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Re: Flying the CRJ-700 Part 1 - Preflight, Taxi, and Takeoff

Rampee — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:40:07 -0000

your right about the ground crew and their lack of care around these aircraft. The height of the static wicks are perfect for the baggage carts to rip them off when driving up too or away from the back cargo door ( luckily I have prevented it on my crew due to due my insistence of leaving as much room as you can when loading/unloading baggage). There has been a few close calls on other shifts and even a few grounded flights due to the lack of common sense some of the other guys have.

Re: MD-80 Engine Fire - Reality or Doctored Picture?

Chuck Norris — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:09:02 -0000

It's a doctored image. The smoke doesn't look right at all, and looks more like water.

Re: Thou Shalt Not Set the Parking Brake Prior to Landing

michael morris — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:59:56 -0000

wished you all cared about parking you cars.

write to me and I will tell you about that - I am a cashier at a parking facility, and I might have a few thing to tell you.

Re: Flying the CRJ-700 Part 1 - Preflight, Taxi, and Takeoff

Jeffrey Synk — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:31:18 -0000

Nice entry on the CRJ700. I fly it for SkyWest and you are dead-on with your explanations. Jeffrey Synk.

Re: Hamburg Wing-strike - Pilot a Hero or Lacking Technique?

Mike — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:15:21 -0000

I'm a pilot as well and it is clear what happened. Journalists are stupid, they should get proper information before publishing rubbish. Any pilot will tell you that it was a clear and elementary pilot mistake. This stuff is tought at the very beginning of any flight course. Whoever flies knows this, even just a freshly winged pilot.

Re: Detailed Qantas 747 Explosion Pictures

Getitright — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:37:32 -0000

Bloggs Bloggs they are not the same aircraft! They are all called Longreach thats what Qantas calls their 747-400 aircraft. The Bangkok overrun incident was with an aircraft rego VH-OJH, Bangkok on back up electrical power was with VH-OJM and by the way not all 4 generators failed only 3. This one into Manila was with VH-OJK so all different aircraft. Get your facts and dates correct!

Re: Ode to Landing Gear

Dave Stanley — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:11:51 -0000

I don't make fun of people making Gear-up landings, because there's two kinds of pilots, those who've made a gear up landing, and those that are going to. Just pray you flare REALLY well... Nice and easy...

GREASY SIDE DOWN!!!

Re: Detailed Qantas 747 Explosion Pictures

Blogg Bloggs — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:08:58 -0000

The aircraft involved in this latest Qantas incident was the LONGREACH - the same aircraft that Qantas spent $100 Million to repair after it skidded off the runway in Bangkok in 1999.

This aircraft also had to run on backup battery to land in Bangkok in 2005 when all 4 electrical generators failed 15 minutes out.

Now this latest incident with the explosion.

QANTAS WAKE UP.....it's time to GET RID of the LONGREACH. Dont spend more millions of $$$ to fix it just to avoid a write-off of the aircraft. If you ignore the warning signs of the stresses this airframe has sufferred you will be counting bodies as well as $$$.

Re: Detailed Qantas 747 Explosion Pictures

mrdeux — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:01:10 -0000

What a silly comment....

The circular doors that are shown are on the port side of the aircraft, and are 'overpressure' doors, which open if the interior pressure exceeds roughly 9,5 psi over ambient.

Re: Highly Classified Photos of New Stealth Aircraft Leaked

colin — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:01:17 -0000

with todays radar cloaking is highly impractical.

Re: Highly Classified Photos of New Stealth Aircraft Leaked

colin — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:57:44 -0000

lol

Re: Detailed Qantas 747 Explosion Pictures

yo moma — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:19:16 -0000

i bet the aircraft was over stressed from over speed!!!

Re: Airbus A340 Meets Wall. Airbus Loses.

Clueless51 — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:22:35 -0000

downey

Re: Airbus A340 Meets Wall. Airbus Loses.

ammar — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:53:22 -0000

بل طيران الاتحاد والطيارة يديدة
واو

Re: Hamburg Wing-strike - Pilot a Hero or Lacking Technique?

davin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:53:17 -0000

I'm only a gamer and I know I need to dip my wing into the wing when I kick the nose with the rudder on landing...

Re: Flying the CRJ-700 Part 1 - Preflight, Taxi, and Takeoff

lcdecker — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:39:17 -0000

I am looking for some take off data on the crj. I live in Tupelo, MS and our airport board says we need to extend our runway in order to accomadate a tup to cvg flight. The distance is 348 km. Tup currently has 6500' at an alt of 325' but needs to be figured for a 95 degree day .
This would be flown by Delta and I dont know if they fly the -200 or 700 modles .
Any help you can give would be appreciated.

Re: Wierd Airline Callsigns…Say What?

David Aspirator — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:13:31 -0000

Facts that you probably didnt know about some of the most known airlines in the world.

Cheers

David.

Re: British Airways 777 LHR Crash Pictures

David Aspirator — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:59:48 -0000

Oh my word that must have been one heck of a bump, Im glad the pilot on that flight was a good one as that could have been disasterous.

Cheers

David

Re: Ode to Landing Gear

Simsmart — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:01:08 -0000

At the local airport, a student AND a flight instructor forgot to put down the landing gear.

Re: Highly Classified Photos of New Stealth Aircraft Leaked

my names been cloaked.... — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:07:51 -0000

I totally agree on that matter but even I could show you someone on top of a cloaked aircraft... Just use green screen. But they could have just put a raptor there and then moved it after it had stopped the ground getting wet. I looked up the boeing and that's somethign I didn't know though odd body design. They said it was tested but not being released or so teh public knew does that mean they still are working on it or have dropped cloaking? I mean you can cloak a plane but if you managed that what use would it be exept for scouting as soon as it went to warfare there'd be not much point because the plane would be realsing bullets and missiles like heck... anway good comment, there going to have to think of something better to fool us i mean seriously...

Re: Airbus A340 Meets Wall. Airbus Loses.

pilotwannabe — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:03:28 -0000

OOOO{S!

Re: Flying the CRJ-700 Part 1 - Preflight, Taxi, and Takeoff

Ron Carter — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:01:49 -0000

I am very flattered that a non-employee would think so highly of my beloved 700's. I love flying them. And you're very right, they are a hot rod. Boarding and de-boarding are fast and they maneuver at the gate quick as well.

-Skywest Flight Attendant

Re: Hard Landing - 1 out of 3 landing gear remaining isn’t bad.

Jack — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:19:57 -0000

poor 104- this was the "homos of america unite" plane (I loaded the bags in that one a few times- it's written in the hold) Actually, I've been away from the RJ's for a while and looking at them now, they're a nice looking plane, but on behalf of all ground crew, maintenance, pilots and cabin crew who have ever worked on the RJ 100 or 200, I have to say One down, 57 to go!

Re: Let the Public Paint Your Aircraft

Jack — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:51:14 -0000

really cool Lufthansa!

Re: Kalitta 747 Split in Half

Tim — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:58:02 -0000

Get out the duct tape!