Cathay Firsts! Fact or fiction?

[ACMS]

Sand man is bitter and twisted......

true or false?

[RusCo]

Fact or Fiction?

Cathay Pilots will get a 15% raise retroactive to 2008 and cost of living adjustments for the next 10 years.

[quadspeed]

Quadspeed admits he's a Muppet

Fact or Fiction - Quadspeed proves in writing he can neither count nor spell so closes his thread and runs off

Welcome light relief in a sea of Doom

Now, now. I never admitted to being a muppet. And no, I didn't close my thread... it was going along quite nicely. It was shut down by a moderator right after something posted an amusing take on my spelling mistakes. So your statement is therefore part fact and part fiction. Fact: I can't spell or count. Fiction: I closed my own thread. As for running off, the jury is still out.

But in all honestly and in light of your rather unkind remarks, how much do you expect from a college dropout who drives planes for a living? Given, in this case the spell-check that usually saves my uneducated ass failed me twice (!)

[VR-HFX]

Ghost of 401

I say it is true for one reason and one reason only...spoken with cabin attendants who claim to have seen...a ghost in the lower galley. I have been in this part of the world long enough to believe the folklore that some are blessed with the third eye (the one that can see ghosts)...

Mind you gweilos/gweipaws can pop up anywhere to ruin your day

Sandman...False. Correct answer is QF.

CX - Longest non-stop flight in a 747-200. True or false? Name the PIC for bonus point.

[BusyB]

First "Pod-Nod". True or False

[Soul planet]

Award winning everry single thing!!! KFC fact or fiction?

[Basil]

In another airline, it became clear that what was a joke to us wasn't so funny for a girl working alone in the underfloor galley.
I'd imagine every little noise or trick of the eye caused a little flutter of the heart. I'm sure there are many chaps who wish they could have the same effect

[Flying Mechanic]

To HFX was the pilot capt Mike Mxxxx Weir?

[CV880]

ACMS,
HLJ (msn 12) was the first A330 built, msn's 1 - 11 were all A340's. HLK (msn 17) was the second A330 built. Both were GE powered originally and were the A330 flight test vehicles.
HLJ was re-engined with RR by Airbus for the Trent 700 test program and then refurbished when bought by CX. HLK was first re-engined to PW by Airbus for internal use then converted to RR when bought by CX.
Cheers

[allthecoolnamesarego]

Oh no...and now we have pilots believing in paranormal nonsense, despite trusting their lives and livelihoods to science all the time...

I've flown with quite a few religious pilots... That's what you meant right

[B-HKD]

First "Pod-Nod". True or False

A term initially used on the L1011. And later used to describe the changes made to the 211s on the B742s. An idea engineered by former head of engineering Stewart John.

Pod Nod' that you refer to was an L1011 phenomenon I believe. It occured when at moderate thrust (as I recall...memory's a bit slack these days!) and started during light turbulence when a harmonic motion of the wing got the engine pod oscillating up and down. Looked quite dramaric from the cabin but apparently there were no ill effects. Was stopped by adjusting the power a little.

One of the most common causes of Pod-Nod on the RB211-22B(L1011) and the early RB211-524's C2/D4 is an oscillation of fuel flow. Causing the engine speed to 'pulse'. The change in the engine rotor speed as a result of this harmonic pulsing was for the engine to swing from side to side, I've seen them move by 6-10' in the test cell, probably more on wing. Exactly the same way the engine in your car rocks as you blip the throttle open and closed.

The most recent cause of this phenomena was a weeping fuel seal in the pump and governor (PAG) fuel pump. As it was weeping the change in fuel pressure caused the demanded fuel flow to increase and decrease, thus causing the pulsing/oscillation. Needless to say this unit is made by LUCAS, say no more!

[ACMS]

CV880-----thanks, that clears that up.

No wonder J and K felt tired!!

[VR-HFX]

Flying Mechanic

No it was not he of navbag contents-in-the-bath fame.

P. Randall Esq. From memory it was HIH which was gutted by HAECO and then flown nonstop to Wichita for BCF conversion around 1994.

[Flying Mechanic]

I remember Patt and Pinky from Hebe in the 80's! I think their yacht was blue and white. The flight must of been 17/18 hours?

[VR-HFX]

Flying Mechanic

That is they. Same vintage as Mssrs Jenner, McBain et al. Liked his hockey at the HKFC.

I think block time was about 16hrs and 38 minutes....with not much left in reserve...although a lot of very long strips available en-route in mainland US

[N1 Vibes]

Cathay pilots - first at the bar......gulp.