I also took the bait back in the 90’s and rode the bus instead of paying more and flying. My experience during those three days, and the retelling of it, is F A family lore! Even the kids join me when I see a TNM&O bus on the Highway, “DON’T DO IT!” I say....

(Written on 2020年 10月 22日)(Permalink)

Maybe the press thinks “Martin Baker” is a person?

(Written on 2020年 09月 30日)(Permalink)

Listening to ATC it sounds like the F-35 hit the right wing and disabled the #3 & #4 engines. Leaking fuel and with a potential fire, the -130 crew did a great job with a wounded beast.

(Written on 2020年 09月 30日)(Permalink)

Reports seem to indicate that everyone is OK. That is a blessing, it could easily have been a disaster.

(Written on 2020年 09月 29日)(Permalink)

30west - I think you will find it documented in the works of cartoonist Gary Larson. I remember a particular illustration from “The Far Side.”

(Written on 2020年 09月 29日)(Permalink)

Red buttons are too tempting to pilots. It’s documented fact. Boeing instead has two switches right next to the trim wheel.

(Written on 2020年 09月 27日)(Permalink)

I grant you, if during the takeoff profile while retracting the flaps, one pilot is in the can and a flight attendant is holding down the seat, that flight crew is asking for trouble!

(Written on 2020年 09月 27日)(Permalink)

BALPA says “Requiring both crew members to turn the trim wheel simultaneously in a non-normal scenario is extremely undesirable and goes against all philosophies of having one pilot fly and one run the QRH [quick reference handbook: reading out the emergency checklist]. No flight control system should require both pilots to operate it at any stage, let alone in an emergency." The proposed AD says, “A two-pilot effort may be used to correct an out of trim condition.” I respect BALPA, but I can’t see how they arrived at the word “requiring” in their statement regarding the proposed AD.

(Written on 2020年 09月 27日)(Permalink)

Maybe he’s tenured??

(Written on 2020年 08月 18日)(Permalink)

On the container it says “Royal Jordanian Air Force”...maybe someone bought it? These things do find their way into the civilian word on occasion. https://www.newsweek.com/machine-guns-assault-rifles-air-air-missile-seized-neo-nazi-group-italy-1449239

(Written on 2020年 08月 18日)(Permalink)