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Forum: Tech Log
22nd Dec 2011, 16:27
Replies: 20
Views: 7,606
Posted By Graybeard

Definition: "Aircraft: Thousands of...

Definition:

"Aircraft: Thousands of compromises flying in close formation."
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Dec 2011, 21:39
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,451,256
Posted By Graybeard

I read the report, and made notes. It lacked. ...

I read the report, and made notes. It lacked. Nowhere did the author distinguish between the gravity of an annunciated failure, and an undetected error, which was the case with the radalt.
...
Forum: Tech Log
7th Oct 2011, 11:46
Replies: 1,688
Views: 407,557
Posted By Graybeard

Dozy: Your lack of knowledge of airline...

Dozy:
Your lack of knowledge of airline maintenance ops is glaring.
Forum: Tech Log
29th Sep 2011, 12:21
Replies: 13
Views: 2,457
Posted By Graybeard

Sorry, I overlooked your second post. Yes, ice...

Sorry, I overlooked your second post. Yes, ice can cause funny returns, but you should see false targets at altitude, too, in that case. Have you ever put your hands on the radome after landing, to...
Forum: Tech Log
29th Sep 2011, 02:00
Replies: 13
Views: 2,457
Posted By Graybeard

Rate of climb vs. rate of descent will affect how...

Rate of climb vs. rate of descent will affect how quickly the picture changes, but won't affect the look of the return.

Is there any chance you turned up the gain at altitude, and didn't return it...
Forum: Tech Log
28th Sep 2011, 17:28
Replies: 7
Views: 9,414
Posted By Graybeard

I don't know about AIM programming, but it should...

I don't know about AIM programming, but it should be as solid as the tail number's paint. A tail number (registration) can legally have only one i.d.

Of course, I know certain SSR radar...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Sep 2011, 20:04
Replies: 7
Views: 9,414
Posted By Graybeard

The 24 bit address requirement goes back to the...

The 24 bit address requirement goes back to the introduction of Mode S in 1987. Somewhere I have a Basic pgm that takes the N number and provides the 24 bit strapping, and vice versa. Other nations...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Sep 2011, 19:45
Replies: 13
Views: 2,457
Posted By Graybeard

What types of airplanes are you flying? A 7xx...

What types of airplanes are you flying? A 7xx has a much different radar from a KingAir.

GB
Forum: Private Flying
18th Sep 2011, 14:20
Replies: 458
Views: 158,640
Posted By Graybeard

64 Years Racing

> Moose Peterson Aviation Photography « Moose Peterson Aviation Photography (http://www.warbirdimages.com/1947-reunion)

GB
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Sep 2011, 13:49
Replies: 88
Views: 36,016
Posted By Graybeard

Pre-flight Important, Too

In Aug 1983, a CAL DC-10 took off from LAX headed for HNL. By the time they reached the departure gateway, ATC advised they were north of course. They checked the dual INS, and returned to LAX,...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Sep 2011, 16:32
Replies: 44
Views: 8,224
Posted By Graybeard

How about backing into the numbers? How much...

How about backing into the numbers?

How much would people pay for five days floating over Africa? How many people would pay that amount? What do tierra firma safaris cost, as an example of what...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Sep 2011, 16:16
Replies: 65
Views: 19,476
Posted By Graybeard

EAL401 can be argued as an early version of too...

EAL401 can be argued as an early version of too much reliance on automatics. However, the far less automated SAS DC-8 that hit the water on approach to LAX one night was almost the same. Nobody was...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Sep 2011, 14:08
Replies: 65
Views: 19,476
Posted By Graybeard

I was told EAL-401 AP tripped off because the...

I was told EAL-401 AP tripped off because the long time chief pilot of TWA had insisted during the design that the AP kick off at a much lower CW force than LCC wanted.

He was also the guy who...
Forum: Tech Log
7th Sep 2011, 15:07
Replies: 65
Views: 19,476
Posted By Graybeard

ACS was invented for the -500 so they could...

ACS was invented for the -500 so they could extend the span without beefing up the wing. This gave the plane greater range. I never rode on a -500, so don't know about its ride, but Lockheed has...
Forum: Tech Log
7th Sep 2011, 03:00
Replies: 44
Views: 8,224
Posted By Graybeard

Vacuum Sucks

Sorry, couldn't help it...:rolleyes:

I doubt if you could make a vacuum container light enough to lift itself..

Now, my idea is fat wings filled hydrogen at low pressure that would be used for...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Sep 2011, 04:17
Replies: 0
Views: 2,109
Posted By Graybeard

Fog Seeding

Medford, Oregon, airport is in a valley that's pea-soup foggy for up to six weeks at a time. Service is mostly from regionals and 737s. Although Horizon has Cat IIIa HUD in their fleet, MFR...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Sep 2011, 04:03
Replies: 65
Views: 19,476
Posted By Graybeard

IIRC, the 1011 lacked the payload/range to be...

IIRC, the 1011 lacked the payload/range to be competitive with the DC-10 and 747. The DC-10 is a pilot's airplane, and the 1011 is an engineering marvel of efficient design.

Back in the day, a...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Sep 2011, 03:41
Replies: 44
Views: 8,224
Posted By Graybeard

My friend Tommy ferried the Goodyear blimp from...

