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Heathrow = Thrust Reversers deployed by
Eeyore[_2_]
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Eeyore wrote
Eeyore wrote:
Furthermore the captain is reported as saying that they lost power.
NOT that they encountered windshear. I think he'd know the
difference.
PLUS the APU intake door is...
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Heathrow = Thrust Reversers deployed by
Eeyore[_2_]
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Eeyore wrote
Clive Sinclair wrote:
If the CAA or Boeing believed the pilots initial report as a total
loss of all power and electrical systems, which has NEVER happened on
a commericla twin engined aircraft...
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Heathrow = Thrust Reversers deployed by
Eeyore[_2_]
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Eeyore wrote
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Eeyore wrote
Explainer wrote:
Pretty obvious from the descriptions of witnesses and passengers that
at least one...
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Thunderbirds F-16 Ejection Video by
Larry Dighera
Here's what can happen if you haven't set your altimeter correctly:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=alo_XWCqNUQ
January, 2004, of the USAF Thunderbirds F-16 ejection at Mountain
Home AFB, Idaho. This compilation produced for AVweb by Glenn Pew
(...
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Introducing kids to flying concepts early! by
es330td
I live in Athens, GA near KAHN. On a nice weekend day GA activity is
pretty heavy.
On Saturday I was outside with my kids (6 and 4) while they were doing
various things kids do, including drawing on the driveway with
sidewalk chalk. I noticed a lot of planes in the air so I pulled out
my ICOM...
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You never knew marshalling aircraft... by
Bob Fry
.....could be so entertaining.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz7FI_S0_NE
--
Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to
God.
~ Lenny Bruce
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Airshow negated by Bush visit by
Mxsmanic
Antique planes at an airshow were escorted to the ground because the King was
visiting nearly 30 miles away:
http://us.cnn.com/2007/US/10/08/forced.landings.ap/index.html
Not sure how much of an airshow you can have if nobody is allowed to fly.
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777 again. by
Eeyore[_2_]
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
If. lke you suggested, it had been a minute
earlier, Slough would look very different today.
Call yourself a pilot do you ?
They were nowhere NEAR Slough. It would have been Hounslow that'd have
copped it.
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Heathrow = Thrust Reversers deployed by
Eeyore[_2_]
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Eeyore wrote in
The BA crew would have had to ignore EICAS to have got caught out by
fuel starvation.
Nope.
Are you saying that there wouldn't have been any low qty or low fuel
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Heathrow = Thrust Reversers deployed by
Eeyore[_2_]
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Eeyore wrote
The problem with Air Canada was partly due to
unfamiliarity with the use of mixed imperial and metric measure. Plus
an aircraft flying with inoperative equipment. Not an issue here.
Nope.
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Heathrow = Thrust Reversers deployed by
Eeyore[_2_]
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Eeyore wrote
Windshear is AIUI all but unknown at Heathrow. It requires certain
meteorological conditions that are exceptionally rare in the UK AIUI.
Nope, wrong
I'd be delighted to hear you elaborate on that...
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Learning flying vs. driving by
Bertie the Bunyip[_22_]
"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in news:2505a7ec-fb86-4660-
:
On Jan 19, 3:09 pm, FledgeIII wrote:
On Jan 19, 5:57 pm, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote:
Whirly-Birds aren't
quite the...
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777 again. by
Bertie the Bunyip[_22_]
Eeyore wrote in
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john bates wrote:
The fact that some experienced people all mentioned the nose high
attitude before a stall (Which was the case due to the very short
distance it travelled on the grass)
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777 again. by
Bertie the Bunyip[_22_]
Eeyore wrote in
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john bates wrote:
"Eeyore" wrote
john bates wrote:
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777 again. by
Bertie the Bunyip[_22_]
"David T. Ashley" wrote in
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e)Landing gear damage ... somebody said the plane must have hit hard
(high vertical velocity). Not necessarily true.
Absolutely true.
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Learning flying vs. driving by
Aratzio
On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:01:53 +0000 (UTC), in the land of
alt.usenet.kooks, Bertie the Bunyip got double secret
probation for writing:
"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in news:5b77e4d2-4e25-4e2a-
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Saw you posted in SPF, way...
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Learning flying vs. driving by
Bertie the Bunyip[_22_]
FledgeIII wrote in news:6ab7d2bf-0fd4-4cc8-a60c-
:
On Jan 19, 6:28 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Surprise
Bertie
Say Bertie...
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777 again. by
Bertie the Bunyip[_22_]
Eeyore wrote in
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john bates wrote:
*** I've heard of fly by wire but don't know much about it - What
bugs me is that if it were just engine failure, that must mean that
controls were not affected.
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