Order.pdf https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/active-pilots/safety-and-technique/operations/land-and-hold-short-operations-lahso I don't like LAHSO personally, but it can make ants...
Jump to postVeetwo wrote:Can the FAA pull the CVR recordings whenever they want or do they need a search warrant or subpoena?
Is Allentown one of those former Midwest manufacturing centres that has suffered from a drawback in the economy and saw heavy blue collar support for Trump? Pennsylvania is NOT considered the Midwest at all, but it is what you describe as being full of former blue collar workers. Trump's support ba...
Jump to postIt was scheduled to fly Kiev - Leipzig - Keflavik - Goose Bay - Washington - Miami - Paramaribo - Iquique - Sao Paulo - Santiago.
Will the bus be a double decker like an A380? Are we going to see Greyhound forming a coalition of bus lines to march down to Congress and protest the impending ME3 highway takeover?
Jump to postDon't all US military pilots train to handle a nuclear payload? No. Only those flying in a unit with a designated nuclear delivery mission train to that standard. Although, for some aircraft such as the B-2, that is every single one, but for some aircraft only certain units are designated as nuclea...
Jump to postNothing against the various cargo planes, but the B1, B52, and B2 are all special as they are nuclear strategic bombers. By their nature, they have to be segregated from the rest of the USAF fleet, especially civilian airports. There's only like 4 or 5 bases with these planes. And they are all loca...
Jump to postMaksFly wrote:Jerseyguy wrote:Maverick623 wrote:My parents don't pay a dime for precheck.
$85 for 5 years to get Global Entry is not a problem at all.
I wonder why they haven't pursued a joint use agreement with the navy base? 10k ft runway.
Jump to postYou won't find much authoritative, factual data on this--you're asking about very closely held and competitive insider information.
Jump to postAs has already been mentioned, it's extremely easy to land at the wrong airport at night when the weather is VFR when they are that close together. Once you 'think' you have THE runway in sight, you tend to just focus on that with your attention until it's too late. There are ways to alleviate the i...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/rfields5421" class="quote" target="_blank">rfields5421</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>In the US, the FAA ATC gets a notice...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/pwm2txlhopper" class="quote" target="_blank">pwm2txlhopper</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>Occasionally, I've read about mi...
Jump to postOverhead break: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_and_break" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_and_break</a> Military aircraft usually fly in formation, so having 4 aircraft on a long final with 5 mile separation would clog up an unrealistic amount of airspace (realize that a ...
Jump to postIs there a link to an article or some other source?
Jump to postFlight time, even on the same route, will never be the same, even with the same aircraft. Many, many factors go into route planning. Some are listed above.
Even two 787s or two GEX on the same route will differ timewise given the winds are always changing.
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Gr8Circle" class="quote" target="_blank">Gr8Circle</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>How do those crew keep current on flying...
Jump to postThe base cops drive around US<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> flight lines and ramp areas and enforce speeding rules, getting too close to aircraft/restricted areas, etc. There is a special badge that one must get just to walk on the ramp, similar to the civil SIDA badge. There is also a spe...
Jump to postYes. According to this article, <a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-how-boeing-and-pan-am-created-an-airliner-424169/?cmpid=NLC|FGFG|FGFIN-2016-0419-GLOB&sfid=70120000000taAh" target="_blank">http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...016-0419-GLOB&sfid=70120000000taAh</a...
Jump to postWait, somebody was trying to put an aircraft in another aircraft? Why not just fly it to the destination? Problem solved, crisis averted.
Jump to postI'm not part of CZ route planning, but I'd imagine that it's due to a combination of under-utilization of widebody assets and slot/airspace constraints at bigger Chinese airports.
Jump to postIt's not uncommon at the bigger, busier airports. There is so much chatter going on, so many planes doing different things, a maze of runways and taxiways that you may or may not be able to see from one location unless you build a 1,000 foot tower that it makes sense to split the operations up. Towe...
Jump to postHow often do these Open Skies AC actually fly? To me it sounds like an incredibly slow and seasonal mission.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/QANTAS747-438" class="quote" target="_blank">QANTAS747-438</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i> Is there any chance <acr...
Jump to postInsurance requirements drive a lot of the business climate in the Western world; aviation definitely is not untouched by this form of non-governmental regulation.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PW100" class="quote" target="_blank">PW100</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>LAHSO (Land And Hold Short Operations) that used...
Jump to postThe cabin altitude is not constant either, just like your air conditioner takes a while to cool the room when you first turn it on, the environmental control system on a pressurized aircraft takes a while to cycle throughout the cabin. It is constantly working to equalize the pressure at the desired...
Jump to postThe Army will take you up until age 33. They fly helicopters and a few airplanes. No fighters though.
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