Hello, first post so please go easy
I have two unrelated questions that I hope someone in the know can shed some light on:
1) On a recent trip to Nice (NCE), I was doing a bit of plane spotting with binoculars from our apt. window following an AlItalia plane (I believe it was an MD-80) It really took me by surprise when the pilot did not retract the landing gear and the flight continued on for at least two minutes before this happened. Assuming there was no problem in retracting the wheels, could anyone offer a likely explanation for this? Would it be possible to oversee this in the cockpit? (pretty unlikely I would say)
2) On another occasion flying back to Dublin, our captain announced we would be entering a fairly active jetstream somewhere north of Paris so things would be turbulent for a period of time (changes in the flight level would not improve things either). We were sitting down the back of the aircraft and I couldn't help but notice the intermittent roaring of wind outside. The guy sitting next to me kept looking up from his book, so I wasn't imagining things. I normally sit somewhere mid-aircraft - is this 'wind' noise normal down the back? (it was an A330 if that makes a difference)
Thanks for your replies...