Recent content by jb747

Covered a page or so ago.

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 like that. But there's no feedback, so he would have no idea that it had smoked like that. Added…. The rudder pedal interconnect gives up to 7º of nose pedal...

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 for long.

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 'stirring the stick'. The flare is too late. Touches down with a lot of back stick, which starts the aircraft rearing up on landing. So, a forward input to get...

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 guests.

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 electrical failure can't shut down the engines, the spar valves fail to the open position. If not for that design, the valves may have closed when the initial failure...

And yet the annual allocation of training slots is virtually non existent. My take is that they're continuing to farm out everything they can, including the flying. Rather like Boeing, in that flying is no longer any part of the core business (whatever that actually is).

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, vibration, reasons.

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 seaters).

Not that I know of. With four engines it was considered unnecessary. And not all RATs are equal. Some provide electricity, but others only act as hydraulic pumps. And I guess some do both.