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Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)

1st Apr 2005, 09:19

Replies: 56

757-200 performance

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Posted By usedtobe

Just to add a little more complication for you...

Just to add a little more complication for you the 757 also has an emergency gear lowering system. Press a button and an independent system releases the uplocks. The gear should then drop down under...

Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)

31st Mar 2005, 15:08

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RTW flight ?

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Posted By usedtobe

RTW flight ?

Has anyone made a round the world flight overflying both poles and crossing the equator at diametrically opposite points?

I reckon the new generation of ultra long range a/c, e.g. 787, might be...

Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)

31st Mar 2005, 14:56

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Chautauqua jet lands at the wrong airport!

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Posted By usedtobe

Late 70's a BOAC/BA VC10 landed at Sharjah...

Late 70's a BOAC/BA VC10 landed at Sharjah instead of Dubai.
Parallel runways just a few miles apart.
VOR let down in early morning mist.
Outbound leg a bit too long.
One bit of desert looks much...

Forum: Questions

17th Mar 2005, 14:55

Replies: 8

Motion simulators

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Posted By usedtobe

Motion sims definitely feel more natural but what...

Motion sims definitely feel more natural but what they don't simulate at all well is yaw.
In away this makes engine out flying harder.

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