A video for weekend viewing. Family of 4 on a piper when the throttle cable breaks, and by design, is stuck at full throttle. He’s flying way above gear speed, only has control of mixture and prop. Great teamwork getting the mechanic on the phone with ATC - and some troubleshooting before forced to make a power off landing.. (m.youtube.com) 更多...
Aircanada will be keeping their 737 Max off the books until Feb 2020. They plan to lease two additional wide bodies to help with the traffic. While initially the max was booked off until Jan 5 - and Boeing saying they will be fixed by fourth quarter 2019 - Air Canada is looking for predictablity as they launch their nee reservation software. (globalnews.ca) 更多...
Researchers at a TUM in Munich have devised a system that uses a camera, advance GPS, and fly by wire to autoland DA 42 at facilities with no ground instrumentation such as ILS etc.. Also adding A safety feature they say that could autoland the aircraft if a single pilot was unconscious... (www.diamondaircraft.com) 更多...
How the DC-10 Earned a Dangerous Reputation - Having the FAA pull its Type Cert. after a major crash, grounding it and causing mayhem for Airlines and Passengers. This would be the beginning of the end for McDonald Douglas. History Repeats itself.. Striking Similar to the current 737Max Issues. Link is to a short video. (www.youtube.com) 更多...