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Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Apr 2013, 19:34
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

we are over complicating things

the last time I did a missed approach it was in full, glorious day VMC. KLGA...traffic on the runway (31`) having just flown the long island expressway visual...

tower...go around, maintain...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2013, 23:27
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

FAIL SAFE

I am reminded of the film (and book) "FAIL SAFE"...early on in the film, the head of the electronics firm, responsible for the gadgets in the war room, says: the machines are too fast , the human...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2013, 18:48
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

PJ2

I did monitored approaches in the DC9 for CATII ops...worked fine.

When I lived in Boston, I went to the Public Library there and read every back issue of Aviation Week...in 1965 when the DC9 came...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2013, 11:15
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

yes, lets wait for the facts

but of course, the facts might not be the facts.

well, everyone got out alive...and I'm sure they didn't hit a flock of geese and that the plane wasn't at fault.
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2013, 02:52
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

in order to understand any of the modern gadgets,...

in order to understand any of the modern gadgets, one must understand whence we came...the old ways.

I didn't fly DC3's, but I know I would be home in one.yet, in my day I was the first kid on my...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2013, 01:23
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

dozzy...I suspect that you really don't know...

dozzy...I suspect that you really don't know flying well.

the FO made a choice of living in SEA and flying out of EWR...and if it didn't work for her, she could have gotten a ''crash pad'' instead...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2013, 00:41
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

dozy... I'm in the airline industry...all...

dozy...

I'm in the airline industry...all the colgan FO had to do was call in sick. granted, an outfit like colgan might have tried to fire her, but it was her choice to fly.

and that is what...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Apr 2013, 23:56
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

monkey makes a good point...remember the FO...

monkey makes a good point...remember the FO retracted flaps in the colgan crash near KBUF...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Apr 2013, 22:24
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

lompaseo who said anything about an ''engine...

lompaseo

who said anything about an ''engine wash out''? I said we would hear rain on the CVR if it was of such amazing intenstiy as to be classified as a ''wall of water''.

We would also hear...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Apr 2013, 19:36
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

Rain

The CVR should be able to pick up the sound of the rain to prove or disprove some reports of a wall of water.

IF the noise of the rain was of a high decibel level, we may also find out that the...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Apr 2013, 01:12
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

there are pilots who are amazingly attuned, so...

there are pilots who are amazingly attuned, so totally ONE with the plane that they are flying at a whole different level than those pilots who are sort of just along for the ride.

the increased...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Apr 2013, 00:27
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

with reefs nearby, was it really open sea? ...

with reefs nearby, was it really open sea?

still, the best ditching was the JAL DC8 KSFO in 68...if you can use the plane again...that's pretty darn good.

and the funny thing about this...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Apr 2013, 01:37
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

precip lost lift

one thing that has not been mentioned is pinpoint precip in such high volumes that lift is litteraly washed from the wings...studied by NASA for some time.

I'd also like to remind some of the DC9...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Apr 2013, 01:28
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

bubbers makes a good point about wx radar...and...

bubbers makes a good point about wx radar...and as we know, there is a bit of an art to tilt esp at low altitudes.

as to windshear recovery...we are almost always at a low energy state as we...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Apr 2013, 01:31
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

agree with PBY

I agree with PBY and his views. The very idea of non precision approaches almost demands a few ''aids'' like the 300 feet per nm (closer to 316 feet, but close enough) and the rule of five times...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Apr 2013, 01:23
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

we have learned this lesson before

about a zillion years ago, the ALPA lobied for ILS approaches to all airports/runways served by jets.

There are visual deceptions associated with a rain splattered windshield, and the noise from...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Apr 2013, 20:15
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

how did I know the plane was a 737-800? The...

how did I know the plane was a 737-800? The images from FOX tv this morning showed the side of the plane it Boeing 737-800 was painted on the side. Later, with better views, I agreed.

But i...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Apr 2013, 14:04
Replies: 974
Views: 539,159
Posted By sevenstrokeroll

watching Fox news here in the USA...THEY said it...

watching Fox news here in the USA...THEY said it was an over run.

who really knows?

but 737 next gens seem to over run a bit often...like chicago midway...difficulty getting into reverse.

as...
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