My friend Tommy ferried the Goodyear blimp from Los Angeles to Phoenix to broadcast for a ballgame, so he had a big money deadline. The winds out of the north were so strong it took him five hours...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Aug 2011, 11:10
Replies: 10
Views: 3,391
Posted By Graybeard

When they stretched the DC-9 to make the 80...

When they stretched the DC-9 to make the 80 series, they had to make the tail larger. I thought at the time that would have been the perfect opportunity to add a canard instead, a la Piaggio.
Forum: Tech Log
13th Aug 2011, 13:56
Replies: 1,688
Views: 407,557
Posted By Graybeard

Wow, the first to post on this thread... I...

Wow, the first to post on this thread...

I get the feeling the Airbus 320+ was designed for single pilot operation from the beginning.
Forum: Tech Log
13th Aug 2011, 13:49
Replies: 1
Views: 1,011
Posted By Graybeard

I'm pretty sure Allied Signal/Honeywell BDE/BFE...

I'm pretty sure Allied Signal/Honeywell BDE/BFE was selected on their initial buy, way back when.

Was there a choice of FMGS?
Forum: Tech Log
9th Aug 2011, 13:42
Replies: 1,998
Views: 512,035
Posted By Graybeard

Doesn't speed stable also mean pitch stable? ...

Doesn't speed stable also mean pitch stable? When I studied aerodynamics a hundred years ago, the instructor said all conventional airplanes are unstable in pitch. Their sphugoid may be long in...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Aug 2011, 16:12
Replies: 5
Views: 1,652
Posted By Graybeard

Engines Turn Or People Swim. :rolleyes:

Engines Turn Or People Swim. :rolleyes:
Forum: Tech Log
7th Aug 2011, 11:14
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,636
Posted By Graybeard

Performed Exactly as Designed

I've seen that so many times on these pages in defense of AB, in effort to end a line of thinking. How about considering the design is just plain defective?

How much of the PNF attention was on...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Aug 2011, 03:27
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,636
Posted By Graybeard

It's you who previously threw out the probability...

It's you who previously threw out the probability of a 777 backdrive failure rendering it no better than a joystick.

The 777 backdrive provides continuous feedback to the PNF of the commands by...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Aug 2011, 03:03
Replies: 18
Views: 6,752
Posted By Graybeard

Actually, Bubbers, I believe it was San Diego. ...

Actually, Bubbers, I believe it was San Diego. After that some wag came up with an Engine Quantity Indicator to go in the panel of the 727: . . 0 1 2 3.
Forum: Tech Log
4th Aug 2011, 02:41
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,636
Posted By Graybeard

DWBirgenair was different, because the lower...

DWBirgenair was different, because the lower ranked FO knew what was happening, and was emotionally powerless to correct the Capt. . The FO could have overpowered Capt. by pushing harder on the...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Aug 2011, 13:50
Replies: 12
Views: 14,559
Posted By Graybeard

NCAR, National Center for Atmospheric Research...

NCAR, National Center for Atmospheric Research set up their first NextGen Wx radar, back in the 1970s, NE of Denver to study microbursts. One locale had far more microbursts than anywhere else...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Aug 2011, 05:08
Replies: 18
Views: 6,752
Posted By Graybeard

Since you're in Kabul, I would reckon the...

Since you're in Kabul, I would reckon the nearest suitable airport to be Dubai...

Fire - presence of
Fuel - lack of
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Aug 2011, 05:03
Replies: 1,998
Views: 512,035
Posted By Graybeard

Old Carthusian: In spite of meeting...

Old Carthusian:
In spite of meeting certification specifications, heating of pitot probes is hardly rocket science, and to have them ice up repeatedly in a $multi-million plane means the design or...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Aug 2011, 04:34
Replies: 12
Views: 14,559
Posted By Graybeard

For low level windshear, visualize a column of...

For low level windshear, visualize a column of cold air dropping from a storm, and spreading like an inverted mushroom as it hits the ground.

As you fly into it on approach, for example, you get...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Aug 2011, 22:41
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,636
Posted By Graybeard

Airspeed Input to Stall Warning

AB added to the complication of SW warning logic by adding the airspeed input. Couldn't they have kept it simple?
Forum: Tech Log
1st Aug 2011, 14:47
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,636
Posted By Graybeard

SebaskaAgain, I'm quoting DC-10 SW from AOA,...

SebaskaAgain, I'm quoting DC-10 SW from AOA, because I have the data handy. Its SW from AOA is modified by position of flaps and slats, not "low&slow and high&fast."

According to a prior poster,...
Forum: Flight Testing
1st Aug 2011, 03:19
Replies: 3
Views: 4,562
Posted By Graybeard

Sad event. And a trained test pilot at that. ...

Sad event. And a trained test pilot at that.

Here's some historical perspective:

The Watertown (NY) Re-Union
Saturday, June 15, 1912

TWO AIRMEN ARE KILLED

Army Aviator and...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Aug 2011, 00:54
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,636
Posted By Graybeard

You obviously haven't been following these...

You obviously haven't been following these threads.

According to many prior posts here, the Stall Warning shuts off below 60 kt IAS. Why they have IAS input to SW is beyond me. The DC-10, for...
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