Re: Harwich factory to make jet fuel out of faeces in world first

In Indonesia they make coffee from cat poop. But it is processed so well that is high quality and expensive. So why you are averse to the idea of aviation fuel from a similar source? After all, kerosene itself is very distilled and purified. They make coffee from beans that the cat (civet) happened...

Re: Iranian Airlines Fleet Question

Only a matter of time before the ex-TG A346's that flew to China recently find their way into Iran once enough fat brown envelopes have been handed over. Iran could also look to Azerbaijan and their two ( stored WFU ? ) A345's. Come on now. Everyone knows today it's not fat brown envelopes. Just a ...

Re: WN3695 engine damage departing DEN

Pontiac wrote:

Where is the fuselage barrel that thin?

Re: WN3695 engine damage departing DEN

Before the cowlings detaches completely it seen as flying almost like a flag in the wind. Is it so thin and flexible? Just curious. Yes. Like lots of tings on the plane it's designed to be very light. Probably similar thickness to the aircraft skin (which is not much over a 1mm thick - yes that is ...

Re: Austrian A320neo hits jetbridge

LOL.....We've had "chokes" (well ok, whatever should have kept the plane from hitting the jetway certainly choked at its job) and "chalks" (great for writing math problems, not for holding planes in place). The word we were looking for is "chocks". That'll be no points ...

Re: Austrian A320neo hits jetbridge

Is the left side also damaged too (the other side that still has something attached?) It looks like it has pulled away from the fuselage? Are they connected internally or part of the same structure vs each side being fitted independently of one another? Maybe forces through the stabilizer trim syst...

Re: 2024 Eclipse Travel Impact

Is it not possible for ATC to coordinate with GA traffic and scheduled airlines to say arrange 1 B737 special flight to replace 10+ 6 seater GA aircraft that would all fly for catching the eclipse? Which scheduled flights are you cancelling to free up the birds for this? Problem is GA pilots want t...

Re: United 737 off runway at IAH

NTSB released the preliminary report: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193898/pdf Some tidbits in there including the captain possibly misreading the runway conditions for that runway on the tablet. Had 3-3-3 for the 26's and 5-5-5 for 27 when 27 was al...

Re: Cargo 727 landing in South Sudan crashes into MD-82 wrecked in previous accident

phatfarmlines wrote:

747d10 wrote:

Is it a write off?
Sorry….(not sorry)

As we learned from the FS Key bridge collapse in Baltimore, this one's an allision.

Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed after a collision

There is no quick fix and going forward a closed port is going to have a big impact on trade and jobs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68681086 Didn't realise so much Fossil fuels went through there, and the ships currently stuck in port need to be elsewhere. It's a big coal port because...

Re: Delta A330 Return to SLC After Losing Engine Panel

Are we just creeping to the realization that FAA in general needs better oversight of maintenance across the board? UA obviously already, but the brake issue on the AA one and now this one. Yes, I understand every isue gets reported these days, but a bigger question over whether maintenance quality ...

Re: Southwest nearly hits LGA tower

I'm wondering who was doing the flying - Captain with the HUD, or FO who wouldn't have it. Seems like winds maybe were moving around a lot. METAR in the video claimed 16 knows right down the pipe, but on the first approach they reported a tail wind, so I'm confused what the real winds were.

Re: "Sully: questions

Fun fact....the simulator scenes at the end were all conducted by US AIRWAYS Check Airmen. They were not actors. The extras in the N90 scenes were all actual controllers as well at Atlanta TRACON. 3) the ATC controller who tried to help 1549 land is relieved of the duty and is told by his boss that...

Re: FAA issues eclipse travel impact

Scoreboard wrote:

I remember the last time I experienced an eclipse, all the natural aviators - the birds - went quiet a few minutes before the start. Presumably one of them had tweeted about it

Re: AA 737 Overrun at DFW

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/american-airlines-flight-overrun-runway-dfw-brake-repair-ntsb/3495047/ So apparently a maintenance issue - they had replaced the steel brakes with carbon ones four days before the incident, but had not reconnected some hydraulic lines correctly apparently. Guess it ...

Re: FAA issues eclipse travel impact

Yeah, lots of folks that decide to fly to somewhere in the path of totality day of - mainly so they can pick spots that don't have cloud cover. Probably a bad day or two to be flying practice patterns at some of those fields.

Re: Man boards Delta SLC flight with a stolen boarding pass

If ya got a deadline, maybe buddy pass isn't the way to go.....

Re: Airbus A220 Ramp Up Strained As Workers Now Prepare To Strike

Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AIMTA, representing 1,300 out of 3,000 workers at Airbus’ plant in Canada, voted 99.6% in favor of rejecting the contract and 98.9% in favor of a strike. Union members include mechanics, toolmakers, welders, and technicia...

Re: JetBlue/Spirit Merger Discussion thread - 2024 (merger plans terminated as of March 4)

Frontier just announced that they are going to offer a free empty middle seat on some flights. It sounds like Frontier is going after more of the business market now. If that takes off (pardon the pun), jetBlue is really going to need to step up it's game to survive. Even the ULCCs are beginning to...

Re: SpaceX - Tests, Launches, Developments - 2022

Launch successful, landings not. Got to have #1 to even attempt #2. Hopefully they'll make progress and get at least one landing to work on the next test. It took a few iterations for them to get the Falcon 9 booster landings to work. This is the first time that they have ever been able to try to r...

