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Forum: Rumours & News
1st Nov 2012, 16:15
Replies: 70
Views: 28,456
Posted By dvv

Had Sandy swung a smidge to the south, it...

Had Sandy swung a smidge to the south, it would've been a picture from DCA. With the Watergate flooded a bit up the Potomac, too.
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Oct 2012, 02:45
Replies: 49
Views: 31,993
Posted By dvv

keitaidenwa, was it the same guys who later died...

keitaidenwa, was it the same guys who later died from methanol poisoning?
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Oct 2012, 02:43
Replies: 49
Views: 31,993
Posted By dvv

Huh? What do you think I did just 30 minutes ago...

Huh? What do you think I did just 30 minutes ago — a bit outside the pattern, but still inside the core of the KIAD upside down wedding cake?
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Oct 2012, 13:13
Replies: 49
Views: 31,993
Posted By dvv

nazdorovie

The easiest way to tell that a person has no idea what he's talking about when he's talking about Russians is the mention of "nazdorovie" (any way you spell it) as a toast. Here's a news flash for...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Apr 2012, 05:47
Replies: 456
Views: 211,793
Posted By dvv

peterpuck, what hot liquid? And what -10? Here...

peterpuck, what hot liquid? And what -10? Here are relevant METARs based on the info in the youtube comments:

METAR UUEE 011300Z 26003MPS 5000 BR BKN007 OVC013 M01/M02 Q1011 NOSIG RMK 25510145...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Apr 2012, 17:34
Replies: 456
Views: 211,793
Posted By dvv

Peterd28, it wasn't -10°C, and I really doubt it...

Peterd28, it wasn't -10°C, and I really doubt it was dry snow — the METAR was saying M01/M02 at that time.
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Apr 2012, 17:06
Replies: 456
Views: 211,793
Posted By dvv

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/481538-utair-at...

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/481538-utair-atr-72-crash-siberia-4.html#post7125790

And BTW the response from Aeroflot's PR dept was exactly like that — there were no problem, the snow got...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Apr 2012, 15:19
Replies: 88
Views: 79,417
Posted By dvv

up_down_n_out, the author's comment on the...

up_down_n_out, the author's comment on the youtube page identifies the aircraft as Aeroflot's Mstislav Rostropovich (A320 VP-BKY) en route to LED (St.Petersburg Pulkovo).
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Apr 2012, 19:22
Replies: 88
Views: 79,417
Posted By dvv

A video clip making rounds on Russian websites: ...

A video clip making rounds on Russian websites:

925MgqyU2NA

This take-off allegedly happened on Jan 1 this year, approx at this time:

METAR UUEE 011300Z 26003MPS 5000 BR BKN007 OVC013...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Apr 2012, 12:39
Replies: 88
Views: 79,417
Posted By dvv

Stuck_in_an_ATR, I'm not sure we know the height...

Stuck_in_an_ATR, I'm not sure we know the height at which they started the turn — see the note at the bottom of the chart that allows to start the turn at pretty much any height below 200 meters.
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Apr 2012, 16:27
Replies: 88
Views: 79,417
Posted By dvv

pure speculation: stalling in climbing turn

Take a look at the SID chart:

http://busybee.dvv.org:8000/flying/AD_2.1_USTR-70.png

They were departing via either RO 1A towards ROPOT or GR 1A towards GRADA, and both of the routes prescribe a...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Aug 2011, 18:47
Replies: 9
Views: 3,593
Posted By dvv

Who they? The Russian AIP lists precisely 1 (one)...

Who they? The Russian AIP lists precisely 1 (one) airport with GBAS, see above.
Forum: Tech Log
5th Aug 2011, 18:37
Replies: 9
Views: 3,593
Posted By dvv

rsiano, so anyway. If you need charts with...

rsiano, so anyway. If you need charts with Cyrillic in them for ****s and giggles, you can use the "old form" and outdated airnav info collection at http://aviadocs.net/CAI/ Otherwise, stick to the...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Aug 2011, 17:51
Replies: 9
Views: 3,593
Posted By dvv

Huh? What upgrades? And what makes you think...

Huh? What upgrades? And what makes you think there's many GBAS approaches? As per AIP, there's only one GBAS-equipped location (USTR), and even that one is NOTAM'd out:

GBAS U/S. GBAS GNSS APCH...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Aug 2011, 19:25
Replies: 9
Views: 3,593
Posted By dvv

This month's Russian AIP has 41 VORs in it, 38 of...

This month's Russian AIP has 41 VORs in it, 38 of which are VOR/DME.
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
30th Jul 2011, 17:46
Replies: 1,860
Views: 542,198
Posted By dvv

ARRAKIS, there's no such thing as "mixed NDB+GPS...

ARRAKIS, there's no such thing as "mixed NDB+GPS approach". And ARP is never used for any kind of approaches - GPS or otherwise.
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
30th Jul 2011, 17:15
Replies: 1,860
Views: 542,198
Posted By dvv

Lena.Kiev, like I said, it was just nit-picking...

Lena.Kiev, like I said, it was just nit-picking on my side. And it has nothing to do with either en-route navigation (for which the difference between SK-42 and WGS-84 is immaterial) or the landing...
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
30th Jul 2011, 15:59
Replies: 1,860
Views: 542,198
Posted By dvv

a bit of nit-picking

Lena.Kiev, when you do calculations at this level of accuracy, you should be very careful about your arithmetics: N54 49.7 is, in fact, N54.8283333333, and it gives the difference of about 400 meters...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Jun 2011, 19:41
Replies: 61
Views: 42,232
Posted By dvv

Kulverstukas, the LOM (ДПРМ) is not where your...

