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[digrar]

I wish Cobham would set their planes to freezing. Poxy Euro planes, they never envisioned their jets would be landing on central Australian strips in 48'C weather, with 100 very hot passengers, it takes the 90 minute flight to get the cab back to a reasonable temperature.

 

[Junglejim]

Chuck Yeager is dead! *gasp* 2020 what did you do?!

 

[digrar]

97, oldest ever test pilot?

 

[morris]

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[digrar]

We had a plane take a roo out last year or the year before. Made a nice mess. Not long after the fencing contractor spent a month putting up a 2m high roo proof fence around the strip.

 

[Junglejim]

I wish Cobham would set their planes to freezing. Poxy Euro planes, they never envisioned their jets would be landing on central Australian strips in 48'C weather, with 100 very hot passengers, it takes the 90 minute flight to get the cab back to a reasonable temperature.

Bombardier mentioned that before having Philippines as one of their customers their biggest challenge was keeping the cabin warm. They found out that it was harder to keep it cool lol.

We had a plane take a roo out last year or the year before. Made a nice mess. Not long after the fencing contractor spent a month putting up a 2m high roo proof fence around the strip.

There are runways here that sometimes have a god damned cow sleeping on it. Though the worst I have experienced are two sea eagles and it looked like they are having sex on the runway, that was an awkward call to the tower. Cats are the worst as they would stop on the taxi way and lick their balls just to see you stop.

 

[digrar]

When I did Aeronautics at school, we had a relief teacher bring in a report about a light aircraft vs a Donkey. I remember he was ex RAAF, failed out because he spewed every time he inverted. But I can't remember if he was the pilot who killed the donkey, or if he was on the investigation team. Regardless, there are no winners in a Cessna vs donkey scenario.

 

[Gaz]

Cessna vs giraffe - https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/43570

Back when my job was writing about aircraft accidents, I stumbled across a story about an Israeli Air Force Fouga Magister that was damaged when it hit a porcupine - https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3330195,00.html

 

[Junglejim]

The number of "unstabilised" or poorly handled approaches has risen sharply this year, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Such mishaps can result in hard landings, runway overshoots or even crashes.

Airlines warned over safety as jets return from pandemic storage

The number of "unstabilised" or poorly handled approaches has risen sharply this year, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Worried by IATA's data, insurers are questioning airlines about whether they are doing extra pilot training to focus on landings, said Gary...

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I'll have you know that in Jimmy's airline we have had only a total of two unstabilized for the entire year. Our pilot corps is smaller than our mother company, so mistakes get around and get laughed at lol.

Closest I ever had was a change in runway in a visual only airport and came it a bit high, cut the power to drop the aircraft reaching 1000ft per minute in short final but was fully stabilized by the time stabilization criteria came into effect at 1000ft and 500ft.

Stabilization criterias maybe be adjusted by airlines to be more stringent but normaly are the following:


- The aircraft is on the correct flight path
- Only small changes in heading/pitch are necessary to maintain the correct flight path
- The airspeed is not more than VREF + 20kts indicated speed and not less than VREF
- The aircraft is in the correct landing configuration
- Sink rate is no greater than 1000 feet/minute; if an approach requires a sink rate greater than 1000 feet/minute a special briefing should be conducted
- Power setting is appropriate for the aircraft configuration and is not below the minimum power for the approach as defined by the operating manual

 

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First flight of Russian MC-21 airliner with new Aviadvigatel PD-14 engines:

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[1645556315]

First flight of Russian IL-114-300 with new Klimov ТV7-117ST-01 engines.

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[morris]

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On New Years eve, 2020 at around 20:07 Local time an Avianca flight AV29 hit a hot-air balloon just after touchdown on runway 13L in Bogota, Colombia. The aircraft rolled out safely but was completely tangled with plastic pieces.

 

[Junglejim]

2021, is off and running

Indonesia jet carrying 62 goes missing on domestic flight

A jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital on a domestic flight on Saturday, and debris found by fishermen was being examined to see if it was from the missing plane, officials said. Transportation Minister Budi Karya...

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[BravoZulu]

2021, is off and running

Indonesia jet carrying 62 goes missing on domestic flight

A jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital on a domestic flight on Saturday, and debris found by fishermen was being examined to see if it was from the missing plane, officials said. Transportation Minister Budi Karya...

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Human remains and plane wreckage have been pulled from the crash site of an Indonesian passenger jet that plunged into the ocean minutes after takeoff on Saturday, with 62 people on board.
The Sriwijaya Air flight 182 -- a Boeing 737-500 -- was heading from Jakarta to the city of Pontianak, on the Indonesian island of Borneo, when it lost contact at 2:40 p.m. local time (2:40 a.m. ET), 11 nautical miles north of Jakarta's Soekarno--Hatta International Airport. Four minutes into the flight, and amid heavy rains, the plane dropped 10,000 feet in less than a minute before disappearing from the radar, according to the global flight tracking service Flightradar24.
Indonesian Navy divers on Sunday found wreckage from flight SJY 182 after locating a signal from the aircraft's fuselage. Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto, said that he is confident that the Navy Rigel Warship has located the plane's fuselage.
As well as debris from the plane, Indonesian police said they have received two body bags, one containing personal effects belonging to victims, and another containing human remains, Jakarta Police spokesperson Yusri Yunus told CNN.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/09/asia/indonesia-sriwijaya-air-crash-search-intl-hnk/index.html

 

[BCNTM]

Indonesia Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 'black boxes' located

Signals are detected which officials think show the location of the Boeing 737's flight recorders.

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hopefully will provide some answers - very sad

 

[Fluff]

Cessna vs giraffe - https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/43570

Back when my job was writing about aircraft accidents, I stumbled across a story about an Israeli Air Force Fouga Magister that was damaged when it hit a porcupine - https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3330195,00.html

Apologies if I already shared this, we used to get the accident reports.

Airman smith, walked round the corner of his hangar, saw a hawk rolling slowly downhill, airman smith decided to lie down, to stop the aircraft.


Airman smith is making a good recovery from his 2 broken legs.

The hawk suffered minor impact damage when it hit the fence.

 

[Junglejim]

Flew with this very old bird today for the first time and my first flight for 2021. Originally a Scandinavian Airline bird and is around 20 years old. Fun to fly, but the yaw damper kept on disengaging so had to raw fly it in bad weather today, still I enjoy flying her.

 

[colin traveller]

Sriwijaya Air flight 182 crashes near Jakarta | Flightradar24 Blog

Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182 crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff from Jakarta on 9 January 2021. The Boeing 737-500 was carrying 62 people.

www.flightradar24.com

Shares the similar path to the previous crash a while back ,,,

 

[BravoZulu]

Ttest pilot Tex Johnston demonstrated an aileron roll (widely misinterpreted as a "barrel roll", naturally) in the Dash 80 (the prototype of the Boeing 707) in 1955

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[Telmar]

737 Max cleared to fly in Europe...

A more civilized boarding to be expected in airports.

After you...

No please...

I insist...

No really, you first...

....

Europe brings back Boeing 737 MAX – DW – 01/27/2021

Airlines operating in Europe, such as TUIfly or Ryanair, can fly the 737 MAX again after its grounding. But is it really needed — and will passengers be willing to board? Andreas Spaeth is looking for answers.

www.dw.com