Re: United 737 off runway at IAH

My problem is it's situational - if the timing of that next incoming aircraft meant this crew felt rushed - that can be a contributing factor - and that is on the tower to know - and if they are asking the crew to keep the speed up then know it's a bit tight. How can the controller know if a crew f...

Re: Plane veered off flight path after both pilots fell asleep

Ok, time to add a requirement if allowing in-cockpit "rest". The non resting pilot needs to have some kind of alerter to prove they're awake - akin to the alerters used in railroads, though I don't have a great answer on what to do if it is not responded to - can't just apply the brakes li...

Re: United 737 off runway at IAH

Tower let them do it, but probably regrets not telling them to GTFO my runway sooner. Total bs. Having worked in that tower for many years, no regrets from the controller.....all on the crew. Rolling to the end was a common practice rather than exiting the high speed of SF, though the time saved to...

Re: Boeing 737 MAX Fails Dozens of Tests in FAA Audit

Leaves open a lot to interpretation only because they give no details. is this like an ISO-9001 type audit where you inevitably will have findings. Then it comes down to more detail of are they minor or major findings. Auditors never want to go back empty handed - if they do they get audited themsel...

Re: Future of Suburban Airpark W18

Who's paying to move the sewer treatment plant exactly? There will be zero government investment in this so any plan you have has to rely on nothing from them.

Re: United 77W Returns to Sydney

From the video it looks like it landed with no flaps deployed. Is that the case? No I don't think so. I see leading edge devices are out, and I'm pretty sure I see the fairings that cover the flap deployment hardware angled down on the landing. Looks like they were able to clean up the flaps/slats ...

Re: United 737 off runway at IAH

The NTSB will have a pretty good idea why this happened when they download the CVR and FDR data along with the weather data. Sounds like the runway was wet and the Approach and landing was normal but they gradually slowed down so as to not hydroplane on the runway and missed the high speed exit pri...

Re: Future of Suburban Airpark W18

No chance. Realize that before it closed even the thresholds had been displaced a ton - taking like 1/3 of the usable runway away. Basically no cooperation from the county/neighbors to manage trees to prevent that.

Re: Alaska 737 Arrives At Gate With Open Cargo Door

DaCubbyBearBar wrote:

My 2 cents... it popped open on landing... if it had happened at altitude, everything would have been frozen in the bin... like negative 60 degrees up there

Re: United flight loses main wheel departing SFO

How exactly does this happen? The 777 wheel seems to have about 20 "lug nuts" (for lack of the technical term) attaching the wheel to the main landing gear. Does it break at the main gear itself? I have this question also. How often are they checked? Are they included in the pilot’s pre-f...

Re: February 28, 2022, AA 1805, DFW to GSP

I imagine the issue was they were told how long to expect to hold due to that weather - and that was longer than fuel would have allowed before having to divert anyway. CAE may have been the planned diversion point so they went there to refuel and wait out the weather.

Re: AirSerbia E195 hits a pylon during take off from BEG

Everyone is fine so the pilots seem to have done the right thing after having done the initial wrong thing, however you have to wonder what was happening in the cockpit when they overran the runway and still pushed back on the yoke and took off, how many pilots would have done that instead of tryin...

Re: Airbus enhances A330-900 climb performance with extra flap settings and faster gear retraction

So the "how": For the Flaps, pilots can select an intermediate setting in the MCDU. Flaps will got to that setting instead of the standard one when the select with the flap lever (so they can define Flaps 2 to go to a position that is between normal 2 and 3 for example. No hardware changes...

Re: Helicopter makes precautionary landing at Oak Street Beach (downtown Chicago)

Is it common to be carrying extra oil? I get landing if you got an oil warning light. Good call to get down safely before the engine has a problem. I certainly hope it was more than just eh, let me pour some more oil and and I'm on my way. Slight difference too between a car burning or leaking oil a...

Re: Another 737 Quality Escape

Lesson here folks:
Emergency AD comes out quick when needed.
It will always be followed by a formal AD like this one once the paperwork follows the normal process.

But it's fine to make a new thread to make fun of Boeing even though we've discussed this already I guess....

Re: Today marks 11 years since the American/US Airways merger was announced

Wow! I always look forward to celebrating the 11 year anniversary of announcements! Good times to be had all around.

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Re: AA 737 Overrun at DFW

Do you think runway length is an issue? 17L/35R is the shortest runway at DFW. I mean, 8500 feet is still gobs or room for landing a 737-800. For example - how many landings of that type happen daily on the less than 6500 foot runways available at MDW for example. If they had an issue, then they ha...

Re: Washington, DC (BWI / DCA / IAD) Aviation - 2024

An EWR flight would really do wonders for connectivity here. I sorta get why they wanted to consolidate their DC ops, but right now if a Baltimore resident wants to fly Star Alliance to Europe they're schlepping out to IAD or getting on a flight and backtracking through ORD. I agree. I know it's pr...

Re: Cathay Pacific OAK-SFO diverted to LAX

Watching the live feed from LAX....messy, messy day in SoCal. Yeah, CX made it safely to LAX but I'm wondering if they wouldn't have been better off diverting to PDX or SEA. Probably not. They diverted to a station they serve. That may include better options for crew to later reposition the plane f...

Re: Boeing has withdrawn its request for an exemption on the 737-7

The unknown question right now is what is the state of the fix. Is it possible they've already gotten fairly far, and while this will add some delay to the -7, not the years that some folks are thinking, but maybe more like six months. They're going to get backup up anyway since they can't ramp up p...

Re: AS MAX9 Returning to service Friday