Kulverstukas, the LOM (ДПРМ) is not where your map shows it is. It's, in fact, further out:

http://busybee.dvv.org:8000/flying/ulpb.png
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Jun 2011, 00:47
Replies: 61
Views: 42,232
Posted By dvv

Joshilini, and my views are what exactly? Let me...

Joshilini, and my views are what exactly? Let me give you a hint: OVC005 is 150 meters above the field, and they had no business being below 162 meters. "Aeroflot et al" have managed to bring down a...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Jun 2011, 00:00
Replies: 61
Views: 42,232
Posted By dvv

captplaystation, according to the METARs, the...

captplaystation, according to the METARs, the weather during the arrival of the flight was deteriorating from OVC005 to OVC003 to fog with zero visibility shortly afterwards. The airport is only...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Apr 2011, 05:32
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,542,466
Posted By dvv

CONF iture, as I've read all the 9/11 NIST...

CONF iture, as I've read all the 9/11 NIST reports quite thoroughly, I can confidently say that all of them are very thorough, and none of the truthers' truthiness is anywhere close to the real...
Forum: Tech Log
7th Apr 2011, 12:43
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,542,466
Posted By dvv

ttcse, the data from Pulkovo 612 confirm your...

ttcse, the data from Pulkovo 612 confirm your expectations — the RPM were too low to produce any noticeable Gs.
Forum: Tech Log
7th Apr 2011, 12:40
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,542,466
Posted By dvv

a quick off-topic

CONF iture, what about building 7? The NIST team has studied WTC7 quite thoroughly, and the study only confirms that the 9/11 conspiracy nuts are just that — conspiracy nuts.

[end of off-topic]
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2011, 17:39
Replies: 287
Views: 56,942
Posted By dvv

galaxy flyer, it's all oh so sad, but what has it...

galaxy flyer, it's all oh so sad, but what has it got to do with this case? Like I said, once you have your TSA clearance and follow the procedures (which these crews obviously did), it's all normal...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2011, 12:43
Replies: 287
Views: 56,942
Posted By dvv

It wasn't exactly NORDO - the crews were able to...

It wasn't exactly NORDO - the crews were able to communicate with the approach and each other, so it was no different than a landing in any uncontrolled airport. And what paranoia? The crews...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Feb 2011, 04:44
Replies: 59
Views: 26,643
Posted By dvv

bubbers44, in the São Paulo crash, the computer...

bubbers44, in the São Paulo crash, the computer did exactly what it was commanded to do. Unless, of course, you're talking about a São Paulo crash different from the one we've been discussing here so...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Feb 2011, 22:01
Replies: 59
Views: 26,643
Posted By dvv

aterpster, my points are: the Congonhas...

aterpster, my points are:


the Congonhas crash is not a good example of a short runway contributing much to the crash — it was the no.2 engine left in the CL detente that pulled the aircraft off...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Feb 2011, 15:06
Replies: 59
Views: 26,643
Posted By dvv

aterpster, floating down half the runway length...

aterpster, floating down half the runway length is never good — be it Toncontín, Kingston, Chicago Midway, or, for that matter, Toronto Pearson. Neither is not retarding your throttle upon landing —...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Feb 2011, 13:51
Replies: 59
Views: 26,643
Posted By dvv

Swiss Cheese, for the EGPWS to kick in, it should...

Swiss Cheese, for the EGPWS to kick in, it should be there in the first place, and I wouldn't assume it was. And yes, the A320 slid off the other end of the only runway at Toncontín.
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Feb 2011, 13:05
Replies: 59
Views: 26,643
Posted By dvv

bubbers44, I won't be surprised if we never know...

bubbers44, I won't be surprised if we never know the cause of the crash with any degree of certainty - I'm not even sure there were a CVR and FDR on board the L410.

BTW, googling around, I've...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Feb 2011, 16:53
Replies: 59
Views: 26,643
Posted By dvv

Newspaper reports place the crash at a distance...

Newspaper reports place the crash at a distance of about 1km from this 1989 crash:

http://avia.servebeer.com/TEGUCIGALPA,%20HONDURAS%20--%20B-727-200%20--%20N88705.png

US DOT publication...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Feb 2011, 14:49
Replies: 59
Views: 26,643
Posted By dvv

bubbers44, I still find it highly unlikely...

bubbers44,

I still find it highly unlikely that the L410 and her crew were authorized to execute the RNP approach. So they had been left with the VOR/DME approach they were executing, anyway.
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Feb 2011, 00:24
Replies: 59
Views: 26,643
Posted By dvv

keezy44, it's all in the AIP: AIS | MHTG -...

keezy44, it's all in the AIP: AIS | MHTG - TONCONTÍN (http://www.cocesna.org/subpagina.ais.php?id=103&lng=0)...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Feb 2011, 15:22
Replies: 59
Views: 26,643
Posted By dvv

aterpster, in this photo, you can see VOR/DME...

aterpster, in this photo, you can see VOR/DME TNT, which is 1.7NM from the threshold. The reports, however, place the crash much farther out at Cerro de Hula — it's the 5660' peak about 7NM out and...
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