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Generally it's best to use the rudder pedal interconnect to exit the runway, as it won't give enough authority to skid the nose gear...

Direct North/South gets you through the ITCZ as quickly as possible, which means you’re probably not exposed to the worst of the weather...

Yes, of course the airlines should be compensated by the passengers who didn’t fly on their cancelled flight.

Misjudged it. Given the conditions seem pretty mild, the aircraft is moving around a bit on the approach, so I get the feeling that he's...

Having spent thousands of nights in hotels, I can safely say that a good nights sleep is a very rare event. 99% of the time it's other...

Given the date, the first of the 767s wouldn't have been far away.

That makes for interesting reading…

It will work until it turns around and bites them. Standards are not the same, even domestically. This is just a replay of Boeing.

#1 wouldn't shut down at all. The reason was actually a safety system, working as it was designed. Basically to ensure that an...

And yet the annual allocation of training slots is virtually non existent. My take is that they're continuing to farm out everything...

That would just blow through.

Correct. There’s something similar on most aircraft. Not all are covered by a hatch when closed, but most are, for drag, noise...

The first video is F16. The pair are F-5s, and going by what looks to be a longer than usual forward fuselage, I'd guess at F-5Fs (two...

Not that I know of. With four engines it was considered unnecessary. And not all RATs are equal. Some provide electricity, but others...

There have been some pretty dumb videos put out there at times. Makes you wonder....