Amaizing landing!

I've been having that dream since before I really thought about actual aviation. As a kid, I'd be flying Superman style. As an adult, any manner of aircraft or mysterious forms of levitation might be involved. Occasionally the wires are replaced by towers, weather or other disconcerting obstacles th...

Icon's website is like they are selling cars. First thing they mention is the plane has a "control stick just like a fighter jet" :roll: Is there something wrong with a control stick? I believe the point of his post wasn’t to question the choice of a stick over a yoke setup but rather to point out ...

That's not how you spell "in".

which led the captain to divert the flight to Winnipeg — dumping 10,000 gallons (about 37, 854 litres) of fuel to land safely.

Does that sound right, having to dump fuel to land when already 3/4 of the way enroute to the intended destination?

Nobody in the flying public will ever get on anything remotely related to a 737 Max again. That's a much more delicate issue than fixing the physical issues. By the time the Max flies again everyone will have moved on the the next Facebook crisis. People care about price and that’s it. As has been ...

Makeshift way of making sure the wing didn't try to fly while being slung? Looks like two pieces of 4x4 laying along the spar of each wing as well.

tps8903 wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 01, 2019 11:04 am

FO was designated as SIC-0 which means he wasn't allowed to manipulate the controls

How does a pilot deemed unfit to fly the plane, even under supervision, qualify as crew on an aircraft with a 2 crew minimum?

Don't be putting ideas in his head!

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This thing's RH wing flickered over the top of my screen as I was quickly scrolling along the A27 trying to place some things I saw while touring there years ago. At full zoom, the image is pretty cool.

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FlyGy wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:43 pm

GyvAir wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 22, 2019 2:21 pm

I met a girl once who could do that with her ankles.

Put her ankles in the engine intake?

Well, near the intake, I guess.

They hit a negative 4 G dive initialy on the FOs push. All you hear is stuff hitting the ceiling and at one point a loud thud. Would 4G negative be possible to achieve, even instantaneously? A loaded 767 is a lot of mass to make change its velocity that quickly by diving, isn't it? There is a prett...

telex wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:52 am

They hit a negative 4 G dive initialy on the FOs push. All you hear is stuff hitting the ceiling and at one point a loud thud.

Would 4G negative be possible to achieve, even instantaneously? A loaded 767 is a lot of mass to make change its velocity that quickly by diving, isn't it?

I met a girl once who could do that with her ankles.

Nothing wrong with that.

No requirement for any form of pilot licence or training?

The inflight breakup of a U.S. Marine Corps-operated KC-130T on July 10, 2017, was the result of “deficiencies in the propeller blade overhaul process,” according to a report released by the Marine Corps on Thursday. https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Report-Cites-Maintenance-Issues-in-Fatal-KC-1...

The plane eventually rolled to a stop after a spiked rumble strip laid across the runway by an airport ground crew punctured several tires on its right side.

???

Or a low wing version. Not sure what the plane is:

One way of doing it:

AirFrame wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 14, 2018 6:38 am

If I have a house built, I want that builder to do it. Takes a hit from a reasonably large plane, burns, and doesn't look like it's hardly damaged at all.

I think it's the car you want. Based on it's positioning, I'd say it was what actually took the hit.

I think I've flown 5 legs in the jumpseat of a DC3, all in the same one, with mixed crews (of 2!) from a very small pool of pilots. This is about how I remember the flying:

The aircraft had been donated by the owner, Rovos Air, to the Dutch aviation theme park Aviodrome. It carried the colour scheme of the former Dutch airline Martin's Air Charter (later renamed Martinair) and was to be ferried to the Netherlands with an expected arrival at Lelystad Airport on July 23...

Is it possible that with the different variations of the DC3 out there that people have different perceptions of its flight characteristics because they are not all alike?